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The '''Jeopardy! Teen Tournament''' is a special 2 week event that features up to 15 high school students who are between the ages of 15-18. The layout is the same as the Tournament of Champions and other 2 week tournaments. They are 5 quarter-final rounds in the 1st week. The winners move on into the semi-finals on the 2nd week and the 4 high-scorers among non-winners will advance as well. The winner of the semi-finals advance to participate in a 2-day final. Save for season 31, the Teen Tournament has been held every season since it's 1987 debut, including with two installments in season 23. |
The '''Jeopardy! Teen Tournament''' is a special 2 week event that features up to 15 high school students who are between the ages of 15-18. The layout is the same as the Tournament of Champions and other 2 week tournaments. They are 5 quarter-final rounds in the 1st week. The winners move on into the semi-finals on the 2nd week and the 4 high-scorers among non-winners will advance as well. The winner of the semi-finals advance to participate in a 2-day final. Save for season 31, the Teen Tournament has been held every season since it's 1987 debut, including with two installments in season 23. |
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− | In November 1998, Jeopardy! held a special Teen Reunion Tournament in Boston featuring 12 contestants from the inaugural three Teen Tournaments. In a unique format for a Jeopardy! tournament, the three highest earners in the four semifinal games played in the one-day final on Friday, similarly to Wheel of Fortune's then-Friday Finals format. 1989 Teen champion Eric Newhouse (the only winner in the field) won the $50,000 top prize over 1988 finalist David Javerbaum and |
+ | In November 1998, Jeopardy! held a special Teen Reunion Tournament in Boston featuring 12 contestants from the inaugural three Teen Tournaments. In a unique format for a Jeopardy! tournament, the three highest earners in the four semifinal games played in the one-day final on Friday, similarly to Wheel of Fortune's then-Friday Finals format. 1989 Teen champion Eric Newhouse (the only winner in the field) won the $50,000 top prize over 1988 finalist David Javerbaum and semi-finalist Chris Cappozola, while 1987 finalist Dana Venator was the lowest earning semi-finalist and did not qualify for the finals. |
Until 2000, Teen Tournament winners were invited to the Tournament of Champions, where 8 of 14 advanced to the semifinals, including 4 (Eric Newhouse, Matthew Zielenski, Sahir Islam, and Chacko George) who won their quarterfinal game. However, none of them ever advanced to the final round. |
Until 2000, Teen Tournament winners were invited to the Tournament of Champions, where 8 of 14 advanced to the semifinals, including 4 (Eric Newhouse, Matthew Zielenski, Sahir Islam, and Chacko George) who won their quarterfinal game. However, none of them ever advanced to the final round. |
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− | Eric Newhouse was also a |
+ | Eric Newhouse was also a semi-finalist in 1990's Super Jeopardy! tournament and a finalist in 2002's Million Dollar Masters tournament. Every Teen Tournament winner to that point (save for Michael Block & Amanda Goad) competed in 2005's Ultimate Tournament of Champions, where 1992 winner April McManus and 1995 winner Matthew Zielenski made the quarterfinals. Newhouse received a bye to the second round, though did not advance further. 1991 winner Andrew Westney also competed in 2014's Battle of the Decades tournament as a fan favourite qualifier for the "1980s decade" round, but did not advance. |
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Revision as of 02:37, 25 October 2015
The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament is a special 2 week event that features up to 15 high school students who are between the ages of 15-18. The layout is the same as the Tournament of Champions and other 2 week tournaments. They are 5 quarter-final rounds in the 1st week. The winners move on into the semi-finals on the 2nd week and the 4 high-scorers among non-winners will advance as well. The winner of the semi-finals advance to participate in a 2-day final. Save for season 31, the Teen Tournament has been held every season since it's 1987 debut, including with two installments in season 23.
In November 1998, Jeopardy! held a special Teen Reunion Tournament in Boston featuring 12 contestants from the inaugural three Teen Tournaments. In a unique format for a Jeopardy! tournament, the three highest earners in the four semifinal games played in the one-day final on Friday, similarly to Wheel of Fortune's then-Friday Finals format. 1989 Teen champion Eric Newhouse (the only winner in the field) won the $50,000 top prize over 1988 finalist David Javerbaum and semi-finalist Chris Cappozola, while 1987 finalist Dana Venator was the lowest earning semi-finalist and did not qualify for the finals.
Until 2000, Teen Tournament winners were invited to the Tournament of Champions, where 8 of 14 advanced to the semifinals, including 4 (Eric Newhouse, Matthew Zielenski, Sahir Islam, and Chacko George) who won their quarterfinal game. However, none of them ever advanced to the final round.
Eric Newhouse was also a semi-finalist in 1990's Super Jeopardy! tournament and a finalist in 2002's Million Dollar Masters tournament. Every Teen Tournament winner to that point (save for Michael Block & Amanda Goad) competed in 2005's Ultimate Tournament of Champions, where 1992 winner April McManus and 1995 winner Matthew Zielenski made the quarterfinals. Newhouse received a bye to the second round, though did not advance further. 1991 winner Andrew Westney also competed in 2014's Battle of the Decades tournament as a fan favourite qualifier for the "1980s decade" round, but did not advance.
Season | Airdate | Finale | Winner |
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3 | February 16, 1987 | February 27, 1987 | Michael Galvin |
4 | February 8, 1988 | February 19, 1988 | Michael Block |
5 | February 6, 1989 | February 17, 1989 | Eric Newhouse |
6 | February 5, 1990 | February 16, 1990 | Jamie Weiss |
7 | February 11, 1991 | February 22, 1991 | Andy Westney |
8 | February 24, 1992 | March 6, 1992 | April McManus |
9 | February 1, 1993 | February 12, 1993 | Fraser Woodford |
10 | February 7, 1994 | February 18, 1994 | Matt Morris |
11 | February 6, 1995 | February 17, 1995 | Matthew Zielenski |
12 | May 6, 1996 | May 17, 1996 | Amanda Goad |
13 | February 3, 1997 | February 14, 1997 | Josh DenHartog |
14 | November 3, 1997 | November 14, 1997 | Sahir Islam |
15† | November 16, 1998 | November 20, 1998 | Eric Newhouse |
15 | February 22, 1999 | March 5, 1999 | Melissa Sexstone |
16 | November 1, 1999 | November 12, 1999 | Chacko George |
17 | April 30, 2001 | May 11, 2001 | Graham Gilmer |
18 | February 4, 2002 | February 15, 2002 | Bernard Holloway |
19 | February 3, 2003 | February 14, 2003 | John Zhang |
20 | February 9, 2004 | February 20, 2004 | Jennifer Wu |
21 | January 26, 2005 | February 8, 2005 | Michael Braun |
22 | February 6, 2006 | February 17, 2006 | Papa Chakravarthy |
23 | February 5, 2007 | February 16, 2007 | David Walter |
23* | July 16, 2007 | July 27, 2007 | Meryl Federman |
24 | February 11, 2008 | February 22, 2008 | Rachel Horn |
25 | November 10, 2008 | November 21, 2008 | Anurag Kashyap |
26 | November 2, 2009 | November 13, 2009 | Rachel Rothenberg |
27 | February 17, 2011 | March 2, 2011 | Raynell Cooper |
28 | April 30, 2012 | May 11, 2012 | Elyse Mancuso |
29 | January 30, 2013 | February 12, 2013 | Leonard Cooper |
30 | July 21, 2014 | August 1, 2014 | Jeff Xie |
†There was a one-week Teen Tournament Reunion that took place on the 15th season.
- There was a 2nd Teen Tournament that took place on the 23rd Season to start the Summer Games.
- Because of the Battle of the Decades, the Teen Tournament 2014 took place after the regular games, and thus Season 30 became the first season to stretch through August.