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Host
Alex Trebek
Contestants
High school students aged 13-17
Announcer
Johnny Gilbert
Broadcast
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Packager
Sony Pictures Television

The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament is an annual tournament featured high school students ages 13-17. The format structure was similar to that of the Tournament of Champions. On the current syndicated version, the Teen Tournament started on February 16, 1987. In November 1998, a Teen Reunion Tournament was held at the Wang Center in Boston, bringing back 12 former Teen Tournament contestants to compete in a single-elimination tournament.

At least one similar tournament was held during the original series in May 1967, involving high school seniors and the winner receiving a $10,000 scholarship.

Schedule[]

Occurrence Season Airdate Finale
1 3 February 16, 1987 February 27, 1987
2 4 February 8, 1988 February 19, 1988
3 5 February 6, 1989 February 17, 1989
4 6 February 5, 1990 February 16, 1990
5 7 February 11, 1991 February 22, 1991
6 8 February 24, 1992 March 6, 1992
7 9 February 1, 1993 February 12, 1993
8 10 February 7, 1994 February 18, 1994
9 11 February 6, 1995 February 17, 1995
10 12 May 6, 1996 May 17, 1996
11 13 February 3, 1997 February 14, 1997
12 14 November 3, 1997 November 14, 1997
13 15 February 22, 1999 March 5, 1999
14 16 November 1, 1999 November 12, 1999
15 17 April 30, 2001 May 11, 2001
16 18 February 4, 2002 February 15, 2002
17 19 February 3, 2003 February 14, 2003
18 20 February 9, 2004 February 20, 2004
19 21 January 26, 2005 February 8, 2005
20 22 February 6, 2006 February 17, 2006
21 23 February 5, 2007 February 16, 2007
22 July 16, 2007 July 27, 2007
23 24 February 11, 2008 February 22, 2008
24 25 November 10, 2008 November 21, 2008
25 26 November 2, 2009 November 13, 2009
26 27 February 17, 2011 March 2, 2011
27 28 April 30, 2012 May 11, 2012
28 29 January 30, 2013 February 12, 2013
29 30 July 21, 2014 August 1, 2014
30 33 November 9, 2016 November 22, 2016
31 35 November 7, 2018 November 20, 2018
32 June 17, 2019 June 28, 2019

List[]

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Jeopardy! Teen Tournament
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997-A 1997-B 1999-A 1999-B 2001 2002
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007-A 2007-B 2008-A 2008-B
2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2018 2019
Jeopardy! Teen Reunion Tournaments
1998 2023

Contestant Section[]

1990s[]

Contestants mailed postcards with their names and addresses to Jeopardy!. 1,200 teens were selected at random from the postcard entries and were invited to come (at their own expense) to one of four regional test centers (e.g. Houston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles) to take a timed written qualifying examination with the 50 clues read by Alex Trebek on a video monitor at the front of an exam room. Passing scorers were invited back for an interview and mock game using an electronic buzzer system. Their photographs are taken for their files, and they are asked to fill out a short information sheet with interesting facts about themselves that may be later used by Alex Trebek during the interview portion of the show. Selected contestants and alternates were notified that they had been chosen to appear on the show one to two months later. They are then flown to Los Angeles to tape the show. Taping occurs over a period of two days, with the five quarterfinals played on the first day and the three semifinals and two final games played on the second day. Accommodations were provided for the contestants at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, with taping taking place at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.

2000s[]

Contestants registered on the Jeopardy! web site rather than submitting postcards. As before, a select number of registrants were invited to audition and take a written test at a regional audition. Accommodations for contestants are provided at the Hilton in Universal City, California.

2006–2019[]

All web site registrants take a 50-question timed online test at one set test time, usually late February. The test is given using Adobe Flash and takers are given 15 seconds per clue to type in their answers. A random selection of those who pass the test are invited to attend regional auditions in November at 4 locations around the United States at which another 50-question written test is given, followed by interviews and mock games. The number of students selected for the regional auditions is usually around 300, from which 15 are selected for the show.

Finalists by Entry[]

Entry
1 4 3 1
2 4 3 0
3 3 3 2
4 3 1 0
5 4 0 0

Entry 1[]

Josh Den Hartog (S13), Michael Block (S4), Michael Galvin (S3), April McManus (S8)
Fraser Woodford (S9), Amanda Goad (S12), Chacko George (S16)
Leonard Cooper (S29)

Entry 2[]

Sahir Islam (S14), Matt Morris (S10), Melissa Sexstone (S15), David Walter (S23)
Jennifer Wu (S20), Papa Chakravarthy (S22), Rachel Horn (S24)

Entry 3[]

Matt Zielenski (S11), Graham Gilmer (S17), John Zhang (19)
Michael Braun (S21), Meryl Federman (S23), Raynell Cooper (S27)
Eric Newhouse (S5), Jeff Xie (S30)

Entry 4[]

Bernard Holloway (S18), Rachel Rotenberg (S26), Elyse Mancuso (S28),
Justin Bolsen (S35)

Entry 5[]

Andy Westney (S7), Anurag Kashyap (S25), Claire Sattler (S35), Avi Gupta (S35)

Finalists by non-WC:WC[]

3:0 S4, S5, S23, S25, S30, S33 (6 times)
2:1 S9, S11, S12, S13, S18, S19, S20, S22, S27, S28, S35 (11 times)
1:2 S3, S6, S10, S15, S17, S24, S26 (7 times)
0:3 S7, S8, S14, S16, S21, S29 (6 times)

Winnings[]

Period Quarterfinalists Semifinalists Finalists (minimum guarantees)
2nd runner-up 1st runner-up Winner
Tournament #1 to #11 (1987–Winter 1997; Season 3–13) $1,000 or Player’s Total Whichever is Larger $5,000 or Player’s Total Whichever is Larger $7,500 or Player’s 2 Day Total whichever is Larger $10,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger $25,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger
Tournament #12 to #14 (Fall 1997–Fall 1999; Season 14–16) $2,500 or Player’s Total Whichever is Larger $10,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger $15,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger
Tournament #15 (2001; Season 17) $50,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger
Tournament #16 to #17 (2002–2003; Season 18–19) $15,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger $20,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger
Tournament #18 to #19 (2004–2005; Season 20–21) $25,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger $75,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger
Touranment #20 to #29 (2006–2014; Season 22–30) $5,000 $10,000
Tournament #30 onward (2016-present; Season 33, 35) $25,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger $50,000 or Player’s 2 Day Total Whichever is Larger $100,000

Trivia[]

  • There was a 2nd Teen Tournament that took place during Season 23, billed as the Summer Games; it aired in July 2007.
  • There was no Teen Tournament in Seasons 31, 32, 34, 36-38; and it is possible that the Teen Tournament has already been put on hold.
  • In Season 35, two Teen Tournaments were held: The first was held in November 2018, and the second was held in June 2019 in response to the many teens who took the online test and auditioned to get on the show.
  • The semifinals and finals of S14 and S29 were filmed at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
  • In Season 39, a High School Reunion Tournament was held, with a total of 27 participants. The winner was qualified to participate in the ToC. The broadcast aired from February 20 to March 9, 2023. Participants were made up of participants from the 2018-2019 Teen Tournament. It was held in lieu of the National College Championship due to scheduling conflicts with ABC.
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