It is the game that gives the player the answer, and then
the player asks the question. One student from Northside High School got his
chance to ask the questions in Friday’s episode of the “Jeopardy!”
William Crouch, who is a sophomore, traveled to Los Angeles
in November to participate in the “Jeopardy! Teen Tournament.”
stated Crouch, who explained that his favorite part of the experience was
meeting all of the people and becoming friends with the other contestants.
Three of the teens were from Georgia, said Kelly Miyahara, a member of the
“Jeopardy!” Clue Crew who was in Warner Robins Friday to moderate a special
version of the long-running game show in Crouch’s chemistry class.
compete for the prize of $75,000.
As part of Crouch’s award for being on “Jeopardy!”, his
chemistry class got to enjoy the classroom version of the game on Friday.
teams, the protons, neutrons and electrons. When the teams were selected, a
member of the neutrons joked, “Yah, we don’t do anything!”
words”, “team cities”, and chemistry related categories like “mole” and “ion
formulas” mixed in with the regular categories, the teams reached the final
round, and the category pertained to Crouch’s hobby.
acronym” on a small whiteboard.
and the neutrons and electrons tied with 20,000.
and each student in the class got a “Jeopardy!'” hat that had “get a clue!”
written on the back.
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