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.
The following is a list of contestants and where they placed in the tournament. Winners and runners-up who earned more than the minimum guarantees are as indicated in parentheses.
Finalists
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Semifinalists
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Quarterfinalists
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Alex Trebek Era (1984–present)
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Season 3 (February 16–27, 1987)
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Winner: Michael Galvin[3] 1st runner-up: Mitch Epner ($13,800) 2nd runner-up: Dana Venator
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Mike Becker Paul Egendorf Brian Kalt Salil Kumar Lisa Patterson David Simon
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Felicia Corralez Creswell Formey Curt King Dawn-Marie Nolan Sara Stanchina Amy Wilson
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Season 4 (February 8–19, 1988)
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Winner: Michael Block[3] 1st runner-up: David Javerbaum ($21,400) 2nd runner-up: David Graham
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Jason Albert Chris Capozzola Sasha Dublin Neil Gronewetter Mark Wong Stephanie Wulfestig
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Mia Diamond Sarah Fanning Delaine Foss Gene Hayes Eric Reid Julie Robichaux
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Season 5 (February 6–17, 1989)
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Winner: Eric Newhouse ($28,100)[3] 1st runner-up: Stanley Wu ($15,700) 2nd runner-up: Elena Whitley ($13,400)
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Kristen Brimus Don Chase Ryan Godfrey Matt Lindley 3Peter Morris
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David Dodson Tracy Fisher Marnie Helfrich Samantha Moeschler Matt Pearson Laura Speer
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Season 6 (February 5–16, 1990)
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Winner: Jamie Weiss ($26,000)[3] 1st runner-up: Andrew McGeorge ($15,400) 2nd runner-up: Richard Morris ($11,799)
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Peji Ghanouni Mike Grant Scott Hoffman Beth Mullins 3Wen Shen Avi Stadler
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Chris Black Jennifer Dikes Dionne King Sharon Kristal Kate Veksler Stacey White
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Season 7 (February 11–22, 1991)
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Winner: Andy Westney[3] 1st runner-up: Dana Bacon 2nd runner-up: Julie Knauer
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Joanne Chan Robert Fielding Jim Palusak Maggie Large Francesca Khactu
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Season 8 (February 24 – March 6, 1992)
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Winner: April McManus[3] 1st runner-up: Cori Van Noy 2nd runner-up: Jill Young
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Dylan Fulmer
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3Muffy Marracco Morris Melissa Murray Andrew Brown
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Season 9 (February 1–12, 1993)
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Winner: Fraser Woodford ($28,999)[3] 1st runner-up: Jesse Roach ($12,600) 2nd runner-up: Mit Robertson ($8,400)
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Carrie Pruett Colin Rafferty
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Anne Black Nancy Dickmann Chauncey Dobberson Patricia Larash Lev Osherovich Suj Vijayan Brent Keeling Jessie Gile
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Season 10 (February 7–18, 1994)
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Winner: Matt Morris ($29,601)[3] 1st runner-up: Peter Steffen 2nd runner-up: Paul Loeffler
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E.J. Ciraki Jesse Irwin Jeremy Manta Gerry Tansey Dorothy Thompson Felicia Wu
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Scott Alport Rebecca Cinderbrand Alice Handley Carsten Reichel Valerie Voldivici Jonathan Zimmerman
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Season 11 (February 6–17, 1995)
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Winner: Matthew Zielenski ($42,300)[3] 1st runner-up: Susannah Batko-Yovino ($26,200) 2nd runner-up: Deborah Sager ($17,300)
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Chris Jacobs Sujit Raman Matthew Sandler Shannon Shelton Chuck Truesdell Halla Yang
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Erika Brown Courtney Donovan 3Gwen Shen Gus Splittorf Jim Stichen Martha Van Hoy
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Season 12 (May 6–17, 1996)
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Winner: 1Amanda Goad ($31,200)[3] 1st runner-up: 1Derek Bridges ($31,200) 2nd runner-up: Joe Gurski ($24,800)
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Linda Alila Julee Baber Anthony Chiu Peter M. Friedman Geoffrey Hatchard Ben Healy
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Carmen Abrazado Heather Burnett Talisha Burton Lawson Fite Penelope Pajel Jodi Sangster
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Season 13 (February 3–14, 1997)
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Winner: Josh Den Hartog[3] 1st runner-up: Justin Powell ($17,125) 2nd runner-up: Akiva Fox
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Fran Bigman Matthew Burgess Pooja Dhume Brandon Frantz Faith Hillis Tanis O'Connor
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Chad Bell Audrey Droesch Sharon Druck Rita Hamad Brian Joseph Alex Rubalcaya
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Season 14 (November 3–14, 1997), with its second week at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC
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Winner: Sahir Islam ($26,300)[2][3] 1st runner-up: Enos Williams ($20,800) 2nd runner-up: Kristen Stuckey ($14,400)
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Evan Johnson Jonathan Lowe James Sumner Kathy Thompson Bea Vo Kira Whelan
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Julie Anastasi Meghan Arnold Rachel Johnson Deon Lackey Jennifer Rehmann Justin Watkins
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Season 15 (February 22 – March 5, 1999)
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Winner: Melissa Sexstone[3] 1st runner-up: Trish Ranney ($17,600) 2nd runner-up: Elizabeth Nyman
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Jeff Cary Lina Ghosh Katie Halliday Oliver Longwell Sam Sanker Joan Williams
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Nate Budde 2Milo Dochow Brian Dunlap Lindsay Embysk Kitty Roberts Rubani Trimiew
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Season 16 (November 1–12, 1999), with its second week at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City
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Winner: Chacko George[3] 1st runner-up: Emily Deveau 2nd runner-up: Kristy Jones ($10,700)
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Jack Challis Erin Gell Gerrit Hall Brittan Heller Chrissy Ijams Elizabeth Norton
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Miguel Dickson Scott Duquette Brian Golden Marcia Hensley Brian Polk Adam Trabka
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Season 17 (April 30 – May 11, 2001), at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Winner: Graham Gilmer[3] 1st runner-up: Andy Siegler 2nd runner-up: Colleen Mahoney
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Katherine Bushey Ryan Ballangee Logan Bell Misti Coronel Jonathan Reinstein Alexis Stevens
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Caley Anderson Paige Feldman Tom Hartmann Nicole Reimer Amanda Trujillo Farah Zolghadr
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Season 18 (February 4–15, 2002)
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Winner: Bernard Holloway[3] 1st runner-up: George Nelson ($29,497) 2nd runner-up: Seth Disner ($28,900)
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Lindsey Bartlett Heidi Greimann Emily Karrs Andy Kravis Evan Stewart Liana Walters
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Anna Gohmann Blake Hernandez Seveen Kannankara Margaret Monroe Allie Pape Dan Royles
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Season 19 (February 3–14, 2003)
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Winner: John Zhang[3] 1st runner-up: Tyler Allard ($28,400) 2nd runner-up: Anthony Valente ($24,799)
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Russell Berris Stephanie Ehresman John Matthews Tara Karr Benjamin Swartz Shuyu Wang
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Susan Bellenot Kendra Chapman Jonathan Gillerman Joel Knight Brittany McCants Elizabeth Mullowney
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Season 20 (February 9–20, 2004)
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Winner: Jennifer Wu[3] 1st runner-up: Chris Holden 2nd runner-up: Courtney Bennis
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Meghan Apfelbaum Heather Goodlett Kerry Lambeth Muhammad Meigooni Matt Nordsten Oliver Sherouse
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Ashley Anderson Emily Birkel Lauren Drell Brad Hoff Jason Rindenau Zach Schoepflin
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Season 21 (January 26 – February 8, 2005)
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Winner: Michael Braun[3] 1st runner-up: Wes Kovarik ($30,000) 2nd runner-up: Anne Shivers ($18,000)
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Caitlin Cook Ruvani Fonseka Steve Golden Jimmy Li Peter Severson Orlando Zambrano
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Vanamali Compton Amy Fletcher Allan Long Whitney Prince Kerri Regan Chloé White
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Season 22 (February 6–17, 2006)
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Winner: Papa Chakravarthy[3] 1st runner-up: Andrew Kreitz 2nd runner-up: Matt Klein
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Camille Bullock Joseph Graumann Iddoshe Hirpa David Hoffelmeyer Sebastian Johnson[4] Allison Peña
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Laura Ansley Katie James Loren Loiacono Lauren Romero Kenneth Schlax Andrew Watkins
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Season 23 (February 5–16, 2007)
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Winner: David Walter[3] 1st runner-up: Ben Schenkel ($42,800) 2nd runner-up: Stephen Fritz ($25,460)
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Caroline Bartman Frank Firke Heidi Fogle Naomi Hinchen Myles Jeffrey Hank Robinson
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Kristin Briggs Allison Dziuba Jeffrey Gerlomes Caroline Jones Heidi Liu Eliza Urban
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Season 23 Teen Tournament Summer Games (July 16–27, 2007)
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Winner: Meryl Federman[3] 1st runner-up: Greg Peterson ($38,600) 2nd runner-up: Kyle Neblett ($36,400)
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Lisa Ackerman Jeffrey Baer Kriti Gandhi Rachel Gottesman Andy Hutchins Aiden Pink
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Kristiana Henderson Amy Levine Tommy Maranges Lindsey Nicolai Ben Noe Amy Varallo
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Season 24 (February 11–22, 2008)
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Winner: Rachel Horn[3][5] 1st runner-up: Rachel "Steve" Cooke[5] ($25,000) 2nd runner-up: Zia Choudhury[5] ($18,000)
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Hunter Brown Will Casper Todd Faulkenberry Katie Gill Melissa Luttmann Naren Tallapragada
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Maria Bennici Bonnie Cao Mollie Haycock Becky Kralle Janelle Lambert Nick Philip
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Season 25 (November 10–21, 2008)
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Winner: Anurag Kashyap[3] 1st runner-up: Bradley Silverman ($44,600) 2nd runner-up: Audrey Hosford ($26,400)
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Ben Chuchla Shelby Malone Sarah Marx Brandon Saunders 3Jay Schrader Karan Takhar
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Haley Batz Charlie Carbery Casey Clough Katie Houghton Drew Scheeler Christopher Weis
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Season 26 (November 2–13, 2009)[6]
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Winner: Rachel Rothenberg[7] 1st runner-up: Will Dantzler ($31,600)[8] 2nd runner-up: Aidan Mehigan[9]
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Zach Blumenfeld Solomon Howard Gabriel Johnson Hema Karunakaram[1] Gabe Orlet Lindsay Oxx[10]
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Bonny Jain Emily Lever Stephanie Radke Samantha Reback Kennedy Stomps Forrest Sturgill
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Season 27 (February 17 – March 2, 2011)[11]
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Winner: Raynell Cooper[12] 1st runner-up: Kailyn LaPorte ($42,600)[12] 2nd runner-up: Raya Elias-Pushett ($20,851)[12]
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Nikhil Desai Erin Hart[13] Idrees Kahloon[14] Lindsey Thiesfeld Kate Wadman Brandon Welch
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Cosi Audi Raphie Cantor Steven Ho[15] Christian Ie[16] Carlee Jensen[13] Andrew Van Duyn
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Season 28 (April 30 – May 11, 2012) with its second week at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC
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Winner: Elyse Mancuso ($79,600)[3] 1st runner-up: Rose Schaefer ($36,000) 2nd runner-up: Catherine Briley ($31,000)
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Krishna Bharathala 1Evan Eschliman Ben Greenho Anshika Niraj Eliza Scruton Kevin Yang
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Morgan Flood 1Gabriela Gonzales Jeff Haylon Sam Leanza Caleb Olson 3Rob Schrader
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Season 29 (January 30 – February 12, 2013)
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Winner:4Leonard Cooper[3] 1st runner-up: Barrett Block ($35,600) 2nd runner-up: Nilai Sarda 4 ($26,400)
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Tori Amos William Crouch Kelton Ellis 4Emily Greenberg 4Irene Vazquez Joe Vertnik
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Lila Anderson Arjun Byju Olivia Hummer Brittany Poppen Katie Stone Jordan Villanueva
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A console game based on the Teen Tournament was released in the mid 1990s for the Nintendo Game Boy.
Twelve former Teen Tournament contestants competed three at a time in four qualifying round matches. Winning contestants who were among the top three scorers would play in the final match for $50,000. Losing qualifiers took home $5,000, while the non-playing finalist took home $7,500. The third place finisher took home a minimum guarantee of $10,000, while the second place finisher was entitled to a minimum guarantee of $15,000. The highest scoring player in the finals took home $50,000.
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