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AMERICA'S BRIGHTEST YOUTH TO COMPETE ON 'JEOPARDY!' KIDS WEEK

EPISODES TO AIR JULY 4-8

CULVER CITY, CALIF.  (June 27, 2011) - School's out for summer, but learning never stops for these whiz kids.  Beginning Monday, July 4, "Jeopardy!" will celebrate youth and academic excellence with 15 of the nation's brightest 10- to 12-year olds during Kids Week. 

The Kids Week lineup includes:

NAME                                        AGE                  HOMETOWN            
Emma Couture                            12                    St. Petersburg, Fla.
Graham Doskoch                        12                    Berkeley Heights, N.J.
Rahul Francis                              12                    Flushing, N.Y.
Aria Gerson                                11                    Orem, Utah
Tony Harkin                                11                    New Milford, Conn.
Maddie Harrington                       12                    Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Emma Johnson                            11                    St. Petersburg, Fla.
Brooke Martin                              11                   Galway, N.Y.
Dillon McCormick                         12                    Erlanger, Ky.
Dominic Olivera                           12                    Bristow, Va.
Neil Patel                                    12                   Plano, Texas
B.D. Schwarz                              12                  Oakland, Calif.
Charlotte Scott                            12                   Washington, D.C.
Meg Walker                                 11                   Brandon, Miss.
Andrew Zazzera                          12                  Virginia Beach, Va.

The winner of each game will receive a minimum guarantee of $15,000.  Contestants who place second will receive $2,000 and third will earn $1,000.

"Jeopardy!," the winner of 29 Emmy awards since its debut in 1984, was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most awards won by a TV Game Show. The series is the #1-rated quiz show in syndication with nearly 9 million daily viewers. "Jeopardy!" is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company. It is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Television International, both units of CBS Corp. 

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