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Lights, Camera, Answers!

By Jamie Bergey/Los Angeles

What is it like to be on a game show? TFK Kid Reporter Jamie Bergey got answers to all of her questions during the taping of Jeopardy! Kids Week, which airs from October 18 to 22. Here's her report.

IT'S 30 minutes to showtime, and 15 excited boys and girls are joking around and doing dance moves. The kids are burning off nervous energy. They're about to compete for more than $10,000. Millions of television viewers are expected to watch the kids win--or lose.

The stakes are high during Jeopardy! Kids Week. The tournament includes five games, with a new group of players and a new winner in each game. The five first-place winners take home more than $10,000 each. Kids who come in second receive $2,000, and third place wins $1,000. Each player also gets a computer.

The competition gets tough long before the show starts. Alex Nutman, 12, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, traveled to New York City for tryouts. "First you take a written test, with 30 questions," Alex says. "Then you play in a mock game." Alex beat thousands of hopeful kids from across the nation.

Most of the young contestants admitted to at least some type of studying. But how do you prepare for a test that may include subjects from Shrek to Shakespeare? "I read a lot of trivia books," says Megan Fraedrich, 12, of Springfield, Virginia.

Before the cameras rolled, Alex, Megan and the others took turns playing a practice game. Then it was showtime! Most of the kid competitors said they felt nervous at first, but they got into the game. "By the first commercial, I was having fun," Megan told TFK.

The final Jeopardy! question is, Who won? Tune in this week for the answer.

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