Grand Prairie teen competes on ‘Jeopardy!’
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Catherine Briley, 17, of Grand Prairie, will be a contestant on “Jeopardy!” at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday on WBRZ, Channel 2 (cable Channel 5) and KATC, Channel 3, in Lafayette.
Briley, daughter of Nicky and Gretchen Briley, will compete in “Jeopardy’s” annual Teen Tournament for the chance to win the top prize of $75,000. The tournament began airing Monday and will run through next week.
The contestant is a senior at Sacred Heart School in Ville Platte.
Briley is one of 15 teens chosen from the more than 20,000 teens who took a timed test online, 300 of whom advanced to an in-person audition and additional testing before being selected for the tournament.