-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny, and hi, everyone. welcome to the last of our semi-final games.ve been following the competition for the past week and a half, by now you should understand perfectly why i always refer to the teen tournament as my favorite competition of the year. nikhil, raynell, and kate, welcome back. good luck. let's go to work. actually, you're the ones doing the work, because you have to deal with these categories... each correct response will be a short word that you have to spell. nikhil, start us. let's do american literature for $200, please. who is james fenimore cooper? american literature for $400, please. what is "the catcher in the rye"? $600, american literature, please. what is "the old man and the sea"? american literature, $800, please. um, who is alex haley?