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A look at some noteworthy television this week:

Do you know the Latin root of the word 'solipsism'? Well, Robert Marsland from Madison, Wisconsin did. Marsland, who is 18, won the inaugural National Vocabulary Championship yesterday when he beat 49 other word-whizzes (warning, we got a headache reading the linked article) and had the correct answer for the word's root. For his mastery of the vocabulary universe, Marsland won $40,000 towards his college tuition. That isn't even enough for one year at Princeton, where Marsland hopes to attend and study physics and philosophy. Micah Jordan, the New York Citywide Champion, was eliminated in the first round, the lightning round. Jordan told The Daily News, "I felt like a lot of people were counting on me. I felt like I let them down. Then again, I did the best I could."

Were you a word whiz when you were a kid? Well, you missed your chance by several years. The Game Show Network is behind a new competition that tests the mettle of high school students in vocabulary. They're calling it the National Vocabulary Championship and the finals are today at the New York Public Library. Among the 50 finalists in today's competition is Micah Jordan, the New York Citywide Champion. Jordan, who is 16, hails from The Bronx, and attends Pablo Neruda Academy for Architecture and World Studies, beat out 95 other students in the city championships. A quick look at the finalists shows that there are 3 other New Yorkers in the competition as well. The grand prize for the winner includes $40,000 towards college tuition.