today's contestants are a family physician from newark, delaware... a librarian from washington, dc... and our returning champion, a professional sports gambler from las vegas, nevada... whose 30-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. megan and rob, welcome to the show. i'm looking at you right now. i'm trying to see if i can spot some determination, some feistiness, because you're gonna need it against this champion, james. but good luck. here we go. first round of play today. one daily double coming up in one of these categories...

followed by... i-t coming up in each correct response. we'll deal with... and finally--you'll love it. james. world facts, $1,000. james. - what is asia minor? - asia minor or anatolia. yes. on the beach, $1,000. sarah, help us out. making up the sand on most beaches is this compound-- chemical formula... ...in the form of tiny crystals of the mineral quartz. james. - what is silicon dioxide? - yes. silica. childish bambino, $1,000. james.

- what are the polo grounds? - polo grounds. the home field of the yankees then. replicas, $1,000. james. - who is stradivarius? - you got it. - facts, $800. - answer... [ applause ] you're finding it a bit earlier than usual. - four dimes, please. - all right. what is côte-d'ivoire? côte d'ivoire. the ivory coast. yes. [ applause ] beach, $800. rob. - what is florida? - that's the state. on the beach for $600.

james. - what is "baywatch"? - "baywatch." that's the show. replicas, $800. james. - what's the parthenon? - good. "it" me, $1,000. rob. - what is agita? - yes. "it" me for $800. megan. - what is accredit? - good. $600, "it" me. james. - what is baritone? - baritone. yes. book titles, $1,000. james. what is "the red badge of courage"? yes. book, $800. james.

- what is "the shining"? - you got it. bambino, $800. james. my favorite quote. who was hoover? yes. bambino, $600. james. - what is manager? - no. megan or rob? [ beep ] he was captain. and then he went after the fan in the stands and lost the captaincy. we're gonna take a break. back in a moment. ♪

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rob wolf is a family physician from newark, delaware. there's a note here that says you practiced medicine in rural new zealand for a year. but it makes it sounds like that was a big idea. was it? it was a big deal. it was exciting. my wife's a professor, and she studies earthquakes. and so we got to go to new zealand for a year after the big 2011 earthquake, where she was studying the rebuilt after it. okay. so you followed her to new zealand. trailing spouse. that's my job. good for you. megan browndorf is a librarian from washington, dc who was once in a prince-themed roller ballet? yes, i was, sir. so there's this company in washing--in baltimore called fluid movement. and they do water ballets, but they also do roller ballets. so they did this great fairy-tale themed roller ballet. and there were three acts with different princes.

and the act that i was in was "prince, the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as," and we all got to dress up as prince and skate around. and you're all on roller skates. and all of us on roller skates. so you're doing a lot of this stuff. oh, yeah. [ audience laughs ] [ laughs ] okay. can we skip me? i'm not topping that. all right. moving on. [ laughs ] you're in command of the board. go ahead. make a selection. world facts, $600. megan. - what is pompeii? - no. rob. - what is vesuvius? - you are right. world facts for $400. james. - what's the po? - the po. correct. replicas, $600. megan.

- what is stonehenge? - you got it. book titles, $600. james. what is "remembrance of things past"? that's it. book, $400. james. what is "no good, very bad day"? yes. bambino, $400. james. - who is lou gehrig? - yep. bambino, $200. james. - what's the umpire? - umpire. yeah. "it" me, $400. rob. - what is a chastity belt? - correct. "it" me for $200.

james. - what is editorial? - that has i-t in it. beach, $400. megan. what is d-day? d-day. the invasion of normandy. $200, on the beach. rob. - what is beach volleyball? - yeah. world facts for $200. megan. - what is greenland? - yes. book titles, $200. james. - who is the postman? - correct. $400, replicas. globe? - that's right. now the last clue.

here's a half-size version of this landmark just outside chicago, originally built to store water. rob. what is the leaning tower of pisa? that is right. and that takes you to $3,200. you are safely ensconced in second place. but megan is the one who gets to go first in double jeopardy! right after this. ♪ i'm here with women who took the pantene 14 day challenge and went from #badhairday to #greathairday. america, are you ready to use pantene and get 2x more great hair days? (driver) relax, it's just a bug. that's not a bug, that's not a bug! (burke) hit and drone. seen it, covered it. at farmers, we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪

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and megan gets to make the first choice, my apologies to the people of newark, delaware. i moved you into new jersey. sorry about that. all right, let's find out what the categories are going to be in this double jeopardy! round. let's take a look. we'll deal with... and finally... wow. megan. let's do places that became words, $2,000, please. this structure takes its name from a military base in rhode island where it was first built during world war ii. james. - what is a quonset hut? - you got it. fill in their dates, $1,600.

[ beep ] and that would be april 23rd for both of them. back to you, james. dates, $1,200. [ beep ] she died in 1945. james. what's the big idea? $1,600. answer... [ applause ] $9,812. all right. what is holistic? holistic. that's the word we're looking for. [ applause ] and that brings your total up to $26,612. places that became words, $1,200. megan. - what is ebola? - good. big idea? $1,200.

rob. - what is self-determination? - that's the word. places become words, $1,600. james. - what is tangerine? - yes. for tangier. climate, $1,600. james. - what is melanoma? - right. climate, $1,200. rob. - what is a heat island? - that's it. climate for $2,000.

rob. - what is desertification? - correct. fill in their dates for $2,000. [ beep ] 1603. of course. rob. let's go with big idea? for $2,000. megan. - who is descartes? - right you are. tea, $1,600, please. megan. - what is twinings? - yeah. $1,200, tea. despite its name, you can't use this green tea rolled into pellets to fire a cannon. megan. - what is gunpowder? - that's right. $2,000, tea.

megan. - what is souchong? - good. $800, tea. james. - what is taiwan? - taiwan. correct. climate, $800. james. - what are ice ages? - yes. - dates, $800. - answer... [ applause ] oh, this category seemed hard. $5,000. $5,000 it is. - what is january? - january. correct.

[ applause ] kowalski, film analysis, $200. james. - what is "gran torino"? - that's the car. film, $1,600. megan. - who is steve martin? - yeah. $1,200, kowalski. dan fogler first showed up as jacob kowalski, a friend of newt's in this magical film from 2016. james. what is "fantastic beasts and where to find them"? yes. film, $800. james. - who is george clooney? - he's the actor. film, $400.

rob. what is "a streetcar named desire"? you got it. rob.'s the big - who is chuck jones? - yes. places that became words, $800. rob. - what is shenandoah? - no. megan. - what is limerick? - limerick. yes. tea, $400. james. - what are pandas? - yeah. dates, $400. megan. - what is 15? - yeah. climate, $400. james.

- what is weather? - weather. right. places, $400. this breed takes its name from a valley along the river aire in yorkshire, england. james. - what is an airedale terrier? - yes. and now the last clue... rob. - what is calculus? - correct. and that brings you up to $8,400. impressive. megan impressive also with $12,200. but james more impressive. $41,612. final jeopardy! coming up. let's take a look. national anthems is what we get to deal with when we come back. ♪

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the category for final today is national anthems. players, here's your clue...

30 seconds. good luck. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, megan, you waited a little too long. you ran out of time. let's go to rob, though, first. he was in third place with $8,400. his response was... belgium. incorrect. no. and that'll cost you $8,399, leaving you with $1. over to megan now. her response-- she was going to write down germany, it looks like. and that would have been wrong also. so it'll cost you $4,601. you're gonna finish in second place.

you're going to go home with $2,000. james is going to go home with a lot more money. he had $41,612. and he wrote down the correct response. the country was austria. and he will add $17,000 today. that gives him $58,612. [ applause ] and now a new total of $2,382,583 for 31 days. how will he end the week with us? tune in tomorrow and see. it's going to be fun. so long. ♪ captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc.

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