healthcare today... about aarp medicare supplement plans. healthcare t♪day... this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants. a freelance designer from atlanta, georgia... an investment banking analyst from new york, new york... and our returning champion, a professional sports gambler from las vegas, nevada... whose 29-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. i'm sure many of you have wondered what the contestants and i talk about at the end of the prog on yesterday's show, james was worried a little bit because he thought that with the $2 1/4 million he's already won as a "jeopardy!" champion that maybe now the casinos will look at him differently and might not want him gambling in their venues. that remains to be determined. faizan and lisa, good to have you with us. and good luck. here we go. the jeopardy! round. today we start you off with these categories... good year. next... you identify the author. and finally... that's how i'm reading you. james. 1919, $1,000.

james. - what is bauhaus? - yes. i'm reading you, $1,000. faizan. - who is hesse? - correct. 1919 for $800. faizan. - what is the 18th? - correct. i'm reading you, $800. james. - who is alice walker? - yes. robots, $800. james. - what is fukushima? - that's it. robots, $1,000.

faizan. - what is hitchhiking? - hitchhiking. yes. let's do loud & clear for $1,000. james. - what is fortissimo? - good. loud & clear, $800. james. - what is raising the dead? - no. [ beep ] i thought you were on the right track. what is raising cain? talking about genesis. back to you, james. 1919, $600. answer... [ applause ] you're gonna break the tie with faizan. you know what to do. all right. what is the algonquin round table?

that's it. [ applause ] you have $5,600. your tv government at work, $1,000. [ beep ] popular show called "madam secretary." obviously not popular enough. james. government, $800. james. - what is "scandal"? - that's it. clothes minded, $1,000. james. - what are jodhpurs? - good. clothes, $800. lisa. - what is bias? - good. clothes minded, $600.

james. - what is bolero? - bolero. good. government, $600. james. - what is "the good wife"? - "the good wife." you got it. that takes you to $8,600. we're going into our first break. when we come back, we'll find out a little bit about our newcomers, lisa and faizan. ♪

promotional consideration provided by... welcome back. lisa clark is a freelance designer from atlanta, georgia, who has something in common with me. you worked for a friend of mine. yes, sir. robert osborne. yes. from turner classic movies. yeah, i know you and i are both old movie buffs. and i had someone contact me and say, "i know you like old movies, and robert osborne is looking for some help with his web site,

so we thought you might wanna do it." and i got to speak with him by phone and contacted him through email, and we talked back and forth a good bit. and he's a really lovely-- or was a lovely man. he was indeed. faizan kothari from new york. investment banking analyst who once had a close mishap in a hot-air balloon, i understand. yeah. a few years ago, i was in central turkey, and i took a hot-air balloon ride right before sunrise. and it was beautiful. the landscape was amazing. but when we were coming down, it drifted away, and it almost hit a barn. and there was a crowd, and there was a horse looking like he was waiting for us, so... were you alone with the pilot? no, no. there were a few people there--my family as well. nobody was hurt. nobody was hurt. all right. a good ending. james holzhauer is our champion. we have mentioned in our introductions of you on the program that you're a las vegas gambler. you have won $2 1/4 million on our program. what's the most money you ever lost

on a wager you placed in las vegas? hmm. $20,000 maybe. were you married at the time or single? single. yeah. did those numbers go down once you got married? we don't discuss until the end of the season where the bankroll is going. it's better that way. okay. all right. it relieves a great deal of stress in the household. yeah. pick up that device and go ahead and make another selection, and we will reveal another clue. loud & clear for $600. faizan. - what is din? - din. yes. loud & clear for $400. lisa. what is 11?- yes. loud & clear, $200. james.

- what is deafening? - deafening. yes. i'm reading you, $600. james. - who is john green? - right. i'm reading you, $400. faizan. - who is hugo? - victor hugo. good. 1919 for $400. faizan. - what is klm? - yeah. robots for $600. faizan. - what is surveillance? - yes. clothes minded for $400. lisa. - what is cardigan? - yes. clothes minded, $200. the extra-large pocket on the front of the hoodie is named for this creature.

lisa. - what is a kangaroo? - kangaroo. yeah. robots, $400. the company ozobot makes robots that introduce kids to this activity-- the art of writing instructions that direct computers. james. - what is coding? - coding. that's it. tv, $400. james. - what is "the west wing"? - yes. and we're not talking about charlie sheen here. tv, $200. james. - what is parks and recreation? - good. robots, $200. faizan. - what is the roomba? - the roomba. yes. i'm reading you for $200.

lisa. - who is james joyce? - correct. now the last clue... faizan. - who are the white sox? - chicago white sox. yes. you're at $5,200. lisa, though, is going first to start us off in double jeopardy! right after this. ♪

closed captioning sponsored in part by... believe it or not, the game is still within reach for our challengers, faizan and lisa. but, lisa, you pick first from these categories in this double jeopardy! round. sounds like my backyard. e-x is gonna come up in each correct response. and finally, you're gonna have... the correct response will be based

on the last line of the clue. lisa. let's do 1980s for $2,000. james. what is "another one bites the dust"? "another one bites the dust." yes. one big swamp, $1,600. answer... [ applause ] $11,914. all righty. - what is dismal? - you got it. [ applause ] a little trouble with names, $1,200. james. - who is billy bob thornton? - correct.

names, $1,600. faizan. - who is ham? - ham. yes. space "ex" for $1,600. answer... [ applause ] all righty. $4,000. all right. here is the clue... what is escape? no. what is exhaust? it had to be e-x. e-x. e-x. yeah. all right. no more daily doubles. you're at $2,800. pick. space "ex", $2,000. sarah. 39 light-years from our sun, a red dwarf star called trappist-1 has seven earth-size these whose orbits are seen here. jpl says three of them are firmly in the habitable zone

where liquid water could most likely exist. faizan. - what are exoplanets? - that's it. awards & prizes, $2,000. james. - who is sakharov? - correct. names, $2,000. [ snapping fingers ] faizan. - who is nancy? - nancy. yes. awards & prizes, $1,600. james. - what is the palme d'or? - yes. big swamp, $2,000. lisa.

- what is okefenoke? - correct. 80s, $1,600. faizan. - what is "living on a prayer"? - yeah. differs by a vowel for $1,600. james. what is preposition proposion? good. pop lyrics, $1,200. lisa. - what is "smooth criminal"? - no. [ beep ] what is "bad"? back to you, james. swamp, $1,200. james. - what is trinidad and tobago? - that's the t & t? vowel, $2,000. james. - what is mute and mote? - correct. vowel, $1,200.

james. - what is parched and perched? - correct. awards, $1,200. james. - what is spoon? - bent spoon. good. space "ex", $1,200. james. - what is extravehicular? - good. space "ex", $800. james. - what is extinction? - good. space, $400. james. - what is extraterrestrial? - yes. little trouble with names, $800.

james. - what is silver? - silver. correct. names, $400. james. - who is sarah palin? - yes. awards, $800. james. - what is hugo? - hugo awards. correct. awards, $400. james. - what is the nfl? - yes. vowel, $800. james. - what is park and perk? - good. less than a minute. vowel, $400. faizan. - what are batter and butter? - batter, butter. one big swamp, $800.

james. - what is the everglades? - yes. pop lyrics, $800. james. - what is "time after time"? - that's right. lyrics, $400. james. what is "wind beneath my wings"? yes. swamp, $400. faizan. - what's the nile? - nile is right. and that takes you to $9,200. once again, though-- i've said it so often-- james, runaway game. final jeopardy! to come, players. here it is. 19th century novels. how much money will our champ earn today? stay with us and find out.

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there were a lot of novels written in the 19th century, and this clue is about one of them...

30 seconds, players. good luck. ♪ ♪ ♪ lisa, we come to you first, and i have a feeling you're trying to entertain us. what did you draw? i saw you draw something. a smiley face. ah, a little smiley face. all right. it's gonna cost you some money. yeah. $2,799. and that leaves you with $1. let's go to faizan now. he had $9,200, and he wrote down... "what is 'frankenstein'?" written by mary shelley. you are right.

it'll add $23. there's an interesting wager. you should start talking to james. he had $43,914. wrote down, "what is 'frankenstein'?" and even drew. i don't have the artistic skills we got over there. okay. but you're going to add some money to that $43,000. how much? $25,119. that bumps you up today to $69,033 and gives you a 30-day total of $2,323,971. it just keeps getting better and better for him. we'll see what happens tomorrow. join us then, won't you? ♪ captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc.

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