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alex: all right, champ. off you go. let's take literary significant others for $200. jerome. who's hermione granger? right. triple "a" for $600. megan. what's faraway? that's it. triple "a" for $200. katie. what is pajamas? yes. office seeker, disappointed for $400, please. [ beep ] his name is walter mondale. back to you, katie. office seeker, disappointed for $600, please. in 2012, this pennsylvanian could not overcome mitt romney.

katie. who is santorum? rick santorum. you got him. office seeker, disappointed for $800. katie. who is lieberman? good. literary significant others for $1,000. jerome. who is aeneas? that's it. triple "a" for $400. jerome. what is caracas? that's it. triple "a", $800. it was a hoot. "bananas." back to you, jerome. literary significant others for $600. [ beep ] "who is nancy?" jerome. literary for $400.

jerome. who is jane? me tarzan. you jane. good. triple "a" for $1,000, please. jerome. who is galahad? that's it. literary significant others for $800. [ beep ] "who is molly?" all right, jerome. "mythbusters" for $400, please. me. all right, jerome. whkatie or megan? [ paint?" jewh are fillings? jewh are fillings? an to $2,800. to break number one. [ applause ]

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door handle breaks off in my hand, went and got the parts, and within a couple of weeks had wrecked the car. [ laughs ] oh. boo, hiss. we ended up finding somebody else who had a similar make and model in a parking lot. left the car part on top of her car. didn't even let her know it was us. and her car was missing the same part? missing the exact same part. obviously a manufacturing default, there -- a fault. i would say so. yeah. pick up your signaling device -- we hope it's working -- and go ahead and make a selection. i'll take "mythbusters" for $600, please. katie. who is hoffa? yeah. a killee's heels for $200, please. [ beep ] the actress was janet leigh. back to you, katie.

a killee's heels for $400, please. katie. who is the wicked witch? be more specific. the wicked witch of the east. that's the one. a killee's eels for -- heels for $600, please. jerome. what is "men in black"? that's it. a killee's heels for $800. jerome. what is "dick tracy"? no. katie. what is "scream"? "scream" is the film. office seeker, disappointed for $1,000.

jerome. who is adlai stevenson? correct. office seeker for $200. katie. who is ford? henry ford, yep. national scenic byways for $800, please. answer there -- daily double. [ applause ] you trail jerome by $1,000. $1,000, please. okay. here's the clue. what is the pacific coast? oh, no. that's not hell. but death valley could seem like it was hell. we have less than a minute to go now.

pacific c-- sorry. national scenic byways for $600, please. jerome. what is route 66? yep. "mythbusters," $800. jerome. what is a penny? penny is right. "mythbusters" for $1,000. jerome. what is ice? ice, yes. scenic byways for $200, please. jerome. what is kentucky? that's it. $400. megan. what is mount rushmore? correct. [ beep beep beep ] and now the -- well, we won't get to the $1,000 clue. jerome has a big lead, though. megan, you've got some catching up to do.

you go first in double jeopardy! right after the break, after this. [ applause ]

the champ got off to a really good start. he's in the lead with $7,200, but megan will go first in this round. she picks from these categories. we'll give you two countries, and you give me the river that forms the main boundary between those countries. megan, where do we start? let's go to country music for $400, please.

megan. who is tim mcgraw? right. country music for $800. ♪ if you want to call me, call me, call me ♪ listen. ♪ you don't have to worry 'bout... ♪ megan. who is luke bryan? yeah. you're a country music fan. it's gonna pay off, maybe. country music for $1,200. megan. who is carrie underwood? right. same category, $1,600. on his death, he was praised as an ambassador for the state of tennessee and the greatest country singer of all time. katie. who is...alan? no. megan. who is george jones? yeah, the great george jones. finish it out for $2,000. [ beep ] and her name is kellie pickler. back to you, megan. no more country stars there.

"m"enagerie for $400, please. jerome. what is a moose? moose is right. let's go with portmanteau words for $800. megan. what is a bromance? good. portmanteau for $400. jerome. what is napalm? yes. portmanteau for $1,200. [ beep ] and that word is affluenza. jerome. a river runs between them for $800, please. katie. what is the rhine? right. a river runs between them for $1,200.

jerome. what is the colorado? yes. $1,600, river. jerome. what is the congo? no. katie or megan? megan. what is the limpopo? no. anotherezi, vtoa back to me katie or megan? meganrivefojerome. fo$1at nathri $mes e ,600.

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alex: there were just a couple of names that would come to mind with this clue. let's see if, megan, you were correct in coming up with one of em. you wrote down, "who is copernicus?" you are correct. he's the one. and that will add $4,199. that moves you up to $8,399, and it takes us to katie. she had $6,400, e came up with copernicus also, and her wager was $2,801 that takes her up to $9,201 and the lead at the moment. and jerome is not looking happy, because he picked one of the other names -- galileo. and where will he finish? he'll finish in third place. he loses $3,601. and, katie, congratulations, young lady. you're the new "jeopardy!" champion wit$9,201. and we'll see you again tomorrow. and you, too, as well, we hope. so long. promotional consideration provided by...

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298 people, and that is a revised number but at this hour there has been in public announcement, how many, if any, americans were on board. thursday night, the big story on "action news" tonight is the almost unthinkable. a commercial jet liner was shut down today over eastern ukraine by a surface to air missle. the plane was on its way from amsterdam to -- kuala lumpur but

it fell 33,000 feet in the village in the in middle of the war zone and currently held by rebels. backed by russian weapons they have been battling ukraine government forces. the working theory is this tonight a rebel aim a missle at what he thought was a ukraine military aircraft but it turned out to be malaysia airlines flight 17. u.s. intelligence is still working to see who fired the missle, and whether it came from a russian or ukrainian side of the tense border. the crash today, dramatically escalates the conflict between ukraine and rebels. today vice-president joe biden alluded to the potential ramifications. >> this is important, it is important that we get to the bottom of this sooner than late later because the possible republican cushion that is can flow from this from the tragic loss of life. >> there are body and body parts all over the crash site. meanwhile race was on to find

the black boxes which will contain essential information, about what exactly happened to the plane. the rebels claim they have already retrieved it, and will hand it over to the russians. "action news" reporter sharrie williams and dann cuellar are covering different angles of this story, lets go to sharrie first in the satellite center. sharrie, you have been talking to aviation experts, what have they been saying. >> reporter: jim, we have spoke to several experts who cover aviation, politics, and also terrorism, three areas that can the not be ignored in this catastrophic event and this level of loss of life. well, tonight they will weigh in on the flight path taken by this jet liner and also, they expand and say why we now must pay more attention to that region. fragments of million layer a airlines flight 17 remains skat nerd eastern ukraine and so dot remains of the 298 people who were on board. flying from amsterdam to qualify alum per the triple seven flew over an area of

ukraine teaming with tension. >> you would have thought that the international airlines would have a avoided that route. >> reporter: in the past week ukraine separatist who want to be a part of russia have shot down two other aircraft, a cargo plane and a fighter jet that belong to ukraine. many weapons in that area have fallen in to the hand of untrain rebels. >> the risk is gigantic when those weapons are prolifereporrnes isdi to th plane's flight path saying it was declared safe by the u.n. aviation arm. >> these were people who boarded a civilian air liner, moving from one country to the the other. >> reporter: terrorism expert ed to turzanski. >> the inspiration this gives to other people who would like to bring down a civilian air liner on purpose should make all of us take very careful stock on have what has happened. >> reporter: leading theory is passenger plane was targeted out of mistaken, identity, over volatile air space. >> it will look very bad for

the separatist and the kremlin which has been backing those ukrainian separatist. >> reporter: with so many nationalities, represent on board and as we await confirmation of any americans, he says that the united states, and the world are now paying full attention, to that room on. >> now we've got an interest in this and the entire international community has got an ninth this but this has bubbled over from being a regional issue to a global one, and a global threat. >> reporter: as for the black box, if it is indeed in the hands of russians, well, terror experts say that is a major concern considering russia is a suspect in all of this, jim. live from the satellite center, sharrie williams channel six "action news". >> thanks, sharrie. these are the faces of grief stricken family members in amsterdam, waiting for word about their loved ones, the shock of learning the fate of the plane, the the agony of waiting for a final confirmation. in ukraine's capitol of kiev an outpouring of support for those families and those victims as people placed flowers, and, lit candles at a

makeshift memorial outside the up embassy. on the other end of the doomed flight the heart break at the airport in kuala lumpur, among relatives who have been waiting for the plane's arrival. philadelphia has strong russian and ukraine community, and "action news" reporter dann cuellar has been in touch with both tonight, and dann is now live on the ben franklin parkway, dann? >> reporter: jim, both russian and ukraine americans see the downing of the jet liner as a terrible tragedy. that much both sides agree on but incident has quickly become, a conflict between russia and ukraine with some on each side, blaming the other for what happened. >> ♪ >> reporter: tonight in jenkintown ukrainian philadelphia radio began its weekly program with the ukraine national anthem blaming russia for downing of the malaysia yet liner and vowing to fight for freedom. >> russia threatens ukraine with nuclear war in case

ukraine would plan to return the peninsula crimea. the ukrainian army readies itself for the lasso fence i have against the next separatist. >> reporter: among number of ukraine americans we spoke with their is in doubt pro russian ukraine rebels and or russian soldiers for blame for downing of the million ways a airways flight 17. >> they are vicious. they are not our good neighbors. they are not good neighbors at all. we have nothing to do with them. >> reporter: among russian americans we spoke with at bell's mark in the northeast. >> unaudible. >> reporter: do you believe it was russians. >> i don't believe that. >> reporter: what do you believe. >> i believe it was an accident. >> reporter: but then there was william gamble. who do you think shot the the plane down. >> president putin. >> reporter: do you think that. >> it is in my mind. >> reporter: you had are russian. >> yes. >> reporter: tonight there is in question in that the tragedy regardless of who is to blame has rekindled deep animosity which has routes in the ukraine russian conflict

that pits neighbor against neighbors and now innocent bystanders may have fallen victim. >> the people flying in that plane today whether they are from