thank you, johnny gilbert. and thank you, ladies and gentlemen. two weeks from now, we will begin our annual tournament of champions. and if kristin keeps winning, she will be involved in that tournament of champions. joan and james, welcome aboard. good luck. pick up your signaling devices, because you're going to work right now, in the first round of play, the jeopardy! round, and here are the categories. you have to name the novel for us, of course. we have... and finally... you have to name the bird found within the text of our clue. kristin, start. let's begin with rewritten novel endings for $200, please. kristin. what is "moby-dick"? that's the novel. novel endings for $400. kristin. what is "nineteen eighty-four"? yes. novel endings for $600. kristin. what is "one flew over the cuckoo's nest"? yes. novel endings for $800. joan. what is "a tale of two cities"? yes. novel endings for $1,000, please. joan. what is "madame bovary"? yes, for $1,000. states' most populous cities for $200, please. joan. what is kansas city? no. kristin. what is t

thank you, johnny gilbert.es and gentlemen, thank you very much, and welcome to the last of our preliminary rounds in the "jeopardy!" battle of the decades. for the next five days, you get to enjoy some of your favorite "jeopardy!" champions from the past 10 years as they demonstrate, once again, how bright they are. tom, celeste, and colby, welcome back to the show. let's go to work right now in the jeopardy! round, shall we? and here are the categories for you. we start off with... colby, you start. all right, nba finals mvps, $200.

thank you, johnny gilbert. ladies and gentlemen, welcome.ia has been resting for the last couple of weeks in preparation for today. this is the beginning of our final week of the "explore the world" sweepstakes. available for you, the viewers, today -- a fabulous trip to south america to machu picchu. available for the contestants -- the possibility of a lot of cash. bob, sarah, welcome aboard. julia, good luck. here we go. categories are... "reign" -- the passions and power struggles around mary, queen of scots, in between the lines of the history books. and you can watch "reign" on the cw network, of course. julia, start us off. getting possessive for $200. have a "grape" time at this resort island about four miles off the coast. sarah. what is martha's vineyard? that's the possessive. scrabble words, $200.

thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome. good news for you folks who are watching us at home right now. starting today and for the next two weeks, we'll be giving away a fabulous trip each day. now we've already had 20 winners to fabulous places like the galápagos islands, machu picchu, the arctic, alaska, easter island. it could be your turn. pay attention later on in the program, and you'll find out how you could be a winner. now, julia and kris, you could be a winner today, too, if, uh, you play our game better than our returning champion frédérique. good luck to all three of you. here we go. the jeopardy! round has these categories... "ship" in quotation marks. next... uh-oh. there's a trend here. interesting spelling. and... frédérique, start. aboard "ship," $200 please. frédérique. what is censorship? good.

thank you very much, johnny gilbert, and you, too, ladies and gentlemen and welcome.ia is an excellent champion. she gets off to a quick start, and she manages to hold on to the lead. little bit of advice for zia and brad -- be at your best. okay, here we go. jeopardy! round. one daily double round, and here are the categories... we'll give you the latin prefixes. you give us the meaning, please. you'll deal with... each correct response beginning with that letter. you'll deal with... and... julia, start us. start with latin prefixes for $200. brad. what is against? good. prefixes for $400. brad. what is around? correct. prefixes for $600. zia. what is both? both is right. tech education for $200. julia. what is intel? correct.

thank you, johnny gilbert, and thank you, ladies and gentlemen.tle of the decades" $1 million championship that will be played a month from now. one of those spots will be filled by the winner of this game. it will be vinita, ken, or michael. good luck. let's start finding out which of you it will be. here are the categories for the first round of play today. we start you off with... and finally, ken... [ laughter ] alex: michael, you get to go first. sorry, ken. our old pal watson, $200. ken. who is tom watson? that's right.

thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen.o get a little bit of personal business out of the way before we get into the playing of the game, happy birthday, mom -- 93. sandie, chrissy, and devin, good to have you with us. let's go to work. here comes the jeopardy! round. and here are the categories. alex: sandie. good luck charms, $200. devin. what is a horse shoe? horse shoe. yes. 6-letter bible books, $200. sandie. what are psalms? good. bible books, $400. chrissy. who are judges? judges. that's it.

thank you, johnny gilbert. ladies and gentlemen. well, the big question is can julia sweep the week? be champion every day this week. aimee and hilary will have something to say about it. yeah, look at them. they're eager. let's get going then. here are the categories, ladies... followed by... and you're gonna love this last one... julia, where would you like to start? recent history for $200, please. aimee. what is a tsunami? yes. pick a number between 5 & 477 for $200. aimee. what is 99? you got it. pick a number, $400. julia. what is 7? right. recent history, $400.

[ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. hello, ladies and gentleman.s is the last game in the preliminary round of our battle of the decades. one of these three -- keith, maria, or dan -- gets to come back in about a month from now to play for $1 million. you're eager to find out who it is? so am i. let's go to work in the jeopardy! round. categories for you three are as follows. "g-a-l" coming up in each correct response. dan, off you go. i'll take structures for $200. keith. what's a warehouse? that's it. computer abbreviations for $800. keith. what is text? no.