-- alex trebek! alex: thank you, johnny gilbert, and thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and welcome, folks, to our third quarter-final match in the "battle of the decades." we're dealing with former "jeopardy!" champions, so we expect a high-quality level in their play. dan, brad, and mark, good luck. let's go to work. now the categories for you. followed by... each correct response beginning and ending with that letter. mark, you start. let's say goodbye to the people in the last year for $200, alex.

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. hi, folks. welcome aboard. not only are these three players -- colby, mark, and chuck -- jeopardy! champions, they are all winners of our tournament of champions in the past. so, gentlemen, good luck. here we go -- the jeopardy! round. the last of our quarter-final games has these categories -- alex: chuck, off you go. fashion "p"ieces for $200, please.

you know alex trebek is quitting when the clue for final jeopardy is "you can shove this job here." [ter and applause ] yeah. trebek said he's not sure when he's going to retire. but if you have seen recent episodes, you can tell he's getting closer to that age. check out some of the "jeopardy" categories. first there is "my good ear." [ laughter ] next we have "wednesday's pills." then there's "did someone say cardigans?" [ laughter ] after that it's "places my glasses could be." and finally, "words that end in mucil." [ laughter and applause ] you can tell. oh, man, the new godzilla movie opened worldwide today. everyone's excited about this. [ cheers and applause ] godzilla. in fact, this week, officials here in new york actually said the city could survive being attacked by godzilla. [ scattered cheers ] they were like, "look, if we can handle all the hosts of 'the view' in one place, godzilla should be no problem at all." [ applause ] >> steve: easy peasy. >> jimmy: yeah, they said new york city could survive a a godzilla attack. seriously? it takes like five cops to handle alec

-- alex trebek! hey, johnny. and thank you, ladies and gentlemen. tanding backstage, i could hear the audience gasp a little when johnny read out the total winnings for julia. alex and ryan, you know something? it could happen to you also. but in order for it to happen to you, you first have to defeat this lady. all right, good luck. here we go. here are the categories for the first round today... next... followed by... you'll deal with... and... there are two words in each correct response. the first one has 2 syllables, the second word has 1. julia, start. pop music of today for $200. ♪ and we'll never be royals ♪ royals ♪ it don't run in our blood alex. who is lorde? lorde is right. uh, part of speech in the book title, $200. ryan. what is "whom?" "for whom the bell tolls," you are correct.

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard. there are different plateaus for our contestants on "jeopardy!" when they win a game, "oh, i got $15,000. "i wonder if i can make it to $25,000? i wonder if i can make it to $50,000?" julia's wondering, "can i make it to $300,000 on today's program?" steve and brandon don't look so mean, so tough. but will they be? let's start finding out. good luck, players. here we go, the jeopardy! round. and today, these categories for the three of you... next, we have... "can" in quotation marks. you get to deal with... we want you to give us a simpler term than the clue we give you for each job. a whole category about... and another category about... julia, you get to start. paul mccartney for $200. julia. what is red square? that's it. paul for $400. steve.

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, land gentlemen. some tweeters are starting to refer to our champion as "julia, the giant of 'jeopardy!'" she's earned a reputation. sirena and lara, nice to have you with us today, and good luck to all three of you. let's go to work in the jeopardy! round. hopefully, it will not be work but fun with these categories... you'll deal with... and finally, in each correct response, the letter "e" will follow the "d." julia, start. famous women for $200. lara. who is hillary clinton? yes. can i have famous women for $400, please? drinks definitely were not on this pro-prohibition woman. julia. who is carrie nation? she's the one. women for $600.

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert, and thank you, ladies and gentlemen.well, now in regular competition on "jeopardy!" julia collins, our current champion, has now moved into third place in terms of number of games won, and in addition, she has won more cash than any other woman on "jeopardy!" in regular games. and she shows no signs of wanting to slow down, wanting it to end, so today she defends again. this time her challengers are kate and clayton. welcome aboard, and good luck to all three. here we go. the jeopardy! round today will feature these categories... followed by... each correct response will be made up of the letters in "potpourri." and finally... julia, start. famous americans for $200. julia. who is snowden? edward snowden, right. americans for $400.

-- alex trebek! [ applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen and welcome aboard.s being conducted under the same rules as all of our tournaments. the five winners in these quarterfinal games this week get to come back next week as semifinalists along with the four highest scorers among non-winners. russ, pam, and tom, good to see you again and good luck. here we go. let's take a look at the categories. we will show you the name in greek. and we'll also give you a clue. we'll deal with things... alex: tom, off you go. on the map for $600. tom.

-- alex trebek. thank you, johnny. all right, folks welcome aboard. yeah, it's impressive.and dylan, welcome aboard. thank you. nice to have you with us today. i hope you've got your fingers ready to go on those signaling devices. let's see what happens. here comes the jeopardy! round for the three of you, and for the people who are playing along at home. categories are... a whole category devoted to this woman who has had an amazing career. we follow that with... then... and finally... "s-t-r" in quotation marks. those three letters will begin each correct response. each correct response will consist of eight letters. julia. those are my initials, too, for $200. julia. what is b.f.? that's it. initials for $400. julia. what is a.a.? yes. initials, $600. jeanne. what is w.e.? no. julia.

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. hi, folks, and welcome to the second of our semi-final matches. and welcome back to leszek, tom, and brad. we start off with some good news and bad news for you. the good news -- you win this game, you get to come back later in the week to play for a million dollars. the bad news -- you lose the game, you go home. but not empty-handed. you go home with $25,000. a lot at stake. good luck. here we go. the "jeopardy!" round. and the round with these categories today... we want you to give us the cliché we've reworded in... you'll deal with... and finally... these are responses we've never tried to go for in "jeopardy!" history. brad, you start. would it be a cliché to go for avoiding the cliché for $200? not indeed. tom. what are actions speak louder than words?

-- alex trebek! all right, thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard.begin today, i'm not gonna say anything about our returning champion, julia. if you've been watching the program for the past three weeks, you know how good she is, and so do simone and steve. so let's see what happens today. good luck, players. here we go. jeopardy! round. let's get into it with these categories, shall we? starting off with... followed by... we follow that with... with "board" in quotation marks... makes sense. julia, start. what's cooking? -- $200. julia. what is marinara? that's it. cooking, $400. steve. what is meat loaf? that's it. cooking for $600, please.

-- alex trebek. thank you, johnny. it's gonna be a rough day, folks.is julia's 20th appearance on our show. i have no more questions for her. [ laughter ] i don't know what to talk about in the conversation segment. something will come to me, or she'll question me. sami and wendy, good to have you aboard. good luck to all three of you. let's have some fun. here comes the jeopardy! round. and here come the categories, starting off with... we'll deal with... and finally, you get to join me for a visit to... julia, you start. rodin museum for $200. all right, let's go there. for 37 years, rodin worked on "the gates of hell," adding and removing figures. the subject matter of the doors is based on this epic poem by dante. sami. what is the "inferno"? we'll accept that. "the divine comedy," or the "inferno." uh, rodin museum, $400. okay. let's go back there to philadelphia. the original marble is in the paris rodin museum.

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. big day for us.ig day for julia. so, uh, matt and feifei, welcome aboard. good luck. here we go. categories... next... and finally, each correct response will end in double "s." julia, start. notorious women for $200. feifei. who is bonnie? be more specific. uh... what's her last name? oh, too bad. julia. who is bonnie paker. yes. women for $400. [ beep ] the commonwealth of puerto rico. julia, back to you. um, on the old map for $200.

-- alex trebek! thanks, johnny. hi, folks.or those of you who don't keep statistics about these kinds of things, i'll begin today by telling you that julia has now won more games on "jeopardy!" than any other woman. marlon and michelle -- yeah, you know how good you're gonna have to be today to replace her. but good luck to all three of you. here we go. and now the categories. and all of the clues in that category will be given by melissa clark from the new york times. julia, start. cooking for $200. alex: melissa? julia. what is pesto? right. cooking for $400. again.

-- alex trebek! hey, johnny. thank you. welcome.ou average $20,000 per win for a couple of days on "jeopardy!," you're doing quite well. do it for seven shows in a row, you're doing extremely well. but that's the case for our champion, julia. mallory and john, yeah, you know how good you're gonna have to be today to replace her. but good luck to all three of you. here we go. let's see what happens in this first round with these categories. eh? we want you to name the show, of course. each correct response begins and ends with the letter "c." alex: one of america's favorites. julia. norman rockwell for $200. all right. here's jimmy to start us off. in 1916, "boy with baby carriage" earned norman rockwell $75 and his first of more than 300 covers for this magazine. julia. what is the saturday evening post?

-- alex trebek! [ applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. and welcome, ladies and gentlemen.thank you so much for tuning us in today. i'd like to start this, uh, third semi-final match with a prediction. and you all know, ken jennings and brad rutter are waiting in the wings to come back tomorrow to begin the 2-day final match for $1 million. i predict that the third player, their opponent, will not be... ibm's watson. [ laughter ] but it will be colby, pam, or roger. and i wish all three of you good luck. here we go. what are the categories for this first round? followed by... and finally, we want you to... those two letters, "rg," coming up in each correct response. roger, start. feel the "rg", $200. roger. what is a dirge? that's it. $400, "rg."

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny.lo, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our newcomers manuel and maggie, who, today on "jeopardy!", begin their quest that they hope will turn into a conquest of julia collins, our champion. let's get to work and see what happens. good luck. here we go. the categories... sounds like fun. followed by... in each correct response. i did that so well. hey... and notice "the" in quotation marks. that's coming up in each correct response. julia. uh, we're with "the" band, $200. julia. what are the doors? that's it. "the" band for $400. julia. who are the monkees? yes. "the" band for $600. manuel. who are kool & the gang? you got 'em. we're with "the" band, $800, please. manuel. who are the black eyed peas? correct.

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies anlemen.ll start today with a little bit of a programming note -- whoever wins the game today gets to go home and relax for two weeks, because, starting monday, our $1 million battle of the decades, featuring the best players from each of the three decades that "jeopardy!" has been on the air. lawanda and elissa, nice to have you with us. julia, good to see you again. let's go to work. here we go. categories. alex: champ. let's start with like, totally for $200. [ beep ] she is said to be full-figured. julia. cohen-cidentally for $200.

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, players. hello, folks, and welcome.ve three semi-finalists waiting in the wings, two of them representing our third decade on the air and one representing our second decade on the air. tom, rachael, ken, good to see you again. let's go to work. first round -- one daily double round and these categories today... and we want you to give the word's language of origin in that category. tom, start us. papal person! for $200.

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. hi, folks. forget about march madness and the final four. this is the "jeopardy!" battle of the decades. these are the final three. somewhat appropriate that these three gentlemen should be competing in the 2-day finals. roger set the 1-day record of $77,000. ken, as you just heard, won the greatest number of games. and brad has won the most money. gentlemen, it's a pleasure spending time with you. good luck. here we go. let's take a look at the categories. we start off with... we follow that with... and finally... brad, you start. let's take documentaries for $200. brad. what are backup singers? yes. documentaries for $400.

-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome. on friday, we said goodbye to a $1 million champion. today we welcome a champion who has earned $220,000. but now we're back to regular games. leah and james, welcome aboard and good luck to all three of you as we move into the first round of play today -- the jeopardy! round. here are the categories... and finally, we hope you're... julia, select. quotable tube for $200. james. what is the monty python show? yep. i'll take blank of blank for $200, please. leah. what is a can of worms? that's the blank of blank. blank of blank, $400.

-- alex trebek! [ applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. and thank you, ladies and gentlemen. the line i heard most often following each of the quarter-final games last week was, "that was some of the toughest material we've ever had to deal with." but that's to be expected, isn't it? the winner is playing for $1 million. let's start finding out what happens in the semi-final games. chuck, russ, ken, good luck. here we go. here are the categories in this first round... next... and finally -- you'll love it... ken. uh, let's do ocean commotion for $200, alex. ken. what's the indian ocean? yes. ocean for $400. here's sarah. from the shores of antarctica, the pacific ocean stretches north over 9,000 miles

-- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you. thank you, johnny gilbert.thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to what i believe is the most highly anticipated of all the tournaments in "jeopardy!" history. all of this week, we will have a "jeopardy!" champion representing each of our three decades on the air. should be a lot of fun. roger, robin, and leszek, good luck. here we go. and now the categories. not "the wise." each correct response will end with the letter "i." leszek, you start. brief time of history for $200.

the other four are taken by alex trebek. it is not bonnie mcfar land, but it is sherrod small. >> i thought it was jerome mcginla. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. greg, if i just keep talking for a full hour, does that mean you won't do the show? >> yes. thank you for that, sherrod. >> i am going to make it a full block. >> let's get to the news. it is for the prevention of unwanted attention. the so-called subway dress keeps creeps from entering your personal space. it is designed to slowly expand when it detects someone is getting too close and creating what is called a frock block. if only there was tape. >> yeah, that will work. the artist behind the dress says it is, quote, intended to provoke conversations and not just about social issues, but -- oh who cares what she says? you know who does. who does president respect -- who doesn't respect personal space? baby monkeys. >> that is terrible. you know what happened next? something awful. where was the hero cat? awful that? >> when you saw this dress did yo

-- alex trebek. thanks, johnny. and thank you, ladies and gentlemen. just in case we, uh, don't have enough time before the end of this program, i wanna start off today by saying that this, in my mind, has been the most enjoyable tournament we have ever presented on "jeopardy!" and that's thanks to the intelligence and the personalities of the many "jeopardy!" champions we have featured from the '80s, the '90s, and the 2000s, including, of course, these three -- roger, ken, and brad. let's get rid of those dollar figures up there. we'll go back to zero, i'll wish you good luck as we begin day two of the finals. here are the categories for the jeopardy! round. each correct response will be 2 words different by only 1 letter. and finally, you'll deal with... brad, start. let's start with african-american history for $200.

alex trebek said absolutely not. >> he sandbagged me originally. to second my five kids to college. and i'm like i'm going to buy a pore. he did forbid me. so i will buy an army sherman surplus tank. >> how would you like to play host for a little "today" show trivia with us as contestants. >> i would love it. the category is "today" in history. it's a pun. it's not really about may 18th. it's about the show "today". >> we have buzzers. >> we have bells. >> budget bells. >> i'll trying to figure out which one of you rings in first. >> if that's what you're trying to figure out, we took care of that. >> question one, starting as a freelance producer, her voice was initially kept off air. >> barbara walters -- who is barbara walters. >> that's correct. >> you have been here 35 years. >> i wasn't here then. >> number two. are we ready? the father created today, and the daughter, was this actress who went on to fight -- erica? >> we're looking for the name of the daughter, right? >> right. >> sigourney weaver. >> absolutely correct. >> wasn't jennifer

national economics challenge crown today and up next hear from the winning team as well as the alex trebekcontest, our very own steve liesman, and just ahead. >> are you telling us absolutely everything? >> not exactly. we're also out of coffee. so out. okay. it may not be that bad but coffee prices could be spiking because of a troubling coffee crop disease. jane wells is brewing up the story later on "closing bell." o" peace of mind is important when you're running a successful business. so we provide it services you can rely on. with centurylink as your trusted it partner, you'll experience reliable uptime for the network and services you depend on. multi-layered security solutions keep your information safe, and secure. and responsive dedicated support meets your needs, and eases your mind. centurylink. your link to what's next. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and fo

. >> i got to live out my alex trebek fantasy out there. you know how you do this.ike you know the answer and you look down your nose at the guy getting the question wrong. the last question, which of the components of gdp is most important for future growth? >> we said what are the components of gdp? >> they all knew what they were. the answer is investment. that segues right to the topic, where are we hurting now? we're hurting in investment. if you look at some of the components of gdp, which i brought together in chart form for you here, you can see where it's lacking. business equipment. there we go. they have been lack loster. take a look at the combination -- i don't know which is next. that next one is there is housing starts. look at that. look at where we were in terms of housing. we have been clawing our way back. >> we find of knew this. this is supposedly the year when businesses are pogue to start to spend on capital expenditures again. >> we haven't seen it necessarily. i think perhaps. maybe andrew knows this better than i do. mergers and acquisition

thank you for letting me play out my alex trebek fantasy here. >> at my school we have to take a semesteri thought it would be interesting to take both. >> was it actually interesting? >> yeah. i think it's a really nice way to help you understand everything that happens in the news. it's an interesting thing going on. >> doug, you have an interesting story. you learned this yourself? >> i was really interested in the stock market. so i wanted to become a better trader. so i self-studied economics. >> so you trade now? >> yeah. >> how are you doing this year? >> okay. >> are you flat? are you up? >> i'm up a bit. >> better than most guys out there on the street. >> jessica, what's your interest here? >> for our school we have to take an economics course one semester. the e con team is big. >> you're defending the trophy? >> yeah. >> i have questions here. let me know here. this is the sort of thing we're going to ask later on when we pick a champion. the government bank bailout could give more incentives to make more risky loans due to a concept from adverse selection, symmetrical informa

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