[ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. know, we've been so busy, so preoccupied with the great success enjoyed my james over the past few weeks on our show that we have neglected to mention a very special upcoming event, and that is the teachers tournament which starts this coming week. all right, kate and imar, welcome aboard and good luck. here we go-- the jeopardy! round. let's take a look at the categories, shall we? each correct response will be a food with a domicile in its name. all right? next... that happens a lot with me. ...in each correct response. and then we'll deal with... and, of course... james. 3 "i"s, $1,000. imar. - what is libidinous? - good. let's do i could live in that food for $200.

[ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen.e heard me say this many times in recent years. but the teachers tournament is "jeopardy!'s" way of saluting those important members of our society who quite often get to spend just as much quality time with our kids as we the parents do. so, trevor, matthew, and tara, good to have you with us today. good luck. here we go into the jeopardy! round. and now you get to deal with these categories. a whole category devoted to... next... you have to... ...that comes up in the clue. and finally... we'll give you the running mate. you tell us who the other person on the ticket was. tara, start. i'll take anagram for $200, please. matthew. - what is remote? - yes. anagram, $400. trevor. - what is observe? - that's the word. anagram, $600.

thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome once again.k you, what does that signify-- that motion you did in the introduction? uh, well, i have a daughter who's about to turn two. and we taught her to fist bump. and after she fist bumps you, she fist bumps herself. ah. okay. [ laughter ] well, for you, francois, and benjamin, i wish all three of you luck. benjamin, you were the high scorer in the quarterfinal matches, so you pick first from these categories in the jeopardy! round. ♪ alexa, ask "jeopardy!" for today's categories. alexa: the categories are...

-- thank you, johnny gilbert. and thank you, ladies and gentlemen.ur regular series of competitive games on "jeopardy!" as impressive as the teachers were for the past two weeks, let me tell you that our current champion, james, is even more impressive. he holds the one-day record of $131,000, the most money won in a single episode of "jeopardy!" as a matter of fact, he holds the top 12 spots in the most money won in a single episode of "jeopardy!" he's good. jenny and adam, our challengers, they know that. but let's see what happens today. good luck, here we go. ♪ let's do it. here are the categories for the first round of play, starting off with... followed by.. hey, it's... and finally... james, off you go. sports thing, $1,000.

[ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen.me, everyone. about a month and a half ago, the one-day record for winnings in an episode of "jeopardy!" was $77,000. that record had stood for many, many years. our current champion, james, is averaging more than $77,000 per show every day. scary stuff. laura, nate, welcome. good luck. let's go to work, players. and now let's take a look at the categories, shall we? we start off today with... good subject. solid subject. followed by... and hearkening back to the novel "1984"... james, off you go. common factor, $1,000.

>> sara gilbert dated johnny in real life and played his girlfriend on "roseanne" so being one of hiser tone of voi puts me into another character. >> i don't know about you. but i'm good until new year's. >> it's been a "big bang" for this cast's bank atk at. >> i'm so grateful. it's been a gift. >> i have been a working actor for 12 years straight, and that's kind of sane in this industry. >> nearly 1 million episodes for a total of about $24 million the final season. that's how much they are making. >> sheldon, that is incredible. >> for a little perspective, that paycheck is "friends" level money. other ways "big bang" is like the '90s state come? both casts supported each to her get higher pay. they got $100,000 knocked off their paycheck so they could get races to 425 grand an episode. >> you genuinely care for our friends. >> the "big bang" cast will reportedly make $10 million a year in residuals alone. >> has the whole world gone mad? >> things definitely change for these guys. >> immediately before the "big bang" i was in wisconsin studying plumbing. i wanted to open up a de