a medical student from kansas city, missouri, kent buxton...eturning champion, a college professor from fayetteville, arkansas, doug behrend. and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thanks, johnny. hi, everyone, and welcome to our show. you know, momentum plays a very important part in a player's success on "jeopardy!" now, is it more difficult to carry momentum from one week to the next or within a week? our champion doug is about to find out, of course, as he faces kent and erin. good luck, players. let's go to work now. here are the categories for you in the first round of play. mm. yeah. alex: doug, you start us. first base for $400, please. doug. what is a walk? a walk or a base on balls, yes. first base for $600. kent. what is being hit by a pitch? that's right. i'll take ways to reach first base for $800. doug. what is fielder's choice? good.