This is jeopardy introducing todays contestants a Software Engineer from arlington, virginia. An librarian from austin, texas. And our returning champion, a policy researcher and advisor from cambridge, massachusetts. Whose 1day cash winnings total. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek thank you, johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Hi, folks. Welcome to our program. This has been a great week for jeopardy champions. Weve had three players who, in their initial appearances, won big. Brendan, picking up 38,200 on yesterdays show. Allison and steven, this is your initial appearance. It could happen to you as well. Lets see if it does. Good luck. Here we go. Here are the categories now for the first round of play, the jeopardy round. Next. Ah. All right, brendan, start. Lets do literary characters for 800. Allison. Who is watson . Dr. Watson, yes. Literary characters for 200. Steven. Who is hermione . Yes. Literary characters, 400. Steven. Who is gandalf . Yes. Literary, 600. [ beep ] and his name is robert langdon. Back to you, steven. Its harbor day for 800. Brendan. What is the baltic sea . You are right. Harbor day for 600. Brendan. What is Boston Harbor . Yeah, the tea party. Harbor day, 1,000. Heres a view from this bridge named for the water below. Arfas for 800. Brendan. What is the silk road . You got it. Artifacts for 600. Located at windsor castle, the locket seen here contains the bullet that killed this admiral in an 1805 battle. Steven. Who is nelson . Yes. Order in the food court, 800, please. Allison. What is cinnabon . No. Brendan. What are pretzels . Pretzels, yes. Order in the food court for 600. Allison. What is a hot dog . Good. Literary characters for 1,000. Brendan. What is brave new world . You got it. Foreign relations for 800. Brendan. What is a greataunt . Greataunt, correct. Foreign relations, 600. Answer there, the. [ applause ] [ applause ] and youre off to a very good start. Lets do 2,000. All right, here is the clue. What is a. Niece . A niece, yes. A brothers daughter. [ applause ] and with that, you move up to 7,800, and you take us right into this commercial break. Back in a moment. [ applause ] this is how driving should feel. The techadvanced nissan leaf. The best selling electric vehicle of all time. This is nissan intelligent mobility. Promotional consideration provided by. Like so many of our players on jeopardy Steven Silverman is a collector of. . Souvenir baseballs. And you have them from where . From all the places that i visit. If i see, like in a gift shop theres a baseball that represents the city, i pick it up. Okay, good for you. Allison steger is from austin, texas. A librarian who had an advice column when she was five years old . Tell me about that. My daycare put out we would do a newsletter where we would sort of recap things we had done, and because i have kind of always been this way, the teachers would make up questions and then write down my answers. Okay, good for you. Brendan roach is our current champion. Has a threelegged cat . Yes, thats correct. Rescue cat . Rescue cat. Good for you. Yep, my tell me about it. So i wasi was living in d. C. At the time and they have a cat cafe where you can go and hang out with cats and if you see one that you really like, you can adopt them. So, this little guy hopped up to me and he headbutted me in the leg, and the rest is history, as they say. Interesting how they work their magic with us. [ laughter ] cant trust cats. I love em but you cant trust em. Youre in command of the board. Go ahead, make a selection. Ah, foreign relations, 1,000. Brendan. What is sister . Sister, yes. Order in the food court for 400. Allison. What are olives . Good. Artifacts for 400. Steven. Whats the tomb of ashurbanipal . No. No. [ beep ] what is the library . Allison, back to you. Artifacts for 200. Steven. Who is ra . Ra, right. Artifacts, 1,000. Algonquian word for beads, also a type of currency strung on belts that could be used to declare war, or to signal peace. Brendan. What is wampum . Good. Order in the food court for 1,000. Allison. What is shake . Yes. Shake shack. Reality show for 400. Allison. What is survivor . Thats the show. Foreign relations for 200. Allison. What is brother . Correct. Foreign relations, 400. Allison. What is a grandmother . Good. Order in the food court, 200. Brendan. What is guacamole . Right. Reality show, 800. Brendan. What is top chef . Right. Reality show for 600. Brendan. What is the bachelor . Right. Reality show for 1,000. Brendan. What is wheel of fortune . No. Steven. What is press your luck . Thats it. Game show, 200. Allison. What is the price is right . Yes. Its harbor day 400. Allison. What is the beagle . Good. Now the last clue. Brendan. What is new york harbor . Yes, the statue of liberty. Youre at 10,600. The lead is yours. Steven, though, goes first when we come back to start the double jeopardy round. [ applause ] a van that changed us and chips forever. So thanks, keeper of the keys for a chance to chase organic honey, barrelaged bourbon and mouthpuckering pepperoncini. Because of that van and because of everybody who loves to crunch like we do, we ramble on. Knowing that caring for your tastebuds and the planet they hail from is no small potatoes. Kettle brand chips. No small flavors. No small potatoes. No small flavors. Have fast internet a littland now the besthat you mobile network too . Yeah and get them together and save hundreds on your wireless bill. Wow, thats great. Oh, and this looks great. Are these words for sale . No. Go, go, go, go. Now you can get fast, reliable internet and save hundreds on your wireless bill. Thats simple, easy, awesome. Taxi should i have stopped her . Get started with a limited time offer on xfinity internet for 19. 99 a month for 12 months, plus ask how to get twohundredfifty back when you switch to xfinity mobile. Closed captioning sponsored in part by. The game is still certainly within reach for our challengers on the program today. Steven, youre at 2,000. You pick first from these categories. In the first round we had artifacts. Now we have. Followed by. We want you to. Well deal with. And finally. Where do we start . Tough little crossword clues, 1,200. Steven. What is a nave . Oh, no. Brendan, allison . What is an apse . Apse, thats the fourletter word. Arty facts for 800. Heres jimmy. A 15thcentury madonna has gained 21stcentury notice for its possible depiction of one of these mysterious objects. Brendan. What is a ufo . Ufo, flying saucer, yes. American history for 1,600. Allison. What is welfare . Good. If they married. 800. [ beep ] who is jane pauley graf . [ laughter ] allison . If they married. 400. Brendan. Who is lena cena . Lena cena, yes. American history for 1,200. Answer, the. [ applause ] youre in good shape. Lets do 4,000. 4,000 it is. Heres the clue. What are u. S. Senators . You are right. [ applause ] before that, they were appointed. Pick again. American history for 2,000. [ beep ] what is pressing . Big stones, pressing down on him. Go again. Rise to the occasion for 1,200. Brendan. What is london . Thats the city. Rise to the occasion for 1,600. Brendan. What is die hard . Right. Around the body for 1,200. Steven. What is four . Good. Around the body, 1,600. Answer. [ applause ] youre still at 2,000. Lets make it a true daily double, alex. Femurs right. You doubled your score. E femur . [ applause ] all right, keep it going. [ applause ] crossword clues, 1,600. [ beep ] what is an etui . Etui. Steven. Crossword, 2,000. [ beep ] what is a sten gun . Steven. Around the body, 2,000. Brendan. What is the cerebellum . Good. Arty facts for 1,600. The great wave by the japanese artist hokusai inspired this 1905 piece of music by claude debussy. [ beep ] and that was the famousla mer,. Naked maja. Back to you, steven. If they married. 2,000. Brendan. Who is tori amosstamos . Yes. If they married. 1,600. [ beep ] who is becky sharppayne . Sharppayne . [ grunts ] brendan. Rise to the occasion, 2,000. Brendan. What is the burj khalifa . Good. Around the body, 800. Brendan. What are the coronary arteries . Thats it. Arty facts for 1,200. Steven. Who is rivera . Yeah. Rise to the occasion, 800. Brendan. What is youve got mail . No. Allison. What is sleepless in seattle . Thats it. If they married. 1,200. Allison. What is tara lipinskikrasinksi . Thats it. American history for 800. Brendan. What is the gadsden trail . No. Allison or steven . [ beep ] what is the santa fe trail . Back to you, allison. Uh. American history for 400. Allison. What is the Lincoln Memorial . Yes. Less than a minute now. Tough little crossword clues for 800. Allison. What is obi . Good. Arty facts, 400. Brendan. Who is Georgia Okeeffe . Shes the one. Around the body for 400. Brendan. What is the uterus . Thats it. Rise to the occasion, 400. Brendan. What is the sears tower . Sears tower or willis tower, yes. And now the last clue in tough little crossword clues. Allison. What is alee . Alee, alee. You wind up at 10,000. That would be very nice on an ordinary day, but brendan accumulated 25 grand, making this game a runaway. Here comes final jeopardy wrapping up the week with canadian cities. Now thats a good subject. Ill reveal the clue in a moment, happy to do so. Findican be overwhelming. R dry eyes. For relief that lasts. You want soothe xp from bausch lomb. Soothe xp helps restore the eyes lipid layer. Seal in moisture. And protect against further irritation. Soothe xp. The right choice for dry eyes. driver relax, its just a bug. Thats not a bug, thats not a bug burke hit and drone. Seen it, covered it. At farmers, we know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum we are dealing with canadian cities for our final today as we wrap up the week, and players, here is the clue you have to deal with. 30 seconds. Good luck. There were two very important words in that final jeopardy clue victoria and albert. Were coming to you first, young man. Steven silverman, you had 6,800, and you wrote down. The incorrect capital. You picked edmonton, alberta, and that will cost you. 4,133, dropping you down. Now lets go to allison steger. She had 10,000, and she thought of regina, saskatchewan. Yes, the queen, regina. Queen victoria. It was named for her, and you double your score to 20,000. But you never know. Lets see what brendan roach, our champion, wrote down. He had the lead with 25,000. He came up with victoria, british columbia. If he risked more than 5,000, hell say goodbye, but he didnt 4,500. He remains champion. Picks up 20,500 today and has a 2day total of. Great way to end the week and good game. Good game. Thank you, players. Enjoy the weekend. Well see you on monday. Captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. [ train whistle blows ] from Sony Pictures studios, its americas game. Wheel. Of. Fortune ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show pat sajak and vanna white come on lets go get em where . Where . Where . [ cheers and applause ] thank you, jim. Thank you, folks. Appreciate that. So you get on the railroad, and you take that crossing, and ill see you later. Hi. How you all doing . Hello good. Get ready. Were gonna do a toss up here. Its an event, and well get started right now. Its 1,000. Lets go. [ bell chimes ] and cherith. Wonderful journey . Thats it. You got it. Maureen yay, cherith cherith jones, right . Yes, sir. Is from, uh, savannah, georgia. Yes. A school bus driver. For the first year ever. Its exciting. Yeah . Ill bet. [ laughs ] ill bet it is. Go, wildcats. Ill betim sure you could tell me stories if you had some time. Yes. I could. Uh, talk about your family now. Well, im married to my wonderful, hilarious, hardworking husband mark, and we, um, have two beautiful, bright girls. We have olivia, whos 17, about to go to college, and then we have a second grader abigail, whos 7. Oh, thats quite a 10year gap. Quite a span there. Yes. Well, we wont get into that, but its nice to have you here. Thank you. Hello, maureen. Hi, pat. Uh, maureen muldowney. Yes. From myrtle beach, south carolina. Isnt there someone famous from that area . Yes, the beautiful vanna white. Oh, thats right. I just she barely mentions that. Uh, youre a retired teacher. Yes, i am. What did you teach when you were working . I was an Elementary School reading teacher. Oh, really . Okay. Yeah, at chapel street school. Hi, chapel. And talk about your family now. Uh, im married to my wonderful husband michael for 36 years. I have two beautiful daughters tara and casey and two precious grandbabies kennedy and bain. Uh, well your eyes welled up a little bit when you said that. Yes. Nice to have you here. Thank you. Uh, its guyane. Yes. Guyane. Yes, guyane. Yes. I did it. Yeah, you did it. Why am i repeating . I just like saying it. Perfect. Its a good name. Guyane valian, is it . Yes. Is from pasadena, california. Tell us about your life out in pasadena. Ive been living in pasadena for about a year now. Um, i work in finance and accounting at a local university. Yeah. And where did you come from before you were in pasadena . Uh, neighboring glendale. Oh, okay, so that was a not a big move over there. Right. Theyre kind of in the same area. Yes. Well, good. I hope youre enjoying life and, uh, you guys win a lot of money tonight. Get ready. Well do another toss up. This is worth 2,000, and the category is. Rhyme time. [ bell chimes ] and cherith . A man with a plan. Yeah. Uhhuh. [ applause ] and for those of you who watched yesterday, whats a holdover from manalapan, but thats another thats another story. [ audience laughs ] um, so you won you got 3,000. Awesome. Youll be spinning very shortly. Jim, what do you have up there . Oh, this is something north of fantastic, pat. It is tonights featured prize. Venture to a land of jawdropping beauty from vancouver to calgary on your canadian vacation by train, courtesy of railbookers. Witness endless landscapes in banff and Jasper National parks as you discover western canadas scenic wonders. Railbookers offers expertly planned vacations to the most popular destinations worldwide. Visit railbookers. Com. [ applause ] all right. So show biz. Thats the category for this first round, and, uh, cherith, youre gonna start. Well, dont say anything cause you got a bankrupt staring up at you. Maureen, your turn. Okay