"Jeopardy!" 10/1

First Panel This Week:
Rochelle Smith (Moscow, ID)- University librarian
Joanna Mang (San Diego)- Nanny
CHAMPION: Brendan DuBois (whose one-day cash winnings total 23 G's)

Opening Half-Dozen Topics:
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE
SPORTS PEOPLE
AMERICAN HISTORY "Q" & "A"
COUNTRIES' BIGGEST CITIES
YOU DESERVE A PRIZE
CHAIN LETTER (a new kind of category for the show; the last letter of the first correct word will serve as the first letter of the second right word in this category & so on)

Brendan's off to a $4,800 Lock Game Territory start to Rochelle's $200 after SWEEPING Countries' Biggest Cities...& Rochelle steals the Daily Double away from him under the second You Deserve a Prize clue w/ the said amount of $400. To double that to $800:

In 2005, this sometime banjo player received the Mark Twin prize for American Humor.

"Who is Steve Martin?"...yeah indeed. She adds another two Benjamins before the first timeout & Brendan's accumulated another grand to be at $5,800. They run out of time on the last Sports People answer.

LACH TRASH (all unattempted): $2,600

Scores Heading Into Next Round:
Brendan: $8,400
Joanna: $2,600
Rochelle: $3,400

Double J! Categories:
MONOLOGUES
"ED"
DOC
TEA TIME MOVIE
CARNAC-IAN BONDS (each correct response has three words that all rhyme)
"The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson"

Brendan starts out giving right responses to the first two Monologues, but Rochelle has her second DD courtesy of the $1,600 one after being right on the middle clue. Of her $4,600, she bets $4K:

In a courtroom: "Darwin moved us forward to a hilltop...we must abandon our faith in the pleasant poetry of Genesis."

 "What is Inherit the Wind?"...that's got it to be within reach of the champ w/ $8,600. However, the other woman (Joanna) grabs the last one tonight from the $1,600 "ED" screen w/ $3,800; Rochelle's up to $9K & Brendan has $10,400 at the time. Joanna puts $2K on the line:

Aristotle called it "The best provision for old age".

"What is education?"...$5,800. Time expires before the last two Carnac-ian Bonds can be cracked open.

ATTEMPTED LT: $2,400
UNATTEMPTED LT: $3,600
TOTAL DJ! LT: $6K

Post-DJ! Scores:
Brendan: $11,200
Joanna: $14,600
Rochelle: $13,800

CORYAT SCORES:
Brendan: $11,200
Joanna: $14,200
Rochelle: $11,400

FINAL J! SUBJECT: Singers & Albums.

She's the only artist to have #1 albums in five consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2000s.

BRENDAN:
Response: "Who is Diana Ross"
Wager: $3.5K
Final score: $7,700

ROCHELLE:
Response: SAME AS HIM
Wager: $5,800
Final score: $8K

JOANNA:
Response: "Who is Barbra Streisand" (she was on "Katie" last Tuesday)
Wager: $10K
Wins title w/: $24,600 (Brendan leaves w/ $24K)

EPISODE RATING: 7