Final Jeopardy: English Place Names (1-14-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/14/2026) in the category “English Place Names” was:
Once called Grontabricc, it’s named for a structure spanning a tributary of the Great Ouse river
The last 3 semifinalists with a chance to make the 2026 Champions Wildcard finals are: Stella Trout, a software engineer orig. from Houston, TX; Ian Morrison, an airline ramp agent orig. from Aurora, CO; and Harvey Silikovitz, attorney & worldwide karaoke singer orig. from West Orange, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Wild, Cards! – Classical Music – We’re Beefing – In the Movie’s Title – It’s Good to “B” in the City – Word Origin Languages
Harvey found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Classical Music” under the $400 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $4,000 now, $1,200 more than Stella in second place. Harvey bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
United Airlines began using this Gershwin piece in its ads in the 1980s show
Harvey finished in the lead with $8,800. Stella was second with $5,000 and Ian was last with $4,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: 2020s Vision – Some Science – Family TV – Bills of Rights – 3-Named Authors – I’m “cc”Ing You
Stella found the first Daily Double in “Some Science” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick. She was in second place with $6,600 now, $2,200 less than Harvey’s lead. Stella bet it all and guessed uranium. That was WRONG.
God bless this radioactive element discovered in 1944 by a group of U.S. scientists when they bombarded plutonium with neutrons show
Harvey got the last Daily Double in “2020s Vision” under the $1,200 clue on the 17th pick. In the lead with $12,000, he had $8,600 more than Ian in second place. Harvey bet $5,000 and confessed that he didn’t know. He jokingly threw “I Hate Myself” out as a possibility. That was WRONG, of course. “I hate myself for missing that,” Harvey quipped. 🤣
It’s the somewhat self-deprecating title of the bestselling 2023 memoir by Prince Harry show
Stella finished in the lead with $14,000. Ian was in second place with $10,600 and Harvey was last with $9,800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS CAMBRIDGE?
Cambridge is first on Braingainmag.com’s list of how 8 famous cities got their names. A settlement by the bridge near the River Granta began life as Grontabricc. When the Norman conquerors showed up, they couldn’t say Grontabricc so it became Cantebrigie. That evolved into Cambridge. After that, the River Granta was renamed River Cam to match. It is the largest tributary of the River Great Ouse. Strangely enough, however, residents of Cambridge in both the UK and the USA are called Cantabrigian, or Cantabs for short.
Did You Know? There are 5 Ouse rivers oozing around Britain: the Ouse Orkney, the Yorkshire Ouse, the Sussex Ouse, the Great Ouse and, of course, the Little Ouse.
Harvey got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to $19,600.
Ian went with Oxford. That cost him $9,001 and left him with $1,599.
Stella got it right, too. She bet $5,601 and won the game with $19,601. That was some stellar performance, Stella! She clawed her way back from zero on clue #5 to hold the lead after clue #30 in Double Jeopardy! Stella Trout will be with us for the next 2 days, vying for the top prize along with Cameron Berry and Jonathan Hugendubler.
A triple stumper from the last round:
2020s VISION ($1600) In 2025 President Trump did a favor for the machatunim when he made Charles, father of this man, ambassador to France
FAMILY TV ($1200) On “Downton Abbey” Violet is the matriarch of this family, holder of the noble title of Grantham
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “19th CENTURY AMERICA”
An 1884 article calls this newly completed structure “the highest work of man” & disagrees with those who call it “a great chimney” show
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All three of our finalists are one step closer to securing that last spot in the TOC that begins on Monday. We have yet another missed tiebreaker opportunity.
The tiebreaker will happen someday. Today’s not that day.