Final Jeopardy Clues: 1-26-26 to 1-30-26

Here are the Final Jeopardy clues and correct responses for the week of January 26, 2026 through January 30, 2026.

Click on the dates to see the recap for each game.

Mon, Jan 26 – Correct answers: 0
U.S. STATES: This border state produced about half of the gunpowder for the Union show

Tue, Jan 27 – Correct answers: 0
EUROPEAN HISTORY: Writing from prison to her père in 1793, she quoted the dramatist Corneille, “Crime makes the shame, and not the scaffold” show

Wed, Jan 28 – Correct answers: 0
20th CENTURY BIGWIGS: The subtitle of a 2022 bio of this magnate who died in 1976 is “The meek shall inherit the Earth–but not its mineral rights” show

Thu, Jan 29 – Correct answers: 0
BODIES OF WATER: This body of water with over 1/3 of the world’s marine mammals, like the vaquita, has been called “the Aquarium of the World” show

Fri, Jan 30 – Correct answers: 3
MAMMALS: Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, may have been the last place on Earth where this 2-word prehistoric mammal lived show

The first 4 games of the week were part of the Tournament of Champions and there wasn’t a single correct answer to any of the Final Jeopardy! clues. I think the BIGWIG clue gets the prize for hardest. Unless you knew who said that, you were up the creek. The easiest clue, in my esteemed opinion, was EUROPEAN HISTORY. The word “père” in the clue was a dead giveaway that the person was French. Marie Antoinette was Austrian. Everyone got FJ! in the last game, which was just for fun with no money or prize at stake.

This week’s winners:
Mon 1/26/26 $15,199 TJ Fisher
Tue 1/27/26 $41,200 Scott Riccardi
Wed 1/28/26 $10,799 TJ Fisher
Thu 1/29/26 $24,800 Paolo Pasco
Fri 1/30/26 $30,118 Paolo Pasco

Nobody won any money this week. The prize in the first 4 games was advancement to the next round. The last game was just for fun. Jeopardy paid out a total of $10,000 in consolation prizes on Monday, and a total of $60,000 in consolation prizes in the next 3 games. Friday’s game was just for fun.

Here is the YOU’RE MY SODA POP category from Tuesday’s game.