Final Jeopardy: Art & Artists (2-6-26)

The Final Jeopardy question (2/6/2026) in the category “Art & Artists” was:

He entered the priory of San Marco in Florence in the 1430s & was commissioned to paint its altarpiece by the Medicis

In the second quarterfinal of the 2026 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (JIT), the players are: Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist from Minneapolis, MN; Roger Craig, an applied scientist from Arlington, VA; and Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, a librarian from Portland, OR;

Round 1 Categories: Ports of Call – Nonfiction – Modern Tech – ____ & ____ – The Hand I’ve Been Dealt – Phil ‘er Up!

Roger found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “___ & ___” under the $800 clue just before the break. He was in the lead with $2,800 now, $1,400 more than Eric in second place. Roger bet $2,800, and tried cloak and dagger. That was WRONG.

Involving 2 elements of the magician’s art, this idiom is used to describe a situation of deception show

WHAT ARE SMOKE AND MIRRORS?

Eric and Veronica finished in a tie for the lead with $2,800. Roger was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: France in the 1600s – Creatures From Myth – Notable Names – A Perfect 10 – Their Last Film – We’re Building Words Over Here

Roger found the first Daily Double in “France in the 1600s” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in second place with $4,400 now, $400 less than Veronica’s lead. Roger bet it all and he was RIGHT.

Found on the left bank of the Seine, this veterans’ hospital was built by architect Libéral Bruant in Baroque style show

WHAT IS (LES) INVALIDES?

Roger got the last Daily Double in “We’re Building Words Over Here” under the $2,000 clue on the 14th pick of the round. In the lead with $12,800, he had $8,000 more than Veronica in second place. Roger bet $4,000 and he was RIGHt.

Location of a eustachian tube + a biblical evangelist = this targeted sort of funding show

WHAT IS EARMARK?

Roger finished in the lead with a runaway $24,000. Veronica was in second place with $7,200. Eric was last with $5,600. All clues were shown.

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NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS FRA ANGELICO?

Fra Angelico (ca. 1395-1455) was a Dominican friar and painter. At the priory of San Marco in Florence in the 1430s, he came under the patronage of Cosimo de’ Medici (1389-1464) who commissioned him to beautify the building with religious frescoes and to provide a painting for the high altar. The frescoes, particularly The Annunciation, and the altarpiece at San Marco became Fra Angelico’s best known works.

In this YouTube, the Most Rev. Bishop John P. Dolan of the Diocese of Phoenix uses the San Marcos Altarpiece and the Medici patron saints, Cosmas and Damian, to explain the meaning of throne of grace.

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Eric thought it was Botticelli (1445-1510). He bet and lost his whole $5,600.

Veronica thought it was Raphael (1483-1520). She bet and lost her whole $7,200.

Roger went with Michelangelo (1475-1564). He lost $9,000 but still had $15,000 left to emerge as the winner and second semifinalist.

A triple stumper from each round:

PHIL ‘ER UP! ($1000) “Phil ‘Er Up!” could have been the title of the series “Somebody Feed Phil” starring this “Everybody Loves Raymond” producer

NOTABLE NAMES ($2000) Much of what we know about Italian Renaissance artists comes from his “Lives of…Painters, Sculptors, and Architects”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “NOVEL CHARACTERS”

It’s this character who’s spoken of in the line “Reader, I forgave him at the moment & on the spot” show

WHO IS ROCHESTER?

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