Final Jeopardy: Final Resting Places (3-4-26)

The Final Jeopardy question (3/4/2026) in the category “Final Resting Places” was:

His burial site at the London church of St. Giles’ Cripplegate includes a figure of a snake holding an apple

New champ Quentin Powers, a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Arlington, VA, won $14,200 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on these 2 players: Nannono Zirimu, a regulatory analyst from Albany, NY; and Aahil Makhani, a business student orig. from Birmingham, AL.

Round 1 Categories: Oh, Hi March – Recent Fiction – International Cuisine – 4 Times the Fun – Facts About Pop Singers – Altered Words

Quentin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Oh, Hi March” under the $800 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. Nobody was on the board. Quentin bet $1,000 and ran out of time so he was WRONG.

On March 6, 1836 the last fortification to fall at the battle of this landmark was the chapel show
WHAT IS THE ALAMO?

Aahil finished in the lead with $4,400 but his score was bumped up to $5,600 after a reversal (see below). Quentin was in second place with $3,600. Nannono was last with $1,800. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Even More Opera – Ed TV – Biology – “Ram” – Cities in Color – I Love Trash With Oscar the Grouch

Quentin found the first Daily Double in “Cities in Color” under the $1,600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,200 now, $400 less than Aahil’s lead. Quentin bet $3,000 and tried Brown City, just to get something in there. That was WRONG.

For the color of many buildings, the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago had this nickname referenced in the title of a 2003 bestseller show
WHAT IS THE WHITE CITY?

Aahil got the last Daily Double in “Biology” under the $1,600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. In the lead with $9,600, he had $5,800 more than Quentin in second place. Aahil bet $3,600 and came up with agora. That was WRONG.

Many fish in Lake Malawi like the chambo can’t be found anywhere else, meaning they’re this, from Greek for “district” show
WHAT IS ENDEMIC?

Quentin finished in the lead with $8,600. Aahil was in second place with $4,800. Nannono was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS JOHN MILTON?

English poet John Milton (1608-1674) was the author of the epic poems “Paradise Lost” and “Paradise Regained”. Both works have provided Jeopardy! with material for 100+ clues. St. Giles-without-Cripplegate was Milton’s local church and he was buried there when he died, like his father before him. That fact appears on Milton’s commemorative plaque, as well as the snake and the apple. A photo of the plaque was posted by the City Gent in a 2023 entry on London’s Symbols and Secrets. There’s also a photo of the statue of Milton that survived a WW2 bombing, and other fascinating info about the permanent residents of St. Giles-without-Cripplegate.

The snake and apple, of course, refer to The Temptation and Fall of Man in Genesis 3. I thought snake was a reference to traitor when I first read the clue, leading me to Benedict Arnold. It turns out bad Ben is buried in St Mary’s Church, Battersea in London. If the apple led you to Sir Isaac Newton, he was the first scientist to be buried in Westminster Abbey.

Reversal: INTERNATIONAL CUISINE ($600) In Trinidad try chicken roti, usually flavored with this Indian spice blend & served with a flatbread – Aahil said garam masala, but Ken was looking for curry. The judges chose to accept Aahil’s response so he got back the $600 they took away plus another $600 for being correct.

Nannono thought the FJ! answer was William the Conqueror (buried in France). She lost $2,000 and finished with $200.

Aahil went with St. Patrick (Ireland, upon belief). He bet and lost his whole $4,800.

Quentin wrote down Lister (Hampstead Cemetery, London). He lost $2,002 but won the game with the remaining $6,598. That’s a 2-day total of $20,798 for Quentin. See ya and him tomorrow.