Final Jeopardy: Country Names (4-13-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/13/2026) in the category “Country Names” was:
In the 1850s it was part of the Granadine Confederation; today it’s named for a man who never set foot in the country
21x champ Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, NJ, brought his winnings up to $609,000 last week. In Game 22, he’s up against: Erik Bubolz, an attorney orig. from Okemos, MI; and Catherine Hoffman, a children’s librarian from Clarkston, MI.
Round 1 Categories: State Government – “Bon” Voyage – Everyday Arrows – 11-Letter Words – Trash Talk Hall of Fame – There’s an App for That
Jamie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State Government” under the $800 clue on the 1st pick of the round. Nobody was on the board. Jamie bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Washington & Maine each have a state one of these officials to examine accounting records show
Jamie finished in the lead with $9,000. Catherine was in second place with $1,600. Erik was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Historic Nicknames – Inspired Lit – Mammals – Ordinal Movies – Silent “B” Words – There’s a Nap for That
Jamie found the first Daily Double in “Mammals” under the $1,200 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $15,400 now, $12,600 more than Erik and Catherine, who were tied in second place. Jamie bet $4,600 and he was RIGHT.
The lagomorphs are the mammal order made up of the pikas & these 2 related groups show
Erik got the last Daily Double in “Inspired Lit” under the $1,600 clue on the 18th pick of the round. In second place with $4,800, he had $19,200 less than Jamie’s lead. Erik bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
Set in contemporary Baltimore, Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Tyler’s “Vinegar Girl” is a retelling of this 1590s comedy show
Jamie finished in the lead with a runaway $34,800. Erik was in second place with $7,200 and Catherine was last with $4,400. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS COLOMBIA?
In South America, the Granadine Confederation (1858-1863)included present-day Colombia, Panama and northwestern parts of Brazil. It was the successor to the Republic of New Granada (1831-1858), which was the successor to Gran Colombia, the earliest use of “Columbia”, per this timeline of Colombian history. The Granadine Confederation was succeeded by the United States of Colombia, followed by the Republic of Colombia.
Apparently, they chose to return to the original idea of honoring Christopher Columbus for “finding” the “New World.” The only area of South America that Columbus is known to have explored is the coast of Venezuela, formerly a part of Gran Colombia. There are more places named for Columbus in the “New World” and Europe than you can shake the proverbial stick at.
Catherine got it right. She bet $4,000 and finished with $8,400.
Erik went with Dominica. He lost him $7,199 and was left him with $1.00.
Jamie came up with Bolivia. That cost him $16,200 but he won the game with the $18,600 he had left. Jamie’s 22-day total is $627,600.
A triple stumper from each round:
STATE GOVERNMENT ($1000) Local governments mostly have 2 tiers: cities & towns, aka municipalities, & counties, which in Alaska are called these
HISTORIC NICKNAMES $1600) Anne of this duchy has been called “The Great Survivor”, wife-wise; John of this, with over 60 illegitimate kids, got “the Babymaker”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “GREAT BRITS”
From 1689 to 1690 & 1701 to 1702, he served as a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Cambridge University show
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Jamie tied the record for the most consecutive games with a run category, with nine, jointly held by James Holzhauer and Matt Amodio.