Final Jeopardy Clues: 4-13-26 to 4-17-26

Here are the Final Jeopardy clues and correct responses for the week of April 13, 2026 through April 17, 2026.

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

Mon, Apr 13 – Correct answers: 1
COUNTRY NAMES: In the 1850s it was part of the Granadine Confederation; today it’s named for a man who never set foot in the country show

Tue, Apr 14 – Correct answers: 0 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
20th CENTURY NONFICTION: “Stop Fuming and Fretting” & “I Don’t Believe in Defeat” are Chapters 6 & 8 in this book show

Wed, Apr 15 – Correct answers: 3
NOTABLE AMERICANS: In 1909 she joined the Socialist Party & later published “Out of the Dark”, her writings “On Physical & Social Vision” show

Thu, Apr 16 – Correct answers: 3
WORLD LANDMARKS: In 2025 a church begun in 1882 became the tallest building in this city show

Fri, Apr 17 – Correct answers: 3
OPERA: The name of this opera means “Faithful”; it’s used as an alias by a character who implores a prisoner not to lose faith show

This was the best week in Final Jeopardy! we’ve seen in a long time. It started out slow with 1 right on Monday and a triple stumper on Tuesday, but everyone got FJ! right the rest of the week. The self-help book clue on Tuesday was really the hardest. I think the easiest of the last 3 clues was the “Faithful” opera. It comes up quite often in Opera categories and there’s also the Latin angle.

This week’s winners:
Mon 4/13/26 $18,600 Jamie Ding
Tue 4/14/26 $16,400 Jamie Ding
Wed 4/15/26 $23,000 Jamie Ding
Thu 4/16/26 $35,000 Jamie Ding
Fri 4/17/26 $30,000 Jamie Ding

21x champ Jamie Ding returned on Monday, having surpassed half a million last week. He beat Chris Pannullo’s 21-game record that day and passed Mattea Roach’s 23-game record on Thursday. All of Jamie’s games were runaways this week, which was a good thing because he did not get Final Jeopardy right on Monday or Tuesday. Still, the $123,000 he made this week wasn’t the most he made in any full week. It was actually the least. His past 3 week totals (going backwards) were $129,617, $170,581 and $146,599. When you add in the $22,633 he won in his first game on Friday 3/13/26, Jamie’s 26x winnings comes to $732,000.

In addition to the $123,000 won by Jamie Ding, an additional $25,000 was paid out in consolation prizes: $3,000 for second place and $2,000 for third place each day.

Here is the SCIENCE-ING AT HOME category from Tuesday’s game.