Final Jeopardy: Latin Phrases (5-28-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/28/2026) in the category “Latin Phrases” was:
An 1863 Congressional “Act relating to” this was decried in the press as a “bill to appoint a dictator”
6x champ Chris D’Angelo, a content manager from Washington, D.C., sailed over the $100K mark yesterday with an extra $24,201 to boot. In Game 7, his opponents are: Ariel Epstein, an executive research director orig. from Belle Mead, NJ; and Ken Bloom, a physics professor from Lincoln, NE.
Round 1 Categories: Farewell, World Factbook – In Uniform – Appliances – Erring – On the Side of Caution – The NBA Finals
Chris found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Erring” under the $1,000 on the 17th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,000, $1,800 more than Ariel in second place. Chris bet everything and he was RIGHT.
Oh boy, where to start? This ancient Egyptian placed the Earth at the center of the universe & said astrology was a legitimate science show
Chris finished in the lead with $11,800. Ariel was in second place with $3,600. Ken was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Let’s Talk About the Weather – “Not”able Quotations – Alliterature – Jobs – Band in Boston – Words From Native Americans
Chris got the first Daily Double in “Alliterature” under the $1,200 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $17,800 now, $14,200 more than Ariel in second place. Chris bet $2,200 and he was RIGHT.
Regarding this title location, Anne Shirley remarks, “Just as soon as I saw it I felt it was home” show
Chris got the last Daily Double in “Jobs” under the $1,200 clue on the 9th pick of the round. In the lead with $21,600, he had $18,000 more than Ariel in second place. Chris bet $1,600 and he was RIGHT.
You don’t need pilot training for this job, but you need to pass the ATSA, an exam administered by the FAA show
Chris finished in the lead with $34,000. Ariel was in second place with $7,200. Ken was last with $5,200. All clues were shown
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS HABEAS CORPUS?
The “bill to appoint a dictator” quote in the clue is from the title of a March 1863 speech by James A. Bayard, Democratic Senator from Delaware, objecting to President Lincoln suspending the writ of habeas corpus as unconstitutional. Lincoln actually began suspending the writ in 1861 in response to the Baltimore riot of 1861. Of course, Bayard was not the only opposition Lincoln had to deal with. In May 1863, former congressman Erastus Corning organized a meeting in Albany criticizing Lincoln for suspending habeas corpus.
Lincoln responded to the accusations that his actions were unconstitutional by quoting the Constitution, as set forth in this 20-page letter: “Ours is a case of Rebellion . . . and the provision of the constitution that ‘The privelege [sic] of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of Rebellion or Invasion, the public Safety may require it’ is the provision which specially applies to our present case.”
Ken bet $5,000 and finished with $10,200.
Ariel bet $3,201 and finished with $10,401.
Chris bet $16,000 and won the game with $50,000. That tops his previous 1-day high by $20,000. That’s like a 2-game leap, bringing his 7-day total to $174,201! Wowza!
A triple stumper from each round:
ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION ($800) Fittingly, royalty were partial to this dog breed with a 4-word name
ALLITERATURE ($2000) This George Eliot novel ends happily, with the title character “married according to the Jewish rite”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “AMERICAN BANKING”
Around 1930 a bank named for this NYC area known as a slum was the USA’s largest savings bank by total deposits show
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