Final Jeopardy Clues: 5-25-26 to 5-29-26

Here are the Final Jeopardy clues and correct responses for the week of May 25, 2026 through May 29, 2026.

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

Mon, May 25 – Correct answers: 2
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Called the “Calendar Lake” because it’s about 365 miles long & 52 miles wide, it shares its name with a country show

Tue, May 26 – Correct answers: 2
FAMOUS LINES FROM LITERATURE: Shunned by his religion when he went to study law in England, he met Christians who helped him awaken a “religious quest” show

Wed, May 27 – Correct answers: 1
SCIENTIFIC BOOKS: Published in 1868, “Études sur le vinaigre” was one of this man’s groundbreaking works show

Thu, May 28 – Correct answers: 3
LATIN PHRASES: An 1863 Congressional “Act relating to” this was decried in the press as a “bill to appoint a dictator” show

Fri, May 29 – Correct answers: 2
EXERCISE: A WWI internee created this form of exercise, adapting hospital beds as makeshift equipment to rehab injured soldiers show

This was a decent week in the Final Jeopardy! department, leaning more to the plus side. We saw 3 games with 2 correct in FJ! Only one person got Wednesday’s clue, which was a bit weird when the category was really asking for a famous 19th Century French scientist. Whatever, that was balanced out the next day when everyone got the right Latin phrase. There were no triple stumpers and we always love that!

This week’s winners:
Mon 5/25/26 $30,000 Chris D’Angelo
Tue 5/26/26 $13,400 Chris D’Angelo
Wed 5/27/26 $27,201 Chris D’Angelo
Thu 5/28/26 $50,000 Chris D’Angelo
Fri 5/29/26 $20,000 Chris D’Angelo

Chris D’Angelo returned as a 3-day champ and won every game this week. He made a cool $100K from just 3 of those games. His $140,601 puts Chris in the middle for top week totals between 2 superchamps. Tristan Williams’ top full week was $97,302 and Jamie Ding’s top week was 3-30-26 for $170,581. Chris still has to win 2 more games to achieve superchamp status.

The $140,601 Chris D’Angelo made this week plus last week’s $53,600 brings him up to $194,201. The usual $25K in consolation prizes was also paid out this week: $3,000 for second place and 2,000 for third place each day.

Here is the NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS category from Wednesday’s game.

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