Final Jeopardy: 20th Century History (7-15-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/15/2026) in the category “20th Century History” was:
The U.N. Conference of April 25, 1945 opened with a speech that said this man “gave his life while trying to perpetuate these high ideals”
9x champ Caleb Groen, a law & policy student orig. from Thousand Oaks, CA, has a 9-day total of $240,600. In Game 10, he goes for superchamp status against:
Marisa Rizzuti, a director of planned giving orig. from Centerport, NY; and Armando Marin, an attorney from Queens, NY
Round 1 Categories: Historic Ships – Gardening – Movie Sequel Subtitles – Religion – Barber Shop – Quortets
Caleb found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Barber Shop” under the $800 on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,400, $2,800 more than Armando in second place. Caleb bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
This London Street that was the epicenter of British journalism is also the site of some Barber-ous murders in a classic musical show
Caleb finished in the lead with $8,600. Armando was in second place with $4,400. Marisa was last with negative $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Doctors – British Songstresses – Notorious – U.S. Mountains – Poems – Real & Metaphorical Roads
Caleb got the first Daily Double in “Notorious” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $9,800 now, $5,400 more than Armando in second place. Caleb bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
Robert Stroud, who became a self-taught ornithologist during his years in solitary, is best known by this nickname show
On the very next pick, Caleb got the last Daily Double in “Poems” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $13,800, he had $9,400 more than Armando in second place. Caleb bet $5,000 this time and he was RIGHT.
Milton’s poem this man “Agonistes”, meaning enduring a struggle, describes him as “eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves” show
Caleb finished in the lead with a runaway $38,000. Armando was in second place with $4,400. Marisa was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (FDR)
The San Francisco Conference that began on 4/25/1945 resulted in the creation of the United Nations’ Charter. President Franklin D. Roosevelt played a large part in the creation of the UN. He even coined its name. FDR was scheduled to speak at the conference, but his health was so bad that it is very likely that duty would have fallen to Vice-President Harry S. Truman anyway. However, FDR died suddenly on 4/12/1945 from an intracerebral hemorrhage and Truman gave the opening speech at the conference as U.S. President. After the words in the clue, Truman added: “This Conference owes its existence, in a large part, to the vision, foresight, and determination of Franklin Roosevelt.”
The conference ended with the signing of the Charter on 6/26/1945. Ironically, just 6 weeks later, Truman ended World War II by dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While world peace was FDR’s hope and vision, he also aimed to be prepared when initiating the Manhattan Project in 1939.
Marisa had no response. She lost $1,201 and finished with $1,999.
Armando got it right. He bet $2,001 and finished with $6,401.
Caleb got it right, too. He bet $22,067 and won the game with $60,067 for a 10-day total of $300,567.
A triple stumper from each round:
GARDENING ($800) This 10-letter gardening tool is great for loosening weeds & soil in a garden
REAL & METAPHORICAL ROADS ($1600) “Life is Difficult” is the first line of this classic self-help book BY M. Scott Peck
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “LITERARY CHARACTERS”
In a 1980 National Book Award winner, we learn this title character gets his name from the rank of his late dad–technical sergeant show
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I had chickenpox and rubeola before the vaccines came out but I never had the mumps.
Caleb now has the highest one day total of the season with 60,067 breaking his own biggest payday of Season 42 and becoming the 5th superchampion of Season 42. This season ties the record for the most amount of superchampions. Season 38 has 5 superchampions and this season also has 5 superchampions. Caleb is the fifth champion—following Austin Rogers, James Holzhauer, Matt Amodio, and Amy Schneider—to record winnings of $60,000 or more on at least two games. There are 7 games left this season.
Wow! Caleb really clobbered ’em today — the show included. Maybe he bet so big because he liked the FJ! category but it was still quite a risk! He could have ended up with less than $16K if he was wrong. But he still would have become a superchamp.