Final Jeopardy: Scientific Words (8-11-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (8/11/2026) in the category “Scientific Words” was:
A Nobel laureate coined this word “to avoid the repetition of the rather cumbersome phrase ‘mould broth filtrate'”
Quarterfinal 2 of the 2026 Tournament of Champions features: 6x champ, Andrew Hayes, a judicial law clerk orig. from Tupelo, MS; 3x champ, Brendan Liaw, a law student and away-from-home son from Vancouver, British Columbia; and 4x champ, Allegra Kuney, a Ph.D. candidate from New Brunswick, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: A Cult Band – National Parks of the World – Standing on Business – The Tale That Wags the Dog – Ranks & Titles – Rhyme Time
Brendan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “National Parks of the World” under the $600 clue on the 16th pick of the round. He was in last place with $200, $2,800 less than Allegra’s lead. Brendan bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
The most famous feature of Venezuela’s Canaima National Park, it has an initial plunge of 2,648 feet show
Brendan finished in the lead with $3,600. Allegra was second with $3,000 and Andrew was last with -$1,000. All clues were shown.
Continue to the original recap with the rest of the game, more information about Final Jeopardy! and 2 additional triple stumpers.
These are the stumpers and the Sneak Peek clues that are on page 2 of the original recap:
A CULT BAND ($200) This Canadian trio was once known as the biggest cult band in the world
($800) This band of bassist Les Claypool is going strong 40 years after its founding & 30+ after “Sailing The Sound Of Cheese”
($1000) Glasgow brothers Jim & William Reid formed this band with a vaguely biblical name
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD ($800) A popular trekking destination, Simien Mountains National Park contains this country’s highest peak, Ras Dejen
($1000) After visiting Banff, head north to this adjoining national park to see its incredible glaciers & wildlife
THE TALE THAT WAGS THE DOG ($1000) You’re on target if you know this tough mutt owned by Bill Sikes in a Dickens tale had a “face scratched & torn in 20 different places”
RANKS & TITLES ($800) This honorific for Muslim clerics like 9/11-era Taliban leader Omar is roughly equivalent to “Lord”
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE ($800) The Queen is dead! Long live the King! And let’s build homes in the style of this era that followed the Elizabethan
POP-UP-POURRI ($1200) Later an off-and-on Yankees manager, he saved the 1952 World Series for the team with a lunging catch of a bases loaded pop-up
($2000) As in the 1951 LeSabre, hidden or pop-up headlights were a passion of this legendary GM car designer
BACK WORDS ($200) No licking! “original” this sticky stuff on the back of a stamp can greatly enhance the stamp’s value to a collector (Note: just the 3-letter word was needed)
($2000) The name of this fin at the very rear of a fish, aka the tail fin, is also an adjective meaning “near the posterior”
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: RHYME TIME
($200) an additional matriarch
($400) An ersatz gateau
($600) The steeple chorale
($800) Nuptial coverlets
($1000) Payroll tax for your work reading the Book of the minor prophet that follows Jonah
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