Final Jeopardy: Literary Origins (2-26-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/26/2026) in the category “Literary Origins” was:
As a child, Christopher Robin Milne loved feeding a London Zoo animal whose former owner hailed from this city
2x champ James Hirsh, a lawyer from Toronto, Ontario has now won $47,418. In Game 3, his opponents are: Elizabeth Hurd, a pastor from West Bloomfield, MI; and Patrick Creech, a planning director orig. from Pink Hill, NC.
Round 1 Categories: The Role of a Lifetime – Starts & Ends With the Same Consonant – Science Experiments – Business as Unusual – First Lines of Literature – Some if/then Statements
Elizabeth found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Science Experiment” under the $400 clue on the 8th pick of the round. She had $400 while everyone else was in negative territory. Elizabeth bet the $400 but she was WRONG, only having half the answer even though Ken gave her the full time.
One step of Joseph Priestley’s 1700s experiment to make soda water involved storing this gas in a sheep’s bladder show
James finished in the lead with $6,200. Elizabeth was in second place with $2,800. Patrick was last with $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Roll of a Lifetime – Geography – Instrumental Tunes – “Bit”s – La Belle Epoque – Convicted
James found the first Daily Double in “La Belle Epoque” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,200 now, $1,800 more than Elizabeth in second place. James wagered $4,000 and said merry-go-round. That was WRONG.
Wondrous contraptions at the Paris Expo of 1900 included La Grande Roue, the world’s biggest one of these show
Patrick got the last Daily Double in “Convicted” under the $1,200 clue on the 15th pick of the round. In last place with zero ($0), he had $7,000 less than James’ lead. Patrick bet the $2,000 allowance and came up with sergeant-at-arms. That was WRONG.
It’s no good when someone who had this job is convicted; the 68th, Richard Kleindienst, misled the Senate & got a suspended sentence show
James finished in the lead with a runaway $16,200. Elizabeth was in second place with $6,000. Patrick was last with $1,200. The $400 clue in “Roll of a Lifetime” was left on the board.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS WINNIPEG?
Harry Colebourn was the former owner of the real life bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. Born in Birmingham, England, Colebourn made Winnipeg, Manitoba his permanent home. Returning to England to serve in WWI, Colebourn bought a female black bear cub for $20 and named her Winnipeg– “Winnie” for short. Winnie lived at the London Zoo while Colebourn served in France. There she became a favorite of young Christopher Robin Milne who renamed his Edward teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin’s father took pen in hand to create an entire world around Winnie the Pooh that included a prominent role for his son.
The name for the city of Winnipeg comes from the Cree name for Lake Winnipeg, “win-nipi” meaning “murky water,” according to the Canadian Encyclopedia.
Patrick wrote down his hometown of Pink Hill, NC, which the residents will surely love. He only lost $20.00 for an $1,180 finish.
Elizabeth wrote down Australia, jokingly conceding that it wasn’t a city. She lost $1,000 and finished with $5,000.
James got it right. He bet $3,800 and won the game with an even $20,000. That gives James a 3-day total of$67,418.
A triple stumper from each round:
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS ($800) The central rotunda of the Griffith Park Observatory showcases the pendulum experiment tried by this man in 1851
LA BELLE EPOQUE ($2000) Still in use today, Hector Guimard’s fanciful subway station gates introduced many Parisians to this emerging style
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “WORLD TRAVEL”
The name of this service that began Nov. 14, 1994 echoes the Étoile du Nord, which linked Paris, Brussels & Amsterdam from 1927 show
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