Final Jeopardy: U.S. Business (3-26-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/26/2026) in the category “U.S. BUSINESS” was:
When it was founded in northern Minnesota in 1902, this company had one goal–to mine for corundum; it has since expanded
9x champ Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, NJ, has now won $245,802. In Game 10, his opponents are: Donna Vaughan Singer, a radio news anchor from Long Island, NY; and Jeff Bienstock, a musical theater writer from Brooklyn, NY.
Round 1 Categories: It’s Opening Day! – This Side of Paradise, Nevada – Plot Holes – Unique Schools – Scrum One, Scrum All – What is That Thing?!
Jamie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Unique Schools” under the $800 clue just before the break. He was in the lead with $4,400, $2,800 more than Jeff in second place. Jamie made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Tucked away off the Appian Way is a school dedicated to this ancient combat profession show
Jamie finished in the lead with $14,400. Jeff was in second place with $3,400. Donna was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Global Food – History – Writing Teams – Let’s Science This – I Play Bassoon – In Tame Impala
Jeff found the first Daily Double in “I Play Bassoon” under the $2,000 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,200 now, $14,200 less than Jamie’s lead. Jeff bet $1,200 and he was RIGHT.
A landmark in 20th c. music, it opens with an unusually high bassoon solo, adding to audience confusion at the wild 1st performance show
Jeff got the last Daily Double in “Let’s Science This” under the $1,200 clue with 5 clues left after it. In second place with $7,400 now, he had $17,400 less than Jamie’s lead. Jeff bet $3,400 and said Jimmy Pants. That was very funny but also very WRONG.
1 shift, 2 shift, these 2 terms for increase & decrease in light wavelengths from an object moving toward & away from youshow
Jamie finished in the lead with a runaway $26,000. Jeff was in second place with $4,400. Donna was last with $3,800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS 3M?
The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company started out in 1902 in search of a vein of corundum in vain. While that venture didn’t pan out, this video will tell you how the company’s owners turned the failure into spectacular success. The company became known world-wide as “3M”; oddly enough, however, its official name was not changed to “3M Company” until 2002, when the company celebrated its centennial year.
I also found a page with lesser known trivia on 3M and its products, like how Scotch Tape got its name; how the soles of Neil Armstrong’s space boots were made of synthetic material from 3M; and how 3M developed the first diaper tapes that replaced safety pins in 1985 (to the delight of mothers and babies everywhere!)
Donna got it right. She bet $3,798 and finished with $7,598.
Jeff thought it was North Star. He lost $4,395 and finished with $5.00.
Jamie got it right, too. He bet $1,008 and won the game with $27,008. Jamie’s 10-day total is $272,810.
A triple stumper from each round:
WRITING TEAMS ($2000) He teamed up with Ben Elton to write “Blockader” before becoming the master of Brits in love with films like “Notting Hill”
IN TAME IMPALA ($2000) It’s a marine snail very hard to pry off a rock
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “20th CENTURY BOOKS”
TIME mentioned “cruelty & enforced conformity” when summing up this novel with a “stonily silent narrator” show
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With that, Jamie is now a double digit champion. He becomes the 20th player in Jeopardy history to win 10 or more games and he is now #18 in the all-time winnings list. Jamie also becomes the second player this season to become a superchampion.