Final Jeopardy: 21st Century Heroes (3-5-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/5/2026) in the category “21st Century Heroes” was:
In his memoir, he referenced Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” while writing about a near-disaster
2x champ Quentin Powers, a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Arlington, VA, has now won $20,798. In Game 3, his opponents are: Cory Aiello, a development officer from Indianapolis, IN; and Heidi Schmechel, a research scientist orig. from Parsippany, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Sounds All Around – TV Crossovers – “U-G-H” but Not “Ugh”! – Say Your Prayers – Hail, Mary – Our Father
Quentin found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Say Your Prayers” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,600, $1,600 less than Cory’s lead. Quentin bet $1,000 and tried penitence. That was WRONG.
“O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you”, begins the Act of this, a synonym for repentance show
Cory finished in the lead with $7,400. Quentin was in second place with $3,000 and Nishal was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Their First Studio Album – Eponyms – Poets – Flowers – Asia Major – The 18th Century World With Jamie Fraser
Cory found the first Daily Double in “Poets” under the $1,200 clue on the 16th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $13,000 now, $6,000 more than Quentin in second place. Cory bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Best known for writing about Lady Liberty, she penned “Venus of the Louvre” about a different statue show
Nishal got the last Daily Double in “Flowers” under the $800 clue with 7 clues left after it. In last place with $7,200 now, he had $8,200 less than Cory’s lead. Nishal bet $2,000 and thought it might be a rose. That was WRONG.
A contemporary of Linnaeus, German botanist Traugott Gerber has a variety of this flower named in his honor show
Cory finished in the lead with a runaway $17,400. Nishal was in second place with $8,000. Quentin was last with $5,000. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS CHESLEY “SULLY” SULLENBERGER?
It will probably take you longer to read and digest Captain “Sully” Sullenberger’s account of what became known as “The Miracle on the Hudson”, than the 4 seconds it took to happen. Shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia airport on January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 flew straight into a flock of geese that destroyed the plane’s engines. With 155 passengers on board and no safe airport in range, Sullenberger determined that his best option was to bring the plane down in the ice cold Hudson River. Sullenberg recounted the harrowing event in his 2009 memoir, “Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters”. His incredible quick thinking and expertise saved the lives of everyone on the plane.
Tom Hanks had the title role in the 2016 film “Sully” which is currently rated 7.4 on IMDB. I never made it through Hitchcock’s 1963 film “The Birds”, starring Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren. You could watch it on TV when I was 16, but I bailed when all those birds flew out of the fireplace!
Quentin bet $4,999 and finished with $9,999.
Nishal bet $3,001 and finished with $11,001.
Cory bet $530 and won the game with $17,930. Cory Aiello is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumper from FLOWERS:
($1600) Touch-me-not is another name for a this variety of flower, and please don’t keep us waiting
($2000) Carlsbad, California is famous for its fields of these flowers of the buttercup family that carpet the hills in spring
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “ANCIENT DRAMA”
From the 470s B.C., Aeschylus’ earliest surviving work has this title; he’d fought them repeatedly in the preceding years show
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can we know if the contestants in fj wrote the full name, or the full last name, or if someone just wrote “sully” and it was accepted?
Quentin had Captain Sully, Cory and Nishal had Sully Sullenberger
(no one had Chesley)