Final Jeopardy: Around The World (4-10-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/10/2026) in the category “Around The World” was:
A river named for the sacred lotus flower flows toward this 839,000-square-mile body of water
20x champ Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, NJ, has won $572,600 so far. In Game 21, his challengers are: Kathi Fitzgerald, an English teacher from Williamsburg, VA; and Xaque Williams, a writer from Knoxville, TN.
A win today will tie Jamie for number of games won with Chris Pannullo, another NJ superchamp. Jamie has a way to go to catch up to Cris’s $748,286 winnings though.
Round 1 Categories: People From Places – Blue-Per Reel – Case in Point – In Their Live Aid Set – One Piece – Oronyms
Jamie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “One Piece” under the $800 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was the only one on the board with $1,800. Jamie bet it all and he was RIGHT.
On ‘60s TV Diana Rigg & Eartha Kitt helped popularize this oft-leather onesie show
Jamie finished in the lead with $13,000. Xaque was in second place with $1,800. Kathi was last with $1,000. All clues were shown. A reversal (see below) bumped Xaque’s score up to $3,800 before the next round began.
Round 2 Categories: 1826 – Medical Bill – Americana – Cover Girls – Unc Status – 7-Letter Words
Jamie found the first Daily Double in “1826” under the $1,600 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $18,600, $11,600 more than Xaque in second place. Jamie bet $4,400 and he was RIGHT.
This newspaper that shares its name with an opera character begins publishing in Paris as a literary journal show
On the very next pick, Jamie got the last Daily Double in “Americana” under the $2,000 clue. In the lead with $23,000, he had $16,000 more than Xaque in second place. Jamie bet $5,000 and said Big Rapids. That was WRONG.
This city, the seat of Montana’s Cascade County, was named for some watery obstacles encountered by Western explorers show
Jamie finished in the lead with a runaway $26,800. Xaque was in second place with $8,200 and Kathi was last with $200. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE BAY OF BENGAL?
The Padma River gets its name from Sanskrit for lotus flower. Padma can also refer to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, among other things. The lotus is the official flower of India and unofficial flower of Vietnam.
The Padma is a major distributary of the Ganges flowing southeast through Bangladesh for about 200 miles. It joins the Meghna River near Chandpur, continuing southward to the Bay of Bengal through the Meghna estuary. The Bay of Bengal is the world’s largest bay.
Kathi went with the Indian Ocean. She stood pat on her $200.
Xaque got it right. He bet $7,000 and finished with $15,200.
Jamie got it right, too. He bet $9,600 and won the game with $36,400 for a 21-day total of $609,000.
Reversal: ONE PIECE ($1000) The name of this one-piece bathing suit is a variation on the name of a bathing suit that caused a stir in the ’50s – Jamie got it with monokini after Ken rejected burkini from Xaque. The judges okayed the burkini and Xaque was awarded $2,000 before Double Jeopardy! began.
2 triple stumpers from 7-LETTER WORDS:
($1600) It can refer to a person assisting a priest celebrating mass, or to a devoted follower
($2000) From French, it’s a portable heater on a stand with a pan for holding hot coals
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “AUTHORS’ AFTERLIVES”
After his death his son Michel reworked & published manuscripts like one about a meteor made of gold heading for Earth show
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This was Jamie’s 10th straight game with at least 30 correct responses. He’s still quite far from Ken Jennings’s record of 29, though. But Jamie has swept four consecutive weeks and he has surpassed Mattea Roach’s 560,983 and is now #6 in the all-time winnings in regular play and is #14 in the all-time winnings including tournaments and consolation prizes.