Final Jeopardy: Opera (4-17-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/17/2026) in the category “Opera” was:
The name of this opera means “Faithful”; it’s used as an alias by a character who implores a prisoner not to lose faith
25x champ Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, NJ, passed the $700K mark yesterday by $2,000. Jamie has defeated 50 challengers so far. These two players don’t want to increase that statistic: Tini Howard, a comic book writer from Van Nuys, CA; and Taotao Zhang, a statistician from South River, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Fellas From History – Financial Anagrams – Old Wives’ Tales – Who Diss Track – Retronyms – Sibling Revelry
Taotao found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Sibling Revelry” under the $400 clue with 8 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,200, $2,800 less than Jamie’s lead. Taotao bet $3,200 and he was RIGHT.
In mythology this sister of Castor & Pollux was first carried off by Theseus; the brothers rescued her show
Jamie finished in the lead with $6,400. Taotao was in second place with $6,000. Tini was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Fellas From History – Financial Anagrams – Old Wives’ Tales – Who Diss Track – Retronyms – Sibling Revelry
Taotao found the first Daily Double in “Geography” under the $1,200 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $7,600 now, $1,200 more than Jamie in second place. Taotao bet it all and thought it was arrondissement. That was WRONG.
Mainland France has 12 metropolitan regions that are further divided into 94 of these like Hautes-Alpes show
Jamie got the last Daily Double in “Health & Medicine” under the $1,600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. In the lead with $8,400, he had $7,000 more than Tini in second place. Jamie bet $7,600 and he was RIGHT.
Fast, slow or fluttering, it’s the 10-letter term for an irregular heartbeat show
Jamie finished in the lead with a runaway $23,800. Taotao was in second place with $8,400. Tini was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right (for the 3rd day in a row).
WHAT IS “FIDELIO”?
According to “Fidelio in a Nutshell” on the Opera North website, Beethoven’s only opera was “the one most dear” to him because it brought him the most sorrow, and caused him so much frustration that he never tried to write another opera. Inspired by a true story, “Fidelio” was originally titled “Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love” Fidelio is the alias Leonore uses to gain access to the prison where Florestan, her husband, is being held.
SPOILER ALERT: Simon Rees of the Welsh National Opera guides you through the best scenes of “Fidelio” in the above video, including how it ends up.
Tini bet $2,699 and finished with $5,499.
Taotao bet $2,622 and finished with $11,022.
Jamie bet $6,200 and won the game with $30,000. This is Jamie’s 20th runaway game and his 26-day total is $732,000.
A triple stumper from each round:
FELLAS FROM HISTORY ($600) This Secretary of War was nominated to the Supreme Court by Ulysses S. Grant, but died after being confirmed by the Senate
RETRONYMS ($800) As well as a retronym, it was a TV drama about a 70s music executive played by Bobby Cannavale
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS”
Featured in a 2020 film, she gets her name from a 16th c. Italian stock character who often wore diamond-patterned outfits show
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