Final Jeopardy: Historic Names (4-2-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/2/2026) in the category “Historic Names” was:
In 2025 France posthumously made this man who was “accused, humiliated & condemned” a brigadier general
14x champ Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, NJ, has now won $371,600. In Game 15, his opponents are: Nikki Svetov, an entertainment strategist orig. from Long Island, NY; and Brian Chu, a professor from Cary, NC.
Round 1 Categories: U.S. History – TV Title Pairs – Weapon of Choice – That Was Quite a Seder – Homes – Authority Figures
Jamie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Authority Figures” under the $600 clue with 9 clues left after it. With $8,000, he was the only one in positive territory. Jamie bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
The name of this tequila brand, one of the top 5 sellers worldwide, is Spanish for “boss” show
Jamie finished in the lead with $15,600. Brian was in second place with $400. Nikki was last with negative $800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: International Geographic – What the Doctor Ordered – School of Music – Past Perfect – The Silver Screen – Author Figures
Jamie found the first Daily Double in “Author Figures” under the $1,200 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $30,400 now, $27,200 more than Brian in second place. Jamie bet $11,600 and he was RIGHT.
Nikos Kazantzakis felt this epic poem needed a 33,333-line sequel in which the hero gets tired of being home & leaves once more show
Jamie got the last Daily Double in “International Geographic” under the $2,000 clue on the 16th pick of the round. In the lead with $48,800, he had $45,600 more than Brian in second place. Jamie bet $21,200 and guessed Liechtenstein. That was WRONG.
Situated among mountain peaks, this small country has the highest average elevation of any in Europe at about 6,600 feetshow
Jamie finished in the lead with a runaway $31,200. Brian was in second place with $2,800. Nikki was last with $400. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS ALFRED DREYFUS?
In a move construed as a symbol of France’s commitment to “combat the recent surge in antisemitism” facing its Jewish community, French Army Major Alfred Dreyfus was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 2025, 131 years after his wrongful conviction for treason. The wheels of justice turn slowly in cases of injustice and what is known as “the Dreyfus Affair” is an extreme example of that.
In 1894, then Captain Alfred Dreyfus was framed for treason by a French military court on specious evidence. Publicly stripped of his rank in 1895, he was sent to France’s notorious prison colony, Devil’s Island, to serve a life sentence. Despite exculpatory evidence surfacing a year later, Dreyfus was not released from prison until 1899. He would not be cleared until 1906. See this timeline of the Dreyfus Affair. They have not added the brigadier general promotion yet and there is still an ongoing call to have Dreyfus’ remains transferred to the Pantheon that may be approved in the future.
Nikki had no response. She didn’t bet a sou so her score remained $400.
Brian went with Louis XVI. That cost him $267 and left him with $2,533.
Jamie got it right. He bet $25,200 and won the game with $56,400, for a 15-day total of $428,000.
A triple stumper from each round:
TV TITLE PAIRS ($400) Roommates & babysitters, Jennette McCurdy & Ariana Grande
AUTHOR FIGURES ($2000) This Jamaican author of “A Brief History of Seven Killings” had his first novel, “John Crow’s Devil”, rejected 78 times
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “STATE CAPITALS”
It was named for a nearby river that explorer Gabriel Moraga named for one of a religious grouping of 7 show
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Jamie sets the record of the highest daily double wager loss of 21,200. The previous record of the largest incorrect Daily Double wager is 15,600 during the All-Star Games on March 1, 2019. Jamie is now 100 bucks shy of Julia Collin’s winnings of 428,100. Jamie is now #11 in the all-time winnings and he is now the biggest money winner of Season 42 bumping Harrison Whitaker off and Jamie now has the highest payout of the season of 56,400.