Final Jeopardy: 18th Century Works (4-21-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/21/2026) in the category “18th Century Works” was:
Ironically, it was the Mayor of Strasbourg, a victim of the guillotine, who requested the composition of this
27x champ Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, NJ, has now won $753,000. In Game 28, he’s up against: Lydia Sekscenski, a sales consultant from Wallingford, CT; and Max Ernst, a software engineer from Philadelphia, PA.
Round 1 Categories: Bio 101 – I Need A New Car – Miscellany – All-Star Games – A Little History for You – From Fluff to Gesundheit
Jamie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “From Fluff to Gesundheit” under the $600 clue with 9 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $6,600, $3,800 more than Lydia in second place. Jamie bet $3,200 and he was RIGHT.
A musical composition, or a state of activity without full awareness show
Jamie finished in the lead with $10,800. Max was in second place with $3,200. Lydia was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Bio 201 – Starts & Ends with the Same Vowel – Fauxk Music – The Eastern Hemisphere – Nuns the Wiser – The Tale End
Lydia found the first Daily Double in “The Tale End” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in second place with $6,200 now, $4,600 less than Jamie’s lead. Lydia bet $3,400 and guessed Sinclair. That was WRONG.
Near the end of a 1947 tale from this author, we learn that “the plague bacillus never dies or disappears for good” show
Lydia got the last Daily Double in “Bio 201” under the $1,200 clue on the 16th pick of the round. In last place with $800, she had $14,000 less than Jamie’s lead. Lydia bet $2,000 and tried Jefferson. That was WRONG.
Chapters in a bio of this president include “The Heat in the Kitchen” & “The Moon, the Stars, and all the Planets” show
Jamie finished in the lead with $17,600. Max was in second place with $10,800. Lydia was last with $400. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “LA MARSEILLAISE”?
The French National Anthem, “La Marseillaise”, was composed in April 1792 by Army Captain Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. Stationed at Strasbourg at the start of the War of the First Coalition, Rouget de Lisle fulfilled the city’s Mayor, Baron Philippe-Frédéric de Dietrich’s request for a marching song to rally French troops. “Chant de Guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin” was the composition’s original title. It became known as “La Marseillaise” after volunteers from Marseille sang it when they marched to Paris in December 1792. As for the Baron, he ran afoul of Robespierre in 1793 and was guillotined. The Baron’s reputation was rehabilitated after Robespierre’s fall in 1795, the same year “The Marseillaise” was made France’s official national anthem. More info.
Classical-music.com ranked “La Marseillaise” No. 3 on its Best National Anthems list and also said it is probably the most recognized anthem in the world.
Lydia didn’t bet a sou. Her score remained $400.
Max bet $9,000 and finished with $19,800.
Jamie bet $4,001 and won the game with $21,601, for a 28-day total of $774,601. This was the 7th time where Jamie didn’t run away with the game, but Ken will probably tell us that when he opens the show tomorrow.
2 triple stumpers NUNS THE WISER:
($1600) Despite Brittanica’s description of her as a consecrated virgin with a speech impediment, the BBC aired her “Story of Painting” in 1996
($2000) 17th c. nun Mariana Alcoforado is said to have penned the “Portuguese Letters” that influenced this “Sonnets to Orpheus” poet
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “BUSINESS”
In the 1850s the .925 sterling silver standard was instituted by this company, the first American one to do so show
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All I have to say is darn those daily doubles to Lydia but Jamie survived a scare to become a 28 day champion. Had he missed Final, Max would have been the new champion.