Final Jeopardy: Sports & The Movies (4-30-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/30/2026) in the category “Sports & The Movies” was:
In 2026 a New Year’s Day college football game featured these 2 team names that are both Gene Hackman movie titles
3x champ Greg Shahade, a chess player from Philadelphia, PA, has now won $74,602. In Game 4, his opponents are: Derek Kaufman, an attorney from Los Angeles, CA; and Kate Brody, a novelist from Los Angeles, CA
Round 1 Categories: British Geography – Compost Mentis – All About Pant Names – Climb Time – 2-Word Palindromes – Come at Me, Bro
Kate found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Come At Me, Bro” under the $400 clue with 5 clues left after it. She was in second place with $2,600, $6,800 less than Greg’s lead. Kate made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
Pushkin survived exile but not his brother-in-law’s pistol; a monument in this then-capital marks the site of their 1837 duel show
Greg finished in the lead with $10,000. Kate was in second place with $5,400. Derek was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: U.S. History Stories – Political Subdivisions – Johnny Gilbert: No. 1 Hit Machine – Common Bonds – Book Dedications – Come at Me, “Bro”
Kate got the first Daily Double in “Common Bonds” under the $1,200 clue on the 14th pick. She was in the lead with $15,000 now, $2,600 more than Greg in second place. Kate bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
Knives, minds, cheddar cheese show
Kate got the last Daily Double in “Political Subdivisions” under the $1,200 clue, with a dozen clues left after it. In the lead with $21,200, she had $10,000 more than Greg in second place. Kate bet $1,200 and went with parishes. That was WRONG.
The ninth is the largest & easternmost one of these districts in the city of New Orleans show
Kate finished in the lead with a runaway $22,000. Greg was in second place with $13,200. Derek was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE “HOOSIERS” & “CRIMSON TIDE”?
Mark mentioned the Indiana vs. Alabama college football game in this Sports post on 1/2/2026: “After a scoreless 1st quarter, the Hoosiers scored 17 in the second and never looked back in an absolute blowout of the Crimson Tide 38-3.”
Gene Hackman starred as Norman Dale, a driven high school basketball coach in the 1986 film “Hoosiers”; Hackman played Captain Frank Ramsey, the commanding officer of the USS Alabama submarine in “Crimson Tide” (1995).
Derek got it half right with Hoosiers, but missed with Rams. He lost $1,300 and finished with $100.
Greg was half right with Crimson Tide, but missed with Fighting Irish. That cost him $10,000 and left him with $3,200.
Kate went with the Patriots & the Jets. She lost $4,401 but won the game with the remaining $17,599. Kate Brody is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
U.S. HISTORY STORIES ($2000) Foreman Chin Lin Sou helped recruit for this company that built the Transcontinental Railroad from the western side
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS ($2000) One of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities, its name may mean extreme and hard or beyond the River Douro
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “COUNTRIES WITH SPACE PROGRAMS”
It launched its first satellite, Asterix, in 1965 show
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Both Derek and Greg were half right with their responses, but you needed both halves to be correct and this Final is a triple stumper. Greg has a good chance of making it to the 2027 TOC where he can possibly have a rematch with Jamie Ding.