Final Jeopardy: Produce (5-1-26)

The Final Jeopardy question (5/1/2026) in the category “Produce” was:

The name of this fruit commemorates an Australian gardener who died in her 70s in the 19th century

New champ Kate Brody, a novelist from Los Angeles, CA, won $17,599 yesterday. In Game 2, she takes on these 2 players: Harsha Hebbale, a crash safety engineer orig. from Troy, MI; and Stephanie Perkins, a math teacher from St. Louis, MO.

Round 1 Categories: Century 21 Listings – Children’s Lit En Español – In Black & White – Cryptocurrency – Lawn Game Mishaps – Who, “Me”?

Stephanie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Century 21 Listings” under the $1,000 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,800, $2,000 more than Kate in second place. Stephanie bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

Folks paved paradise & put up a parking lot over his bones, but he was reburied in 2015; his coffin bore his name & “1452-1485” show
WHO IS RICHARD III?

Stephanie finished in the lead with $8,800. Kate was in second place with $4,400. Harsha was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: The Streets Are Water! – Putting the “S” in Science – Adjectives – Clock It – Life on TCM – Roman Gods & Goddesses

Stephanie got the first Daily Double in “Adjectives” under the $2,000 clue on the 11th pick. She was in the lead with $13,600 now, $8,000 more than Harsha in second place. Stephanie bet $4,000 and guessed devout. That was WRONG.

A person who’s this may be perceptive or may dutifully follow religious guidelines show
WHAT IS OBSERVANT?

Kate got the last Daily Double in “Roman Gods & Goddesses” under the $1,600 clue on the 17th pick of the round. In second place with $6,000, she had $6,400 less than Stephanie’s lead. Kate made it a true Daily Double and came up with the Greek goddess Demeter so that was WRONG.

Originally a grain futures exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade building is topped by a statue of this goddess show
WHO IS CERES?

Stephanie finished in the lead with a runaway $18,800. Harsha was in second place with $6,000. Kate was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS A GRANNY SMITH APPLE?

Per Australian Food Timeline, Granny Smith apples were first discovered in 1868 by Maria Ann “Granny” Smith, who bought a case of French crab apples from Tasmania. After discarding some rotten ones near the creek that ran through her property, she found that some of the seeds germinated. When one seedling bore fruit, Maria realized it was a new variety of apple and began cultivating the green apples that would eventually bear her name.

100 years later: The Beatles first used the Granny Smith apple for the Apple Records logo in 1968.

Kat probably didn’t realize how close she was with “Old Lady Fruit”. She bet and lost it all.

Harsha got it right. He bet $381 and finished with $6,381.

Stephanie came up with crab apple. That cost her $2,200 but she won the game with the remaining $16,600. Stephanie Perkins is the new Jeopardy! champ.