Final Jeopardy: Play Characters (5-15-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/15/2026) in the category “Play Characters” was:
This title character of an 1890 play is often called “the female Hamlet”
7x champ Tristan Williams, a data scientist orig. from Lincoln, NE, has now won $132,900. In Game 8, his challengers are: Chayce Griffith, a professor of tree fruit physiology orig. from Saline, MI; and Valerie Fulton, an attorney from Greenville, SC.
Round 1 Categories: ____ of ____: Literary Edition – The Elements – A Meat Cute – Song Sung “Blue” – The Old West – Expressions From the Sporting World
Tristan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Expressions from the Sporting World” under the $600 clue just after the break. He was in the lead with $4,000, $800 more than Chayce in second place. Tristan bet $3,000 and said pop fly. That was WRONG.
Anything easy to answer, or more specifically, “what if the game is tied after the regulation 7 innings?” show
Tristan finished in the lead with $3,200. Chayce was in second place with $3,000. Valerie was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Civil War-Era Numbers – Wings – TV Title Towns – Let’S Talk About “X” – Peoples – Court
Chayce got the first Daily Double in “Peoples” under the $2,000 clue on the 8th pick. He was in the lead with $7,800 now, $3,000 more than Tristan in second place. Chayce bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
Most indigenous N. Africans prefer Amazigh, meaning “free man”, to this name derived from one the Romans used for foreigners show
Tristan got the last Daily Double in “Let’s Talk About ‘X'” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick of the round. In second place with $6,000, he had $6,000 less than Chayce’s lead. Tristan bet $4,500 and he was RIGHT.
Examples include silent scream & working vacation show
Tristan finished in the lead with $18,900. Chayce was in second place with $12,800. Valerie was last with $600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS HEDDA GABLER?
Hedda Gabler is the title anti-heroine of an 1890 play by Henrik Ibsen. One reason Hedda has been called the female Hamlet is because it is a coveted role, considered one of the greatest female parts ever written. Its male counterpart for that accolade is Hamlet, although some don’t consider Hamlet an anti-hero. However, if you agree with Catherine Butler’s opinion that Hamlet is really a “self-centred, entitled, manipulative, callous bully”, then the comparison is almost perfect. Ms. Butler contends that Hamlet is a “villain of genius” because he’s fooled the world into believing he’s heroic. I think it’s fair to say that Hedda Gabler has way more haters than sympathizers.
If you’ve never read or seen Hedda Gabler, this animated video tells the whole sordid tale!
Valerie had no response. She lost $599 and finished with $1.00.
Chayce went with Ophelia. That cost him $8,000 and left him with $4,800.
Tristan got it right. He bet $6,701 and won the game with $25,601. Tristan’s 8-day total is $158,501. (The buck is back!)
A triple stumper from each round:
EXPRESSIONS FROM THE SPORTING WORLD ($200) To “run” this means to remove obstacles in another’s path; in football nowadays people tend to just say “block”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players left in FJ! got this clue in “BOOK & MOVIE TITLE REFERENCES”
The title of this 2001 book, also a 2003 film, forms a partial border between Boston, Chelsea, Medford & Everett show
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Tristan is the third player this season to win every game this week and it’s a clean sweep for him.