Final Jeopardy: American Architecture (5-18-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/18/2026) in the category “American Architecture” was:
In the 1930s an automobile showroom occupied the first 2 floors of this building at 42nd & Lexington in Manhattan
8x champ Tristan Williams, a data scientist orig. from Lincoln, NE, has won $158,501, an approximate average of $19,750 per game. In Game 9, he’s up against: Amy Dewey, a part-time homemaker & part-time entrepreneur from Broken Arrow, OK; and Thomas Trovato, a software developer from London, Ontario.
Round 1 Categories: Trending Google Searches of Yore – 3-Word Cities – GL Adverbs – A Song & A Scene – On the Job – Life, uh, Finds a Way
Tristan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “3-Word Cities” under the $1,000 on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,000 now, $1,200 more than Thomas in second place. Tristan made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Arabic for “abode of peace”, it’s Tanzania’s biggest city show
Tristan finished in the lead with $8,800. Thomas was in second place with $6,000. Amy was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: All Respect to the Ballet & Opera People – Alphabetically Next – Rulers – “Lol” – Poetry in Novels – Modern TV Westerns
Tristan got the first Daily Double in “All Respect to the Ballet & Opera People” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick. He was in the lead with $9,200 now, $3,200 more than Thomas in second place. Tristan bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.
The original cast of this Aaron Copland ballet was headed by Agnes de Mille, who choreographed it & danced the part of the lead cowgirl show
Thomas got the last Daily Double in “Lol” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick of the round. In second place with $7,200, he had $8,400 less than Tristan’s lead. Thomas made it a true Daily Double and drew a blank so he was WRONG.
A book by Simone de Beauvoir is titled “Brigitte Bardot and the” this literary character “Syndrome” show
Tristan finished in the lead with a runaway $22,400. Amy was in second place with $4,400. Thomas was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE CHRYSLER BUILDING?
The Chrysler Building’s address is 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10174. It is located on the corner of East 42nd Street and Lexington, just a short walk across the street to Grand Central Terminal. In its early days, the first two floors of the building were used to showcase Chrysler’s best cars. Walter Chrysler never intended to move Chrysler headquarters there after financing construction of the building with his own money. He intended to leave it to his heirs as a real estate investment and they did inherit it when he died in 1940.
The above news report on the last sale of the Chrysler Building mentions the cost of leasing the land from Cooper Union as the reason for the bargain-basement price. More interesting is the fact that Cooper Union doesn’t have to pay the City of New York a dime on the rent it collects from leasing the land. The Chrysler Building is the No. 1 property on the NY Post’s list of Fancy Properties with Big Tax Exemptions.
Thomas bet $17 and finished with $1,217.
Amy stood pat on her $4,400.
Tristan bet $7,600 and won the game with $30,000. Tristan’s 9-day total is $188,501.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
POETRY IN NOVELS ($1200) In a Kipling novel old Captain Edwardes reads a poem at the memorial day of this Massachusetts fishing town
RULERS ($1600) Anastasio Somoza Garcia ruled this country as dictator from 1937 to 1956
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “THE THEATER”
Of the 14 roles in a production of this play that opened on Broadway on October 28, 2004, none were played by females show
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