Final Jeopardy: Famous Lists (5-4-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/4/2026) in the category “Famous Lists” was:
A famous list of this many items is found on the 1972 comedy album “Class Clown”
New champ, Stephanie Perkins, a math teacher from St. Louis, MO, defeated a 3-day champ and won $16,600 last Friday. In Game 2, she’s up against: Matt Davis, a banker from Arlington, VA; and Madeline Kaplan, an editor orig. from Toledo, OH.
Round 1 Categories: Quatro De Mayo – Fasten-ating! – Movie Formulas – Notorious – Triple Meanings – L.A. Art & Music
Stephanie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Triple Meanings” under the $800 clue on the 19th pick of the round. She was in last place with zero, $5,000 behind Matt’s lead. Stephanie bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Deep part of a waterway, a means of access, concentrate your energies into something show
Matt finished in the lead with $6,400. Stephanie was in second place with $4,600. Madeline was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Name Your Daughter From the U.S. Map – Books & Authors – Zero Year Entertainment – Eponyms – Buried at Arlington – “L.A.” Science & Tech
Madeline got the first Daily Double in “Name Your Daughter From the U.S. Map” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick. She was in second place with $4,800, $1,600 less than Matt’s lead. Madeline bet it all and she was RIGHT.
Greek heritage? How about this, the capital of a West Coast state show
On the very next pick, Madeline got the last Daily Double in “Eponyms” under the $1,200 clue. Now leading with $9,600, she had $3,200 more than Matt in second place. Madeline bet $7,000 and she was RIGHT again.
His name now means a prolific lover & seducer, but he kept his pants on when he talked about balloon technology with Ben Franklin show
Madeline finished in the lead with $18,200. Matt was in second place with $15,600. Stephanie was last with $12,600. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE SEVEN (7)?
“Seven Words You Can’t Say On Television” is a comedy routine that was the last track on “Class Clown” (1972), George Carlin’s 4th comedy album. More accurately, they were the “7 Dirty Words” that could not be said on broadcasts that fell under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) because HBO made its debut that same year. Those seven words weren’t censored on HBO films and comedy routines. Wikipedia doesn’t censor the list either.
All, the same, where and at what time Carlin could perform the routine was such a hot topic, the comedian was arrested at various performances.
Stephanie got it right. She bet $6,000 and finished with $18,600.
Matt went with nine, perhaps thinking of Lenny Bruce. He bet and lost his whole $15,600.
Madeline got it, too. She bet $13,500 and won the game with $31,700. Madeline Kaplan is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
NOTORIOUS ($1000) Portrayed by Tom Hardy & Tomy Hardy on film, these twins ran a gang called The Firm in mid-20th century London
EPONYMS ($2000) It’s not certain which man gave his name to this cocktail of vermouth, gin & Campari, or if he was even Italian
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “HISTORIC GROUPS”
Like their uniform, the flag of this group created in 1506 has stripes of red, blue & yellow, the colors of the Medici family show
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That was pretty cool how Stephanie and Matt caught up after Madeline got the back-to-back DDs. They all played so well and the icing on the cake: the last clue wasn’t one of those one where you just know the leader is going to win, even though it turned out that way.