Final Jeopardy: The Canadian Album Charts (5-5-26)

The Final Jeopardy question (5/5/2026) in the category “The Canadian Album Charts” was:

In 2025 Taylor Swift tied Drake & this singer for the most No. 1 albums on Billboard’s Canadian Albums chart, with 15

New champ Madeline Kaplan, an editor orig. from Toledo, OH, won $31,700 yesterday. In Game 2, her challengers are: Jeremy Roberts, a technology analyst from Midhurst, Ontario; and Shannon Crisenbery, a data annotator from St. Clair, MI.

Round 1 Categories: Historic Names – From Book to Film with a Different Title – Flag Glossary – 12-Letter Words – Quotes About Science – Do You Know How Fast You Were Going?

Madeline found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Quotes About Science” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $4,000, $3,800 more than Jeremy in second place. Madeline made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.

This astronomer wrote, “We’re made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself” show
WHO IS CARL SAGAN?

Madeline finished in the lead with $10,200. Jeremy was in second place with $3,600. Shannon was last with $3,400. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Around the Volcano – We’ll Need Some “I.D.” – School of Lit – What the TV Show Title Means – Women & Photography – Everybody!

Shannon got the first Daily Double in “School Lit” under the $2,000 clue on the 3rd pick. She was in second place with $5,000, $5,200 less than Madeline’s lead. Shannon bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.

Sharing the title of a Dostoyevsky novel, this Elif Batuman book is about a smart but also clueless Harvard freshman show
WHAT IS “THE IDIOT”?

On the very next pick, Shannon got the last Daily Double in “Women & Photography” under the $1,600 clue. Still in second place with $9,000, she had $1,200 less than Madeline’s lead. Shannon bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.

Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark is perhaps best known for images of runaway teens on this city’s Pike St. show
WHAT IS SEATTLE?

Shannon finished in the lead with $19,200. Madeline was in second place with $18,600. Jeremy was last with $7,200. All clues were shown.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS CÉLINE DION?

International superstar, Céline Dion has been releasing No. 1 albums in French and English since the 1990s. “Courage” (2019) was her 15th No. 1 album and 12th English-language album. Last year, Canadian recording star Drake tied Dion’s record with “Some Sexy Songs 4 U” (3/1/2025), and Taylor Swift made it a 3-way tie with “The Life of a Showgirl” (10/18/2025).

Drake and Swift are in their 30s and will likely break this tie in the future. Céline Dion just turned 58 on March 30th. She has been dealing with Stiff Body Syndrome, a neurological condition that caused her to put her career on hold in 2022. She is scheduled to return to the stage in September 2026 in Paris.

Jeremy got it right. He bet $2,800 and finished with $10,000.

Madeline went with Alanis Morissette. She lost $3,000 and finished with $15,600.

Shannon also got it right. She bet her whole $19,200, winning the game with $38,400. Shannon Crisenbery is the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

QUOTES ABOUT SCIENCE ($200) Darwin: “I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved”, this

SCHOOL OF LIT ($1200) “Eleanor & Franklin” had an important early meeting on a train; Eleanor & him in Rainbow Rowell’s book meet on the bus to high school this

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “FAMOUS CHARACTERS”