Final Jeopardy: Heading North (6-10-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/10/2026) in the category “Heading North” was:
If you want to visit the world’s northernmost town, know that most flights are 3 hours to or from this national capital
New champ Dan Laine, a software engineer from Jersey City, NJ, won $2,193 yesterday, dethroning 6x champ, Peter McFerrin. In Game 2, he takes on these 2 players: AJ Maroney, a beverage manager from Boston, MA; and Katelyn Mueller-McLean, an accessibility audio producer from San Francisco, CA.
Round 1 Categories: State Facts – Greek Mythology – Triple Rhyme Time – Pittsburghers – Mine, All Mine – The Fifa World Cup
AJ found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Greek Mythology” under the $800 on the 8th pick of the round. He was in second place with $600, $1,000 less than Katelyn’s lead. AJ bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
This god tried to give a gift to humans, but the spring he made produced salt water, his natural element show
AJ finished in the lead with $5,200. Katelyn was in second place with $2,200. Dan was last with $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: “S”cience – News Agencies – In-Flight Entertainment – German Words und Phrases – That’s 2 Hours of My Life… – I’ll Never Get Back
AJ got the first Daily Double in “That’s 2 Hours of My Life…” under the $1,200 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $4,400 now, $1,600 more than Dan in second place. AJ bet $2,000 and drew a blank so he was WRONG.
A one-man show about this man who defended Leopold & Loeb, among others, is titled “A Passion for Justice” show
Dan got the last Daily Double in “News Agencies” under the $1,600 clue with 6 clues left after it. In last place with $400, he had $3,200 less than AJ’s lead. Dan bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Meaning “The Island”, this news network is based in Doha, Qatar show
AJ finished in the lead with $4,400. Dan was in second place with $3,600. Katelyn was last with $3,400. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS OSLO?
Longyearbyen is the largest town on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, and one of the world’s northernmost settlements. It was founded as Longyear City by American businessman, John Longyear, the Arctic Coal Company’s head honcho. Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (SNSK) took over the business in 1916, replacing City with its Norwegian equivalent, byen (ph: bee-un). There is only one public airport on Svalbard and it is about 3 miles outside of Longyearbyen.
The Northern Lights is one of the big attractions up there and tourism has become a significant source of income. Direct flights that take about 3 hours run regularly from Oslo, Norway’s capital. If you wanted to first visit Tromsø, the “Paris of the North”, it’s only 90 minutes by plane from there to Longyearbyen.
Watch out for polar bears: 10 Fun Facts About Longyearbyen
Katelyn thought it was Reykjavik. She didn’t bet a króna, standing pat on her $3,400.
Dan went with Helsinki. That cost him $807 and left him with $2,793.
AJ came up with Moscow. He lost $2,801 and finished with $1,599. So Katelyn Mueller-McLean is the new Jeopardy! champ, winning in the same way Dan did yesterday, and from the same podium!
A triple stumper from each round:
PITTSBURGHERS ($800) Longtime Pitt prof Dr. Thomas Starzl achieved the first of these transplants later received by Jim Nabors & David Crosby
I’LL NEVER GET BACK ($1200) This founder of 9 California mission died in Carmel in 1784 on his 35th anniversary of leaving Spain for the New World
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “FAMOUS NAMES”
Vying with Eiffel, this engineer wanted to create big; an admiring account said the obelisk of Luxor is too short to be a spoke show
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Today was an ugly match today as all three players struggle with the material. Despite all of the low scores, incorrect responses, and Triple Stumper count, no records were set during this game. Assuming a TOC cutoff airdate of December 4, 2026 and a similar field size to this past season, today’s result clinches a bye to the TOC semifinals for Jamie Ding.