Final Jeopardy: Hollywood Names (6-16-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/16/2026) in the category “Hollywood Names” was:
He’s got 12 Oscar nominations & 2 wins & a Henry Mancini Award from ASCAP & in 2018 received the German Order of Merit
2x champ Adam Remsen, an attorney & theater producer from Memphis, TN, has now won $35,801. In Game 3, his challengers are: Nabil Rahman, a government employee orig. from Queens, NY; and Sarah McCleskey, an academic librarian from Astoria, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Fonts: Typographical Edition – Nature – Let’s Duet – Colorful Language – Go with the Flow – “I” Loves “U”
Nabil found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Go With the Flow” under the $600 on the 17th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,200 now, $3,200 less than Adam’s lead. Nabil made it a true Daily Double and guessed Mekong. That was WRONG.
The Dong Nai & Ben Cat join this river, which still goes by its original name, unlike the former capital it flows through show
Adam finished in the lead with $8,000. Sarah was in second place with $3,600. Nabil was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Fonts: Baptismal Edition – Writers’ Alma Maters – Whose What? – 5-Letter Adjectives – Ancient Names – Tele- Like It Is
Nabil got the first Daily Double in “5-Letter Adjectives” under the $1,600 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in last place with $2,800 now, $6,400 less than Adam’s lead. Nabil made it a true Daily Double and said brown. That was WRONG.
This colorful adjective is used to describe both a lion’s coat & a type of port wine show
Adam got the last Daily Double in “Whose What” under the $1,200 clue on the 9th pick of the round. In the lead with $12,800, he had $7,200 more than Sarah in second place. Adam bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
This Moscow landmark is also known as the Church of the Intercession on the Moat show
Adam finished in the lead with a runaway $28,400. Sarah was in second place with $6,000. Nabil was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS HANS ZIMMER?
Hans Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer who has more awards and nominations than he has fingers, toes and teeth. Zimmer got his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score in 1989 for “Rain Man”, then won the award in that category for “Lion King” in 1995. He also won a Golden Globe for “The Lion King”, as well as a Grammy. Ten more Best Original Score Oscar nominations followed with another win for “Dune” in 2021.
Wikipedia’s list of awards and nominations for Zimmer counts 53 awards and 213 nominations. That doesn’t include the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany awarded to Zimmer in 2018 for his extraordinary artistic achievements.
Nabil got it right. He bet $25.00 and finished with $1,625.
Sarah went with John Williams. She lost $2,700 and finished with $3,300.
Adam came up with Frankenheimer. That cost him $6,600 but he had a winning $21,800 left. Adam’s 3-day total is $57,601.
A triple stumper from each round:
FONTS: BAPTISMAL EDITION ($2000) The baptismal font at this Dublin cathedral, neighbor to St. Patrick’s, is said to contain every type of marble found in Ireland
WRITERS’ ALMA MATERS ($2000) We wonder if she burned the candle at both ends while studying at Vassar; she graduated in 1917
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “GEOGRAPHIC NAME’S ALMOST THE SAME”
Legend says in 1876 a dragon built for the first “Ring” cycle had its neck sent to this Mideast capital, not the right German city show
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Another somewhat uneven game. My 2 fellow Queensites (is that a word?) started out OK but the thoroughbred took charge at the half-mile pole. I did quite well but also made some expensive, glaring errors. I did get all 3 DDs. The first wasn’t a gimme, but the foreign language in the clue and the big hint about the former city name revealed it. I don’t drink wine but I read about it sometimes, so got that DD. The Russian church’s name happens to be the same as the one my wife belonged to when we met. The few stumpers stumped me too.
I didn’t think anyone would get Final, so props to Nabil for that. I might not have known it if I hadn’t heard about him recently. I think it was an interview with Chris Nolan on Colbert’s show.
Wow, it freaks me out when contestants say they’ve been trying to get on for 20+ years. Not sure if I’d have that persistence. I tried out once, wasn’t particularly brilliant or charming, but got called 3 months later. One guy from Sacramento was on his 5th try. He passed the written test but I don’t know if he ever made it to the finish line. My sister got picked for WoF 40 years ago but was pregnant and sick and never got the magic callback.
It sure was a good game for Adam. I got the candle poet and the one mentioning the fairy tale villain but I never knew it was the name of a plant.