Final Jeopardy: Medicine (6-9-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/9/2026) in the category “Medicine” was:
Honoring the brother of the Greek god Thanatos, this alternative medical practice got its name in the mid-19th century
6x champ Peter McFerrin, an energy industry professional from Corona, CA, is up to $147,399 after a $30K+ win yesterday. In Game 7, his challengers are: Wilson Li, a VP of Regulatory Reporting from Woodside, NY; and Dan Laine, a software engineer from Jersey City, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Good & Bad Dads in History – Say the Celeb’s Name Right! – On the Green – Magazines by Recurring Feature – Words From TV – The Wonder Twins Activate!
Peter found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Magazines by Recurring Feature” under the $1,000 with 8 clues left after it. He was in second place with $3,400, $1,200 less than Wilson’s lead. Peter bet $1,600 and came up with “The Hollywood Reporter.” That was WRONG.
The Talk of the Town; Shouts & Murmurs show
Wilson finished in the lead with $5,200. Peter was in second place with $2,400. Dan was last with $600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: George-ography – Beach Reads – Saints Be Praised – Touch Grass – 5-Letter Words – Rap Sheet
Peter got the first Daily Double in “George-ography” under the $1,200 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in second place with $4,400 now, $800 less than Wilson’s lead. Peter bet $1,600 and he was RIGHT.
This 700-square-mile wetland in southeast Georgia is the largest blackwater swamp in North America show
Peter got the last Daily Double in “Saints Be Praised” under the $2,000 clue on the 18th pick of the round. In the lead with $13,200, he had $5,600 more than Wilson in second place. Peter bet $5,400 and thought it was Paul. That was WRONG.
Not surprisingly, this apostle is the patron saint of bookkeepers, accountants & tax collectors show
Peter finished in the lead with $11,400. Wilson was in second place with $10,400. Dan was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS HYPNOTISM?
Note: Ken also said hypnosis & hypnotherapy, so count yourself right if that was your guess
Thanatos was the god of non-violent death and his twin brother, Hypnos, was the god of sleep. James Braid, Scottish surgeon and philosopher is known as The Father of Hypnosis. He was obviously thinking of Hypnos when he coined the words hypnosis and hypnotism in the 1840s to distinguish his work on the topic from Mesmerism and animal magnetism, a pseudoscientific theory promoted by German physician, Franz Mesmer. Back then, hypnotism was sometimes called “Braidism”, in the same way Mesmer’s works were named after him. Even to this day, however, some think mesmerism and hypnotism are synonymous.
Related art: Fireside poet, William Cullen Bryant, wrote “Thanatopsis” in 1817, a popular poem meant to make people unafraid of death. He was a 17-year-old scholar at the time. John William Waterhouse painted “Sleep and His Half-Brother Death” in 1874. He was 25.
Dan thought it was homeopathy. He lost a mere $7.00 and finished with $2,193.
Wilson came up with euthanasia. He lost $8,599 finished with $1,801.
Peter drew a blank. He lost $9,401 and landed in second place with $1,999. That made Dan the new Jeopardy! champion. Wow! That was quite a surprise, especially for Dan!
A triple stumper from each round:
SAY THE CELEB’S NAME RIGHT! ($800) The second syllable in the single name of this actress is not to “die” for, but rather sounds like a part of the calendar
GEORGE-OGRAPHY ($2000) This country’s scenic garden route stretches 100-plus miles along the Indian Ocean & includes the city of George founded in 1811
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “U.S. GEOGRAPHY”
Of the 10 U.S. states with 2-word names, this one stretches the farthest south show
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Whoa! I didn’t expect Peter to go out that way. He loses the one time he goes big on a DD, and there went a possible runaway. I thought he opened the door wide for Wilson at that point but he ended up leading before FJ!
I got all the saint clues. I knew St. Catherine’s city and the apostle Paul was a tentmaker before he followed Jesus..
$2,193 is the lowest one day total of this season and also the lowest winning score in regular-play this season, the lowest since Bevin Blaber won $600 on June 19, 2025. Dan got lucky that Wilson bet too much. Wilson should have bet no more than 5,999 to keep Dan locked out. Dan only got 7 correct in today’s main game and he only has 14.6 % chance to win tomorrow. I hope Dan can improve his buzzer timing in tomorrow’s game.