Final Jeopardy: Tributes (7-10-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/10/2026) in the category “Tributes” was:
To her 1910 funeral, “The survivors of the Balaclava Light Brigade charge” sent an arrangement “to our benefactress & friend”
6x champ Caleb Groen, a law & policy student orig. from Thousand Oaks, CA, brought his winnings up to $163,200 yesterday, with a $60,000 one-day record for Season 42 so far. Let’s see if he can top that in Game 7, or maybe just sweep the week, as he faces 2 more players: Kristal LeMaistre, an internal communications supervisor orig. from Round Rock, TX; and Chris Bergman, a novelist & volunteer mentor from Cape Coral, FL.
Round 1 Categories: Summer Events – Starts with 2 Consonants – Literary Rides – Historic Epithets – Films From the 2020s – Fingernailing It
Kristal found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic Epithets” under the $1,000 on the 15th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,600, $3,400 less than Caleb’s lead. Kristal made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
William the Silent, a prince of this royal house, was a main leader of the 16th century Dutch revolt against Spanish rule show
Caleb finished in the lead with $6,600. Kristal was in second place with $4,000. Chris was last with negative $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Philosophy – Geographic Double Talk – Health & Medicine – 6-Syllable Words – Band Books – Ohhh, Monsieur
Caleb got the first Daily Double in “Philosophy” under the $2,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,200 now, $6,200 more than Kristal in second place. Caleb bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.
This last name of a German philosopher is a synonym for “pessimist”, though it contains the word “hope” show
Caleb got the last Daily Double in “6-Syllable Words” under the $1,200 clue with 9 clues left after it. In the lead with $20,000, he had $18,800 more than Chris in second place. Caleb bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
The oath one takes in this citizenship process for immigrants ends with the words “so help me God” show
Caleb finished in the lead with a runaway $27,800. Chris was in second place with $2,800. Kristal was last with $800. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WH0 IS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE?
Florence Nightingale died at the age of 90 on August 13, 1910. “The Lady with the Lamp”, as she was known, had left instructions for a simple funeral but she received many tributes, including British royalty. Nightingale was particularly lauded for her service during the Crimean War, when she saved the lives of many soldiers. Just as she did not forget the veterans of Balaclava, they did not forget her. See Florence Nightingale’s obituaries.
Even after that war, when the veterans had fallen into poverty and neglect and Nightingale was herself an invalid, she joined Alfred, Lord Tennyson in launching a public appeal for funds to help her “dear old comrades of Balaclava”, when the British government would not grant them pensions.
Kristal came up with Queen Victoria. She didn’t bet anything, standing pat on $800.
Chris went with Clara Barton. He lost $1,199 and finished with $1,601.
Caleb got it right. He bet $10,000 and won the game with $37,800. That gave Caleb a 7-day total of $201,000. Most impressive, especially when you remember that Caleb started out this week with $31,199 from his first 2 games!e
A triple stumper from each round:
FILMS FROM THE 2020s ($400) Before the Brazil-set “The Secret Agent”, Wagner Moura was a journalist in a war-torn U.S. in this film
HEALTH & MEDICINE ($2000) This second-most common type of dementia is named for the protein deposits that develop in brain cells
2 years ago: BOTH players left in FJ got this one in “NAMES IN MEDICINE”
He got a special presidential citation in 1955, passed away in 1995 & was dubbed “the man who saved the children” show
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How well I remember that drill that busts up concrete. Whenever I had a day off from work, they would be on my street with the damned thing at 7 a.m. grrr
That was a big leap from Monday to today. Caleb is getting stronger and stronger as well as Final Jeopardy! He got the first 3 finals wrong but he gets better at Final each time.