Final Jeopardy: The 1960s (7-21-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/21/2026) in the category “The 1960s” was:
Turning points in this event were the U.S. Navy boarding the Marucla & a cargo ship called the Kislovodsk altering its course
New champ Sam Ryan, a regulatory consultant from Kansas City, MO, defeated 12x champ Caleb Groen yesterday and won $23,000. In Game 2, his challengers are: Grace Biermann, a writer & librarian from Valparaiso, IN; and Joey Sisk, an analytics engineer from Cape Carteret, NC.
Round 1 Categories: State Borders – Education – It’s Alliterative – “G” Songs – Avengers – Assemble!
Grace found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Assemble!” under the $800 on the 12th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $3,400, $1,600 more than Sam in second place. Grace bet $1,400 and she was RIGHT.
Cardinals assemble! Specifically, to elect a new pope during one of these from the Latin for “with a key” show
Grace finished in the lead with $7,600. Sam was in second place with $4,200. Joey was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Narrator of the Novel – Hit the Sauce – -Gates – Beyond the Sea – British TV Crime Shows – At the Art Institute of Chicago
Joey got the first Daily Double in “Narrator of the Novel” under the $2,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in last place with $4,200 now, $7,000 less than Grace’s lead. Joey bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
The Remarque-able Paul Baumer, a young German soldier who witnesses the horrors of war show
Grace got the last Daily Double in “Beyond the Sea” under the $800 clue with 7 clues left after it. In the lead with $19,200, she had $11,400 more than Sam in second place. Grace bet $10,000 and she was RIGHT.
The Fourth Amendment shields privacy by barring this pair of unreasonable actions show
Grace finished in the lead with a runaway $30,000. Sam was in second place with $8,600. Joey was last with $7,400. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?
In 1962, the USA and the Soviet Union came perilously close to nuclear war during the 13 days known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Timeline. The Soviets decided to place ballistic missiles in Cuba in response to missiles the USA had placed in Turkey and Italy. U.S. President John F. Kennedy (JFK) imposed a naval “quarantine” around Cuba to prevent delivery of missiles. The Lebanese freighter passed cargo inspection and was allowed through. The Soviet cargo ship Kislovodsk elected to turn back. JFK and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev ended the standoff by mutual agreement to remove their missiles and a promise from the USA not to invade Cuba.
When Angels Wept by Eric G. Swedin takes a “what if” look at how the entire world would have been affected had the Cuban Missile Crisis resulted in nuclear war.
Joey bet $1,300 and finished with $8,700.
Sam bet $6,201 and finished with $14,801.
Grace bet $2,000 and won the game with $32,000. Grace Biermann is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
IT’S ALLITERATIVE ($1000) A toy disk that was a precursor to the Frisbee had this planetary name & boasted, “it flies” & “a scale model flying saucer”
BEYOND THE SEA ($2000) This terrier named for a Welsh estate is said to be brave and spirited
2 years ago: NEITHER of the players left in FJ got this one in “HISTORIC SPOTS”
Known for a fabled event of 1881, it housed an auto repair shop after the disappearance of the horse & buggy show
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With 3 games left this season, Grace could wrap up Season 42 as a 4 day champion. I was not expecting a big 10,000 Daily Double from Grace but that was the right thing to do put the game away.