Final Jeopardy: Science (7-27-26)

TODAY’S JEOPARDY! RERUN: Quarterfinal #1 of the 2026 Champions Wild Card match that originally aired on 1/5/2026

The Final Jeopardy question (7-27-25) in the category “Science” was:

Important in developing vaccines against TB, they were domesticated as a food source in the Andes region around 5000 B.C.

The Champions Wildcard Tournament kicks off today with Quarterfinal #1 and these 3 champs: Stella Trout, a software engineer orig. from Houston, TX; Bill McKinney, a hospitality exec from San Diego, CA; and Dargan Ware, an attorney & writer from Bessemer, AL.

Round 1 Categories: The Best & the Brightest – World Geography – Let’s Get “Wild” – 404 Page Not Found – Historic Names – ’90s No. 1 Hits

Stella found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Best & the Brightest” under the $800 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,400 now, half of Dargan’s lead. Stella bet it all and came up with Sun City. That was WRONG.

Founded in 1946, as a motel chain, this now-international hotel brand is appropriately headquartered in Arizona show

WHAT IS BEST WESTERN?

Dargan finished in the lead with $5,400. Bill was second with $2,000 and Stella was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.

Continue to the original recap with the rest of the game, more information about Final Jeopardy! and 2 additional triple stumpers.

These are the stumpers and the Sneak Peek clues that are on page 2 of the original recap:

’90s NO. 1 HITS ($1000) this song was a solo hit for Elton John in the ’70s & a No. 1 hit in the ’90s as a duet with George Michael

LITERARY BEGINNINGS ($800) Echoing works by R.B. Sheridan, Royall Tyler’s 1787 “The Contrast” is considered the first American one of these plays

A FLUVIAL CATEGORY ($1200) AKA source steams, streams of this type furthest from a river’s endpoint are small yet make up the majority of U.S. river miles

A PERFORMATIVE MALE ($1600) This actor from “An American Werewolf in London” & “After Hours” was Joan Didion’s nephew by marriage

SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: LUCKY 13 LETTERS
($400) You are now viewing a brine shrimp at 20x this, meaning enlargement
($800) It’s an alternate name for intellectual history’s Age of Reason
($1200) This word means an estimate close to the actual value of something; you know, kinda sorta
($1600) In Celtic myth the Morrigan is capable of metamorphosis, so she’s a beautiful woman today & a crow tomorrow
($2000) “Greetings and” these, a 13-letter form of “Congrats!”

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