Final Jeopardy: Building Projects (7-6-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/6/2026) in the category “Building Projects” was:
An unofficial “race” between Japanese & Korean firms led to the construction of these, well southwest of both nations
2x champ Caleb Groen, a law & policy student orig. from Thousand Oaks, CA, won $31,199 last week. In Game 3, he’s up against: Owen Harrington, a union organizer & Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, IL; and Lee Ann McGuire Whitlock, an author from North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round 1 Categories: Making A List – Biblical Objects – The World of Cycling – “Mean” Words & Phrases – Clean Up – Isle 5
Owen found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Isle 5” under the $1,000 on the 9th pick of the round. He just got himself out of the red and was at $0 now the same as Lee Ann. Caleb had a big lead with $4,400. Owen bet $1,000 and said The Delian. That was WRONG, and he went right back in the red.
This Greek archipelago is so named because it forms a rough circle around the Island of Delos show
Caleb finished in the lead with $8,600. Owen was in second place with $2,600. Lee Ann was last with $0. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: History Filed Under “A” – Signs of Life – Plays & Playwrights – Biology – Words From Arabic – Commencement Celebrities 2026
Caleb got the first Daily Double in “Biology” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $13,000 now, $10,400 more than Owen in second place. Caleb bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
The Latin for sleep gives us this term for a period when plants don’t grow or organisms slow their metabolisms to guard resources show
Caleb got the last Daily Double in “Words from Arabic” under the $800 clue on the 19th pick of the round. In the lead with $30,800, he had $29,400 more than Owen in second place. Caleb bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
These nomadic people take their name from an Arabic word for “a dweller in the desert” show
Caleb finished in the lead with a runaway $38,800. Owen was in second place with $1,400. Lee Anne was last with negative $2,400 and out of the game at this point. All clues were shown.
NEITHER contestant left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHAT ARE THE PETRONAS TOWERS?
The Times of India says that the unofficial “race” that Malaysia unintentionally when it hired two teams from different countries to build Petronas Towers did exist but has become somewhat exaggerated. In order to comply with the Malaysian government’s 6-year directive, Japan’s Hazama Corporation was hired to build Tower 1. Tower 2 was assigned to the team led by South Korea’s Samsung C&T. The idea was that this would result in less delays, and make connecting the towers by skybridge much simpler. However, it did created a competition between Japan and South Korea, and South Korea managed to finish Tower 2 first.
Skyscraper Facts: The Petronas Towers opened in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. It was the first time in the 20th century that the World’s Tallest Building was not located in the USA.
Owen wrote down “building projects”, the name of the category that was shown as “Around the World” on Jeopardy.com today. Owen lost his $2.00 bet and finished with $1,398.
Caleb only managed to write down “Islands”. He lost $20,000 but won the game with the remaining $18,800. That’s the third time in a row that no one got the final clue! So far it has cost Caleb $36,601!
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
HISTORY FILED UNDER “A” ($2000) This town in Holland on the Lower Rhine proved to be a bridge too far for the Allies during Operation Market Garden
PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ($2000) In this deity-titled play by Yasmina Reza, parents who get together to discuss their unruly kids end up throwing tantrums themselves
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “OPERA”
The melody of a traditional piece for the koto called “Echigo-Jishi” is used in Act 1 of this opera show
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