Final Jeopardy: Famous Photos (8-10-26)

The Final Jeopardy question (8/10/2026) in the category “Famous Photos” was:

Being only 5’5″, photographer Joe Rosenthal had to climb on top of a Japanese sandbag to snap a photo while on this peak

The 2026 Tournament of Champions is next on the list of reruns. We’re 2 weeks down and 5 to go before the new season. There are 13 matches in the ToC and that will take us from today through August 26th.

Our first quarterfinalists are: 6x champ, Liam Starnes, a payment program manager from Columbus, OH; 3x champ, Tom Devlin, an attorney from Washington, D.C.; and 3x champ, Aaron Levine, a sports anchor from Seattle, WA.

Round 1 Categories: Literary Quotations – Anime – It’s Hyphenated – Iowa History – Let’s Tool Around – Switch the First Letter

Liam found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Literary Quotations” under the $1,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,600 now, $1,000 more than Aaron in second place. Liam made it a true Daily Double and came up with mirrors. That was WRONG.

William Blake wrote that if these portals “were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite” show

WHAT ARE THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION?

Tom finished in the lead with $5,000. Aaron was second with $2,000 and Liam 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:

LITERARY QUOTATIONS ($400) This Austen dad asks Lizzy, “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?”

IOWA HISTORY ($1000) 1850s Mormon pioneers set off from Iowa City to Utah pulling this transport rhyming with “make a start” in a song they sang

LET’S TOOL AROUND ($200) Introduced in 1907, this type of adjustable wrench is a brand name, not just a shape

($800) Plumbers use handheld snakes for minor clogs; when the clogging gets tough, they reach for this thicker-cabled relative

($1000) A drill bit is held in place by a clamp called this, also a male nickname

SWITCH THE FIRST LETTER ($800) A small compressed block of sugar & the Eastern Himalayas, to World War II pilots ANSWER: show

WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO? ($400) This duo’s “Icky Thump” says, “White Americans… why don’t you kick yourself out? You’re an immigrant too”

IT’S ALL FROM GREEK TO ME ($800) This word for a type of gymnast with no fear of heights comes in part from a Greek word for “highest”

($2000) From the Greek for “long-lasting”, this term for a good buddy comes from 17th century Cambridge University slang

MOUNTAINS ($1200) Just north of the Alps, these mountains in France & Switzerland may get their name from a word meaning “forest”

SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: IT’S HYPHENATED
($200) We got this term for an impossible situation from the title of a 1961 novel
($400) It’s the military version of a trial for service members; a summary one is for less serious offenses
($600) In the kitchen clean hands & clean surfaces are key to preventing this, the spread of bacteria from one food to another
($800) Aspirin & ibuprofen are both known as this type of drug, so named because they are designed to reduce pain & swelling
($1000) Not as well known as the research triangle is N.C.’s metro area of High Point, Greensboro & this birthplace of Krispy Kreme

ANSWERS: show