Final Jeopardy: 18th Century Arts (8-13-26)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/22/2026) in the category “18th Century Arts” was:
A “word book” for the London premiere of this work began with the quote Majora Canamus, “Let us sing of greater things”
Quarterfinal 4 of the 2026 Tournament of Champions features: 4x champ, Ashley Chan, a publicist from Lewisville, TX; Celebrity Jeopardy! champ, W. Kamau Bell, a comedian, author and producer; and 4x champ, Alex DeFrank, an inventory specialist from Brooklyn, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Love Island: Ancient Greek Myth – Double Double-Letter Words – Only Brands – Around the Americas – Days I Won’t Be at Work – Broadway Musicals by Opening Number
Alex found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Around the Americas” under the $1,000 clue just before the break. He was in the lead with $4,600, $3,400 more than Ashley in second place. Alex made it a true Daily Double and guessed Toronto. That was WRONG.
This Ontario city with a stormy name uses the slogan “Superior by Nature” show
Alex finished in the lead with $5,000. Ashley and Kamau were tied in second place with negative $200. 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:
LOVE ISLAND: ANCIENT GREEK MYTH ($800) At the “Snog, Marry, Pie” challenge, she gives Endymion a chaste peck, marries Zeus & pies Hercules
($1000) A mean social post is read aloud to the Greek islanders: this nymph “lives in the penthouse but Narcissus rejecting her is so low rent
DOUBLE DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS ($600) In other words, a large bag or tote in which you can put a lot of stuff–everything, even
($800) Before hitting the ball, a golfer does this in preparation, which involves grounding the club
AROUND THE AMERICAS ($200) The port of Cristóbal adjoins this other “C” port on the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal
BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBER ($1000) Overture, followed by the “Fisch Schlapping Song”
CHEMISTRY ($1600) The last member of the actinide series is named for this Ernest man who invented the cyclotron
($2000) This process named for one or 2 Germans (depending how you say it) is the main industrial method to make ammonia & fix nitrogen
NONFICTION TO FILM ($2000) Tony Kushner’s screenplay for “Lincoln” was based in part on a book by this baseball-loving female historian
5-SYLLABLE WORDS ($400) Oh, the perfidiousness! It’s from the Latin for “unfaithfulness”
($1200) A common term in algebra it can have varying numbers of elements
($2000) They’re preliminary observations; in 1783 Kant wrote some “to Any Future Metaphysics”
A SILVER JUBILEE ($2000) Sounding like a name befitting an emperor, this silver coin of Ancient Rome was so-called because it was equal to ten asses
SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: DAYS I WON’T BE AT WORK
($200) I’ll need 3 days off for feasting at the end of Ramadan, dates tbd depending on this type of calendar used in Islam
($400) I’ll be unreachable on Cinco de Mayo while celebrating Mexico’s victory in the 1862 battle of Puebla against this country’s army
($600) No Federal holidays in August, but I’ll still be unavails on Aug. 8, the national day of this sport in which a dink shot is a good thing
($800) Like the Scandinavians, I trade work for merriment on this June occasion, a national holiday in Sweden & Finland
($1000) I’ll be in Japan for Golden Week, which has 4 distinct holidays, including one honoring this emperor who died in 1989
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