Final Jeopardy: New Testament Greek (8-4-26)

The Final Jeopardy question (8/4/2026) in the category “New Testament Greek” was:

A famous passage in Matthew 6 refers to kleptai, meaning them

The second semifinal match of Champions Wildcard 2026 features: Jonathan Hugendubler, adjunct professor & trivia host from Baltimore, MD.; Michelle Tsai, a tutor orig. from Honolulu, HI; and Bill McKinney, a hospitality exec from San Diego, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Incisor Trading – Global Sports – On the Calendar – Our Love’s in Jeopardy – Baby – “Oo”, Oo Oo Oo

Michelle found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Our Love’s in Jeopardy” under the $1,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,600, $2,400 less than Jonathan’s lead. Michelle bet $1,600 and she was RIGHT.

Vronsky loves Kitty, thinks this title woman, “but me he thinks of with hatred, and is sorry he had anything to do with me” show

WHO IS ANNA KARENINA?

Jonathan finished in the lead with $6,800. Michelle was second with $6,600 and Bill was last with $1,600. 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:

INCISOR TRADING ($600) The longest of these elongated incisors ever found was a 16-footer from a creature extinct more than 10,000 years ago

BABY ($600) First name of one Mr. Jakobson of Sweden, who began making a baby bouncer with his sister-in-law Elsa around 1960

YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? ($400) Stefan Zweig wrote that “The masses of the people regarded” her “as their… adversary… Louis XVI counted for nothing”

($1600) During the Mexican revolution, he was the leader of la División del Norte, while Zapata led troops from the south

FERRY THEE WELL ($400) Statue City Cruises is the only ferry authorized to provide transport to these 2 NYC islands, so ignore anyone who tells you otherwise

FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES ($000) Beaux Arts can mean fine arts or a specific style of architecture; this similar French phrase refers to elegant literature

($2000) The origin of this, Arabic for school, was lectures delivered at mosques; we think of them as schools of Islamic theology now

SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: ON THE CALENDAR
($200) Some ring in the New Year with this, a month-long break from drinking, perhaps to assess their relationship with alcohol
($400) With baked goods, of course, an event at the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988 was an early celebration of PI day, this date
($600) You could celebrate this movie every Wednesday by wearing pink or annually on Oct. 3 (that’s when Aaron asked Cady the date)
($800) For those in the know TLAP Day is short for this day, celebrated September 19; hope you don’t have to walk the plank
($1000) This character in the “Li’l Abner” comic strip gave her name to a day & a type of dance where the girls pursue the boys

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