Final Jeopardy Clues: 1-12-26 to 1-16-26

Here are the Final Jeopardy clues and correct responses for the week of January 12, 2026 through January 16, 2026.

Click on the dates to see the recap for each game.

Mon, Jan 12 – Correct answers: 1
MEDICAL HISTORY: The viral rash known since 1866 by this Latin name was described a century earlier by Friedrich Hoffmann of the University of Halle show

Tue, Jan 13 – Correct answers: 1
NEW TESTAMENT GREEK: A famous passage in Matthew 6 refers to kleptai, meaning them show

Wed, Jan 14 – Correct answers: 2
ENGLISH PLACE NAMES: Once called Grontabricc, it’s named for a structure spanning a tributary of the Great Ouse River show

Thu, Jan 15 – Correct answers: 1
U.S. GEOGRAPHY: The 2 states that border the most others, they border each other along a roughly 60-mile stretch between Kentucky & Arkansas show

Fri, Jan 16 – Correct answers: 0
AMERICAN NOVELISTS: This author’s wish to use different ink colors to represent multiple POVs was granted in 2012, 83 years after the novel’s publication show

What’s interesting about this week is that the 3 players in the last 2 games were the winners of the first 3 games. Each one got Final Jeopardy! right in their individual games. Only one got it right in Thursday’s game and none of them got it in the last game. On top of that, the last 2 FJs of the week were the easiest and hardest. Thursday’s clue was garden-variety U.S. Geography trivia. Friday’s clue was the either you know it or you don’t variety. Deeper knowledge of the novel was necessary.

This week’s winners:
Mon 01/12/26 $31,601 Cameron Berry
Tue 01/13/26 $30,600 Jonathan Hugendubler
Wed 01/14/25 $19,601 Stella Trout
Thu 01/15/26 $12,800 Stella Trout
Fri 01/16/26 $100,000 Cameron Berry

The final week of the Champions Wildcard tournament began this week and wound up on Friday, with Cameron Berry winning the big money and a spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions. Cameron, you may recall, got in the semifinals with a Wild Card. He was in the quarterfinal that Harvey Silikovitz won. Cameron found himself up against heavy favorite Ryan Sharpe in the semifinals. He advanced to the finals when he was the only one to get Final Jeopardy! right. The last Final Jeopardy! was a triple stumper but Cameron held back enough money to win the whole tournament. Well done, Cameron!

In addition to Cameron’s $100,000, Jeopardy! paid out $40,000 to finalists Stella Trout and Jonathan Hugendubler. These semifinalists got $10,000 each: Bill McKinney, Ian Morrison, Ryan Sharpe, Harvey Silikovitz, Vickie Talvola and Michelle Tsai

Here is the TIME FOR TV category from Monday’s game.