Final Jeopardy Clues: 1-19-26 to 1-23-26

Here are the Final Jeopardy clues and correct responses for the week of January 19, 2026 through January 23, 2026.

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

Mon, Jan 19 – Correct answers: 1
FAMOUS PHOTOS: Being only 5’5″, photographer Joe Rosenthal had to climb on top of a Japanese sandbag to snap a photo while on this peak show

Tue, Jan 20 – Correct answers: 2
SCIENTIFIC WORDS: A Nobel laureate coined this word “to avoid the repetition of the rather cumbersome phrase ‘mould broth filtrate'” show

Wed, Jan 21 – Correct answers: 0
OLD BOOKS: This 1653 work includes information on the care & use of proper equipment including lines, floats & rods show

Thu, Jan 22 – Correct answers: 0
18th CENTURY ARTS: A “word book” for the London premiere of this work began with the quote Majora canamus, “Let us sing of greater things” show

Fri, Jan 23 – Correct answers: 2
CAPITAL CITIES: One of the 2 Canadian provincial capitals that share their names with a nation’s capital city show

This wouldn’t have been too bad of a week if it was regular play, but it was the Tournament of Champions. Viewers expected greatness, particularly in Final Jeopardy! It’s true that two of the games left a lot to be desired; however, there were 3 runaway games. Friday’s final clue was the easiest because they only had to give one of the answers. I guess I have to give the nod to the fishing tome for hardest clue. There are many clues on that book and/or its author in J-Archive and there are many clues on the London premiere work, but a whole category was dedicated to the London premiere work and its author has 4 whole categories so far.

This week’s winners:
Mon 1/19/26 $19,400 Tom Devlin
Tue 1/20/26 $18,190 Allegra Kuney
Wed 1/21/26 $8,800 Cameron Berry
Thu 1/22/26 $4,398 Ashley Chan
Fri 1/23/26 $32,917 Steven Olson

You can easily see which games were runaways from the scores. The winners earned a spot in the semifinals. The other 10 contestants went home with $5,000 each.

Here is the BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBER category from Thursday’s game.