Friday, April 10, 2026

Jeopardy! recap for Fri. Apr. 10

 Here are today's contestants:


- Xaque Williams, a writer from Knoxville, Tennessee;

- Kathi Fitzgerald, an English teacher from Williamsburg, Virginia; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 20-day champ with winnings of $572,600.


Jeopardy!


PEOPLE FROM PLACES // BLUE-PER REEL // CASE IN POINT // IN THEIR LIVE AID SET // ONE PIECE // ORONYMS


DD1 - $800 - ONE PIECE  - On '60s TV Diana Rigg & Eartha Kitt helped popularize this oft-leather onesie (Jamie doubled to $3,600.)


Scores at first break: Jamie $10,200, Kathi $0, Xaque $1,000.


Scores entering DJ: Jamie $8,800, Kathi $1,000, Xaque $3,800.


Double Jeopardy!


1826 // MEDICAL BILL // AMERICANA // COVER GIRLS // UNC STATUS // 7-LETTER WORDS


DD2 - $1,600 - 1826 - This newspaper that shares its name with an opera character begins publishing in Paris as a literary journal (Jamie improved by $4,400 to $23,000 vs. $7,000 for Xaque.)


DD3 - $2,000 - AMERICANA - This city, the seat of Montana's Cascade County, was named for some watery obstacles encountered by Western explorers (On the next clue after DD2, Jamie lost $5,000.)


Jamie had a solid lead when he found both DDs in DJ back-to-back, had a small net loss on them, then had the strongest finish for another FJ runaway at $26,800 vs. $8,200 for Xaque and $200 for Kathi.


Final Jeopardy!


AROUND THE WORLD - A river named for the sacred lotus flower flows toward this 607,000-square-mile body of water


Jamie and Xaque were correct on FJ, with Jamie adding $9,600 to win with $36,400 for a 21-day total of $609,000.


Final scores: Jamie $36,400, Kathi $200, Xaque $15,200.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is catsuit? DD2 - What is "Figaro"? DD3 - What is Great Falls? FJ - What is the Bay of Bengal?

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