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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Capital Cities) for Friday, January 23, 2026 (Season 42, Game 100):
One of the 2 Canadian provincial capitals that share their names with a nation’s capital city
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Matt Massie, an attorney originally from South Charleston, West Virginia
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Josh Weikert, a politics professor from Collegeville, Pennsylvania
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Steven Olson, a band director from Princeton, Illinois
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Our fifth quarterfinal in the 33rd Tournament of Champions is today and will be contested between Steven Olson, Josh Weikert, and Matt Massie. Even though Josh is a 6-time champion, the Unified Prediction Model does like both Steven’s and Matt’s chances more. As we’ve seen the last few days, though, absolutely anything can happen!
I know what I’m about to say isn’t universally popular—and I’m reasonably certain that these comments today are going to result in my receiving angry messages either in my comments or sent to me directly. But I think it still needs to be said. The complaints that always crop up about the 2020s organization of the Jeopardy! postseason are because Jeopardy! is one of the few television shows left that still can count a wide cross-section of America among its viewership. So, to me, there are a lot of parallels that can be drawn between the debate about Jeopardy! postseason play and a hot-button political issue such as student loan forgiveness. When I look at many of the people who have been posting concerns about tournaments, and the points they raise in opposition (things like “but it takes away from regular places”), it leads me to believe that this viewpoint is coming from a place of subconscious jealousy—jealousy that these players were given an opportunity that these commenters—either long-past contestants or others who may have made numerous attempts over the years to qualify—were not given. Many past auditioners who were not selected may have convinced themselves now that the 2020s tournament schedule is the reason why they were not selected to be a contestant. A handful of past contestants—especially those who would have been locks to be selected in the 2020s for many tournament appearances but haven’t heard a thing from the production staff because they were on in the 2010s or earlier—may be subconsciously thinking, “Why not me? I think I’m better than them! Why was I not given this minor celebrity status that these people now have?” and it is the fuel that is used to publicly criticize the show. And, to me, it is no different from those who were against student loan forgiveness for the reason of “Well I had to pay my student loans off entirely, so why should the future generation have to pay less than I did?” The last couple of games of the Tournament of Champions aside, we have seen some incredible Jeopardy! episodes over the past few weeks. Can’t we just enjoy that for what it is instead of lobbing jealousy-fueled vitriol in the direction of Culver City?
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Correct response: What are (1 of) St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador or Victoria, British Columbia?
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I think this is an excellent Tournament of Champions-level “world capitals” clue, as the “shared names” are on the more “deep end” of that list. On Canada’s east coast (where, in fact, this website’s content is written on a daily basis), St. John’s, the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, shares its name with the capital city of Antigua and Barbuda. On Canada’s west coast, Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, shares its name with the capital city of Seychelles.
The most likely note about judging that may come up: if a contestant says just “St. John”, that’s not going to be accepted due to the confusion with Saint John, New Brunswick. I’m also not going to make a prediction regarding today’s Final Jeopardy—mostly because my predictions the last two days have been horrendously off.
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Game Recap:
Steven Olson dominated things after the interviews, moving from third place into a commanding runaway position after getting both Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy correct.
A correct response in Final Jeopardy from him punctuated the victory and puts him into a great spot entering the semifinals.
Scores going into Final:
Steven $25,800
Matt $5,800
Josh $5,600
Tonight’s results:
Josh $5,600 – $0 = $5,600 (What an amazing group of people – thank you so much!)
Matt $5,800 + $5,800 = $11,600 (What Victoria)
Steven $25,800 + $7,117 = $32,917 (What’s Victoria?) (Semi-Finalist)
Chances of winning Tournament of Champions:
Scott Riccardi: 17.274%
Laura Faddah: 3.573%
Paolo Pasco: 14.245%
Tom Devlin: 12.801%
Allegra Kuney: 13.570%
Cameron Berry: 8.939%
Ashley Chan: 5.962%
Steven Olson: 17.661%
Lisa Ann Walter: 1.115%
Mike Dawson: 2.127%
TJ Fisher: 2.733%
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s runaway game means that wagering strategies will not be posted.
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
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