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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Calendar) for Tuesday, February 10, 2026 (Season 42, Game 112):
Black History Month was first celebrated around the birth dates of Abraham Lincoln & this contemporary who died in 1895
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Andrew He, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California
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Jen Giles, a teacher from Longmont, Colorado
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Mehal Shah, a software engineer from Seattle, Washington
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Quarterfinal #4 of the 2026 Jeopardy Invitational Tournament is today, and it is between 2025 Champions Wildcard winner Mehal Shah, 2015 Teachers Tournament winner Jen Giles, and the seeded Andrew He, making his return after having competed in Jeopardy! Masters in the past. It’s been a couple of years since Andrew has played—I think the biggest thing standing in his way might be rust, to be honest.
I also have to say, I am generally happy to see a marked improvement in Jeopardy! coverage from some of my fellow news outlets—certainly, it feels like the tabloids have gone back to eschewing the “vox pop” articles that seemed to be put out after every episode for a while. (My guess is that they realized that the general public didn’t care, and the ad revenue didn’t recoup the costs of producing those articles). It’s nice to know that some spaces are returning to irrelevance.
For those viewers who care about Celebrity Jeopardy!, Season 4’s debut has been moved back to March 13 by ABC.
I think it’s a good reminder that the Olympics have taken over NBC this week and next—general Olympics viewership is probably going to have a depressing effect on J!‘s ratings as it stands (in fact, Michael and Sarah have alluded to this essentially being counter-programming on the podcast)—but there are also widespread schedule changes, as detailed in Matt Carberry’s Google sheet.
I’m also going to float something here that might not be received well in Culver City: I think the writers set a tournament that was too difficult, and they need to dial things back one notch, at least in the quarterfinals, going forward. Games of Jeopardy! where only 5 of your 9 players thus far have cleared 30 attempts make for situations where your scores are going to be lower and your games have a feeling of less excitement. If one is familiar with Sandy Tatum’s words referring to the US Open in golf, “We’re not trying to humiliate the best players in the world. We’re simply trying to identify who they are”, I worry that the “course setup”, as it were, leans more towards the former than the latter.
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Correct response: Who was Frederick Douglass?
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Black History Month started in the 1920s as Negro History Week, with the week including February 12 (Lincoln’s birthday) and February 14 (the date Frederick Douglass celebrated as his—Douglass knew he was born in February, but was never sure what specific day, so he chose to observe February 14 as his birthday). Lincoln and Douglass had both been celebrated in Black America prior to this for their respective roles in the abolition of slavery. The weeklong observance expanded to the entire month of February in 1970.
I’d certainly like to see this Final Jeopardy clue play 3-for-3—and I think a lot of America would like to see that as well.
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Game Recap:
Andrew He rebounded from a True Daily Double miss just before the midpoint of Double Jeopardy to retake a slim lead entering Final Jeopardy.
A triple-get in Final probably should have been more helpful to Mehal’s and Jen’s semifinal chances, but both went for more conservative bets in Final Jeopardy, putting Jen very much on the bubble at this point with two quarterfinals to go.
Scores going into Final:
Andrew $6,000
Jen $5,400
Mehal $4,395
Tonight’s results:
Mehal $4,395 + $1,606 = $6,001 (Who is Frederick Douglas)
Jen $5,400 + $3,000 = $8,400 (Who is Douglas?)
Andrew $6,000 + $4,801 = $10,801 (Who is Douglass?) (Semi-Finalist)
Wild card standings:
Quarterfinal #1: Matt Amodio, $18,800
Quarterfinal #2: Roger Craig, $15,000
Quarterfinal #3: Drew Goins, $1,600
Quarterfinal #4: Andrew He, $10,801
1. Karen Farrell, $16,400, 98.450% to advance
2. Jen Giles, $8,400, 27.324% to advance
3. Drew Basile, $7,200, 2.861% to advance
4. Mehal Shah, $6,001
5. Liz Feltner, $1,599
6. T.L. Cubbage, $1
7. Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, $0 ($7,200)
8. Eric Ahasic, $0 ($5,600)
Game Stats:
Andrew $14,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 5 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Jen $5,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Mehal $4,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 5 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $24,200
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Especially in a situation where it was potentially likely for Mehal to go all in, I don’t see the point of not wagering at least $3,400 from Jen’s side. That said, had she gone all in, she would be nearly 50% to advance right now (as opposed to what the prediction model currently says).
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