Warning: This page contains spoilers for the February 21-22, 2026, game of Jeopardy! — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that today’s game is an encore presentation of the game that originally aired on May 1, 2025.
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Stage) for February 21-22, 2026 (Season 41, Game 169):
Their show ended its off-Broadway run in 2025, after 34 years, 17,800 shows & 82,150 gallons of paint
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Scott Summers, a librarian from Apex, North Carolina
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Julie Holt, a Latin teacher from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (2-day total: $41,815)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
While we wait for nontournament play to resume on Monday in first-run syndicated play, our weekend encore presentations continue the lengthy run of ToC players from April and May of 2025. Tonight’s encore presentation sees Indiana’s Ben Ganger go for win #3 against Julie Holt and Scott Summers.
I sholuld also note that the field has been unveiled for Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars, beginning March 13 on ABC at 8:00 PM Eastern; thus, for 10 weeks between March and May, we’ll be getting a double dose of Jeopardy! on Friday evenings.
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Correct response: Who are the Blue Man Group?
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While it still has performances in Las Vegas, Berlin, and Shanghai at this point, the Blue Man Group—named because the mute group performs with their skin painted blue—were founded in 1987 in New York. They first began performing off-Broadway at the Astor Place Theatre in 1991; that closed, along with shows in Boston and Chicago, in 2025.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the February 21-22, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Game Recap:
Ben continued the dominance he showed in his early run, picking up two dozen correct responses, seemingly able to buzz at will. While he got the last Daily Double incorrect, that didn’t keep him from having more than six times Scott’s score entering Final Jeopardy.
Both Ben and Julie were correct in Final, with Ben adding $34,600 to his total, putting his 3-day total at $76,415. Next week, he goes for win #4 against Sam Sabulis and Shweta Balasubramanian.
Scores going into Final:
Ben $24,600
Scott $4,000
Julie $3,200
Tonight’s results:
Julie $3,200 + $3,200 = $6,400 (What is Blue Man Group)
Scott $4,000 – $2,401 = $1,599 (What is Little Shop of Horrors?)
Ben $24,600 + $10,000 = $34,600 (What is The Blue Man Group) (3-day total: $76,415)
Game Stats:
Ben $22,600 Coryat, 24 correct, 6 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Julie $3,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Scott $5,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 5 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,800
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