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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Homophones) for Tuesday, March 24, 2026 (Season 42, Game 142):
A 2008 Best Picture Oscar nominee & a Roman goddess both have names that are homophones of this state capital
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Pranit Nanda, a commodity trader from Houston, Texas
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Abigail Marcolini, a book store clerk originally from Scottsdale, Arizona
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Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (7-day total: $195,203)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Jamie Ding picked up another runaway victory in last night’s Jeopardy! to bring his win total to seven games; today, he faces off against Abigail Marcolini and Pranit Nanda in an attempt to pick up victory number eight.
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Correct response: What is Juneau, Alaska?
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Among the many entities with the name Juno—a homophone of Juneau, Alaska—are the Roman goddess (Jupiter’s wife) and the 2008 Elliot Page/Michael Cera film that won Best Original Screenplay for Diablo Cody. Another Juno/Juneau homonym is Canada’s equivalent of the Grammy Awards; they are called the Juno Awards, named for Pierre Juneau, the first president of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and a champion of Canadian content regulations. Finally, Juno names an adorable Boston terrier that I had the joy of pet-sitting once for a couple of weeks in 2017—and I know I pointed out the homophone with the Alaskan state capital at some point in the 2010s.
While this was certainly an instaget for me, I don’t think it’s guaranteed to play 3 out of 3—it is straightforward, but you could get stuck if you end up starting on the wrong path.
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Game Recap:
It looked like Jamie Ding might have given Pranit Nanda an opening after a miss on the game’s second Daily Double; it was not to be, though, for Pranit—Jamie went “on a tear”, as Ken put it, picking up 10 of the last 11 clues to claim a runaway entering Final Jeopardy.
Jamie then picked up his 37th correct response of the game with a correct response in Final; he’s now an 8-day champion and will go for #9 tomorrow.
Scores going into Final:
Jamie $27,000
Pranit $13,000
Abigail $1,000
Tonight’s results:
Abigail $1,000 – $999 = $1 (What is Augusta?)
Pranit $13,000 + $3,000 = $16,000 (What is Juneau)
Jamie $27,000 + $0 = $27,000 (What is Juneau?) (8-day total: $222,203)
Game Stats:
Jamie $31,600 Coryat, 36 correct, 1 incorrect, 57.89% in first on buzzer (33/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Pranit $11,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Abigail $1,000 Coryat, 3 correct, 2 incorrect, 8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $44,400
Jamie Ding, to win:
9 games: 74.360%
10: 55.294%
11: 41.117%
12: 30.574%
13: 22.735%
Avg. streak: 10.900 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- This is a reminder that contestants are allowed to request seating for any reason and do not need to declare to anybody why that is the case.
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