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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Literary Year) for Friday, April 24, 2026 (Season 42, Game 165):
In 1954, on the 50th anniversary of this day, a group went to a Martello tower before going on a bender
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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Nicco Martinez, an accountant originally from Columbus, Ohio
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Zach Pollock, a retired logistics executive from Media, Pennsylvania
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Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (30-day total: $849,603)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
After being given one of the best games in Jeopardy! history yesterday by Patrick Nolan, Jamie Ding enters today as a 30-game champion, looking to pick up victory number 31 against Zach Pollock and Nicco Martinez.
As I said yesterday on some of my social media—I am concerned that people online are going to leak Jamie Ding’s defeat when it happens, even more so because there is someone who has been intercepting the episode distribution between the show and its local affiliates and leaking the episodes online early via the warez scene.
And finally, due to ABC’s coverage of the NFL Draft today, there will be pre-emptions if you watch the show on an ABC local affiliate. Make sure to check your local listings, or Matt Carberry’s Google sheet, for the rescheduled time.
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Correct response: What is Bloomsday?
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In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of June 16, 1904, the date on which James Joyce’s Ulysses was set, a number of members of the Irish literati decided to celebrate “Bloomsday”, so named after Molly Bloom from the Joyce work. As with Ulysses itself, the day started at the Martello tower, and the group, including Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh, and others, proceeded to make their way around to numerous pubs. Footage from the first Bloomsday can be found on YouTube.
The key to this Final Jeopardy is to either recognize 1904 or the Martello tower as settings from Ulysses; from there, it should be an easy hop to Bloomsday. That being said, one must make the first step in order to get to the second, and I suspect that it will be a challenging first step today.
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