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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Latin Phrases) for Thursday, May 28, 2026 (Season 42, Game 189):
An 1863 Congressional “Act relating to” this was decried in the press as a “bill to appoint a dictator”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Ken Bloom, a physics professor from Lincoln, Nebraska
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Ariel Epstein, an executive research director originally from Belle Mead, New Jersey
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Chris D’Angelo, a content manager from Washington, D.C. (6-day total: $124,201)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Chris D’Angelo, whose wide knowledge base is causing him to attempt significantly more clues than his opponents have on a daily basis, goes for win #7 today against Nebraska’s Ken Bloom and New Jersey’s Ariel Epstein.
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Correct response: What is habeus corpus?
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At the beginning of the Civil War, unrest broke out in many Northern cities, especially Baltimore, where rioters were successfully preventing reinforcements from reaching Washington, D.C. by train. Abraham Lincoln chose unilaterally to suspend the right of habeus corpus in order to handle the unrest, as Congress was not in session and was unable to grant the right itself. As the Civil War continued, Lincoln went as far as ignoring judicial rulings on the matter, and Congress, in 1863, eventually chose to permit the suspension of habeus corpus for the duration of the Civil War and indemnify the executive branch of the government for having previously done so without approval.
I’ll be honest: I was unaware of this specific part of Civil War history, and I’m guessing a lot of others were as well. To me, this feels like one of those “the writers want to remind its viewership of something that has happened in the American past, because they are worried about it happening in the near American future”. And I commend the writers for doing this.
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Game Recap:
The last 45 clues were pretty much all Chris, a True Daily Double just after the interviews proved to be the major turning point in this one, as he cruised to a runaway, picking up more than half the correct responses on the board.
Final Jeopardy saw Chris pick up $16,000 more for a whopping score of $50,000. He’ll go for win #8 tomorrow.
Scores going into Final:
Chris $34,000
Ariel $7,200
Ken $5,200
Tonight’s results:
Ken $5,200 + $5,000 = $10,200 (What is habeus corpus?)
Ariel $7,200 + $3,201 = $10,401 (What is habeus corpus?)
Chris $34,000 + $16,000 = $50,000 (What is habeus corpus) (7-day total: $174,201)
Game Stats:
Chris $28,600 Coryat, 32 correct, 2 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Ariel $7,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Ken $5,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $41,000
Chris D’Angelo, to win:
8 games: 72.607%
9: 52.718%
10: 38.277%
11: 27.792%
12: 20.179%
Avg. streak: 9.651 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
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