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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Opera Characters) for Wednesday, June 24, 2026 (Season 42, Game 208):
Her aria “Un bel dì, vedremo” says, “One fine day we will see…a strand of smoke over the far horizon…& then the ship appears”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Wayne Kobylinski, a community college assistant dean from Ellicott City, Maryland
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Maria Sebastian, a graphic artist & writer from New York, New York
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Adam Remsen, an attorney & theater producer from Memphis, Tennessee (8-day total: $168,404)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Adam Remsen picked up win #8 yesterday; today, he goes for win #9 against Wayne Kobylinski of Ellicott City, Maryland and Maria Sebastian of New York, New York.
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Correct response: Who is Cio-Cio San? (from Madama Butterfly)
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One of the most famous soprano arias and most famous from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, “Un bel dì, vedremo” features Cio-Cio San imagining the return of her husband, the American naval officer, B.F. Pinkerton to Japan.
Opera-related Final Jeopardy! clues are interesting; on the one hand, the show can only go so deep in regular play. On the other, opera and sports are probably the two categories where contestants are most likely to make incredibly conservative bets in Final, so we might see some interesting strategies today.
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