Today’s Final Jeopardy – Friday, April 24, 2026

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Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
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5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
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10. David Madden $430,400
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19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

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4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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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

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Nicco Martinez, an accountant originally from Columbus, Ohio

Zach Pollock, a retired logistics executive from Media, Pennsylvania

Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (30-day total: $849,603)

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.

Correct response: What is Bloomsday?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2026 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

In order to celebrate the 50^th 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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Game Recap:

Jamie Ding showed the world just how wide his knowledge base is, getting either 2 or 3 correct in all 12 of today’s categories. He also got 2 Daily Doubles correct as he cruised to a runaway.

Final Jeopardy proved to be difficult, but Zach gained some measure of pride by giving the correct response. Jamie went conservative to end the week and is now a 31-day champion. He’ll go for win #32 on Monday.

Scores going into Final:

Jamie $33,200
Zach $6,600
Nicco $400

Tonight’s results:

Nicco $400 – $0 = $400 (What is ?)
Zach $6,600 + $1,000 = $7,600 (What is Bloom’s Day)
Jamie $33,200 – $198 = $33,002 (What is… the day of the locust?) (31-day total: $882,605)

Game Stats:

Jamie $29,800 Coryat, 28 correct, 0 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Zach $6,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Nicco $3,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,000

If you are looking for more detailed statistics about today’s game of Jeopardy!, as well as the ability to leave a comment, make sure to check out the Daily Details section.

Jamie Ding, to win:

32 games: 80.516%
33: 64.828%
34: 52.197%
35: 42.027%
36: 33.838%
Avg. streak: 35.132 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

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