Katie Bruns has a profession unusually well matched to the idea of retrieving information. The Dayton, Ohio resident works in records and archives, where organizing information and ensuring it remains accessible are central responsibilities....
Long before reaching Jeopardy!, Justin Robbins was asking questions about how complicated systems work. For Robbins, however, those systems were ecosystems. The Murrells Inlet, South Carolina graduate student has studied subjects ranging from mangrove...
The Final Jeopardy clue for Monday, September 28, 2026, appeared in the category “Former Currencies” and read: “Introduced in 1663, this unit of currency got its name because the gold it was first minted...
The Final Jeopardy clue for Friday, September 25, 2026, appeared in the category “Coinages of the 1980s” and read: “Marc Kelly Smith had Cubs slugger Ernie Banks in mind when he chose a name...
Humor might not be the first subject people associate with ancient Christianity, but it is one of Lydia Herndon’s academic interests. The University of Chicago PhD candidate studies Christianity in antiquity alongside rhetoric and...
Sean Carpenter appears on Jeopardy! as a procurement manager from New Lenox, Illinois. For viewers unfamiliar with procurement, that title can disguise just how complicated his work can be. Carpenter’s career has centered on...
The Final Jeopardy clue for Friday, September 25, 2026, appeared in the category “U.S. Geography” and read: “Meaning ‘endless’ & ‘grassy open place’, this name for a region of thousands of square miles first...
Nikolas Polsinelli may be one of the younger contestants in Jeopardy! Season 43, but he arrived with years of competition experience. The Winter Park, Florida student has succeeded in Latin and history competitions, played...
Carolyn Langton’s career demonstrates that an undergraduate degree doesn’t necessarily determine an entire professional life. Before becoming the application developer viewers meet on Jeopardy!, Langton was immersed in journalism. She studied journalism at the...
The Final Jeopardy clue for Wednesday, September 23, 2026, referred to a 2026 commencement speech in which the speaker told graduates that one guarantee in life is that they are going to fall, that...
