Posted below is the Final Jeopardy clue for Thursday, September 26, 2024. David Erb, our first three-time Jeopardy champion in Season 41, hopes to continue his streak and build upon his impressive $90,754 total from yesterday’s victory. In tonight’s match, Erb will contend with two new challengers, healthcare coordinator Maddie Carwile from New York and attorney Alex Michev from Virginia. Here is the question and answer for Final Jeopardy on 9/27/2024, in addition to the wagers and the winner of the episode.
Final Jeopardy Question for September 26
The Final Jeopardy question for September 26, 2024 is in the category of “Stars of the 20th Century” and has the following clue:
A 1927 N.Y. Times headline: “Witness testifies” this woman “rewrote play and insisted on the spicy scenes because city liked them”
The right response to this clue has been placed at the bottom of this Jeopardy guide, so you have some time to think about the right answer.
Final Jeopardy Wagers and Winner for September 26
Maddie became the surprise winner of the September 26 Jeopardy match, with no contestant able to come up with the right response for today’s Final Jeopardy clue.
Maddie came into the segment in second place with $13,900. However, a relatively low wager of $2,200 made it so her incorrect guess of “Woolf” didn’t hurt her total too much. She finished in first place with $11,700.
Alex held a thin lead with $16,000, but lost a whopping $12,000 with his incorrect answer of “Gertrude Stein.” This left him in third place of $4,000.
Meanwhile, David had a lot of trouble getting into the first and second rounds of the game. He only had $4,400 to work with and marginally bet $123 with a wrong answer of “Parker.”
Final Jeopardy Answer for September 26
The correct answer for Final Jeopardy on September 26, 2024 is “Who is Mae West?”
Born 1893 in Brooklyn, New York, Mae West was an actress, singer, screenwriter, and playwright known to be a sex symbol as a star of vaudeville. She had a contralto voice and used a lot of double entendres in her work. As such, she was censored many times during her career.
As for the clue, you can find the original article written in March 31, 1927 archived by The New York Times (it’s behind a paywall). West opened “The Drag” in Bridgeport, Connecticut for a trial run on January 31 of that year. But it never played in New York because of a lack of approval by a screening committee, as noted by PBS.
Mae West was featured in the mini-series Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant.
