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Week of June 23: The Contraption

Week of June 23: The Contraption

Update: 2025-07-011
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It's a milestone week in Jeopardy! history as a Final Jeopardy! clue asks a contestant about her great aunt, whom she is also named after. It's serendipitous for that one-day champion who shares a theme with every other champion this week: they win one game. Jeopardy! closes in on the longest such streak in the show's history and we continue our streak of being stupid about this show as we discuss a few tricky Finals (and the fans who fume about them), speed stacking, a potential Response of the Year candidate, and we dive deep on Henry Clay Folger.


SOURCE: Folger Shakespeare Library: "Our Founders"; Smithsonian Magazine: "How the Soon-to-Reopen Folger Shakespeare Library Came To Be" by Andrea Mays and James L. Swanson.


Special thank you as always to The Jeopardy! Fan and J-Archive.


This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.

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Week of June 23: The Contraption

Week of June 23: The Contraption

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