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Final Jeopardy today: Stefanie Landeweer tops three-day champ Shannon Leigh Godwin with $19,400
A chemistry professor from Maryland answered correctly in the CURRENT TV STREAKS category and ended a three-day run, while the leader going into Final Jeopardy missed.
A three-day streak ends at $19,400
Shannon Leigh Godwin, an interior designer from Oakland, California, arrived on October 28 as a three-day champion and left in third place [1]. Stefanie Landeweer won the episode with a total of $19,400 [1]. If you searched for the Final Jeopardy result today, that is the headline.
Landeweer is a chemistry professor from Lexington Park, Maryland [1]. The third contestant was Spencer Murphy, an endocrinologist from Menlo Park, California [1].
The Final Jeopardy clue
The category on October 28 was CURRENT TV STREAKS [1]. The clue described the longest-tenured male actor on a primetime show, who released the album Home Invasion in 1993 [1].
The correct response was Ice-T [1].
How the wagers played out
Murphy led going into Final Jeopardy with $19,200 [1]. Landeweer had $13,000 and Godwin had $5,600 [1].
Murphy answered incorrectly and lost his $7,601 wager, which dropped him to second place with $11,599 [1]. Landeweer answered correctly and added a $6,000 wager for her winning $19,400 [1].
Godwin also answered correctly, adding a $5,000 wager, but finished third with $10,600 [1].
How Godwin got here
Godwin returned for her second game on October 26 with a one-day total of $16,001, after defeating four-game champion Anthony Cantor earlier in the week [2]. She became a two-day champion that day with a total of $25,602 [2]. She did it despite a miss on a Daily Double, where she wagered $3,000 of a possible $3,200 and still kept the lead [2].
She came into her third game on October 27 with that two-day total of $25,602 [3]. Her opponents were Polly Bethea of Athens, Texas, and Harshish Chitkara of Superior, Colorado [3].
The October 27 game
Godwin won the October 27 game in a runaway and reached a three-day total of $40,602 [3]. The Final Jeopardy correct response that day was Jack Ruby [3].
Godwin wagered $2,600 and ended the game with $15,000 [3]. Bethea wagered $2,008 and finished with $4,608, while Chitkara did not qualify for Final Jeopardy [3].
Godwin had been scheduled to return on Wednesday, October 28, for her fourth game [3]. That game became the one Landeweer won [1].
What to watch next
Landeweer will return on Thursday for her second game [1]. Jeopardy! comes back on Thursday, October 29, 2026, with a new episode [1].
If you miss the broadcast, Jeopardy! is available on Hulu and Peacock, and subscribers can watch new episodes the next day [1]. The modern version of the show debuted in 1984 and is hosted under the eye of Ken Jennings, a record-breaking champion [1].
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