Final Jeopardy: It Happened in the U.S. (1-1-26)
Here are some more clues from the 1/1/2026 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.
EYES ON THE PRIZE ($400) One golden man holds another aloft atop the Slammy trophy, several of which are awarded for excellence in this pro sport
($800) This maker of Coolpix cameras sponsors the Comedy Wildlife Awards for funny animal pics; the big winner gets a week-long safari
FANTASTIC FOURSOMES ($1000) Susan, Lynette, Bree & Gabrielle were the original core 4 on this TV series
VENUES ($2000) Beneath the Acropolis is this type of theater of Herodes Atticus; the name is Greek for “music hall”
“I” WILL BE WITH “U” AGAIN ($400) Debuting your own line of saltines? You’ll have some catching up to do in brand awareness with these, around since 1876
($1600) It means the same as wigwam, but is preferred by many native Americans as less evocative of a stereotype
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($200) Have you read “Murder on the Moon” yet? It’s one of these edge-of-your-seat novels of sensational action & suspense
($400) This type of owl doesn’t go around making the cry it’s named for– mostly it’s for defending its nest
($600) Symbol Cr, this glossy element is used in the manufacture of stainless steel
($800) The grip tells you how this demonically diving baseball pitch get its name
($1000) One of the 6 flavors of quarks in physics, it may be contained in a meson or a baryon
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Like Dondi, the other 2 players left me totally in their wake. For Final, I was thinking volcanic ash, so I wavered between Hawaii and Washington. First DD stumped me, 2nd was easy (and a ballsy wager by Ryan), 3rd one I dumbly thought of Tony Soprano (a show I saw exactly once and hated) instead of Tony Montana (didn’t see the film, but knew the famous phrase).
I own a Coolpix camera so knew that one. I’m too lazy to learn how to use my phone camera. Got the saltines name. Semi-ashamed to admit I knew the Bree/Susan/Lynette/Gabrielle foursome. Thought I might know the wigwam clue, but did not.
A man goes to a psychiatrist and says “Sometimes I think I’m a wigwam, sometimes I think I’m a tepee. Can you help me?” The doctor replies, “I know your problem. You’re two tents.”
That’s a classic one! I first saw it in Esquire, over 30 years ago, in an article about classic jokes from the 60s and before!
You can buy Trinitite online, but Most sellers only have regular Trinitite, looks like a dull green rock with few beauties. Trinitite Rocks on Etsy blows everyone out of the water with their collection! They have the glassy green Trinitite, the pieces living up to Trinitite’s Nickname: Green Glass. I purchased a regular and a glassy green. Huge difference! I love owning 2 types of unique pieces of history!
Happy New Year VJ! Both Abigail and Ryan are looking good heading into tomorrow’s game. Dondi has a lot of work to do tomorrow and needs a miracle to win but anything can happen. Tomorrow is the last Second Chance game of the season.
I was 1/3* on DD, and got FJ. The star is because I said “La Strada”, instead of “La Scala”, but I saw it in my mind. The Tony Montana one was easy peasy.
Ryan doesn’t strike me as especially charismatic. You might say that that doesn’t matter, bit, I see it as more comfortable with things of which you might not be sure, among other things. He did go all in on the one DD, but, that’s not usually a reliable path.