Final Jeopardy: English Place Names (1-14-26)
Here are some more clues from the 1/14/2026 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.
WILD, CARDS! ($1000) This trick-taking card game makes for a great Scrabble score, with a Z & a Q in its name
WE’RE BEEFING ($800) It’s not only large striped felines what weep when they try this spicy Thai dish consisting of marinated beef & a dipping sauce
($1000) Peter Luger Steak House is famed for this cut; a N.Y. strip is on one side of its T-bone shape & a filet mignon is on the other
I’M “CC”ING YOU ($400) The name for this book of the Bible is a rough translation of the word “preacher”
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: WORD ORIGIN LANGUAGES
($200) Da, the name of this strong drink comes from the Russian for “little water”
($400) This state of transcendence & enlightenment in Buddhism means “extinction” in Sanskrit
($600) Swedish for “bread & butter table” gives us this word for a buffet with a variety of foods
($800) Yiddish gave us this word for a clumsy or awkward person
($1000) It’s suggested that this term for an imaginary creature come from Old Irish for “small body”
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I was 3/3 on DD but missed FJ. That’s extra bad for me because I recall, clearly, a visiting professor from England proper who told me of the “River Cam, which, before it becomes that, is the River Granta”. I didn’t recall, and, of course, got it wrong.
Stella really poured it on after the DD miss. That’s a powerhouse player move, when they nickel and dime their way up, to catch the DD person.
Stella! What a rousing comeback from literally nothing, against tough competition, no less. Final was going to be something with -bridge, but all I could think of was Sturbridge which I changed to Casterbridge. (And I’ve been to Cambridge!) I could not recall the name of Harry’s book, but it did get me thinking about the effects of primogeniture. First DD pretty easy, 2nd was too tough for moi.
Got the ambassador to France and I also know what machatunim are (the parents of the bride and groom) in Jewish parlance. Got the Bible book; not too many with “cc” in the title. (Also the source of the Pete Seeger song “Turn, Turn, Turn.”)
All three of our finalists are one step closer to securing that last spot in the TOC that begins on Monday. We have yet another missed tiebreaker opportunity.
The tiebreaker will happen someday. Today’s not that day.