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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