Final Jeopardy: Famous Photos (1-19-26)
Here are some more clues from the 1/19/2026 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.
LITERARY QUOTATIONS ($400) This Austen dad asks Lizzy, “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?”
IOWA HISTORY ($1000) 1850s Mormon pioneers set off from Iowa City to Utah pulling this transport rhyming with “make a start” in a song they sang
LET’S TOOL AROUND ($200) Introduced in 1907, this type of adjustable wrench is a brand name, not just a shape
($800) Plumbers use handheld snakes for minor clogs; when the clogging gets tough, they reach for this thicker-cabled relative
($1000) A drill bit is held in place by a clamp called this, also a male nickname
SWITCH THE FIRST LETTER ($800) A small compressed block of sugar & the Eastern Himalayas, to World War II pilots ANSWER: show
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO? ($400) This duo’s “Icky Thump” says, “White Americans… why don’t you kick yourself out? You’re an immigrant too”
IT’S ALL FROM GREEK TO ME ($800) This word for a type of gymnast with no fear of heights comes in part from a Greek word for “highest”
($2000) From the Greek for “long-lasting”, this term for a good buddy comes from 17th century Cambridge University slang
MOUNTAINS ($1200) Just north of the Alps, these mountains in France & Switzerland may get their name from a word meaning “forest”
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: IT’S HYPHENATED
($200) We got this term for an impossible situation from the title of a 1961 novel
($400) It’s the military version of a trial for service members; a summary one is for less serious offenses
($600) In the kitchen clean hands & clean surfaces are key to preventing this, the spread of bacteria from one food to another
($800) Aspirin & ibuprofen are both known as this type of drug, so named because they are designed to reduce pain & swelling
($1000) Not as well known as the research triangle is N.C.’s metro area of High Point, Greensboro & this birthplace of Krispy Kreme
ANSWERS: show
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The field for the 2026 Jeopardy Invitational Tournament has been revealed on the Inside Jeopardy Podcast. The JIT will begin after the TOC concludes.
I also read that Stella’s fateful daily double answer from the wild card finals was determined to also be correct and she will receive a spot in the 2027 TOC
You guys ought to post this type of info on the What to Expect post.
People who were fans of the ’60s group led by Jim Morrison might have known they got their name from Blake’s portals, even if they weren’t a Blake fan. (I am.) I got the other DDs, too, though I was shocked that tariff DD was so easy.
Even though I didn’t get FJ!, I was right that 1 person would get it. At first, I thought it would be Liam. Then I thought Tom for sure. So kudos to Aaron, even though it didn’t help him much.