Final Jeopardy: Capital Cities (1-23-26)
Here are some more clues from the 1/23/2026 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.
COLORFUL LIT ($800) This title character first appears in an 1892 novel “wonderfully handsome” & “unspotted from the world”
($1600) In this classic by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a woman sees a human form in the title decor, peeling in her room
DEBUT ALBUMS ($1600) With their 1990 debut, Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones & Dawn Robinson, aka this group, showed they were born to sing
GOING “PRO” ($2000) This hormone that’s produced by the pituitary gland induces milk production in nursing mothers
NATIONAL ANTHEM LORE ($1600) This Bengali poet did double duty, composing the anthems of both India & Bangladesh
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: NUMERIC WORDS & PHRASES
($200) A brief period is being described when these 2 words precede “of a lamb’s tail”
($400) A chef calls a certain number when out of a dish; this is the number called when that item is back on the menu
($600) On CB radio, if you want to know someone’s location, you ask, “What’s your” this number
($800) Surgeons & seamstresses cling to this 18th century proverb that says careful work now will prevent patch-up work later
($1000) This 4-digit number taken from California’s Welfare & Instituions Code now has come to refer to anyone unstable
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Steven really “rubbed me the right way” with “Are you smarter than a 5th grader?” Something about adding “What is” to already questions is rather weird, to my ears – like, “What’s eating Gilbert Grape?”
I wasn’t paying attention, so, I was 0/3 on DD. However, for some reason, I did say “Victoria”. I don’t know why. Something funny, though – we watch “Hudson & Rex”, and that takes place in – St. John’s, NF!
Steven was super impressive, even without the DD hits. The 3rd was easy, the others not so much. His stentorian voice, phrasing, and occasional gestures remind me a lot of Matt Amodio.
I said Victoria for Final, but only because that’s the only provincial capital I know for sure. Lovely town, we enjoyed our visit there. Definitely knew how many times a lamb’s tail shakes.
Well, that was a decent game. Nice to see 2 of them get the final clue. I thought Josh might have known one of the capitals but didn’t see any point in figuring it out.
My mom liked to use that lamb’s tail expression. I was super surprised to see Charlotte Perkins Gilman in a clue.
I also like the lamb’s tail expression, VJ. I taught it to a certain little girl as well, lol.
Cool, Rhonda! My mom had one more shake than the response Ken Jennings gave — but they would have had to give that to me.
I had no idea, thanks, VJ.
Wow, a clear runaway for Steven! Anyways, it was another exciting game. As for me, I underperformed somewhat, but at least the FJ was a given.