Final Jeopardy: Literature (1-7-26)
Here are some more clues from the 1/7/2026 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.
GOLDEN ($600) An Old West paper from 1869 said this object with a “nugget composing the head” was worth something over four hundred dollars
HOW IT’S DONE, DONE, DONE($200) Put borax in water & then mix it with some watery Elmer’s glue to make this gooey gunk beloved by kids
WATER OVER THE DAM ($1600) The Moses-Saunders Power Dam, named after a famous New Yorker & a famous Ontarian is on this 744-mile-long river
($2000) The Santo Antonio & Jirau Dams are on this “wine”-ding river, the longest tributary in the Amazon basin
WORDS ABOUT BIRDS ($1600) As a noun, it’s a bird known for its song; as a verb, it means to race playfully up & down a ship’s rigging
($2000) A nod to the bird’s squawking & showy plumage, this word that once referred to a parrot now refers to an arrogant dandy
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: FEAR ITSELF
($200) This! at the Disco is enjoyable; this as an attack with a racing heart & sweating as symptoms, very much not so
($400) This suffix is from the Greek for “fearing”
($600) It’s the “chilly” 2-word title of a story collection about women with second thoughts about getting married
($800) “The consternation…the consternation” not as great; good for “Apocalypse Now” for going with this synonym
($1000) This 6-letter verb means to trill with your voice, or to tremble with fear
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Good game, Cameron charged ahead, Harvey rallied nicely and took control when Cameron had two late misses. Final was tough, I had nothing to offer. But the existence of wild card changes the wagering strategy immensely and can make it a bit anticlimactic. In a regular game, Harvey might well have gone all-in. Cameron’s $201 worked for me under either scenario.
Got the 2nd and 3rd DDs. By thinking of the national motto and quickly thinking of actor Josh, it made sense. Very surprised no one knew the ETF or the NY-Canada river. I did OK overall but of course am no match for these elite players.
Cameron’s misstep was only betting $1,000 on that Daily Double.
When Jason got his DD, I was saying, c’mon Jason — what did Teddy always say! I wonder if they would have let me get away with including the ‘carry a’ part
Maybe…but only if you spoke softly!
Wow! Harvey finished in the lead! Congratulations Harvey! What a game! Well, today’s clues were somewhat tough, and I was clueless in FJ.
Huck Finn was not bi-racial. He was a free spirit for that time period and offered a wonderful role model for young people to see others as they really are – not by what others say.
Correct. He was NOT biracial .
Harvey correctly predicted that Cameron would wager what he did, and with the way that things worked out, Harvey Silikovitz is automatically in the Semi-Finals. The good news for Cameron Berry is that his score of $12,599 is enough to put him in 1st place in the Wild-Card race. Bill McKinney is in 2nd place with $12,200. Dave Bond is in 3rd place with $10,000, and Dargan Ware is still alive with $2,200. Unfortunately, Geoff Barnes and Jason Singer are officially eliminated. Tomorrow, 2 more will be eliminated, but at the same time, our Top 2 Wild-Card spots will be clinched before the Friday game. Will it be Cameron and Bill, or will it be 1 or 2 of tomorrow’s players? We’ll find out.
What that means is that both Geoff and Jason are bumped off and are eliminated. They will each go home with 5,000. Cameron and Bill are safe on the wild card list for now.
Semifinalists:
Stella Trout: $26,401
Michelle Tsai: $14,398
Harvey Silikovitz: $12,998
Wild cards:
Cameron Berry: $12,599
Bill McKinney: $12,200
Dave Bond: $10,000
Dargan Ware: $2,200
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Geoff Barnes: $800
Jason Singer: $0
I was 2)3 on DD and missed FJ. I said “Tom Sawyer”. In the words of dear departed Alex, “Ooh, so close!”
Good on Harvey. Honestly, knowing the trajectory of Parkinson’s Disease, I didn’t expect him to be alive now.
And Jason’s interview story was classic! Mazel Tov!