Final Jeopardy: Notable Americans (1-9-26)

Here are some more clues from the 1/9/2026 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.

THAT’S FASHIONABLE ($400) In the fashion biz, it’s common to pronounce this word for a high-waisted dress style in the French way, as Napoleon might have

TEACHING TO THE TEST ($800) A bar exam may ask about this 2-word doctrine allowing police to chase a fleeing suspect into a home without a warrant

($1000) These exams date to 19th c. reforms; N.Y.’s ask about smoke detectors on the firefighter one, jobless clients on the caseworker one

KNOWN WHEREABOUTS ($2000) This ranch where Charles Manson & his gang hung out has been absorbed into Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park

ADAPTED FOR HIGH SCHOOL ($800) In “Do Revenge”, this actress & Camila Mendes take a page from “Strangers on a Train”

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: TEACHING TO THE TEST (words between teaching & test)
($400) Some think of it as bluish-green, others as greenish-blue
($800) This adjective for looking good on “the tube” dates back to the 1930s, the infancy of the medium
($1200) Crab traps pose a threat to these salt marsh turtles
($1600) Sir, I am astounded that you have the recklessness, the foolhardiness, the chutzpah– nay, the this to speak to me thus
($2000) In geometry, it’s the 4-dimensional equivalent of a cube; in “a wrinkle in time”, it’s how the Murry kids travel the universe

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