Final Jeopardy: Russian Literary Works (12-10-25)
Here are some more clues from the 12/10/2025 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.
PRISON LINGO ($600) “Orange Is the New Black” mentions this 3-letter acronym for solitary confinement that sounds like an apparel item
The players missed 2 clues in BROADWAY NUMBER, PLEASE:
($400) “A Chorus Line”: “____ singular sensation, every little step she takes”
($800) “Guys & Dolls”: “Call it hell, call it heaven, but it’s a probably 12 to ____ that the guy’s only doing it for some doll”
($1200) “Chess”: “Oh, I’m the arbiter. I know the score. From square one I’ll be watchin all ____!”
($1600) “Les Mis”: “And so Javert, you see it’s true. This man bears no more guilt than you. Who am I? ____”
($2000) “Rent” ____ minutes, how do you measure a year in the life?”
BROADWAY NUMBER ANSWERS: show
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: MAKE YOUR OWN WES ANDERSON MOVIE TITLE
($400) The + the largest city on the Tagus River + a coffee drink, the basis of cappuccino
($800) The + North Africa’s barren waste + a short office communication from Latin for “to be remembered”
($1200) The + a bellicose ancient city also called Lacedaemon + a ballroom dance by definition for 4 couples
($1600) The + “Citizen Kane” director + high-in-the-forest apple juice brand + book of maps
($2000) The + adjective meaning regarding a sheep + a Palm Beach presidential home + an agreement that puts an end to a war
ANSWERS: show
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Wow. Quite a shock between Will and Chelsea. But, man. He and Eddie were 🎶 super fast 🎶 on that signaling button.
Excellent, back-and-forth game, despite the missed DDs. Still not sure why Final came to me immediately. Really thought at least 2 would get it. Crafty wagering by Will, locking out Chelsea, especially after missing that gettable 3rd DD. (Given more time, I’d have thought of it. I crashed on all 3 DDs but knew a surprisingly large # of the $1000 and $2000 clues.)
How no one knew the wheel-based game show’s basis is a head scratcher. Same with the # of squares on a chessboard, come on. (And the $2000 Broadway clue was NOT a stumper; Will got it.) I despised that Wes Anderson made-up titles category, but I did come up with the $2000 stumper there.
@Howard, I also thought 2 players would get it — Chelsea, based on her occupation, and Will, because he aced the Russian composers yesterday. I guess he’s not as savvy in Russian literature as he is in music.
I also thought Ken was way too chatty during the game today and it contributed to the board not being finished. And, yeah, the 2 stumpers in Bway were Guys & Dolls and Chess. That’s fixed.
Howard, speaking of despising, my parents don’t like triple rhyme time, initials with roman numerals, before during and after, and anagrams.
Right on! My mind is just not as quick as it used to be. When Ken was in his run 20-ish years ago, I remember him totaly crushing a difficult Roman numerals category.
Rough show as 3 DDs were missed resulted our second DD washout of the season.
“In this 2023 movie, we learned”
Should be 2003, not 2023…
Thanks, John. It’s fixed.