Final Jeopardy: The Southern Hemisphere (2-12-26)

Here are some more clues from the 2/12/2026 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.

THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS ($600) This TV show won Best Ensemble Cast in 2024; it’s sole non-actor, Ronald Gladden, realized he was still eligible for it in real life

ANTONYMS ($600) Of trivial: this word that’s also a military rank & an elite tennis tournament

INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES ($1600) June 18 is Sustainable this art of preparing & enjoying fine food day

($2000) September 7 is Awareness Day for the Duchenne type of this genetic disorder

MANY-LETTERED WORDS ($1200) Confinement to a facility providing a certain type of long-term care; it doesn’t have the nicest ring to it

($2000) 20 letters: one seeking to overthrow a government that was established by overthrowing a previous government

REMAINS TO BE SEEN ($2000) Possibly hanged as a sacrifice, the body of this over-2,000-year-old man was discovered in a peat bog in Denmark in 1950

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: IN BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY
($200) “The risk of conviction and punishment that a criminal defendant faces at trial”
($400) “The official act by which an attorney is deprived of the privilege of practicing law”
($600) “Dishonesty of belief, purpose, or motive… also termed mala fides”
($800) “Latin: ‘The thing speaks for itself'”
($1000) “An interest in land owned by another person, consisting in the right to use… the land… for a specific limited purpose”

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