Final Jeopardy: Literary Origins (2-26-26)

Here are some more clues from the 2/26/2026 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 ROLE OF A LIFETIME ($800) In a royal performance, Wu Tao play Pu Yi at age 15 in this 1987 Bertolucci film that won 9 Oscars

($1000) One year before the appropriately named Adam Driver played “Ferrari”, Frank Grillo was this fellow Italian maker of fast cars

THE ROLL OF A LIFETIME ($800) Roll Call’s “Casualty List” reports on folks who retire, die or leave this for various other reasons

($2000) Polynesians sailed thousands of miles using the feel of these “great” waves that keep rolling after the wind dies that cause them

GEOGRAPHY ($800) This country has 3 regions; the Costa on the west, the Andes in the center & the Amazonia on the east

($1600) If you’re in Oslo but pining for the fjorda, take a 7-hour trip on the railway line named for this Hanseatic city

“BIT”S ($400) It’s the unit of currency comprising 100 million satoshis

($1600) Deputy Dawg (more than Yosemite Sam) used this “cuss” word, an example of “taboo deformation”, i.e., a naughty word being made benign

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME CONSONANT
($200) Wasabi is a Japanese version of this condiment
($400) Tyler Henry, star of TVs “Life After Death” & “Live from the Other Side” is known as the Hollywood this
($600) In a trial, if a unanimous verdict can’t be reached, the jury is said to be hung or this
($800) It’s the young animal seen here
($1000) It can be someone who sets things right, or an electronic device that converts alternating current into direct current

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