Final Jeopardy: Books & Authors (3-10-26)

Here are some more clues from the 3/10/2026 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.

WATCH OUT FOR THAT TEAM! ($1000) “Northwestern might as well have tried to play football with an Iowa” this, wrote a reporter in 1895, & a nickname was born

CITIES AROUND EUROPE ($1000) After its 9-day Festival of San Fermin, people in this Spanish city gather & sing a song called “Poor Me”

THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC ($1000) Record label talent scouts work in A&R, standing for this, the music makers & their works

THIS IS AWKWARD ($200) Lively conversation is not helped much by a vacant stare like that characteristic of this cohort, aka centennials

AIRPORT CODES ($2000) It’s the crazy-sounding code of Barajas Airport, serving a European capital

ELEMENT + WORD ($1600) In 1926, Dr. Alvan Barach created the first practical one of these aids to respiration

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: “UM”
($200) It can mean a broad array of anything, not just colors
($400) Today meaning a conference & from words meaning “drinking together”, this was an ancient Greek party to discuss & imbibe
($600) A Latin superlative gave us this word meaning the most favorable
($800) Proper behavior, correctness of manners, y’know, this
($1000) A dark syrup made from the sweet variety of this cereal grass is often mistakenly called molasses

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