Final Jeopardy: Historic Names (3-17-26)

Here are some more clues from the 3/17/2026 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 players only missed one clue in GENIUS IN A BATTLE:

($200) In 218 B.C. this General gassed up 37 elephants for a road trip & drove over the Alps with 30,000 buddies into Italy
($400) The plan of this Army Lt. Gen. in 1943: Surprise; rock the enemy back on his heels; relentless pursuit; “mop him up”
($600) By faking retreats, William the Conqueror drew out the English on the way to finally taking out Harold II at this battle
($800) The 1918 surprise attack led by this General nicknamed “Black Jack” led to the Argonne Forest being cleared of German troops
($1000) This barbarian king ruled an empire that took on the Eastern Roman one in 443; success led to annual payments of 2,100 pounds of gold

ANSWERS: show

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: “X” (x is in each response)
($200) In Olde England it took 40 of these coins to equal 1 pound sterling
($400) The quality on display here, it’s a word that demonstrates Latin’s handedness bias
($600) Maimonides set down his philosophy in a “Guide for” them, aka the confused, the baffled, the hopelessly at sea
($800) Also starting with E-X, it means “still existing”
($1000) Trade name Narcan, it’s available over the counter & carrying a little of it as a nasal spray can save the life of someone overdosing

ANSWERS: show