Final Jeopardy: Bodies of Water (3-18-26)

Here are some more clues from the 3/18/2026 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 player missed one clue in HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS:
($400) A day to do good deeds & reflect on his teachings, Vesak celebrates his birthday, death & enlightenment
($800) The people seen here are observing this day
($1200) Declaration of the Báb & birth of the Báb are holy days in this religion
($1600) Among other things, this Hindu Festival of Lights celebrates the victory of light over darkness & good over evil
($2000) Traditionally, during a harvest festival that follows Yom Kippur, Jews eat in a hut-like booth called this

HOLY DAYS ANSWERS: show

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: NEWER MEANINGS
($200) No longer just meaning in the center, this word also means just meh
($400) 5-letter butter maker seen here; as a noun, it can refer to the loss of existing customers
($600) Merriam-Webster added “utter disaster” to the entry on this noun that Amy Schumer used as a film title
($800) If you are doing this, you are either trying to sound like a cat (old meaning) or strengthening your jawline (new meaning)
($1000) Not alpha but this Greek letter means popular or cool

ANSWERS: show