Final Jeopardy: U.S. Business (3-26-26)
Here are some more clues from the 3/26/2026 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.
GLOBAL FOOD ($1600) With its creamy texture & mild taste, ricotta cheese is traditionally made in Italy from this milk component
HISTORY ($400) This ruling dynasty of English monarchs that came to power in 1485 originated in Wales
I PLAY BASSOON ($400) Mozart wrote 2 works for bassoon: a concerto & a sonata with this large string instrument; it has a wide range like the bassoon’s
The players got all the clues in PLOT HOLES:
($200) With Javert on his mind, he “was seeking a hole in which he might hide until he could find one where he might dwell”
($400) In a 1937 fantasy novel, this “well-to-do” guy lived in a hole “in the neighbourhood of the Hill”
($600) He lives in a comfy hole “in the middle of the wild wood” & on a snowy night, it’s a good thing for Rat & Mole that he does
($800) He “approached the hole he had dug. … with the aid of the torch… the treasure was there”; start counting, Monte Cristo!
($1000) This “colorful” camp is where “you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun… (to) turn him into a good boy”
PLOT HOLE ANSWERS: show
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: WHAT IS THAT THING?!
($200) Ew! That thing is this mollusk-containing adjective meaning soft & moist, like a hand I don’t want to shake
($400) Ugh! That thing is bulging & swollen, i.e., this word from Greek for the edible part of an onion
($600) Keep that thing outside! That thing emits a this type of odor that comes from the glandular secretions of a male deer
($800) That thing is really this word meaning twisted & covered in knots; Shakespeare uses it (about a tree) but not the -ly ending version
($1000) I must admit that thing does have this appealing type of milky luster that calls to mind an October birthstone
ANSWERS: show
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Jeff seemed nervous at times, such as forgetting his phrasing and stumbling over some responses. It didn’t matter in the end, but he should have gone all-in or close to that on both of those DDs to have any chance of winning.
Final came to me right away, the one company I was sure is HQ’d in Minnesnowta. First DD was a gimme. The other two stumped me. The English dynasty not too hard to deduce. I’d have to double-check, but I think the early answer of “strike” in the 1995 baseball clue should have been “lockout.” There was no World Series in 1994, and the start of the ’95 season was delayed.
I was astonished when Jeff rang in on the $2K clue and blurted out ‘barnacle’, completely forgetting the category was IN TAME IMPALA. That was after bombing in 2 other $2K clues and betting only $1200 when he found the Science DD under the $2K clue! Mercy!
It’s good to go after the $2K clues when you’re far behind but it’s not good to buzz in unless you know it cold because that’s a lot to lose.
Meantime, Ken says Jamie “casually” made his DD a Daily Double. Jaime actually shrugged and grimaced as he said that. To me, Jamie comes off like he’s totally bored.
With that, Jamie is now a double digit champion. He becomes the 20th player in Jeopardy history to win 10 or more games and he is now #18 in the all-time winnings list. Jamie also becomes the second player this season to become a superchampion.