Final Jeopardy: U.S. History (3-31-26)

Here are some more clues from the 3/31/2026 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.

AFRICA ($1600) Mandingo & Malinke are other names for a West African people but “I do know” them as this, the name Alex Haley used

($2000) Once part of the Portuguese empire, it’s the small African nation indicated here (image)

CONTENDERS ($800) The last living American signer of this organization’s charter, the late Harold Stassen made 9 increasingly feeble presidential runs

($1600) This cardinal was a popular favorite to be named pope in 2025, largely thanks to his charmingly Italian name

MIME ENOUGH AT LAST ($800) Before rock stardom, he studied with mime legend Lindsay Kemp & performed as a mime; maybe explains the “Aladdin Sane” look

($1200) A bitter mime ranting about his romantic failures makes a memorable cameo in this ’90s rom-com set in Grunge-era Seattle

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: 5 FOR FIGHTING
($400) This 5-letter word is a common play in rugby; outside of rugby, it means a fight
($800) This type of protracted heavyweight fight sounds like a gatherin of garden mollusks
($1200) Something no one has to pay for could be described this multi-hyphenated way, as could any Donnybrook
($1600) From the French, this 5-letter word for a disorganized fight has 3 E’s
($2000) A bout in the boxing ring is also a case of this, an old-timey plural word that uses the main weapon of the combatants

ANSWERS: show