Final Jeopardy: Reptiles (3-9-26)
Here are some more clues from the 3/9/2026 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.
FACTS ABOUT POETS ($1000) In 1822 the adventurer Edward John Trelawny arranged the cremation of this Romantic poet after he drowned in Italy
LARGE & IN CHARGE ($400) This 6’3″ president loomed large in every way; to Tom Wicker, he “seems 20 feet tall-when he really measures no more than 10”
SMALL BUT MIGHTY ($600) In Jewish mysticism, a “little ring” sent by God to this Biblical king enabled him to control demons & speak with animals
($1000) A single gram of the 210 isotope of this, the most radioactive naturally occurring element, could kill 50 million people– yikes
MUSEUM PIECES ($1600) The Planes of Fame Air Museum boasts the only authentic still-flying model of the Japanese World War II fighter with this numeric nickname
CRIME & PUNISHMENT ($1600) For war crimes & crimes against the Jewish people & humanity; death by hanging, in 1962
CROSSWORD CLUES “G” ($1600) A slug or snail, by class (9 letters)
($2000) Chief ore from which to get the lead out
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: CAPITONYMS
($200) A MONTH OF THE YEAR, or majestically grand
($400) A NATIVE OF A PART OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, or an eccentric art lover who’s not into social conventions
($800) THE ROMAN GOD VERSION OF FEDEX, or a chemical element
($800) RELATING TO THE BIBLICAL SEA-PARTING GUY, or a decoration using titles to form patterns
($1000) A EURO AUTO BRAND, or an official decree from a royal
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Yikes! I was 1/3 on DD and missed FJ. Even researching backwards with knowing the correct response, it’s difficult to find a clear path to the Gila Monster. I said, like my buddy Howard, the Komodo dragon. The closest to anything like that I get is the Pacific yew tree, from which paclitaxel was isolated. For some reason, this FJ brought to mind that “Monticello” final, which referred to the place in Italy. I wonder if the same writer wrote both.
Oh, and, VJ, as to Friday, Portuguese is one language that, so far, has evaded me. All I know is from the churrascaria (Brazilian steak house) – “Sim, por favor” and “nao, obrigado”!
Either the clues were a bit on the easy side tonight, or I got some categories more to my liking. First DD I had no clue, last 2 were quite easy. Figured Final wasn’t a snake, I said Komodo dragon.
Katie was playing well, other than that horrid guess of Po for the Russian river, but no match for James’ epic DD wagers. This guy is darn smart and must have attended the Holzhauer-Craig School of Wagering.
Definitely remembered the Nazi war criminal’s trial in 1962. Was the basis of a movie later, The Man in the Glass Booth. Missed the lead ore’s name by one letter. Shoulda known the 6/3″ prez. The Tom Wicker part of the clue didn’t register till much later.
Yeah, that Po guess on the Russian River blew my mind, too, not so much because the Po is in Italy — because it was a $2K clue.
It always blows my mind when contestants take wild guesses on $2K clues.
Right, that was a poor guess. But I did the same on a $1000 DJ clue (then the max value) and it eventually was the difference between winning and losing.
It was quite a competitive game at first, but then James left the other two contestants far behind with a clear runaway Well, I performed above average in the game, and the Gila Monster instantly came to mind in FJ.
Now that I know this, I wonder if I could use Gila monster as an alternate nickname for Skinnybones
All that I know VJ is that I don’t think that those creatures would make good pets. Then again, some people may surprise us.