Final Jeopardy: Opera (4-17-26)
Here are some more clues from the 4/17/2026 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.
WHO DISS TRACK ($800) Ladies may love this guy but “Canibus, he ain’t understanding this, ’cause 99% of his fans don’t exist”
($1000) Putting a “nail in the coffin” on the owner of The Source mag., he’d never claim to be no Ray Benzino, an 83-year-old fake Pacino
GEOGRAPHY ($2000) Stretching from Canada to Alabama, this lengthy valley includes the Cumberland Valley
CATCHING SOME “ZZ”s ($1200) This Muslim official faces each of the 4 cardinal compass directions in turn while delivering the Adhan, the call to prayer
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: FINANCIAL ANAGRAMS (one word in the clue is an anagram of the right response)
($200) The corporate raiding firm atoned for its questionable actions by being made to do this with some of its ill-gotten gains
($400) A move to Texas may benefit some whose principal concern is the strategic oversight of these with their account manager
($600) Over time, keep some of your wealth in this type of stockpile, as one never can predict a reverse in market conditions
($800) Knowing your spending limits up front is a right & proper caution before attending this event
($1000) Any luxury vehicle that seats more than 3 passengers is a tangible example of this value-holding item, if funds are available
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I thought Taotao was on his way to defeating Jamie.
I thought the challengers were pretty good, knew a lot of clues I didn’t, but whatever chance they had went poof when Taotao went all-in on that tough DD (I was thinking arrondissements–he was so sure he was right–but I more or less knew those are districts in Paris). I can’t fault him for betting so much; you almost have to, to beat a super-champ. I don’t know squat about opera, but I knew FJ immediately, expected all 3 to know it too. As it played out, Taotao needed to be in the lead to dethrone Jamie, who wears something orange almost every day. Taotao was WAY too hyper for my liking. Wouldn’t want to watch him 26X.
Knew the secretary of war stumper and should have known that TV drama. Never saw it, but I know it got dreadful reviews. Those anagrams were slightly tricky but I did get the $800 one.
2nd DD was only one I got. I used the adjective form, but it still fit the clue.
I agree with everything you said, Howard, though I would add that arrondissements aren’t just in Paris. They are also subdivisions of departements. Re hyper — I told Nikki I wasn’t prepared for that level of enthusiasm.
The $800 anagram was the easiest. It was like the 2x word category yesterday though. They needed to get the hang of it. Too bad they didn’t have a player named Wright yesterday. Ken could have said “Right, Wright” or “Wrong, Wright!” 🤣 (That occurred to me today when I saw Wright King on “Wanted: Dead or Alive”)