Final Jeopardy: Historic Names (4-2-26)

Here are some more clues from the 4/2/2026 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.

TV TITLE PAIRS ($800) The very animated Ian Cardoni & Harry Belden

($1000) Funny & British, Matthew Horne & Joanna Page

AUTHORITY FIGURES ($800) Someone in a CEO’s or similar role may be this, like the director of a school, or a “managing” one

PAST PERFECT ($1600) This style of men’s wigs, often with side curls, was worn from the 17th to the 19th century after Louis XIV made it fashionable

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: U.S. HISTORY
($200) In April 1945 the New York Times reported his last words: “I have a terrific headache”
($400) Fueled by the internet, the rapid rise in tech stocks in the late ’90s known as this bubble burst big time in 2000
($600) This famous piece of advice attributed to Horace Greeley continues, “and grow up with the country”
($800) Right on track, in 1869 this company’s railroad, extending from Omaha, met up with another at Promontory, Utah
($1000) Here’s the dirt– active from 1848 to 1854, this third party opposed the expansion of slavery in new territories

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