Final Jeopardy: Pop Culture People (4-8-26)

Here are some more clues from the 4/8/2026 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.

A HISTORIC SETTLEMENT ($200) Used for this, like game-changing meds of the 2020s, the 1990s drug cocktail fen-phen had issues & a $3 billion-plus settlement ensued

($1000) This attorney has won settlements in several police misconduct cases, such as the death of Sonya Massey

BROADWAY MUSICALS ($1200) A top-secret plan to deceive Nazis using a corpse is out in the open as a Colin Firth movie & this Olivier- & Tony-winning musical

IT’S THE ONE-LETTER LAST NAME OF… ($1200) The historic figure in the N.Y. Post headline that reported her “childhood home asks $44M at 740 Park Ave” in 2014

($1600) The co-founder of a self-help group whose wife Lois co-founded Al-Anon

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: STARTS WITH A PRONOUN
($400) This compound adjective has traditionally, though not exclusively, described a tenacious spider
($800) Tread carefully: literally or figuratively, it’s an area fraught with unseen hazards
($1200) “The whole” one means the entirety; split the word & add an “S” & you’ve got a Ricky Martin song title
($1600) Often accompanied by pointing, it’s a folksy way to say “in the direction indicated”
($2000) If somebody describes you as this word meaning related to the theater, it’s usually not a compliment

ANSWERS: show