Final Jeopardy: World History (5-11-26)
Here are some more clues from the 5/11/2026 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.
WORK UNION ($800) New York City has the USA’s largest municipal union of these men & women & it honors its heroes as “Finest of the Finest” this
WELLNESS BUZZWORDS ($600) This 2-word phrase for witnessing & validating another person’s feelings was the subject of one of 2024’s biggest memes
($800) Per the W.H.O. this malady is not a medical condition but a workplace phenomenon marked by exhaustion & cynicism; whatever!
THE BRAID-Y BUNCH ($600) Consisting of square hair divisions, this 3-letter type of braid is a protective hair style for natural hair
($800) Billy Collins wrote a poem about these small cords used on ships & braided at summer camps
BIG OLD CHUNKS OF TIME ($1200) This big bad canine with a “threatening” name roamed North America in the Pleistocene
($1600) The name of the oldest geologic eon, when earth looked like a fiery hellball, is a reference to this Greek god
AROUND THE WORLD ($1600) In 2025, 4 of this king’s fairytale castles in Bavaria, including Neuschwanstein, made UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites
TOUGH 10-LETTER WORDS ($400) Early Carmelites vowed austerity & this other “A” word referring to refraining from a certain desire
($2000) Add one letter to the practice of divining omens from the stars & you get this, the study of the stomach
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH
($400) “Now Israel” (fka Jacob) loved Joseph more than all his children… & he made him” this splendid garment
($800) “Beware of” these “which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves”
($1200) From Matthew 4:19: “And he saith unto them, follow me, and I will make you” these 3 words
($1600) These famous words in Ecclesiastes precede “and a time to every purpose under the heaven”
($2000) The Book of Proverbs tells us “He that troubleth his own house shall” do this
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How embarrassing for all 3 contestants who missed an easy FJ!
Wow! Beaucoup triple stumpers in this game. Still, Tristan showed his stuff with a runaway, despite only getting one DD. Go, Tristan!
Two things they could have made easier:
— the fantasy castle guy. No one wants to buzz in on these clues even if they know the royal’s name, for fear they’ll be asked for the number and get it wrong. I think the cluewriters can and should work the number in somewhere.
— FJ! might have gone over better if it said Frankfurt Trade Show (which it was). That trade fair set the stage for the Book Fair that came later.