Final Jeopardy: Inspired By (5-14-26)
Here are some more clues from the 5/14/2026 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.
EYE ON ASIA ($400) Shinjuku & Shibuya are regarded as Tokyo’s 2 most confusing of these essential hubs
($600) In 1972 Ceylon changed its official name to Sri Lanka, which appropriately translates as “Resplendent” this
WARNING-WORTHY WEATHER ($600) The mos destructive tornadoes come from supercells, which are this loud & wet 12-letter event souped up with a rotating updraft
A LAST TIME FOR EVERYTHING ($800) It still gets carried around but was last worn by Charles II at Scone in 1651
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS ($800) Jay McInerney called this “love story of a bootlegger & a Southern belle” “The Rosetta Stone of the American Dream”
($2000) Alison Bechdel of “Fun Home” fame loves “Mansfield Park” & identifies with this lead character
IN THE NICK OF TIME ($1200) If you’re on an extremely low-carb diet, this type of compound makes up your primary source of energy
($1600) Make way for this traditional cooking technique that involves slow-cooking meat in its own fat
TRAVEL & TOURISM ($800) “The Pearl of the Orient”, this Chinese seaport is home to the historic Yu Garden & a Disney resort
($1200) Houston, we have a sightseer! You can take a tour of mission control at this Texas facility
($1600) Take a tour of the Vienna State Opera House & see the frescoes depicting Papageno, a character in this Mozart opera
GOOD HANG ($2000) With both high sugar levels & tangy acidity, the grapefruit handing in IRC, this S.E. Florida county, is tempting to pluck
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: AMBROSE BIERCE’S DEVIL’S DICTIONARY
($200) “A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker”
($400) This medieval outfit: “The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith”
($600) Often heard in Zydeco music: “An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin”
($800) This building: “A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors”
($1000) This Roman god: “A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk”
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VJ, are you saying in the recap that the clue is wrong — he didn’t write Jack and Diane because of that movie?
I think my readers know by now that I look at a lot of things to put the info about the clue together. I couldn’t find a direct quote from Mellencamp connecting “Jack & Diane” to “Splendor in the Grass”. By contrast, the Medium article quotes him directly or points to other sources that quote him directly but don’t mention “Splendor in the Grass”.
Even Wikipedia’s article on the song doesn’t mention “Splendor in the Grass”, but Wikipedia’s article on the film mentions the songs by Jackie DeShannon and Sean Cassidy.
So I personally think that connection in the clue is one of those things that are wrong but gain traction through repetition.
Tristan more or less had to bet the extra buck, since it was a non-runaway. Anne should have wagered $2601; it eventually cost her a 2nd place finish. Decent challengers but an up and down game, with many wrong answers and stumpers. I got some of the $1000 clues (I swear, they’re making those easier than the lower-$ ones) but only the 3rd DD. I know that FJ song all too well but that didn’t get it tonight. I’ve certainly heard of the movie but don’t believe I’ve seen it. I got only the last DD and not really any of those multiple stumpers.
Useless info: Jay Mcinerney got his master’s where I got my BA. He’s only 4 years younger. Had a huge bestseller in the 80s.
Well, then I guess I’ll have to be happy that he felt he was put in that position. I’ll never understand why that is, though. I mean, what difference does it make if he beats second place by a dollar or 1,000 dollars? Even if second place is right, it still won’t beat him.
Wow! Beaucoup stumpers in this game again and no runaway for Tristan. But I’m glad he bet that extra dollar. 😁 (That’s been bugging me all week!)