Final Jeopardy: The 20th Century (5-20-26)

Here are some more clues from the 5/20/2026 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.

U.S. NATIONAL PARKS ($1600) Bryce Canyon National Park is known for these rock formations created by millions of years of weathering and erosion

($2000) You’ll need a permit for the Angels Landing hike in this national park about 160 miles northeast of Las Vegas

“ORA” FARMING ($1200) If you can’t say something nice, go ahead & say something insulting or this synonym

The players got all the clues in THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:
($400) of “Love in the Time of Cholera”
($800) of Camus’ “The Plague”
($1200) of “Pippi Longstocking”
($1600) of “All Quiet on the Western Front”
($2000) of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE ANSWERS: show

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: WANNA BET?
($200) This type of bet in which 2 or more different things need to happen sounds like a French word meaning “speak”
($400) Prop bets for Super Bowl 60 included whether or not Sam Darnold of this team would score more than 1.5 touchdowns
($600) Unless the dealer’s showing an ace, this alliterative blackjack bet is sound strategy whenever you’re showing 11
($800) At the horse track, it’s picking 3 horses in the correct finish order; it’s also come to refer to any triple grouping
($1000) Don’t pass & hardways are bets in this casino game where a supple wrist can do you wonders

ANSWERS: show