Final Jeopardy: Literary Terminology (5-22-26)

Here are some more clues from the 5/22/2026 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.

COFFEE OR TEA? ($1200) Despite its name, this grade of tea leaf abbreviated OP doesn’t have a citrus flavor

YOINK! ($1600) Often in an office hierarchy, this 2-word act has been defined as taking “advantage of a situation in order to take control”

ACCENTED WORDS ($2000) You could say this procession is spelled with an accent grave

RECORD LABELS ($1200) After releasing Nirvana’s low-budget debut album in 1989, this Seattle-based label became synonymous with the grunge movement

($1600) This jazz label founded in 1939 shares its name with a chain of live jazz clubs, including a famous one in Greenwich Village

($2000) This classical music label says it was named “after an altogether splendid figure from Greek mythology”

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: BEYOND REDEMPTION (starts with “re”, comes after redemption in the dictionary)
($200) To subdue or to make smaller, like a waistline
($400) A movement of troops from one area to another
($600) This type of fix “of grievances” is in the First Amendment
($800) To increase one’s efforts with intensity, perhaps twice as much
($1000) Adjective meaning emitting a suggestive odor

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