Final Jeopardy: Southern Africa (5-25-26)
Here are some more clues from the 5/25/2026 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.
IN STITCHES ($800) This piece of cloth gets its name because it displays a variety of stitches to show off skill at needlework
THINGS PEOPLE SAY ($800) A play that dramatically shifts the fortunes in a sporting contest, or a strategy that radically alters the course of a business
($1000) A word that implies more in a sentence than it plainly says is “doing” this— hope it doesn’t injure its back
PUBLIC HEALTH FIRSTS ($800) In November 2025 the Maldives enforced the world’s first-ever “generational ban”, barring anyone born after 2006 from ever doing this
($1200) In 2025, after a years-long effort by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, it became the first state to offer free universal childcare
($2000) Docs in 2025 performed the first ever transplant of this organ attached to the kidneys, a complex surgery deep inside the pelvis
COASTAL TV ($1600) On this Netflix show the exteriors of the nursing home Ted Danson infiltrates are shot in San Francisco’s Nob Hill area
THE BIBLE ($800) Benjamin Netanyahu’s bar mitzvah portion covered this aged king’s sex life in 1 Kings
($2000) The Book of Luke says that Jesus ascended into heaven at this village outside Jerusalem where his friend Lazarus lived
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($400) Typically made of glass, one of these separates white light into a spectrum
($800) It’s Brit speak for a lawyer who’s licensed to practice in the higher courts
($1200) Some older books may have this 2-word Latin phrase inscribed in them before the name of the previous owner
($1600) Bread & wine are used in this sacrament, from a Greek word meaning “thanksgiving”
($2000) In Greek tragedy this type of excessive pride or self-confidence in defiance of the gods leads to any a hero’s downfall
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Competent challengers, but failing to find a DD gave them no chance of winning. First one was easy. I should have known the 3rd because my grandfather was born there. Never heard of that FJ lake. I said Tanganyika even though that’s no longer a country. Crashed on all the stumpers too, but somehow knew the $1000 clues that weren’t stumpers.
It was another fabulous game, but hardly a competitive one since it was yet another clear runaway for Chris. As for FJ, I never heard of Lake Malawi. Well, for lack of anything better, I went with Lake Victoria (although I knew that wasn’t going to fly no how).
By the way, labeling Lake Malawi as the “calendar lake” is a misnomer since the lake is considerably less than 365 miles long.
Happy Memorial Day VJ! Chris became the fourth giant killer to win his fourth game after defeating a super-champion.
Happy Memorial Day, Kevin!
I saw this meme on Facebook for the first time a couple of years ago. It’s at least worth thinking about:
“Please stop saying Happy Memorial Day.
Memorial Day was never meant to celebrate the living.
Not veterans. Not active military. Not military spouses. It’s a day to remember the men and women who died serving this country.
The ones who didn’t get to come home.”