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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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: PUTTING ON THE “RIS”
($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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