Final Jeopardy: Geographic History (5-6-26)

Here are some more clues from the 5/6/2026 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.

SPORTS NICKNAMES ($400) The oldest women’s gymnastic team in decades, the 2024 team went by this but didn’t star in a sitcom after winning

THE GREAT STATE OF… ($800) Let’s get you out of a state of this; there’s a matrix for it in machine learning

($1000) A series of illicit liaisons or in a very separate meaning, public events

POSITIVELY PREFIXED ($1600) In opera companies “super” is short for one of these, who don’t speak or sing but mill around as soldiers & such

($2000) A once-vast, now all but forgotten rival of Sparta, its name is still used to mean “big city”

IT’S SIMPLE PHYSICS ($000) In biology it’s one side mirroring the other; in physics,($000) the “time reversal” type means a law theoretically works backward & forward

($2000) A body floating in water is at equilibrium between these 2 forces, one pulling down & one lifting up

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: 4-SYLLABLE WORDS
($200) It’s the only 4-syllable word in the Pledge of Allegiance, & to save you $200, indivisible has 5
($400) Allow me to illuminate you; it’s the ornamental piece seen here
($600) Because it doesn’t follow tense-formation rules, “buy” is this type of verb
($800) Type of English lawyer distinguished from a barrister
($1000) It’s the profession or science of teaching or education

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