Final Jeopardy: Plays & Playwrights (5-7-26)
Here are some more clues from the 5/7/2026 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.
PARENTING ($600) Former U.S. national team player & mom of 3 NHLers Ellen Weinberg-Hughes is a big-time this, a term Sarah Palin made famous
($800) At this event, held, as its name shows, early in the academic year, you may be asked to use your kid’s seat– easier to I.D. you
($1000) In 1974 divorced dad James Cook wanted this status regarding is son; it didn’t exist in Calif. but Cook soon helped make it legal
TOTAL VALLEY SPEAK, DUDE ($1000) It was not rad in East Africa when a 6.8 earthquake in 2005 was centered under this oldest & deepest of the Rift Valley lakes
WHAT’S THE POINT! ($1000) There’s a lighthouse at this national seashore that’s north of San Francisco
THE CELTS ($800) These trees were considered sacred, and groves of them were used for priestly rituals and as sanctuaries
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($400) From a well-to-do family, Sara Delano
($800) Nurse and 3-time widow, Virginia Cassidy
($1200) Anthropologist Ann Dunham
($1600) The daughter of Missouri farmers, Martha Ellen Young
($2000) Anna Kendrick of Hillsborough, New Hampshire (not the actress– she’s from Maine)
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Despite some erroneous responses and DD flubs, that was a heckuva game. All 3 played well. Not sure what Helen’s $5861 wager meant, but $5801 was the minimum she needed to wager. Robert wagered enough to beat Helen but not Tristan. Final came to me quickly, even though I never saw the play. Growing up in NYC in the 60s exposed me to Broadway theater. I crashed on the DDs, though. Those last two were tough.
I thought some of the $2000 clues were a bit easier than I’d expect. I knew the 20th century painter, the Sarah Palin reference, the divorced dad status, the Rift Valley lake, the SF area lighthouse
I’d like to see Tristan be less reckless with the DD bets. He threw his lead away with that 5K bet on the last DD. He was lucky this time but I think he will last longer if he doesn’t take chances like a big bet when there aren’t enough clues left to repair possible damage.
This was a dramatic final round. Tristan doubled up but Robert did not. This would have been a tiebreaker if Robert went all-in and if he did, we would have a tie because Helen missed.
We’ll get that tiebreaker someday. Not today.