Final Jeopardy: Idioms & Expressions (6-1-26)
Here are some more clues from the 6/1/2026 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.
COMPLETE THE PROVERB ($1000) Shakespeare used “glisters” in the phrase of warning we’d say this way
The players got all the clues in PRETTY LITTLE except the last one:
($400) Chloroplasts are the organelles where this food-making process takes place in plants
($800) “F” is for these whip-like appendages that some protists use to move about
($1200) One day science hopes these microscopic machines will help tackle brain injuries & tumors
($1600) Sticky-sounding gluons bind these mysterious subatomic particles together
($2000) Electrons are the lightest of the charged type of these elementary subatomic particles
PRETTY LITTLE ANSWERS: show
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: FEAR NOT THE PHOBIA
($200) Exposure therapy can help overcome equinophobia, the dread of these animals
($400) As these are covered, eisoptrophobics can rest easy while sitting shiva
($600) In a grave situation it’s the (understandable) fear of dead bodies
($800) Samhainophobia is fear of this annual event & it’s fairly obvious to see why that can happen
($1000) Whoa… it’s the 9-letter fear of novelty
ANSWERS: show
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Pete in the seat was the best player, but was loose with some of his answers in the middle section and kept his opponents in touch. But taking down a longtime champ without finding a DD is difficult. Camryn was an excellent player who stayed competitive even without getting that many chances to answer. But she or Peter could have easily rung in once Chris botched the “glisters” clue. He left it on a platter for them.
Not one of my better nights, but how did a smart guy like Chris miss that 3rd DD? I’m not much for history or monarchs, but that was cake. He did bet low in order to avoid a lock game. I did get Final very quickly. I have decades of experience in that particular world, but I really don’t think that factored in.
“Mississippi” was the giveaway on Final.
A triple stumper to start the month after a Champions League final that went bad for the wrong reasons.
We have a triple stumper to start the month of June and both Chris and Camryn zeroed each other out and they both finished in a second place tie.
Chris got the $3K second place prize and Camryn got the $2K for third place.
Someone please tell me why they can’t each get $2500.