Final Jeopardy: 21st Century TV (6-8-26)

Here are some more clues from the 6/8/2026 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.

GAMING THE SYSTEM ($600) Personalizing this game, I used to be a software engineer; I lived in South Korea as a kid; I can run a mile in 4:30

UNLIKELY MEETINGS ($2000) (image) A 1959 luncheon brought together Marilyn Monroe, Carson McCullers and this author, aka Isak Dineson

THAT WORD IS A MOUTHFUL! ($400) It’s the specific word for a novel or story adapted for the theater, like Craig Walker’s stage version of “Finnegans Wake”

PEOPLE FROM U.S. PLACES ($1600) Raised in Flatbush, then-Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg told Congress, “I am” this “born & bred”

“A.P.” ($2000) It’s the ability to identify or sing any musical note perfectly without using a musical instrument or external reference

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: THE IRISH IN ENTERTAINMENT
($400) Soccer player was his ambition but life led him on “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey”, also the title of a 2025 film he made
($800) This former member of One Direction was the winning coach in his first 2 seasons on “The Voice”
($1200) This movie James Bond was People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2001
($1600) This lilting singer was nominated for an Oscar for her song “May It Be” from “The Fellowship of the Ring”
($2000) The late Dolores O’Riordan was the singer of this band with hits that linger in our ears

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