Final Jeopardy: Alternative Medicine (6-9-26)
Here are some more clues from the 6/9/2026 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.
GOOD & BAD DADS IN HISTORY ($600) Aka Dracul, the II prince of Wallachia of this name gave up 2 sons to an Ottoman sultan with little intention of getting them back (Note: only the first name was required since II & Dracul are in the clue)
($800) This Tudor statesman & saint had his daughters educated; one paid him back by retrieving his severed head for a decent burial
SAY THE CELEB’S NAME RIGHT! ($400) A type of drink leads folks to screw up this “Hamnet” star’s name, but put the stress on the first syllable instead
MAGAZINES BY RECURRING FEATURE ($600) Heroes Among Us; British Royal Family News
($800) Healthy You; Big5-Oh
BEACH READS ($1600) A Colson Whitehead novel is set in the summer of 1985 at this title Long Island village, the center of the “Black Hamptons”
SAINTS BE PRAISED ($1600) Saint Catherine of this Tuscan city was a twin & the youngest of 25 children
TOUCH GRASS ($1200) This “grass”, a forage & cover crop with types called perennial & Italian, is not to be confused with a grain
($1600) With sharp seeds that can self-plant in your coat, purple needlegrass is its official grass, seen statewide, including the Channel Islands
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: WORDS FROM TV
($200) Later co-opted by surfers & turtles, this expression of enthusiasm was first popularized by the TV series “Howdy Doody”
($400) “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson bestowed many “dawg”s upon us in addition to popularizing this synonym for off-key
($600) Kris Jenner has trademarked this word she coined for her role as a working parent who wears multiple hats
($800) “Star Trek” gave us this alliterative term for a state of deep understanding between two people; it’s now also the name of a party game
($1000) Bug Bunny used this name of Noah’s great-grandson, a mighty Biblical hunter, to refer to Elmer Fudd; now it’s a synonym for idiot
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Yikes! I said homeopathy, as, that and allopathy (MD) were put head to head about 110 years ago, as to which way the US would go. I think, but am CERTAINLY not sure, that the study was supported by John D. Rockefeller. As we see now, MD has won out.
Again, the FJ bets showed IQ levels of the second and third runners. The second runner showed low IQ bet and deservedly lost, while the third showed high IQ bet and deservedly won.
The champ was doomed after his unexplicable gaffe over an apostle – the patron saint of bookkeepers. What had Paul to do with accountants?!
Ari, It’s not okay to say these people have low IQs because of their bets.
Some people with high IQs aren’t good at math, others can’t spell, etc. We see highly intelligent people on the Jeopardy! stage who are brilliant in some categories and weak in others all the time.
How these smart people can botch their final wagers makes me smack my forehead. Wilson was going to win only if Peter missed Final. He should have wagered $1001 because Peter was more or less compelled to go big. Dan did right by making a minimal wager. I had no clue on FJ, said naturopathic medicine. I wouldn’t be shocked if Wilson is invited back for 2nd chance, but IMO he is undeserving.
Peter would often express dismay when he answered a clue with obvious confidence but got it wrong. Including that last DD when he unexpectedly went large. I did poorly tonight but knew the first two DDs (first was a toughie) and guessed St Catherine’s city. Did a lot better on J6 this morning, but those are multiple choice.
How ironic, Howard, that I initially thought Peter’s low DD bets would be his undoing. Instead, it ended up being a high DD bet!
Final cat was alternative medicine
So it is! The Jeopardy website only had “Medicine’ and I fast forwarded through the parts where that is shown when I watched the show. idk if I would have noticed anyway. I just got back from the eye doctor and my eyes were still dilated!
Thanks for letting me know.
Whoa! I didn’t expect Peter to go out that way. He loses the one time he goes big on a DD, and there went a possible runaway. I thought he opened the door wide for Wilson at that point but he ended up leading before FJ!
I got all the saint clues. I knew St. Catherine’s city and the apostle Paul was a tentmaker before he followed Jesus..
$2,193 is the lowest one day total of this season and also the lowest winning score in regular-play this season, the lowest since Bevin Blaber won $600 on June 19, 2025. Dan got lucky that Wilson bet too much. Wilson should have bet no more than 5,999 to keep Dan locked out. Dan only got 7 correct in today’s main game and he only has 14.6 % chance to win tomorrow. I hope Dan can improve his buzzer timing in tomorrow’s game.