Final Jeopardy: 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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