Final Jeopardy: Country Distinctions (7-16-26)
Here are some more clues from the 7/16/2026 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.
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING?! ($200) Not far– along 42nd Street on the S Train from Grand Central to this “newsy” station
TV CHARACTERS ($1200) Rip & Beth try to start fresh in Texas in this 2026 series in the “Yellowstone” family
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL ($1600) This 9-letter verb means to remove vulgar or otherwise objectionable material from a printed work
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: GIMME 5 SYLLABLES
($200) Gimme some skin! Or rather, gimme this branch of medicine dealing with the skin
($400) Verb meaning to travel around the earth, originally completely via water
($600) It’s the act of being released from parental responsibility & going full sui juris
($800) Caustic or bitter in behavior, this “A”djective often describes a bad divorce
($1000) It’s the fear of words, which would be pretty terrible to have right now in the middle of a language category
ANSWERS: show
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idk why the judges didn’t give “expunge” to Lea on that $1600 Same Vowel clue. Merriam-Webster lists expunge under the synonyms.
Only 6 games left this season, whoever wins tomorrow’s game gets to kick off the final week of Season 42 on Monday.