Final Jeopardy: Annual Events (7-20-26)
Here are some more clues from the 7/20/2026 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.
18th CENTURY EUROPE ($800) 2 buildings of these museums named for a Roman hill were popen-ed to the public as continental Europe’s first public museum
($1600) Europeans got good at hard porcelain & this German city became proverbial for china, actually made from 1710 at nearby Meissen
THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ($800) South of Tahiti, Pitcairn Island was settled by this man, formerly a first mate
($2000) Named for an explorer, it’s alphabetically first of the seas surrounding Antarctica
DANCING AROUND BALLET FACTS ($800) In “Romeo & Juliet” at the Met in 1981, Margot Fonteyn was moving in this role, mourning the death of Tybalt
($1200) It’s the French-named ballet 101 move executed here; yep, that’s exactly how I would do it
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($200) In 1842 John Herschel came up with the cyanotype, which would eventually lead to this staple of the architecture world
($400) Deep Blue, built by this Co. known for creating computers to defeat human in brainy games, beat Garry Kasparov in 19 chess moves in 1997
($600) This troupe with shows in Orlando & Vegas promises you’ll “never experience the same show twice”
($800) This beast of U.S. folklore was a big ‘un, yessir! You could put 42 axe handles plus plug o’ tobacco ‘tween his eyes, you could
($1000) The animated TV pup Bluey is a blue heeler, also called this breed, ACD for short
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40th edition in 2026 fits with starting in 1987; have to add one to the difference in years to get the count.
Yes, that is mentioned in the recap in the paragraph above the video.
The challengers certainly burst out of the starting blocks when the starting gun went off, especially Sam. Tatiana made a great run in DJ then botched 3 straight clues before rebounding again. Caleb’s juxtaposition of the Bounty mate could have been fatal if he hadn’t been locked out of FJ and had gotten Final correct. I felt confident that FJ answer was farm Aid………ooops.
I got the first DD, thought the 2nd might be Stuart or Windsor (not), and Sam nailed the 3rd before I could try to unscramble it. I got them on a few clues. Surely someone should have known the DC college for the deaf; the German city; the Antarctica sea; and the ballet move. Got a few of the $1000/2000 clues too. My MIL claimed to have a familial connection to Prince Phillip.
I’m kinda bummed that Caleb lost, but. Sam was beating him on the buzzer right and left.
Sam really won that game and seems to have the stuff to go on a run of his own.
Caleb finished his run as a 12 day champion like Adam Remsen but he had the highest 12 day total than Adam so Caleb will be seeded as #3 in the 2027 TOC exhibition game. Sam Ryan is the latest giant killer and we’ll see what he does tomorrow. Only 4 more games left this season.