Final Jeopardy: The 1960s (7-21-26)

Here are some more clues from the 7/21/2026 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.

ASSEMBLE! ($600) “Just what I need” from this home retailer probably includes its installation &, thank God, haul-away service

-GATES ($400) The O.G. of -Gates, the Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the offices of this organization

($1200) This 2025 ruckus involved the U.S. Secretary of Defense sharing sensitive military information via group chat

($2000) Also known as Contragate, the Iran-Contra affair led to the resignation of this national security advisor

BRITISH TV CRIME SHOWS ($1600) In “Dept. Q”, this actor plays Carl Morck, an Englishman wearily solving cases in Scotland

($2000) The show’s title tells us eccentric Horace Rumpole is defense lawyer working here, the central criminal court of England

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: AVENGERS
($200) In 1813 this bloody bloody future president avenged a Creek Indian attack with a slaughter in present-day Alabama
($400) A Union gen., angry at Robert E. Lee’s betrayal of the U.S., turned Lee’s estate into what’s now this landmark to ensure no return
($600) Pierre Pecaud, betrayed by friends & falsely imprisoned in the 1800s, inspired this, called “the ultimate revenge novel”
($800) Leontius overthrew Justinian II, mutilating him with rhinokopia, this; Justinian returned & used Leontius as a footstool
($1000) Are you unready for this English King? Massacring Danish settlers in 1002 set of invasions & 11 years later, a Dane had his crown

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