Final Jeopardy: The 20th Century (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
ANSWERS: show
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Well, just so you know, the category on the Jeopardy website was The 1960s. I didn’t notice that they pulled the old switcheroo when I watched the show.
I’ll fix it tomorrow.
Final Jeopardy category was 20th Century events, not The 1960s. Either way, I couldn’t come up with it, even though I lived through the event. Did not remember those details, just the threat of nuclear annihilation. Nothing too serious. 🙂
So much for Sam’s long run….amazing Grace was poised and sharp from the get-go. I was sure she’d go low on the 3rd DD to protect her likely lock game. I knew all 3 DDs and some of the $1000/2000s. Of course I remember whose offices the Watergate burglars broke into. Thought for sure one of those sharpies would know about the group chat Didn’t know about Lee’s estate, I’ll have to remember that one.
Couple of blunders by Sam: CREEP (wrong party) and Matisse (he’d already been an answer).
FJ was really “The 20th Century”.
With 3 games left this season, Grace could wrap up Season 42 as a 4 day champion. I was not expecting a big 10,000 Daily Double from Grace but that was the right thing to do put the game away.