J!6 Clue Archive – February 2026

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February 27, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?: Virgos are often misunderstood, like this Virgo & English philosopher who wrote 1689’s “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding”
LET’S “P”LAY: It’s every person for themselves in cutthroat, a 3-player variation of this 4-player card game
THE LAW OF THE LAND: In parts of this country, including on the island of Tenerife, it’s illegal to make large sandcastles on the beach
NUMERICAL TERMS: This hyphenated adjective that starts & ends with the same letter is commonly used to describe a small-time operation
IN THE STATE CAPITAL: Mendenhall Glacier is in this U.S. state capital
TV OFFSPRING: In addition to having a lot of secrets, this killer/Miami Metro P.D. employee had a son named Harrison

Double Jeopardy! Round:

PSYCH 101: One psych glossary says this personality type is “in a relentless struggle to achieve more in the least amount of time”
QUICK HITS: His 1961 hit “Runaway” only run run runs 2 minutes & 20 seconds long
HOOKED ON MNEMONICS: “Dear Kate, please come over for great spaghetti” can help you recall a biology class list that runs from domain to this
AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS: Elaine de Kooning was commissioned to paint this president in 1962; after several sittings, she found him to be “incandescent”
HISTORIC TRIALS: The “Pumpkin Papers” & the Red Scare colored a 1950 trial in which this ex- State Department official was found guilty of perjury
DIRTY WORDS: It precedes “Joe” in the name of a ground-beef-&-sauce sandwich whose origins are highly disputed

Correct Responses for February 27, 2026:

WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?: Who is John Locke?
LET’S “P”LAY: What is pinochle?
THE LAW OF THE LAND: What is Spain?
NUMERICAL TERMS: What is two-bit?
IN THE STATE CAPITAL: What is Juneau?
TV OFFSPRING: Who is Dexter Morgan?
PSYCH 101: What is Type-A?
QUICK HITS:Who is Del Shannon?
HOOKED ON MNEMONICS: What is species?
AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS: Who is John F. Kennedy?
HISTORIC TRIALS: Who is Alger Hiss?
DIRTY WORDS: What is Sloppy?

February 26, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME: Her role as the title Tejano singer in 1997’s “Selena” is considered her breakout
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME CONSONANT: Backpack is Merriam-Webster’s strongest synonym for this word
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS: Psychologist Philip Zimbardo now takes criticism for the cruel outcomes in 1971’s the Stanford this experiment
BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL: This motorcycle maker that started in Milwaukee once had “hot road” fragrances, but they failed to hog the perfume counter
FIRST LINES OF LITERATURE: By Faulkner: “Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting”
SOME IF/THEN STATEMENTS: If you like gin but want a darker drink, then order this cocktail that combines the spirit with Campari & sweet vermouth

Double Jeopardy! Round:

THE ROLL OF A LIFETIME: In this game, many casinos offer a side bet to roll “all small” &/or “all tall”, i.e. numbers less than or greater than 7
GEOGRAPHY: This lake is known as the “Pearl of Siberia”
INSTRUMENTAL TUNES: On the cartoon “King of the Hill”, Chuck Mangione took solemn trumpet solos & turned them into this hit song of his
“BIT”S: There’s a creature featured in this adjective used for one who’s experiencing bad luck
LA BELLE EPOQUE: La Belle Epoque saw more people gravitate toward the ideas of this German thinker who wrote “Thus Spake Zarathustra”
CONVICTED: Punished with a $10,000 fine & a probation, this former U.S. vice president was convicted of tax evasion in 1973

Correct Responses for February 26, 2026:

THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME: Who is Jennifer Lopez?
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME CONSONANT: What is knapsack?
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS: What is prison?
BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL: What is Harley-Davidson?
FIRST LINES OF LITERATURE: What is The Sound and the Fury?
SOME IF/THEN STATEMENTS: What is a negroni?
THE ROLL OF A LIFETIME: What is craps?
GEOGRAPHY: What is Lake Baikal?
INSTRUMENTAL TUNES: What is “Feels So Good”?
“BIT”S: What is snakebit?
LA BELLE EPOQUE: Who is Friedrich Nietzsche?
CONVICTED: Who is Spiro Agnew?

February 25, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

COUNTRY CLUBS: Formed with the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States began in this decade
DISNEY MOVIES BY SONG LYRICS: “You’ll be in my heart, from this day on, now & forevermore”
EDIBLE ANAGRAMS: They look thin, but if you have enough of these French pancakes, a full stomach just creeps up on you
1920s AMERICA: With a 1929 opening in Delaware, this department store chain founded by a man named James had reached every state
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: This Australian eucalyptus lover can sleep 22 hours per day
SILENT-CONSONANT WORDSA business that prides itself on being the “largest used car rental company in the world” is called rent-a-this

Double Jeopardy! Round:

GET READY WITH ME: …as I floss between all of my front teeth, known to your dentist as these
DEPRESSING POETRY: His poem “Do not go gentle into that good night” can inspire both strength & a not-so-gentle crying session
FACTS & FIGURES: From the foul line to the head pin, a regulation tenpin bowling lane is this many feet long
ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE: As Cathy Jamison, she fought “The Big C” for 4 seasons on Showtime
PEACE: In 1659 the Franco-Spanish War was ended by the Peace of this mountain range
“OUT”: This word meaning “to promote” was also the name of a short-lived social media service that did “video Twitter” pre-TikTok

Correct Responses for February 25, 2026:

COUNTRY CLUBS: What are the 1990s?
DISNEY MOVIES BY SONG LYRICS: What is Tarzan?
EDIBLE ANAGRAMS: What are crepes?
1920s AMERICA: What is JCPenney?
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the koala?
SILENT-CONSONANT WORDS: What is wreck?
GET READY WITH ME: What are incisors?
DEPRESSING POETRY: Who is Dylan Thomas?
FACTS & FIGURES: What is 60?
ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE: Who is Laura Linney?
PEACE: What are the Pyrenees?
“OUT”: What is Tout?

February 24, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

ENDS IN “ELLA”: In the name of a beer brand that originated in Belgium in the 1300s, it comes before “Artois”
ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES: “Control Your Closet” & “New Ways to Eat Healthy” were cover stories in this magazine abbreviated R.S.
AMERICANS IN HISTORY: 1 son & 2 daughters were the flesh & blood of this U.S. general known as “Old Blood & Guts”
WHO WANTS GUM?: For years, theater actors have used this “ghostly” gum to get prosthetics, mustaches & more to stick to the skin
KIDDY LIT: The late musician Prince chose his signature color thanks to an early love for the book “Harold and the Purple” this
FAKE DOCTORS, REAL ACTORS: She went from starring in “Live and Let Die” to trying not to let people die as “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”

Double Jeopardy! Round:

WORLD CITIES: Considered the financial hub of South Africa, it was founded in 1886 after gold was discovered there
BROADWAY THEATRES: The current home of “Wicked” is a theater bearing this last name shared by 2 brothers of Broadway fame
SPACE: It’s the fifth planet from the Sun
BANNED CAMP: Amid safety concerns, Disney began a ban on these kinds of sticks from their parks in 2015
I’M ALL LOST: It’s a tragedy that no one’s found a complete copy of “Proteus”, a work by this “Oresteia” playwright
NO TIME TO SAY THE WHOLE WORD: Thanks for complimenting me on my new Cami, but there’s enough time to say this full name for the garment

Correct Responses for February 24, 2026:

ENDS IN “ELLA”: What is Stella?
ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES: What is Real Simple?
AMERICANS IN HISTORY: Who is George Patton?
WHO WANTS GUM?: What is spirit gum?
KIDDY LIT: What is crayon?
FAKE DOCTORS, REAL ACTORS: Who is Jane Seymour?
WORLD CITIES: What is Johannesburg?
BROADWAY THEATRES: What is Gershwin?
SPACE: What is Jupiter?
BANNED CAMP: What are selfie sticks?
I’M ALL LOST: Who is Aeschylus?
NO TIME TO SAY THE WHOLE WORD: What is camisole?

February 23, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

MAKES: You can travel the world with a Passport, an SUV model from this company
WORDS IN 20th CENTURY HISTORY: In a 1992 presidential debate, he said implementing NAFTA would lead to “a giant sucking sound” of jobs leaving the U.S.
NO STONE UNTURNED: In the 1980s, fans of this Jerry Garcia band could catch their music video for “Throwing Stones” on MTV
FROM THE GREEK: You don’t have to be Jung at heart to know this word comes from Ancient Greek roots that can mean “study of the soul”
JUMP THROUGH THESE HOOPS: The first player signed to the WNBA, Sheryl Swoopes spent her entire professional career on this now-defunct Houston team
BOSTON SPACE: The North End, Boston’s oldest residential neighborhood, is known as “Little” this country

Double Jeopardy! Round:

REMAKES: The 2025 live-action remake of this animated Disney feature had multiple filming locations on the island of Oahu
LINES FROM CLASSIC LIT: “I prefer unlucky things. Luck is vulgar. Who wants what luck would bring? I don’t” is from his novel “Women in Love”
AIRPORTS: In February 2026, Dubai International in this country handled nearly 5 million seats on passenger airplanes
THE RELIGIOUS RITE: Setting up a boy for his study of the Vedas, Upanayana is a rite of passage in this religion
SCIENCE: When it comes to DNA nucleotides, cytosine will only bond with guanine, while adenine will only bond with this
TOUGH VOCAB: Change 1 letter in the word “lucid” to get this term that means shocking or sensational

Correct Responses for February 23, 2026:

MAKES: What is Honda?
WORDS IN 20th CENTURY HISTORY: Who is H. Ross Perot?
NO STONE UNTURNED: Who are the Grateful Dead?
FROM THE GREEK: What is psychology?
JUMP THROUGH THESE HOOPS: Who are the Comets?
BOSTON SPACE: What is Italy?
REMAKES: What is Lilo & Stitch?
LINES FROM CLASSIC LIT: Who is D.H. Lawrence?
AIRPORTS: What is the United Arab Emirates?
THE RELIGIOUS RITE: What is Hinduism?
SCIENCE: What is thymine?
TOUGH VOCAB: What is lurid?

February 20, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

SHE’S KIND OF A LOT POLISH AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Popular around Mardi Gras, Anna serves these sweet filled donuts that one website calls a Polish culinary tradition
ON THE ROCKS: Pushing young people to get involved with politics, this group’s partnership with MTV was noted by Bill Clinton
AFRICAN CAPITALS: Asking for this capital of the African country Djibouti could belong in our “Stupid Answers” category
CONDUCTORS: Before it spread its wings on TV, Leopold Stokowski was “proud” to conduct this radio network’s Symphony with Arturo Toscanini
TV PETS: Baby Puss, a saber-toothed cat, is the second-best known pet of this cartoon family
LOANWORDS: This word used in English to denote a feeling of anxiety or apprehension is German for “fear”

Double Jeopardy! Round:

BOOKS & AUTHORS: This ex-“iCarly” star has written “I’m Glad My Mom Died”, a memoir, & “Half His Age”, her first novel
OH, YOU FANCY: A Kentucky Music Hall of Fame band named themselves “Montgomery” this word for an upper-class group of society
VITAMINS & MINERALS: Lifestyle & environment contribute to almost half of the world’s population being deficient of this “sunshine vitamin”
A FANTASTICAL SETTING: Home to the Three Broomsticks pub, this “Harry Potter” village is the only entirely non-Muggle settlement in Britain
WORLD HISTORY: On 1520’s “Noche Triste”, this guy & his army of Spanish conquistadors were driven out of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital
LOAN WORDS: This word for fixed repayments of a loan has a root that goes back to the Latin for “death”

Correct Responses for February 20, 2026:

SHE’S KIND OF A LOT POLISH AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANT: What are paczki?
ON THE ROCKS: What is Rock the Vote?
AFRICAN CAPITALS: What is Djibouti?
CONDUCTORS: What is NBC?
TV PETS: Who are the Flintstones?
LOANWORDS: What is angst?
BOOKS & AUTHORS: Who is Jennette McCurdy?
OH, YOU FANCY: What is gentry?
VITAMINS & MINERALS: What is Vitamin D?
A FANTASTICAL SETTING: What is Hogsmeade?
WORLD HISTORY: Who is Hernan Cortes?
LOAN WORDS: What is amortization?

February 19, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

WAY BACK WHEN: Extending from Wallsend on the River Tyne to Bowness on the Solway Firth, this wall was built by Romans in NW Britain
ACROSS THE LIBERAL ARTS: Sociology: Following its predecessor’s naming convention, this generation includes those born from 2025 to 2039
WAIT! MEASURES!: This unit of firewood volume is typically a stack measuring 4 x 4 x 8 feet
THISTLE DO NICELY: Also called a tumbleweed, Russian thistle can be the irritant that causes this “fever” in allergy-prone people
ROCK SONGS: The Georgia Satellites’ debut single was this “handsy” jam
SINGULAR & PLURAL ARE THE SAME: The U.S. Army one of Engineers was established separately in 1802

Double Jeopardy! Round:

ALL OVER THE COUNTRY: San Matias is on its east; La Paz is on its west; Sucre is near its south, but we’re not saying any is best
MAIL NOVELS: Resignation letters from Principal Grayle & Miss Desjardin are highlighted at the end of this Stephen King work
PERUSING SOME ARTICLES: Article III of the Constitution, about this govt. branch, mentions “controversies to which the (U.S.) shall be a party”
NAMES IN FASHION: This German who launched his own brand was first the massively creative force behind Chanel’s merger of status & utility
SHOWS ABOUT MURDER: She starred as Professor Annalise Keating in 6 lawful, yet homicidal seasons of “how to get away with murder”
PUTTING THE “DOUBLE” IN DOUBLE JEOPARDY!: Term in the world of life insurance, or a Billy Wilder film noir

Correct Responses for February 19, 2026:

WAY BACK WHEN: What is Hadrian’s Wall?
ACROSS THE LIBERAL ARTS: What is Generation Beta?
WAIT! MEASURES!: What is a cord?
THISTLE DO NICELY: What is hay fever?
ROCK SONGS: What is “Keep Your Hands To Yourself”?
SINGULAR & PLURAL ARE THE SAME: What is corps?
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY: What is Bolivia?
MAIL NOVELS: What is Carrie?
PERUSING SOME ARTICLES: What is the judicial branch?
NAMES IN FASHION: Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
SHOWS ABOUT MURDER: Who is Viola Davis?
PUTTING THE “DOUBLE” IN DOUBLE JEOPARDY!: What is double indemnity?

February 18, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

NAMES IN SPORTS: In a January 2026 game, this Mavericks rookie scored 49 points, setting the NBA record for most points by a teenager
QUOTABLE NOTABLES: It was the 2016 Democratic National Convention where she said her family’s motto is “When they go low, we go high”
WELL, THAT’S PATHETIC: “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a” this “like me”
A GOOD OLD JOB: A farrier specializes in putting these on horses–giddyup!
HOW’D THEY COME UP WITH IT?: Frank Epperson left his soda with its stirring stick out overnight; it was delicious the next day & this branded treat was born
FORESTRY FICTION: In this Gary Paulsen novel, Brian hopes to trek through the woods to visit Dad, but a plane crash leaves him stranded with a trusty tool

Double Jeopardy! Round:

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD: Found in places like Morocco & Tunisia, descendants of the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa are called the Amazighs, or this repeat name
IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS: PETA has championed replacing this brutal idiom with one that involves feeding certain animals scones
THAT DRINK IS NAMED FOR ME!: Named for a 19th century American hoax, a Tom Collins is made with lemon juice, soda water, simple syrup & this spirit
A MUSICAL LANGUAGE LESSON: This singer’s English-language hit, “99 Red Balloons”, was first released in German as “99 Luftballons”, just “99 Balloons”
GOING DOWN IN HISTORY: In June 2020 protesters toppled a statue of Jefferson Davis in this Virginia City, once the Confederate capital
BEAUTIFUL THINGS: “Life is beautiful”, according to a film written by, directed by & starring this Italian who drew comparisons to Charlie Chaplin

Correct Responses for February 18, 2026:

NAMES IN SPORTS: Who is Cooper Flagg?
QUOTABLE NOTABLES: Who is Michelle Obama?
WELL, THAT’S PATHETIC: What is a wretch?
A GOOD OLD JOB: What are shoes?
HOW’D THEY COME UP WITH IT?: What is a popsicle?
FORESTRY FICTION: What is Hatchet?
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD: Who are the Berbers?
IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS: What is “to kill two birds with one stone”
THAT DRINK IS NAMED FOR ME!: What is gin?
A MUSICAL LANGUAGE LESSON: Who is Nena?
GOING DOWN IN HISTORY: What is Richmond?
BEAUTIFUL THINGS: Who is Roberto Benigni?

February 17, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

LANDLOCKED IN: With a population of about 130 million, this African country is the most populous landlocked country
WORDS WITH A SILENT LETTER: The Senate oath of office makes one affirm that they will defend the constitution against all enemies, domestic & this
I’M CLEANING OUT THE GARAGE: Wow! I found the old gas cap to my ’98 Century, a car by this GM brand!
GREEN STUFF: It’s the flavor of a green Jolly Rancher
ALL SORTS OF ENTERTAINMENT: With more than 60 million subscribers, the most-viewed YouTube vid by this stunt group of 5 Bros & a panda is a “water bottle flip”
POEM ADD A LETTER: A John Donne poem adds a letter & suddenly becomes a treatise on how a tailless cat does not exist in solitude

Double Jeopardy! Round:

THE COMEBACK: Lincoln thought his future was bleak after losing his Senate race to this man, but he got it together & was Prez 2 years later
MAPS & GLOBES: Zeemaps says this kind of map centers on “boundaries & locations…such as countries, states, cities” & similar divisions
OPERA: In Act I of this 1875 opera, the title Woman gets into a fight with Manuelita at the tobacco factory
BRITSPEAK: A Brit who enjoys telly might have an aerial, one of these, attached
CELEBRITY COLLECTIVES: Alice Cooper, Harry Nilsson & this Monkees drummer were in “Hollywood Vampires”, a softball team-turned-party legion
ARE YOU KNOT ENTERTAINED?: This kind of necktie knot shares its name with an Ontario city situated across from Detroit

Correct Responses for February 17, 2026:

LANDLOCKED IN: What is Ethiopia?
WORDS WITH A SILENT LETTER: What is foreign?
I’M CLEANING OUT THE GARAGE: What is Buick?
GREEN STUFF: What is green apple?
ALL SORTS OF ENTERTAINMENT: What is Dude Perfect?
POEM ADD A LETTER: What is “No Manx is an Island”?
THE COMEBACK: Who is Stephen Douglas?
MAPS & GLOBES: What is a political map?
OPERA: What is Carmen?
BRITSPEAK: What is an antenna?
CELEBRITY COLLECTIVES: Who is Micky Dolenz?
ARE YOU KNOT ENTERTAINED?: What is Windsor?

February 16, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

REMEMBER JANUARY 2026?: He said on Jan. 24, “I have a strong statement here…Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word on this…period”
IN A “B” COUNTRY: Until 1971 it was known as East Pakistan
ETYMOLOGICALLY YOURS: This word for a deviation while on a journey is exactly the same in French, minus an accent over the “E”
WATCHING MOVIES IN MOVIES: Moviegoers are just trying to watch this Stanley Kubrick horror masterpiece when the title “Twister” rips apart a drive-in screen
GOING BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL: Geography: This highest Greek peak is on the border of the regions of Thessaly & Macedonia
BY INVITATION ONLY: This website, which pioneered online invites in 1998, began selling a revolutionary product in 2013: paper invitations!

Double Jeopardy! Round:

PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS: Terry Teachout wrote that, for much of the 20th c., it was no contest that this “Ah, Wilderness” writer was America’s greatest playwright
SCIENCE GOULASH: Named for the physicist who discovered them, a Roentgen measures the amount of exposure to these
STATE CAPITAL ENTERTAINMENT?: In 1994 all-4-One released an R&B cover of “I Swear”, months after this singer made it a country hit
6-SYLLABLE WORDS: Earning it for “Roma”, Alfonso Cuaron is the first person to win best this at the Oscars for a film he also directed
TAKE YOUR MARBLE: It took Michelangelo from 1501 to 1504 to complete this sculpture commissioned for a cathedral buttress
& GO HOME: This “Idol” alum provides vocals for the hit song whose chorus begins, “Well, I’m going home to the place where I belong”

Correct Responses for February 16, 2026:

REMEMBER JANUARY 2026?: Who is Tim Walz?
IN A “B” COUNTRY: What is Bangladesh?
ETYMOLOGICALLY YOURS: What is detour?
WATCHING MOVIES IN MOVIES: What is The Shining?
GOING BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL: What is Mount Olympus?
BY INVITATION ONLY: What is Evite?
PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS: Who is Eugene O’Neill?
SCIENCE GOULASH: What are X-rays?
STATE CAPITAL ENTERTAINMENT?: Who is John Michael Montgomery?
6-SYLLABLE WORDS: What is cinematography?
TAKE YOUR MARBLE: What is David?
& GO HOME: Who is Chris Daughtry?

February 13, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

WOMEN: Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first American ever to wear a hijab in Olympic competition, wielded a sabre in this sport
STOCK IT TO ME: COIN is the stock symbol for this cryptocurrency exchange
COMMON KNOWLEDGE: The U.S. Postal Service is an example of this alliterative term, an enterprise that transports people or goods for the public
SONG & BOOK: SAME TITLE: A Colleen Hoover novel in which a man named Leeds falls for the title Woman, or Eric Clapton’s ode to George Harrison’s wife
REVERSIBLE WORDS: A tiny drink of liquor & a golf course flagpole
DOWN IN THE DUMP: Like a room in a jailhouse, a single managed subdivision of a dump’s garbage is referred to by this term

Double Jeopardy! Round:

THE OCCIDENTAL TOURIST: I spy a giant bottle opener with a cap inside it as I walk into Atlanta’s “World of” this product
WRITERS: This author said it was fun to write “Rabbit” Angstrom as a used car salesman with a rich wife
A SCIENCE BRIEF: It Hertz us when someone doesn’t know this physics term for the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a certain interval
LOCKUPS: Johnny Cash’s first prison album, recorded at this lockup, was certified gold about 8 months after its 1968 release
MOVIE MAGIC: Christopher Nolan opted for no CGI & a practical spinning hallway set for an iconic fight scene in this 2010 film
FIRST NAME WORDS: It’s another name for a short crowbar

Correct Responses for February 13, 2026:

WOMEN: What is fencing?
STOCK IT TO ME: What is Coinbase?
COMMON KNOWLEDGE: What is a common carrier?
SONG & BOOK: SAME TITLE: What is Layla?
REVERSIBLE WORDS: What are nip & pin?
DOWN IN THE DUMP: What is a cell?
THE OCCIDENTAL TOURIST: What is Coca-Cola?
WRITERS: Who is John Updike?
A SCIENCE BRIEF: What is frequency?
LOCKUPS: What is Folsom Prison?
MOVIE MAGIC: What is Inception?
FIRST NAME WORDS: What is jimmy?

February 12, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS: In 2019, the award for Best Documentary Feature went to this film about Fred Rogers that’s named for a song lyric
BODIES OF WATER: This river rises in hills that are northwest of Moscow & flows about 2,200 miles before emptying into the Caspian Sea
IN BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY: “Conduct that defies the authority or dignity of a court… it is punishable… by fine or imprisonment”
ANTONYMS: This antonym of “amuse” can mean to drill a hole
“E.E.”: Time magazine called this fried, flat dough one of its top 10 State Fair foods, acknowledging its different names by region
COMINGS: In 1979, during his first visit to the U.S. as Pope, he received a ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan

Double Jeopardy! Round:

GETTING THE LITERARY JITTERS: In this novel by Stephen Chbosky, Charlie gets nervous when partygoers agree that he’s the personality type in the book’s title
WOMEN IN MUSIC: This “Something to Talk About” singer impressed B.B. King & got him to talk about her talent with the slide guitar
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES: Hoorays for Barclays are in order on December 4, the International Day of these institutions
ALL ABOUT ANIMALS: It’s a common misconception that a cow has 4 of these; it has 1 divided into a rumen, reticulum, omasum & abomasum
MANY-LETTERED WORDS: 13 letters: Likened to a person who occupies a property without the right to do so, this term applies to one who sits on a web domain
REMAINS TO BE SEEN: The remains of this saint will be on display from February 22 to March 22 at the Sacro Convento in Assisi

Correct Responses for February 12, 2026:

THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS: What is Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
BODIES OF WATER: What is the Volga River?
IN BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY: What is contempt?
ANTONYMS: What is bore?
“E.E.”: What is an elephant ear?
COMINGS: Who is John Paul II?
GETTING THE LITERARY JITTERS: What is The Perks of Being a Wallflower?
WOMEN IN MUSIC: Who is Bonnie Raitt?
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES: What are banks?
ALL ABOUT ANIMALS: What are stomachs?
MANY-LETTERED WORDS: What is cybersquatter?
REMAINS TO BE SEEN: Who is St. Francis of Assisi?

February 11, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

HISTORIC ORATORS: In 1978, after being elected to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, he gave what’s now known as the “Give Them Hope” speech
BOOK SMART: In “A Game of Thrones”, he’s missing his nose, but not his wits; SparkNotes posits he could be the novel’s smartest character
USA: The flag for this 20th state has 20 white stars, a gold star representing Native Americans & a magnolia
PROTECTION PROJECTION: You can protect your property with insurance from this company that’s said “you’re in good hands” since 1950
YOU’RE ON A ROLE: She played Queen Ramonda in the “Black Panther” movies & dressed in the character’s best for a Vogue World event in 2025
DROP A LETTER…: From an exercise in which you step forward with one foot & deeply bend your front knee to get this bodily organ

Double Jeopardy! Round:

ASIA: BACK ON TOUR!: A 150-foot-long statue is in repose at Thailand’s Temple of the Reclining this religious founder
ART OF THE RENAISSANCE: Masaccio was among the practitioners of this painting method that put pigments directly on fresh plaster or otherwise wet surfaces
I NEED SOME SPACE: This comet is named for the 2 amateur astronomers who discovered it independently from one another in 1995
TELEVISION: In his inimitable, awkward style, Nathan Fielder tries to prepare people for life’s confrontations on this HBO series
SIDE HUSTLE PARTS OF SPEECH: As a verb, it means to take away; as a noun, it’s a place for your boat at the end of the day
YOU’VE GOT A POINT: The United States Military Academy, aka West Point, is in this state

Correct Responses for February 11, 2026:

HISTORIC ORATORS: Who is Harvey Milk?
BOOK SMART: Who is Tyrion Lannister?
USA: What is Mississippi?
PROTECTION PROJECTION: What is Allstate?
YOU’RE ON A ROLE: Who is Angela Bassett?
DROP A LETTER…: What is lung?
ASIA: BACK ON TOUR!: Who is Buddha?
ART OF THE RENAISSANCE: What is fresco?
I NEED SOME SPACE: What is Hale-Bopp?
TELEVISION: What is The Rehearsal?
SIDE HUSTLE PARTS OF SPEECH: What is dock?
YOU’VE GOT A POINT: What is New York?

February 10, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

PICK YOUR BATTLES: Fought in Tennessee in 1862, it’s sometimes considered the second major battle of the U.S. Civil War
POP CULTURE MISSING LINKS: Network TV shows past & present: St. Denis ____ Center
WHAT SHOULD WE CALL THE DOG?: If your pup is like the one who’s reborn again & again in “A Dog’s Purpose”, he’ll say this name is his favorite
KING JAMES BIBLE STUDY: The first 3 books of the Old Testament are Genesis, Exodus & this
AT FERNICLIFF CEMETERY: This mononymous R&B singer who tragically passed in a 2001 plane crash is interred at Ferncliff
RHYME TIME: A hip group of fish

Double Jeopardy! Round:

ISLANDS: The name of this Hawaiian island can also refer to a roofed porch
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS: “Romantic Outlaws” is a dual biography of Mary Wollstonecraft & this daughter who also wrote
1960s NASA: In 1962 Mariner 2 made history with a flyby of this planet commonly called “Earth’s twin”
AWARDS & HONORS: The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases gives an annual award named for this couple who were wed in Plains, Ga.
COUNTRY SONGS: Tim McGraw had a hit with the title track to a 2004 album called “Live Like You Were” this
RUSSIAN CROSSWORD CLUES: A grandmother, or her scarf (8 letters)

Correct Responses for February 10, 2026:

PICK YOUR BATTLES: What is the Battle of Shiloh?
POP CULTURE MISSING LINKS: What is Medical?
WHAT SHOULD WE CALL THE DOG?: What is Bailey?
KING JAMES BIBLE STUDY: What is Leviticus?
AT FERNICLIFF CEMETERY: Who is Aaliyah?
RHYME TIME: What is a cool school?
ISLANDS: What is Lanai?
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS: Who is Mary Shelley?
1960s NASA: What is Venus?
AWARDS & HONORS: Who are Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter?
COUNTRY SONGS: What is Dying?
RUSSIAN CROSSWORD CLUES: What is babushka?

February 9, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

OTHER INVITATIONALS: A Chicago program ran by major equipment maker CCM sends teams to the Brick Invitational, a competition in this sport
CANNED GOODS: The name of this beef stew sold by Hormel came from a tavern owner in the comic strip “Bringing Up Father”
…SAID THIS NOVEL CHARACTER: “You always fight the better; how came you to be taken prisoner then, Friday?”
I’M BACK ON THE APPS: In 2025, Politico wrote about the “hazy, fractured mess” of government officials using this encrypted messaging app
FROM SAMUEL JOHNSON’S 1755 DICTIONARY: Sam didn’t bring up anyone’s dirty laundry when he defined this “H” word as “a large basket for carriage”
THE DREADED JAZZ OPERA CATEGORY: Drummer Max Roach wrote a jazz opera version of this Shakespeare comedy; no word if Oberon played bongos

Double Jeopardy! Round:

ANCIENT TIMES: Of 5000, 3000 or 1000 B.C., it’s the approximate year construction on Stonehenge began
IT IS A CONTEST: A 94-year-old woman won the 2023 Iowa State Fair contest for calling these with the line “Roy! Roy…please get in here…please!”
8-LETTER U.S. CITIES: Conair & Charter Communications are among the many companies headquartered in this Connecticut city
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SIMCHA: In 2024 this man who played the “I” on “How I Met Your Mother” broke the glass with his bride Dr. Jordana Jacobs
SCIENTIFIC MINDS: Dorothy Hodgkin won a Nobel Prize for determining the structure of vitamin B12 & this Alexander Fleming discovery
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL: This game is played with black-&-white discs on an 8×8 grid

Correct Responses for February 9, 2026:

OTHER INVITATIONALS: What is hockey?
CANNED GOODS: What is Dinty Moore?
…SAID THIS NOVEL CHARACTER: Who is Robinson Crusoe?
I’M BACK ON THE APPS: What is Signal?
FROM SAMUEL JOHNSON’S 1755 DICTIONARY: What is hamper?
THE DREADED JAZZ OPERA CATEGORY: What is A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
ANCIENT TIMES: What is 3000 B.C.?
IT IS A CONTEST: What are husbands?
8-LETTER U.S. CITIES: What is Stamford?
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SIMCHA: Who is Josh Radnor?
SCIENTIFIC MINDS: What is penicillin?
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL: What is Othello?

February 6, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

PORTS OF CALL: Unlock this port of call for cruise ships famed for its “90 miles to Cuba” buoy that marks the southernmost Pt. In the continental U.S.
NONFICTION: Nancy Milford wrote “Zelda: A literary biography of” this American author’s “wife”
MODERN TECH: With the release of Apple’s iOS 26 came a sleeker design it calls “Liquid” this
____ & ____: This weaponry & food pair represents issues governments face when allocating resources between defense & social programs
THE HAND I’VE BEEN DEALT: Basic blackjack strategy says if you are dealt a pair of eights, this is the optimal decision, no matter what the dealer’s up card is
PHIL ‘ER UP!: He coached the Albany Patroons to a 1984 CBA championship; 3 years later, he was with the Chicago Bulls

Double Jeopardy! Round:

FRANCE IN THE 1600s: Upon his father’s death in 1643, this 4-year-old Louis inherited the crown of France– go get ’em, kid!
CREATURES FROM MYTH: This creature with a lion’s body & a human head is said to have tormented Thebes with an arduous riddle
NOTABLE NAMES: Less memorable characters he drew include Shermy, Eudora & Frieda
A PERFECT 10: This word coined by the 9-year-old nephew of a mathematician is the name for 10 to the 100th power
THEIR LAST FILM: This 1961 movie ended up being the final film for both Marilyn Monroe & Clark Gable
WE’RE BUILDING WORDS OVER HERE: Covering of the alveolar parts of the jaws + a shoe’s height difference between heel & forefoot = this sweet

Correct Responses for February 6, 2026:

PORTS OF CALL: What is Key West?
NONFICTION: Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
MODERN TECH: What is glass?
____ & ____: What are guns & butter?
THE HAND I’VE BEEN DEALT: What is split?
PHIL ‘ER UP!: Who is Phil Jackson?
FRANCE IN THE 1600s: Who is Louis XIV?
CREATURES FROM MYTH: What is the Sphinx?
NOTABLE NAMES: Who is Charles Schulz?
A PERFECT 10: What is a googol?
THEIR LAST FILM: What is The Misfits?
WE’RE BUILDING WORDS OVER HERE: What is gumdrop?

February 5, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

AMERICAN GEOGRAPHIC: The largest man-made lake in the U.S. is this reservoir of the Hoover Dam
I WOULD PREFER NOT TO: I would prefer not to go through a nephrectomy, the surgical removal of this organ, without the aid of anesthesia
3-LETTER RESPONSES: Tom Ridge was the first secretary of the Cabinet Department known by this abbreviation
SUPER BOWL MEMORIES: Before Super Bowl III, he said, “we’re going to win the game. I guarantee it”; the Jets upset the Colts & he was right
ONE OF THESE DAYS: In 2023 Taco Bell publicly celebrated when Taco John’s gave up its trademark on this day
STARTS WITH A ROMAN NUMERAL: This word meaning “reject” in Pig Latin starts with the Roman numeral for 9

Double Jeopardy! Round:

WORLD HISTORY: This stream near Rimni, Italy was famously crossed by Julius Caesar’s forces in 49 B.C.
I LIKE BIG BOOKS & I CANNOT LIE: It took Alexandre Dumas well over 1,000 pages to detail the plight of Edmond Dantes in this work
WARNING: MAY CAUSE WEEPING: “Fresh Prince” Will is ditched by Dad again; he painfully asks, “How come he don’t want me, man?”; this uncle grabs him; cue tears
COUSINS: Whitney Houston was a cousin of this “Walk On By” songstress
LITTLE-HEARD WORDS: One who is scripturient has a strong urge to do this
THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH NOAH WYLE: The E.R. might have a patient suffering from V-fib, this kind of fibrillation, a frequent cause of sudden cardiac death

Correct Responses for February 5, 2026:

AMERICAN GEOGRAPHIC: What is Lake Mead?
I WOULD PREFER NOT TO: What is the kidney?
3-LETTER RESPONSES: What is DHS?
SUPER BOWL MEMORIES: Who is Joe Namath?
ONE OF THESE DAYS: What is Taco Tuesday?
STARTS WITH A ROMAN NUMERAL: What is ixnay?
WORLD HISTORY: What is the Rubicon?
I LIKE BIG BOOKS & I CANNOT LIE: What is The Count of Monte Cristo?
WARNING: MAY CAUSE WEEPING: Who is Uncle Phil?
COUSINS: Who is Dionne Warwick?
LITTLE-HEARD WORDS: What is write?
THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH NOAH WYLE: What is ventricular?

February 4, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

INFECTION: STAFF: Dr. Redonda Miller is president of this Baltimore medical center with a collegiate connection
BREAKING IN: Originally conceived to stop leaks, the group with this “occupational” name is best known for breaking into the Watergate complex
PREFIXES & WORD PARTS: This Greek prefix meaning “all” starts a sexuality sometimes called an “attraction to people…regardless of their gender”
PENINSULAS: Parts of 3 states meet at this peninsula of the Atlantic coastal plain
BUSINESS IN THE FRONT: It’s time to analyze our business’ SWOT: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & these, like rivals
PARTY IN THE BACK: A Miley Cyrus anthem inspired a “Weird Al” parody called “Party” in this government agency

Double Jeopardy! Round:

WHAT A CONCEPT: The title of ABC’s 4 p.m. lesson-teaching feature for kids & teens became this umbrella term for any such telefilm
OLD TIMES: It took 20,000 workers 22 years to complete the Taj Mahal in this city
ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE: This comedian continues her stand-up career while playing Principal Coleman on “Abbott Elementary”
GET A LOAD OF THIS PAIR: Under the name Tom & Jerry, this duo performed “Hey, Schoolgirl” on “American Bandstand”
GIMME A LETTER!: Gimme an R! & I’ll turn this iron frame for cooking over a fire into a dairy-slicing device
UNSATISFYING LITERARY ENDINGS: This 1860s novel: Jo spends most of the book getting into hijinks & romance with Laurie but she marries… Prof. Bhaer? What?!

Correct Responses for February 4, 2026:

INFECTION: STAFF: What is Johns Hopkins Hospital?
BREAKING IN: Who are the Plumbers?
PREFIXES & WORD PARTS: What is pan?
PENINSULAS: What is the Delmarva peninsula?
BUSINESS IN THE FRONT: What are threats?
PARTY IN THE BACK: What is the CIA?
WHAT A CONCEPT: What is an afterschool special?
OLD TIMES: What is Agra?
ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE: Who is Janelle James?
GET A LOAD OF THIS PAIR: Who are Simon & Garfunkel?
GIMME A LETTER!: What are grate & grater?
UNSATISFYING LITERARY ENDINGS: What is Little Women?

February 3, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

LET’S SEE SOME I.D.: States like North & South Dakota allow drivers to get their learner’s driving permit at this age, the youngest in the country
ON THE ENDANGERED & THREATENED LIST: This bear species, Ursus arctos horribilis
COVER SONGS: A trailer for “Gears of War” memorably used Gary Jules’ Mellow cover of this tears for Fears hit
BACK IN THE USSR: Financier & adviser Bernard Baruch helped popularize this 2-word phrase describing the political conflict of the U.S. & USSR
BAGS: The first of these Hermes bags named for English actress Jane was made available in 1984
WORDS OF MOUTH: We could say you have aggies in your orifice, but this is the more common way to describe someone whose garbled words are hard to decipher

Double Jeopardy! Round:

BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: “On the Waterfront” Oscar winner who, legend says, banished some snakes, then played QB for the Chiefs
ODD POLITICAL TERMS: From a Massachusett word, it described Republicans who voted for Democrat Grover Cleveland; it now means any neutral group
THAT’S A LONG TITLE: Published in Russian in 1962, the short story “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” is a work by this author
U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Lying at the foot of Whiteface Mountain, the village of Lake Placid is in these mountains
THERE ARE SPIES IN MY TV: Working for C.O.N.T.R.O.L., secret agent Maxwell Smart is Agent 86; Barbara Feldon’s character is this agent
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TRAILBLAZERS: Months before Rosa Parks’ famous “no thanks”, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give her seat to a woman on a bus in this city

Correct Responses for February 3, 2026:

LET’S SEE SOME I.D.: What is 14?
ON THE ENDANGERED & THREATENED LIST: What is the grizzly bear?
COVER SONGS: What is “Mad World”?
BACK IN THE USSR: What is Cold War?
BAGS: What is a Birkin bag?
WORDS OF MOUTH: What is marbles in the mouth?
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: Who is Eva Marie Saint Patrick Mahomes?
ODD POLITICAL TERMS: What are mugwumps?
THAT’S A LONG TITLE: Who is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?
U.S. GEOGRAPHY: What are the Adirondacks?
THERE ARE SPIES IN MY TV: Who is Agent 99?
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TRAILBLAZERS: What is Montgomery?

February 2, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

ON THE BORDER: Tiles with white crosses separate Baarle-Nassau in the Netherlands from this country to its south; some even divide a cafe
LITERARY BIOGRAPHY: “Look Homeward” is a Pulitzer Prize winner about this writer known for his autobiographical novels
RUGS NOT DRUGS: Uppers can be wrong, but a rug that’s rite on is this one Orthodox bishops stand on, named for a bird that’s “bald” in the U.S.
APT ANAGRAMS: “Old West Action” is an apt anagram for the name of this actor who starred in Sergio Leone films
THE FIELDER METHOD: In 1991 Carl Lewis bested Bob Beamon’s long-standing record in this field sport; Mike Powell beat Lewis’ mark in the very next round
SHORT N’ SWEET: KLM is an airline; KLP is an initialism for this dessert, one of Florida’s official state foods

Double Jeopardy! Round:

THE 17th CENTURY: Arbella Stuart, a onetime pretender to the English throne, escaped house arrest in 1611, only to be recaptured & locked away in this tower
CHARACTER CREATORS: It’s the first name of the Ms. Guisewite who created a long-running comic strip of the same name
RELIGION: Estimates say about 80% of India’s population follows this religion
SCHOOLING YOU IN MASSACHUSETTS: In 1916 the campus of M.I.T. moved across the Charles River from Boston to this nearby city
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR WINNERS: In 2021 this actor from “Get Out” got out on stage to accept for “Judas and the Black Messiah”
WHAT A WORD!: Defenestration began as a term for literally throwing someone out of one of these; & boy, would that hurt

Correct Responses for February 2, 2026:

ON THE BORDER: What is Belgium?
LITERARY BIOGRAPHY: Who is Thomas Wolfe?
RUGS NOT DRUGS: What is an eagle rug?
APT ANAGRAMS: Who is Clint Eastwood?
THE FIELDER METHOD: What is the long jump?
SHORT N’ SWEET: What is key lime pie?
THE 17th CENTURY: What is the Tower of London?
CHARACTER CREATORS: What is Cathy?
RELIGION: What is Hinduism?
SCHOOLING YOU IN MASSACHUSETTS: What is Cambridge?
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR WINNERS: Who is Daniel Kaluuya?
WHAT A WORD!: What is a window?

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