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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Southern Africa) for Monday, May 25, 2026 (Season 42, Game 186):
Called the “Calendar Lake” because it’s about 365 miles long & 52 miles wide, it shares its name with a country
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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Jack Kelly, a Ph.D. student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Veronica Matthews, an after school science instructor originally from Martinez, California
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Chris D’Angelo, a content manager from Washington, D.C. (-day total: $0)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Chris D’Angelo returns on this Memorial Day as a 3-day champion; he goes for win #4 against Jack Kelly and Veronica Matthews.
After looking at the box scores from Chris’s first three games, I think I am most impressed by his attempt statistics. He definitely seems to have the knowledge to go on a run as long as Tristan Williams did. Could we have two superchampions in a row?
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Correct response: What is Lake Malawi?
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Lake Malawi is known by many as the “Calendar Lake” for a few reasons; as the clue mentions, it’s 365 miles long and 52 miles wide. However, apparently the lake also has 12 rivers flowing into it—a third piece of calendar serendipity.
I think most of the people getting this will probably know it because of the “name a southern African lake named after a country” and not the calendar cluing, but we shall see.
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