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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Sequels) for Wednesday, May 27, 2026 (Season 2, Game 12):
Of all the Best Picture Oscar winners, it has the most sequels–8, with the latest coming out 47 years after the original
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Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:
Only Howards In The Building, Shane & Nick
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Whiskey Business, Joe & Kyra
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AMC B-Listers, Jack & Henry (3 wins)
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Correct response: What is Rocky?
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The 1976 Best Picture Oscar winner Rocky has now spawned eight sequels: 1979’s Rocky II, 1982’s Rocky III, 1985’s Rocky IV, 1990’s Rocky V, 2006’s Rocky Balboa, 2015’s Creed, 2018’s Creed II, and 2023’s Creed III, with the last three focusing on Adonis Creed, the son of Rocky’s former rival Apollo Creed.
This felt like a straightforward Final Jeopardy clue to me, as long as one remembers that Rocky was the 1976 Best Picture winner.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 2, Episode 12:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: TikTok; Dancing With The Stars; Pop Culture Crossword Clues; Horror Villains’ Dating Profiles; Rom-Com Meet Cutes; “Love”, Actually)
A very well played opening round saw the Howards pick up 16 correct, including 4 in Dancing and 3 in TikTok, horror villains, and rom-com meeet cutes. AMC went 4/5 in the crossword clues category to only be 1,000 points behind through 30.
Today’s interviews:
Only Howards In The Building are big fans of “Only Murders in the Building”.
Whiskey Business met as colleagues.
AMC B-Listers are big fans of pumpkin, thanks to Henry’s home town.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Only Howards In The Building 16 correct 1 incorrect
AMC B-Listers 10 correct 0 incorrect
Whiskey Business 3 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Only Howards In The Building 8,200
AMC B-Listers 7,200
Whiskey Business 1,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Tick Tock; Pizza Guy With A Special Delivery; Doctors Who; My Country; I Am Not A Lawyer But…; Latin, Yes Latin!)
The impressive play continued from Only Howards; by the end of Double Jeopardy, they reached 34 correct responses, including a correct response on DD3. Whiskey Business did have a small chance early in the round, but a country music Daily Double knocked them out of contention. In this round, Only Howards got 4 in pizza guys and Doctors Who, in addition to 3 in both Not a Lawyer… and Latin.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Only Howards In The Building 34 correct 1 incorrect
AMC B-Listers 13 correct 1 incorrect
Whiskey Business 8 correct 2 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Only Howards In The Building 30,600
AMC B-Listers 10,000
Whiskey Business 4,800
A record 35th correct response was on the cards for Only Howards, as the put the finishing touch on this one. They’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Whiskey Business 4,800 + 800 = 5,600 (What is Rocky?)
AMC B-Listers 10,000 – 10,000 = 0 (What is ?)
Only Howards In The Building 30,600 + 0 = 30,600 (What is Rocky?) (Quarter-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) HORROR VILLAINS’ DATING PROFILES 400 (clue #11)
Only Howards In The Building 800 +1000 (AMC B-Listers 5200 Whiskey Business 800)
2) MY COUNTRY 1200 (clue #4)
Whiskey Business 2400 -2400 (AMC B-Listers 7200 Only Howards In The Building 11800)
3) LATIN, YES LATIN! 2000 (clue #18, 9200 left on board)
Only Howards In The Building 19000 +4000 (AMC B-Listers 9200 Whiskey Business 4800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 21
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
AMC B-Listers 3 5 5 4 3 2 3 4
Whiskey Business 3
Only Howards In The Building 4 2*
DJ! Round:
AMC B-Listers 4 3
Whiskey Business 4 3* 3 2 3 4 3 5† 5
Only Howards In The Building 5 3 5 2 4 4 5*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Only Howards In The Building 3.78
Whiskey Business 3.50
AMC B-Listers 3.60
Game Stats:
Only Howards In The Building 28,000 Coryat, 34 correct, 1 incorrect, 56.14% in first on buzzer (32/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Whiskey Business 7,200 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
AMC B-Listers 10,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 45,200
Lach Trash: 5,000 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
AMC B-Listers, career statistics:
96 correct, 7 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
39.47% in first on buzzer (90/228)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 5,000)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 19,700
Whiskey Business, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -2,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 7,200
Only Howards In The Building, career statistics:
35 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
56.14% in first on buzzer (32/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 5,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 28,000
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The previous record for most correct responses in a Pop Culture Jeopardy game was 33, set by Buggsy Mogues in Season 1 and equalled two days ago by the AMC B-Listers.
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actually buggsy mogues and mission impopsicle answered 37 correct