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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Candy) for Thursday, May 28, 2026 (Season 2, Game 14):
Originally called Mars Men, they wre rebranded in the wake of an early ’80s toy craze
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:
Bam!, Ben & Mindy
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LGBTQuties, Camille & Pearl
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Only Howards In The Building, Shane & Nick (1 win)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Only Howards In The Building, including past Jeopardy! star Shane Whitlock, picked up a season-high 35 correct responses yesterday in victory. With only two games remaining until the playoffs, the most they can end up with is 3 victories, but that will be more than enough at this point to see them through until the semi-finals next week. Meanwhile, there will at least —and I’ve been given information sufficiently trustworthy to rank non-winning teams by the number of correct responses given for the remaining semi-final slots. (Right now, the cut line, if you’ll pardon the golf term, is 19, but it could move to 20 depending on how the last two games go.
Looking to unseat Only Howards In The Building are Bam! and the LGBTQuties.
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The Mondelēz candy now branded today as Sour Patch Kids were originally introduced in Canada in the 1970s, and branded as Mars Men. Produced by the Allen Candy Company in Hamilton, the candy was rebranded to Sour Patch Kids in the mid-1980s, shortly after the Cabbage Patch Kids craze of the same time period. The brand became Mondelēz property in the 1990s after their acquisition of the Allen Candy Company.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 2, Episode 14:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: I’m So Animated Right Now; What’s Up, Documentary?; On The 100th Episode Of Your Favorite Teen Drama; Gen Alpha Confuses Us; Internet Origin Stories; Before & After)
Although Bam! got the Daily Double (and doubled up through it), it was Only Howards who led through 30. On the opening board, The Howards got 4 on documentaries and 3 in animation and Internet origin stories, while Bam got 3 in Before & After (while the LGBTQuties seemed to struggle with how that category worked.)
Today’s interviews:
Bam! got engaged & married on Today.
LGBTQuties are coworkers at an LGBTQ center in New York.
Only Howards In The Building has Nick, who was inspired by watching Shane compete on the show.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Only Howards In The Building 15 correct 0 incorrect
Bam! 8 correct 1 incorrect
LGBTQuties 4 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Only Howards In The Building 8,800
Bam! 6,200
LGBTQuties 1,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Rapping Rainbow; Johnny Gilbert: Action Man; Only Fan Accounts; Sci-Fi Heroines; What Happened? I Missed It!; You’re Completely Olivias)
The LGBTQuties got both Daily Doubles, getting the first one incorrect, but the second one correct, resulting in them staying around for Final. That said, Only Howards cruised to a runaway, getting 4 in Olivias and sci-fi heroines and 3 in “What Happened”; LGBTQuties got 3 in fan accounts, which sadly had zero references to me in it.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Only Howards In The Building 30 correct 0 incorrect
Bam! 14 correct 4 incorrect
LGBTQuties 9 correct 6 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Only Howards In The Building 28,400
Bam! 7,000
LGBTQuties 1,200
Final Jeopardy went 3/3 as Only Howards got win #2. They’ll go for #3 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
LGBTQuties 1,200 + 1,200 = 2,400 (What are Sour Patch Kids?)
Bam! 7,000 + 4,599 = 11,599 (What is Sour Patch Kids)
Only Howards In The Building 28,400 + 0 = 28,400 (What is Sour Patch Kids?) (Quarter-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) BEFORE & AFTER 800 (clue #15)
Bam! 2400 +2400 (Only Howards In The Building 5200 LGBTQuties 1000)
2) RAPPING RAINBOW 1600 (clue #5)
LGBTQuties 2200 -2200 (Only Howards In The Building 12800 Bam! 5000)
3) ONLY FAN ACCOUNTS 2000 (clue #16, 12800 left on board)
LGBTQuties -800 +2000 (Only Howards In The Building 19200 Bam! 4600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Only Howards In The Building 3 4 5 5 4 4 3 2 3
LGBTQuties 4
Bam! 5 3 3 4 4*
DJ! Round:
Only Howards In The Building 2 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 4 5 3
LGBTQuties 4 4* 5† 5*
Bam! 5
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Only Howards In The Building 3.40
Bam! 4.00
LGBTQuties 4.40
Game Stats:
Only Howards In The Building 28,400 Coryat, 30 correct, 0 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Bam! 5,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 4 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
LGBTQuties 3,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 6 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 37,200
Lach Trash: 7,000 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Only Howards In The Building, career statistics:
66 correct, 1 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
51.75% in first on buzzer (59/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 5,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 28,200
LGBTQuties, career statistics:
10 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 3,400
Bam!, career statistics:
15 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 2,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 5,400
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Note to future contestants: “Before & After” has pretty much been the most often used category title on the show in the last 30 years on the show. I would recommend learning how the category works before going on the show.
Current Overall Standings:
- One Baddie After Another: 5 wins, 144,700 points
- AMC B-Listers: 3 wins, 99,100 points
- Oakland Spirit Tunnel: 2 wins, 62,801 points
- Only Howards In The Building: 2 wins, 59,000 points
- Snake Juice, No Pulp: 1 win, 24,001 points
- Quality Tigers: 1 win, 18,400 points
- The Oneders, 20 correct responses (33,400)
- Ert & Bernie, 20 correct responses (3,500)
- Quizzie McGuire, 19 correct respones (12,200)
- Presto Strange-O, 19 correct responses (69)
- Losers, In Other Words, 18 correct responses (12,401)
- The Head & The Heart, 18 correct responses (10,000)
- No Meesestakes, 16 correct responses (19,600)
- Special Trivia Unit (Dun Dun), 16 correct responses (400)
- Jeopardazed And Confused, 15 correct responses (19,300)
- Bam!, 15 correct responses (11,599)
- Victor Quizbanyamas, 13 correct responses (8,000)
- Trivial Texans, 13 correct responses (0)
- Trivial Resolutions, 12 correct responses (4,300)
- The 27 Club (Not That One), 11 correct responses (13,600)
- Double-O Doubtfire, 11 correct responses (10,500)
- The Big Ducks, 11 correct responses (9,200)
- The Problem Solvers, 11 correct responses (7,000)
- LGBTQuties, 10 correct responses (2,400)
- Two Of Your French Girls, 10 correct responses (0)
- Whiskey Business, 9 correct responses (5,600)
- Katschke If You Can, 9 correct responses (3,805)
- Less Culturistas, 8 correct responses (1)
- Powered By Double A, 7 correct response (-1,400)
- Cheaper By The Cousin, 6 correct responses (0)
Winning Teams:
Non-Winning Teams:
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