J!6 Clue Archive – October 2026

October 30, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

1990s BILLBOARD HITS: As 1996 became 1997, this singer's No. 1 run on the charts with "Un-Break My Heart" remained unbroken

QUICK HISTORY: In 1932 she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

UNLICENSED HALLOWEEN COSTUMES: "Legendary gridiron leader", which comes with a fedora, has to be a costume of this first Dallas Cowboys coach

WANNA BUY A WATCH?: For a mere $248,000 & change, you can get a platinum "Grand Complications" watch from Patek this

4-LETTER CITIES: The name of this French seaport rhymes with "fleece"

"H"2, "O": It's a type of speech sound that's sometimes referred to as a "gliding vowel"

Double Jeopardy! Round:

THE OCEAN: Of 57%, 77% or 97%, it's the percentage of the total water on Earth that oceans represent

WOMEN IN U.S. POLITICS: In 2019 Lori Lightfoot became both the first black female mayor & first openly gay mayor of this city

UPDATED CLASSICS: Jane Krakowski conducts the game on an updated version of this TV classic where contestants play Bid-a-Note

SOME COMIC-AL WORDS: The term "Poindexter", meaning "Brainiac", came from a 1950s TV adaptation of this comic strip starring a feline

ACTUAL LEFTOVERS: This word from the Old French for "to remain" is commonly used when selling leftover pieces of large carpet rolls

YOU SLAYED ME!: Lennie Small was killed by this literary character

Correct Responses for October 30, 2026:

1990s BILLBOARD HITS: Who is Toni Braxton?

QUICK HISTORY: Who is Amelia Earhart?

UNLICENSED HALLOWEEN COSTUMES: Who is Tom Landry?

WANNA BUY A WATCH?: What is Philippe?

4-LETTER CITIES: What is Nice?

"H"2, "O": What is a diphthong?

THE OCEAN: What is 97%?

WOMEN IN U.S. POLITICS: What is Chicago?

UPDATED CLASSICS: What is Name That Tune?

SOME COMIC-AL WORDS: What is Felix the Cat?

ACTUAL LEFTOVERS: What is remnant?

YOU SLAYED ME!: Who is George Milton?

October 29, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

SPECIAL MONTHS: In 1976 Gerald Ford became the first President to recognize this as Black History Month

CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK: "Esmeralda" & "The danger of confiding one's secret to a goat" are chapters in this work

MEMORABLE SPORTS NAMES: God Shammgod played for a ton of teams in his time, but these days, he's a coach for this NBA squad in New Orleans

RAGS TO RICHES: Falling between "rags" & "riches" in the dictionary is this word meaning "able to recover quickly"

WORK HARD: The hard work of being a trucker starts with getting a CDL, short for these 3 words

SLAY EVEN MORE VIGOROUSLY: The assassination of this leader, which precipitated World War I, began with a grenade thrown at his car

Double Jeopardy! Round:

MY DRONE HAS GONE ROGUE: My drone goes to extremes, so it went to the southernmost point in mainland Australia, which is in this state

THE ELEMENTS: This element was discovered in 1949 by 3 chemists at a university in California

POP CULTURE IS "CRAZY"!: On "Orange Is the New Black", Uzo Aduba played Suzanne Warren, who you might know better by this nickname

FEELINGS: As a feeling, it means to be totally terrified; but before "forest" in a national park name, it means turned to stone

COMPOUND WORDS: It's a small, bedside table; perfect place for a "Jeopardy!" Calendar, no?

FANDOM OF THE OPERA: For fans of the composer behind "Almira", the internet has several T-shirts that punningly say "too hot to" this

Correct Responses for October 29, 2026:

SPECIAL MONTHS: What is February?

CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK: What is The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

MEMORABLE SPORTS NAMES: Who are the Pelicans?

RAGS TO RICHES: What is resilient?

WORK HARD: What is a commercial driver's license?

SLAY EVEN MORE VIGOROUSLY: Who is Franz Ferdinand?

MY DRONE HAS GONE ROGUE: What is Victoria?

THE ELEMENTS: What is Berkelium?

POP CULTURE IS "CRAZY"!: What is Crazy Eyes?

FEELINGS: What is Petrified?

COMPOUND WORDS: What is a nightstand?

FANDOM OF THE OPERA: What is Handel?

October 28, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES: The Archives has the original warrant for his arrest in connection with assassinating John F. Kennedy

LAST NIGHT WAS LIKE A MOVIE: I asked my pal if he wanted a s'more & he replied "some more what?" like in this film; you're killing me, Smalls!

CHANGE A LETTER WORD PAIRS: A container for cured, smoked salmon

THE MIDDLE EAST: The southern border of Yemen is on this Gulf

UNWANTED HALLOWEEN TREATS: One house clearly just got back from the diner; they gave small containers of this milk & cream combo product from Land O'Lakes

GOODBYE: A form of goodbye in texting is TTYL, short for this

Double Jeopardy! Round:

WHAT ABOUT THE ILIAD?!: For years, he was considered the author of the "Iliad", but now, scholars have many reasons to believe he wasn't

AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS: This guy who founded Google with Larry Page moved to the U.S. from Moscow in 1979

STARTS WITH A CONJUNCTION: This other name for the Abominable Snowman comes from a Sherpa term meaning "small manlike animal"

I WAS IN TOWN, THOUGHT I'D CATCH A SHOW: I'm in NYC to check out that new club Studio 54, so I thought I'd watch this musical that won a Pulitzer the year before

LIVING RENT-FREE: This Channing Tatum movie dramatized the true story of a guy who escaped prison & lived rent-free in a Toys "R" Us store

IN MY HEAD: Other than the tiny bones in our middle ear, this lower jaw bone is the only mobile bone in our skull

Correct Responses for October 28, 2026:

IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES: Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?

LAST NIGHT WAS LIKE A MOVIE: What is The Sandlot?

CHANGE A LETTER WORD PAIRS: What is a lox box?

THE MIDDLE EAST: What is the Gulf of Aden?

UNWANTED HALLOWEEN TREATS: What is half & half?

GOODBYE: What is talk to you later?

WHAT ABOUT THE ILIAD?!: Who is Homer?

AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS: Who is Sergey Brin?

STARTS WITH A CONJUNCTION: What is yeti?

I WAS IN TOWN, THOUGHT I'D CATCH A SHOW: What is A Chorus Line?

LIVING RENT-FREE: What is Roofman?

IN MY HEAD: What is the mandible?

October 27, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

HULK BOOK REVIEW!: Professor Otto take nephew Axel down volcano? Hulk bored to the core; why not Hulk smash through planet instead?

MOVIE-INSPIRED SLANGUAGE: This term for a series of things you want to do before you die was barely used before a Nicholson/Freeman movie blew it up

NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS: Canyons, mesas & cliffs, oh my! Zion scenic byway has all that & more in this state

WHAT DO YOU COLLECT?: An arenophile would like to visit Bondi, Vero & Pismo as they collect samples of this

VICE PRESIDENTING: He graduated from DePauw University in 1969 & then earned a law degree from Indiana University in 1974

WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME: A place for a leisurely walk & a drink Country Time specializes in

Double Jeopardy! Round:

YOU SOUND LIKE A GHOST: This word for a complete waste of time likely came from a Boy Scout leader's term for braided leather cords

WE LOVE A PARADE: In 2026, on a Sunday in this month, LGBTQ+ people marched in the 56th annual San Francisco Pride Parade

ARTHURIAN LEGEND & LITERATURE: "The Last Enchantment" is the last book in Mary Stewart's trilogy that focuses on this advisor to Arthur

TV SHOWS IN SONG: "It's All Been Done" by Barenaked Ladies asks, "Will I cry, will I smile, as you run down the aisle?" after mentioning this game show

GEOGRAPHY: Jordan's longest land border is the one it shares with this country

ON HIS SCIENCE & MATH HALL OF FAME PLAQUE: Newton may demand half the real estate on his plaque, but this German gets one for co-inventing calculus

Correct Responses for October 27, 2026:

HULK BOOK REVIEW!: What is A Journey to the Center of the Earth?

MOVIE-INSPIRED SLANGUAGE: What is bucket list?

NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS: What is Utah?

WHAT DO YOU COLLECT?: What is sand?

VICE PRESIDENTING: Who is Dan Quayle?

WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME: What are promenade & lemonade?

YOU SOUND LIKE A GHOST: What is boondoggle?

WE LOVE A PARADE: What is June?

ARTHURIAN LEGEND & LITERATURE: Who is Merlin?

TV SHOWS IN SONG: What is The Price Is Right?

GEOGRAPHY: What is Saudi Arabia?

ON HIS SCIENCE & MATH HALL OF FAME PLAQUE: Who is Gottfried Leibniz?

October 26, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

PARTS OF SPEECH: In the phrase "the meek contestant suddenly threw his signaling device", the word "meek" is this part of speech

IN GOOD COMPANY: This company's Wave SoundTouch Music System is still playing high quality audio, though its namesake passed in 2013

TV-POURRI: Joined by Al Roker & Carson Daly, the main anchors of NBC's "Today" are Savannah Guthrie & him

ALL I NEED: I could really go for one of these Reese's candy bars named for the number of main components; mmmm, pretzels

IN THIS LIFE OF SIN: King David committed adultery with her & even arranged for her husband Uriah to be killed

IS ME & MY SQUIRREL FRIEND: If you see a white squirrel in North America, it likely has a disorder where it produces very little of this natural pigment

Double Jeopardy! Round:

THE WORLD LEADER'S HAIKU: Bolshevik founder / wrote up "What is to be done?" / Died in '24

GETTING YOUR "B.A.": Saying it's "Reinventing America's Game", Splitsville is a chain of these with 4 locations

AMERICAN BODIES OF WATER: The North & South Platte Rivers both start in Colorado & converge to form the Platte River in this state

COMING UP SHORT: Often seen in parentheses to emphasize what comes just before it, "natch" is short for this word

PLEASING POETRY: A lot of poems by this "Faust" Guy are pretty dour, but "Love as a Landscape Painter" is decidedly less sour

CONTROVERSIAL MOVIE VILLAINS: One Redditor said, "depending on how you look at it," Ralph Macchio's character in this film did escalate things with Johnny

Correct Responses for October 26, 2026:

PARTS OF SPEECH: What is adjective?

IN GOOD COMPANY: What is Bose?

TV-POURRI: Who is Craig Melvin?

ALL I NEED: What is Take 5?

IN THIS LIFE OF SIN: Who is Bathsheba?

IS ME & MY SQUIRREL FRIEND: What is melanin?

THE WORLD LEADER'S HAIKU: Who is Vladimir Lenin?

GETTING YOUR "B.A.": What are bowling alleys?

AMERICAN BODIES OF WATER: What is Nebraska?

COMING UP SHORT: What is naturally?

PLEASING POETRY: Who is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?

CONTROVERSIAL MOVIE VILLAINS: What is The Karate Kid?

October 23, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

EURO-TRIPPING WITH RICK STEVES: Rick says this seat of the Netherlands' government–not Amsterdam–isn't architecturally thrilling but still worth a few hours

THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM: During its "Bad Boys" era, this team won its first NBA title in 1989, then promptly won its second title the next year

RECENT BESTSELLERS: "Regime change", by this Trump-covering New York Times writer & her partner Jonathan Swan, has topped nonfiction's list in 2026

BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES: Trying to soothe a hangover with another drink is called having "the hair of" this "that bit you"

I HOPE YOU'RE HUNGRY FOR...: I hope you're hungry for Mexican: I made these meat-filled tortillas covered in sauce whose name means "seasoned with chili" en Espanol

NOTHING: Written by Prince in 1984, "Nothing Compares 2 U" gained worldwide popularity when she recorded it in 1990

Double Jeopardy! Round:

100 YEARS OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG: Actors at Colonial Williamsburg have this title, which also means someone who turns one language into another

MED. ABBREV.: The patient needs more fluid! Give him 10 ccs– which stands for this measurement– stat!

I GOT A FEVER: On "SNL", Christopher Walken told this band that the only prescription for his fever was more cowbell

PAINT-ED: "Pink Lady" by Ed Paschke melds a male accordionist's body with the head of this actress famously used in Andy Warhol's art

5-SYLLABLE WORDS: Popular in the early 20th century, Automats were self-serve, vending-based kinds of these establishments

2020s IN MEMORIAM: Passing in 2026, this pitching great extended his career by 14 years thanks to the pioneering surgery that now bears his name

Correct Responses for October 23, 2026:

EURO-TRIPPING WITH RICK STEVES: What is The Hague?

THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM: Who are the Detroit Pistons?

RECENT BESTSELLERS: Who is Maggie Haberman?

BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES: What is the dog?

I HOPE YOU'RE HUNGRY FOR...: What are enchiladas?

NOTHING: Who is Sinead O'Connor?

100 YEARS OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG: What is an interpreter?

MED. ABBREV.: What are cubic centimeters?

I GOT A FEVER: Who are Blue Oyster Cult?

PAINT-ED: Who is Marilyn Monroe?

5-SYLLABLE WORDS: What are cafeterias?

2020s IN MEMORIAM: Who is Tommy John?

October 22, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

WHO GETS TO VOTE?: In 1961, the 23rd Amendment allowed people living here to vote in presidential elections

SITCOMS: This comedy with a dramatic flair features crime solvers Shawn & Gus; one review called it "Murder, She Wrote" for Gen X

STYLISH: Someone wearing a leather jacket with a ruffled skirt is exemplifying Moto boho, short for this vehicle "bohemian"

UNSUNG HEROES: Henry Johnson, a Black soldier brigaded with this nation's army in WWI was one of the first Americans to earn its Croix de Guerre

CROSSWORD CLUES "Y": Your mouth (3 letters)

MAGIC: In 1983 David Copperfield made this U.S. landmark "disappear", perhaps with the help of a turntable on which the audience sat

Double Jeopardy! Round:

NEIGHBORHOODS: Established in the mid-19th century, this city's Chinatown is the oldest one in the U.S.

LITERATURE: In this anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a young German named Paul Baumer hopes to make it out of WWI in one piece

UNDER THE SEA: Thriving habitats for many forms of marine life, large gatherings of kelp are given this collective arboreal name

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: The FAA & FTA are both under the auspices of this Cabinet-level department

NUMERICAL EXPRESSIONS: In the military, someone who "watches" or has "got your" this digit is saying they will protect you

SUNG HEROES: In Wu-Tang's "Protect Ya Neck", Inspectah Deck says he's "Swingin' through your town like" this superhero

Correct Responses for October 22, 2026:

WHO GETS TO VOTE?: What is Washington, D.C.?

SITCOMS: What is Psych?

STYLISH: What is motorcycle?

UNSUNG HEROES: What is France?

CROSSWORD CLUES "Y": What is yap?

MAGIC: What is the Statue of Liberty?

NEIGHBORHOODS: What is San Francisco?

LITERATURE: What is All Quiet on the Western Front?

UNDER THE SEA: What are forests?

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: What is the Department of Transportation?

NUMERICAL EXPRESSIONS: What is 6?

SUNG HEROES: Who is Spider-Man?

October 21, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

EXPLORERS: His 1955 memoir is called "High Adventure" & his 1999 one is titled "View from the Summit"

TALES OF THE CITY: The title of this Shakespeare work describes the characters Proteus & Valentine

3, 3: It's the hand motion MMA fighters execute to indicate they're surrendering to a submission hold

OLYMPIC GAMES CAULDRON LIGHTERS: Antonio Rebollo, a Paralympian in this sport, shot a flaming arrow to light the cauldron at the 1992 Barcelona Games

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?: I hear the ice cream truck, & it's playing "The Entertainer", a tune composed by this ragtime fella in 1902

COMPANIES IN THE NEWS: Warning that A.I. labs are "gambling with our lives", a researcher for this Claude company resigned in September 2026

Double Jeopardy! Round:

U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Palm Springs & Rancho Mirage are 2 cities in this California valley

TIME STAMPED: In Eastern time, it's when the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange sounds, signaling the end of the trading day

VOCABUL"ARY": This word means third in rank, as contrasted with primary & secondary

LATINOS & LATINAS: In the 1960s, Dolores Huerta co-founded a Natl. Association for these workers, now the largest U.S. group of its kind

FROM REALITY TV TO OSCAR NOMINEE: Ariana DeBose made the top 20 on "So You Think You Can Dance" years before she won an Oscar as Anita in this Broadway-based film

FUN WITH NUMBERS: It's the sum of the first 5 prime numbers

Correct Responses for October 21, 2026:

EXPLORERS: Who is Edmund Hillary?

TALES OF THE CITY: What is Two Gentlemen of Verona?

3, 3: What is tap out?

OLYMPIC GAMES CAULDRON LIGHTERS: What is archery?

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?: Who is Scott Joplin?

COMPANIES IN THE NEWS: What is Anthropic?

U.S. GEOGRAPHY: What is Coachella Valley?

TIME STAMPED: What is 4:00 P.M.?

VOCABUL"ARY": What is tertiary?

LATINOS & LATINAS: What are farm workers?

FROM REALITY TV TO OSCAR NOMINEE: What is West Side Story?

FUN WITH NUMBERS: What is 28?

October 20, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

INSIDE MISSOULA: Missoula is home to one of the largest bases for these firefighters who parachute out of planes to battle wildfires

OCCUPATIONS: A BBC Maestro article says this -ologist is more focused on crafting the perfect cocktail recipe than a typical bartender

TV THEME SONGS: This Netflix reboot kept its '90s theme's lyrics in a new cover of "Everywhere You Look" by Carly Rae Jepsen

NEW TO THE OED: Added in 2026, this 2-word term is the amount of time a judge must make a prisoner serve, as required by law

MEET THE PRESS: We have this German to thank for introducing his namesake printing press in the mid-1400s

THEY OVERLAPPED?!: Samuel Seymour claimed to witness Abraham Lincoln's assassination as a boy in this year; in 1956, he told it on "I've Got a Secret"

Double Jeopardy! Round:

WORLD WAR II: John Gort saved about 340,000 British, French & Belgian troops with his May 1940 decision to evacuate this French seaport

DUAL ROLES: WHO PLAYED 'EM?: He played Charlie & Donald Kaufman in the Spike Jonze-directed film "Adaptation"

SCIENTISTS: This "father of molecular biology" is the only man to have won 2 unshared Nobel Prizes, one for chemistry & one for peace

A PYRAMID SCHEME: Housing volleyball & basketball, the Walter Pyramid stands 18 stories above the campus of CSULB in this state

PLAYWRIGHTS' WRONGS: This playwright of "The Little Foxes" was accused of fabricating details about her friend "Julia" that later became a movie

FROM THE SPANISH: It's a big ol' bowl-shaped volcanic depression that measures more than a kilometer in diameter

Correct Responses for October 20, 2026:

INSIDE MISSOULA: What are smokejumpers?

OCCUPATIONS: What is a mixologist?

TV THEME SONGS: What is Fuller House?

NEW TO THE OED: What is mandatory sentencing?

MEET THE PRESS: Who is Johannes Gutenberg?

THEY OVERLAPPED?!: What is 1865?

WORLD WAR II: What is Dunkirk?

DUAL ROLES: WHO PLAYED 'EM?: Who is Nicolas Cage?

SCIENTISTS: Who is Linus Pauling?

A PYRAMID SCHEME: What is California?

PLAYWRIGHTS' WRONGS: Who is Lillian Hellman?

FROM THE SPANISH: What is a caldera?

October 19, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

SCIENCE & NATURE: Users of a popular web browser might know that the red panda also goes by this "conflagratory" name

COMMON BONDS: Lily, shoulder & crash are 3 kinds of this

SLIPPING & SLIDING: This national organization for kids 4 to 16 has no "must slide" rule at the bases, but runners must try to avoid a collision

"UP": A Food & Wine article on how to avoid sneaky these at restaurants has parts called "Still or sparkling?" & "Any toppings?"

TOWN: Founded in 1817 in Detroit, the University of Michigan moved to this current home city 20 years later

FUNK: I wanna testify that this organizer & producer of Parliament-Funkadelic went into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2025

Double Jeopardy! Round:

THE 1950s, DADDY-O: In a 1952 speech, Richard Nixon admitted his family had accepted this cocker spaniel puppy as a gift

LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS: This pined-for maiden in a historical romance by R.D. Blackmore is paid homage in the name of a Nabisco cookie

STARTS WITH A SILENT LETTER: "Every Good Boy Does Fine" is a popular one of these for those learning musical scales

SEEK A GRAVE: Near Vienna, this composer's exact spot was unmarked, leaving his final resting place unknown

A FRENCH CONNECTION: Best known for the Statue of Liberty, this Frenchman also sculpted a statue of Lafayette found in Union Square

BY THEIR HATS SHALL YE KNOW THEM: This actor "has seemingly made Kangol hats work with every outfit possible", beginning with his dealer role in "Jackie Brown"

Correct Responses for October 19, 2026:

SCIENCE & NATURE: What is the firefox?

COMMON BONDS: What is pad?

SLIPPING & SLIDING: What is Little League?

"UP": What are upcharges?

TOWN: What is Ann Arbor?

FUNK: Who is George Clinton?

THE 1950s, DADDY-O: Who is Checkers?

LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS: Who is Lorna Doone?

STARTS WITH A SILENT LETTER: What is a mnemonic?

SEEK A GRAVE: Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

A FRENCH CONNECTION: Who is Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi?

BY THEIR HATS SHALL YE KNOW THEM: Who is Samuel L. Jackson?

October 16, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

CLASSIC NOVELS: In this book, H.G. Wells dwells in a future divided between the vegetarian Eloi & the meat-eating Morlocks

CARE FOR A BEVERAGE?: A "Seoul Train" involves a row of glasses filled with this clear, rice-based Korean spirit falling dominoes-style into beer

FLOWERS & PLANTS: With flowers resembling musical instruments hanging from the heavens, a nightshade family plant is called Angel's this

YOU TOTALLY PLAYED YOURSELF!: Years before she actually won for "The Reader", she played an Oscar-desperate version of herself on "Extras"

"NO": It's an urban myth that this Chevy car sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries because its name translated as "doesn't go"

MAN IS AN ISLAND: The Isle of Man's Parliament includes a house of these, likely named for a mishearing of a term for "24" & not door unlockers

Double Jeopardy! Round:

COMMISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Riffing on a past Supreme Court case, the 1967 Kerner Commission warned the U.S. was moving toward 2 societies, "separate and" this

2-LETTER WORDS: Thought to be the world's oldest board game, this Chinese creation has a superficial similarity to the game of Othello

IT'S THE ANCIENT LAW: This Islamic law, Arabic for "the way", developed extensively in the years 700 to 900 A.D.

AS TECH GOES BY: Released in 1990, the Motorola Advisor was one of these "call me back" devices that added the ability to send short text messages

NATIONAL MOTTOS: Kenya's motto is "Harambee", which means "all pull together" in this language

2001: A FACE ODYSSEY: Released in 2001, "Madden NFL 2002" featured the face of this Vikings quarterback on its cover

Correct Responses for October 16, 2026:

CLASSIC NOVELS: What is The Time Machine?

CARE FOR A BEVERAGE?: What is soju?

FLOWERS & PLANTS: What is trumpet?

YOU TOTALLY PLAYED YOURSELF!: Who is Kate Winslet?

"NO": What is the Nova?

MAN IS AN ISLAND: What are keys?

COMMISSION ACCOMPLISHED: What is unequal?

2-LETTER WORDS: What is Go?

IT'S THE ANCIENT LAW: What is sharia?

AS TECH GOES BY: What is a pager?

NATIONAL MOTTOS: What is Swahili?

2001: A FACE ODYSSEY: Who is Daunte Culpepper?

October 15, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

LET'S TALK REAL ESTATE: As a company that owns & operates profit-making properties, REIT is short for a real-estate investment this

"R"TISTS: The painter Pierre-Auguste with this last name had a son named Claude who went into ceramics

FLY, MY PRETTIES!: She's had her invisible jet since her debut in All-Star Comics No. 8

ALLITERATION: A blackjack play that increases the stakes inspired this term for when anyone gets more resolute in their opinion

REIGNING: She was Queen of Castile & Aragon when she passed in 1504, making Ferdinand a widower

CATS & DOGS: Mel Blanc said this cartoon cat was his easiest character to play, as the voice was close to his own–minus the lisp

Double Jeopardy! Round:

THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS: It's a unit equivalent to one-eighth fluid ounce, or the name of the basic monetary unit of Armenia

HOW-TO SONGS: On the same day in 1997, LeAnn Rimes & Trisha Yearwood each released a version of this ballad

THIS & THAT: In "Back to the Future Part II", Marty McFly picks up the October 22, 2015 edition of this newspaper

MOUNTAINS: In this Rocky Mountain state, Mount Elbert provides truly stunning views amid its false peaks

NOT A CHEMICAL ELEMENT: Introduced by DuPont & General Motors, it's a trademarked name for a refrigerant gas once found in A/C units

THE THOMAS HARDY BOYS (& MEN): After an auction ends in disaster, Michael Henchard elects not to drink alcohol for 21 years in "the Mayor of" this place

Correct Responses for October 15, 2026:

LET'S TALK REAL ESTATE: What is trust?

"R"TISTS: What is Renoir?

FLY, MY PRETTIES!: Who is Wonder Woman?

ALLITERATION: What is double down?

REIGNING: Who is Isabella?

CATS & DOGS: Who is Sylvester?

THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS: What is dram?

HOW-TO SONGS: What is "How Do I Live"?

THIS & THAT: What is USA Today?

MOUNTAINS: What is Colorado?

NOT A CHEMICAL ELEMENT: What is Freon?

THE THOMAS HARDY BOYS (& MEN): What is Casterbridge?

October 14, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

THE BETTER-THAN-MID ATLANTIC STATES: U.S. News & World Report ranks this "Old Dominion State" No. 18 in the nation for education

"BIG" STUFF: The introduction of this cup size to the 7-Eleven product line nearly doubled their fountain drink profits at the time

ADJECTIVES: Meaning "the most complete", this word appears on the cover of Merriam-Webster's 2,816-page third New International Dictionary

HELLO, DOLLY: She was the first family member that Mattel added to the Barbie doll universe

MASHED-UP BOOK TITLES: "The Fault in Our Towns" is a mash-up of these 2 works by the same author

ETHAN HAWKE, AMERICAN ACTOR: In 2002 Ethan began work on this Richard Linklater film, then known as "Untitled 12-year Project"

Double Jeopardy! Round:

REPORT CARDS OF MYTHIC FIGURES: Kudos on counting to 12 with your last labor, fetching Cerberus

TV LOCALES: Charming, California is home to the title Motorcycle Club on this show that ran for 7 seasons

MEDIEVAL NAMES: Some historians find this "Lionhearted" English king of the 12th century to be more of a black heart

COLLEGE RESPONSES: This restaurant that began franchising in 1935 opted for orange roofs as its beacon to American road trippers

AROUND THE UNIVERSE: At its north pole, this sixth planet from the Sun has a massive hexagon shape in the clouds that NASA calls "perplexing"

ENDS WITH A SILENT "T": A fashion encyclopedia says this French-named cap can be worn "halo style" or "pancake style", among others

Correct Responses for October 14, 2026:

THE BETTER-THAN-MID ATLANTIC STATES: What is Virginia?

"BIG" STUFF: What is the Big Gulp?

ADJECTIVES: What is Unabridged?

HELLO, DOLLY: Who is Skipper?

MASHED-UP BOOK TITLES: What is The Fault in Our Stars & Paper Towns?

ETHAN HAWKE, AMERICAN ACTOR: What is Boyhood?

REPORT CARDS OF MYTHIC FIGURES: Who is Hercules?

TV LOCALES: What is Sons of Anarchy?

MEDIEVAL NAMES: Who is Richard?

COLLEGE RESPONSES: What is Howard Johnson's?

AROUND THE UNIVERSE: What is Saturn?

ENDS WITH A SILENT "T": What is beret?

October 13, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

Y COMBINATOR: Y Combinator's first startup to file for an IPO was this cloud storage company whose logo resembles an open cardboard container

CHILDREN'S BOOKS FIRST LINES: "He came into the world in the middle of the thicket, in one of those little, hidden forest glades which seem to be entirely open"

OOPS!...I DID IT AGAIN: In 217 B.C., Rome ran afoul of this Carthaginian general who once crossed the Alps with elephants; Rome lost men to him again the next year

GOLDEN GIRLS: She started snowboarding at age 4 & claimed Olympic gold 13 years later in the 2018 Women's halfpipe

3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS: Knorr is a familiar brand in the world of these savory cubes made with evaporated stock

OTHER JENNINGSES: Appointed by Jeb Bush, Toni Jennings was the first female Lieutenant Governor of this state

Double Jeopardy! Round:

"-Y" COMBINATOR: Add a -Y to someone who dominates the workplace to get this word meaning "domineering"

THIS IS MY LIFE NOW: Years after her divorce from Bill Gates, she wrote "The Next Day", a book about moving forward

CROSSROAD CLUES: Los Angeles' first high-rise office tower, the Taft Building, is at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard & this street

HEAVY MACHINERY: Like a "big" German howitzer, a tunnel boring machine used to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle went by this female name

DOMESTICATED ANIMALS: A word in the name of this rodent species may have come from a mispronounced form of a region in South America

A PENNY FOR YOUR MEDIA: Reporter Penny Crone was part of the news team assembled by this shock jock for his move to Sirius Satellite Radio

Correct Responses for October 13, 2026:

Y COMBINATOR: What is Dropbox?

CHILDREN'S BOOKS FIRST LINES: What is Bambi?

OOPS!...I DID IT AGAIN: Who is Hannibal?

GOLDEN GIRLS: Who is Chloe Kim?

3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS: What are bouillon cubes?

OTHER JENNINGSES: What is Florida?

"-Y" COMBINATOR: What is bossy?

THIS IS MY LIFE NOW: Who is Melinda French Gates?

CROSSROAD CLUES: What is Vine?

HEAVY MACHINERY: What is Bertha?

DOMESTICATED ANIMALS: What is guinea pig?

A PENNY FOR YOUR MEDIA: Who is Howard Stern?

October 12, 2026: Clues not published by this site out of protest over the Harry Potter category in this game.

October 9, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

AFRICA: The 2030 FIFA World Cup will primarily be held in Spain, Portugal & this country south of them both

THIS IS "IT": This 14-letter word is the last word in the last panel of the first "Spider-Man" comic, & it wasn't said by Uncle Ben

SAILING: Hey, buddy! On a non-military sailing ship, the person just under the captain is known as "first" this

I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT: I'll meet you for drinks when I'm out of work; my boss said he needed a report by EOD, this 3-word time, so I gotta hustle!

WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES: In 1573 Thomas Tusser wrote that "a fool and" this "be Soone at debate"; it was revised to the version we know now

YACHT ROCK: This singer may not make you jump, jump, but he might make you wistful through yacht rock classics like "Sailing" & "Arthur's Theme"

Double Jeopardy! Round:

A LOOK AT HISTORICAL AMERICANS: Look at a photo of this man appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924 & you might see him in a fedora

MAMMALS: This order of mammals, including the echidna, lays eggs instead of giving live birth like most mammals

MAPS & CHAPS: In the 1760s cartographer John Spilsbury invented the earliest form of these wooden amusements, then named dissected maps

FROM THE FRENCH: Used in English to describe a reddish color, cerise is the French word for this fruit

JOURNALISM: Owned by the Poynter Institute, this website separating truth from fiction labels outrageously false claims as "pants on fire"

HOLLYWOOD IS SO COOKED: In "Mystic Pizza", Kat, Daisy & JoJo have various coming-of-age moments while making pies in this eastern state

Correct Responses for October 9, 2026:

AFRICA: What is Morocco?

THIS IS "IT": What is responsibility?

SAILING: What is mate?

I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT: What is end of day?

WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES: What is his money?

YACHT ROCK: Who is Christopher Cross?

A LOOK AT HISTORICAL AMERICANS: Who is J. Edgar Hoover?

MAMMALS: What are monotremes?

MAPS & CHAPS: What are jigsaw puzzles?

FROM THE FRENCH: What is cherry?

JOURNALISM: What is Politifact?

HOLLYWOOD IS SO COOKED: What is Connecticut?

October 8, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE: Black Thursday, the start of the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression, happened on the 24th of this month in 1929

BIBLE "D"ICTIONARY: About a day's wage for an agricultural laborer, this Greek silver coin was equal to about one denarius, another "D" coin

FIRST NAME HOMOPHONES: A wooden rod used in playing the violin & similar instruments

HEALTH & FITNESS: Get a low-impact workout using the almost-circular pedaling motion that gives this machine its name

DAYTIME TV: She had a view from the Hot Seat helming the daytime "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", & had "25 Words or Less" Year 8 begin in 2026

INSIDE PHOENIX: The Phoenix Art Museum owns "Flowering Arches, Giverny", a 1913 work by this man, "the quintessential Impressionist"

Double Jeopardy! Round:

BODIES OF WATER: It's the "colorful" river that forms the eastern boundary of South Africa's Free State Province

WORKIN' A GOVERNESS JOB: In one of this Bronte sister's best-known works, title governess Agnes Grey works for the Bloomfields & the Murrays

ALL IN THE FAMILY: He's the only U.S. president to have twin children

TITLE SONG PEOPLE: Replace the "C" in the first Christian Roman Emperor with a "K" & get this girl something corporate sings about in a 10-minute epic

I'VE GOT YOUR BACK: General Motors sponsors the annual Back to the Bricks event celebrating classic cars in this Michigan "Vehicle City"

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT: Part of the word soliloquy comes from Latin for "alone", so it's fitting that this synonym comes partly from Greek for "alone"

Correct Responses for October 8, 2026:

HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE: What is October?

BIBLE "D"ICTIONARY: What is a drachma?

FIRST NAME HOMOPHONES: What is bow?

HEALTH & FITNESS: What is an elliptical?

DAYTIME TV: Who is Meredith Vieira?

INSIDE PHOENIX: Who is Claude Monet?

BODIES OF WATER: What is the Orange?

WORKIN' A GOVERNESS JOB: Who is Anne?

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Who is George W. Bush?

TITLE SONG PEOPLE: Who is Konstantine?

I'VE GOT YOUR BACK: What is Flint?

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT: What is monologue?

October 7, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

WOMEN'S HISTORY: This 21st century figure is the only person to serve as both chair of the Federal Reserve & Secretary of the Treasury

____ & ____: This colorful pair describes something clear-cut with no ambiguity

SIMILAR YET DIFFERENT: The United Kingdom comprises England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland, while Great Britain excludes this country

TRAVEL WRITING: In her book "You deserve good gelato", Kacie Rose details her travels, leaving New York to move to this country

PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ…: This actress was photographed nude & pregnant for a 1991 issue of Vanity Fair

SPECS McKECKNEY, OLD TIME SPORTS RADIO REPORTER: Specs might call the 2015 bout between Manny Pacquiao & this "Money" man the fight of the century; it grossed $400 million on PPV

Double Jeopardy! Round:

SOUTHERN CITIES: The Survivor Tree is a highlight of the memorial that now exists where the Alfred P. Murrah building once stood in this city

POP CULTURE PAIRS: The title roles of this film were played by Tom Hanks & a rotating group of Dogues de Bordeaux

LAMPOONS & SUCH: Lorne Michaels prefers to say "SNL" deals in sketches, not this shorter word for shorter satirical pieces

SAY THE WORD: This word describing something said quickly, directly & perhaps rudely can end in "K" or in "que"

DEEP: Deep-sea divers have this second-lightest gas in their breathing mixtures to work way down below

FAKES: In the 1980s, the publishing of fake diary entries said to be by this leader led to 2 Germans being sentenced to prison time

Correct Responses for October 7, 2026:

WOMEN'S HISTORY: Who is Janet Yellen?

____ & ____: What is black & white?

SIMILAR YET DIFFERENT: What is Northern Ireland?

TRAVEL WRITING: What is Italy?

PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ…: Who is Demi Moore?

SPECS McKECKNEY, OLD TIME SPORTS RADIO REPORTER: Who is Floyd Mayweather?

SOUTHERN CITIES: What is Oklahoma City?

POP CULTURE PAIRS: What is Turner & Hooch?

LAMPOONS & SUCH: What are skits?

SAY THE WORD: What is brusk?

DEEP: What is helium?

FAKES: Who is Adolf Hitler?

October 6, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

KENNY J: MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST: Kenny plays this small instrument in the lute family that's one letter away from being a slicer in the kitchen

POETRY IN MOTION: "The time you won your town the race" is the first line of Housman's reflective poem titled "To an Athlete" doing this "Young"

ANNUAL EVENTS: This Texas music festival that traces its roots to public television is happening the first 2 weekends of October 2026

MOVIE TITLE CHARACTERS: In a characteristically mischievous way, this Disney character goes under the alias Prince Ali Ababwa

WITH A BANG: Of 13.8 million, 13.8 billion or 13.8 trillion, it's the number of years ago scientists believe the Big Bang happened

NOT A WHIMPER: Launched in 1975, this S.C. Johnson stain remover brand has appropriately been a sponsor of the messy Color Run event

Double Jeopardy! Round:

THE 1500s: In 1500 this Portuguese navigator reached Brazil, earning recognition by most as the first European to arrive there

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BAYS: Visitors to the website of Miami-Dade County can pledge to protect this bay of about 220 square miles

VIRUSES (THE MEDICAL KIND): On the rise in 2026, this unpleasant virus is named for Norwalk, Ohio, where it was first isolated among schoolchildren

SO PREDICTABLE: This astronomer didn't live to see the comet he observed in 1682 return in 1758 as he predicted, but he was right

TV COME-BACKS: After the first version went off the air in 1985, this "Family Feud" M.C. came back to host in 1994 & 1995

"POST" SCRIPT: In math, this basic starting point for logical reasoning is a statement that is accepted as true without any proof

Correct Responses for October 6, 2026:

KENNY J: MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST: What is a mandolin?

POETRY IN MOTION: What is "dying"?

ANNUAL EVENTS: What is Austin City Limits?

MOVIE TITLE CHARACTERS: Who is Aladdin?

WITH A BANG: What is 13.8 billion?

NOT A WHIMPER: What is Shout?

THE 1500s: Who is Pedro Cabral?

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BAYS: What is Biscayne Bay?

VIRUSES (THE MEDICAL KIND): What is norovirus?

SO PREDICTABLE: Who is Edmond Halley?

TV COME-BACKS: Who is Richard Dawson?

"POST" SCRIPT: What is a postulate?

October 5, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

21st CENTURY WORLD NEWS: A critical oil transit chokepoint, this waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman has made news in 2026

A CAPITAL IDEA: Make an assumption & name this country that Asuncion has been the capital of since 1811

DURABILITY: Grab your spoon & bowl! This company has been putting Grape-Nuts on grocery shelves for nearly 130 years

REALITY TV SHOWS BY JUDGES: Michelle Visage & TS Madison are judges on this show

8-LETTER VERBS: This verb means to move closer, as an attorney does to "The Bench" when leaving their table to speak with the judge

ME LOVE COOKIES!: Cookie Monster may be first in line to get these fruity Girl Scout shortbread cookies named for a refreshing beverage

Double Jeopardy! Round:

BOATS IN BOOKS: The Pequod, named for a tribe that went extinct, is a vessel in this book

MURDER MOST FOUL: H.H. Holmes, who built a "murder castle" in this city, took advantage of the 1893 World's Fair to lure new victims

"C" IN SCIENCE: These tiny, hairlike structures on the outside of cells go back & forth to help move the cell, or push fluids & particles past it

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS: The Rock Hall says this ATL hip-hop duo inducted in 2025 hit their stride in 2000 with the release of their album "Stankonia"

RELIGION: To free themselves from suffering & achieve enlightenment, Buddhists follow a nonlinear "path" of this many parts

SHORT WORD, LONG WORD: An idiom says "it's a woman's" this to change her mind; in a Bobby Brown song title, it follows "my"

Correct Responses for October 5, 2026:

21st CENTURY WORLD NEWS: What is the Strait of Hormuz?

A CAPITAL IDEA: What is Paraguay?

DURABILITY: What is Post?

REALITY TV SHOWS BY JUDGES: What is RuPaul's Drag Race?

8-LETTER VERBS: What is approach?

ME LOVE COOKIES!: What are Lemonades?

BOATS IN BOOKS: What is Moby-Dick?

MURDER MOST FOUL: What is Chicago?

"C" IN SCIENCE: What are cilia?

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS: Who are OutKast?

RELIGION: What is 8?

SHORT WORD, LONG WORD: What is prerogative?

October 2, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

RED TO BE READ: Having no combat experience himself, Stephen Crane partly based this book on the anthology "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War"

FROM "A" TO "Y": This word meaning "to soothe" is commonly heard before "your fears"

JOIN THE CLUB: This children's book series started by Ann M. Martin became a TV series again in 2020, when Netflix debuted a new adaptation

20th CENTURY AMERICA: Hundreds of vessels participated in "Operation Sail", a floating parade up the Hudson River to mark this bicentennial year

BIG THINGS: Treating Kansas' Nelson-Atkins Museum of art like a net, 2 artists installed 18-ft.-tall versions of these badminton objects on the lawn

MOVIE SEQUEL SUBTITLES: "Dawn of the Dinosaurs" is a sequel in this movie franchise

Double Jeopardy! Round:

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES: Bordered by Sudan & South Sudan on its west, this country's official name starts with "Federal Democratic Republic of"

FACES: Depicted as a cheery smiley face, Evil Otto is an invincible villain in this arcade game with a "crazy" name

DIPLOMACY: Don't tell Honda: At one time, this term applied to a diplomatic agreement thought to be about a lesser subject than a treaty

FOSSIL WORDS: It used to mean "to endure", but now it really only exists before "My Time" in a phrase meaning "to wait"

SCIENCE ADJECTIVES: Animals active at night are nocturnal; animals active during the daytime go by this term with a similar ending

ONE-SEASON WONDERS: This Zoe Kravitz series based on a John Cusack movie based on a Nick Hornby book went one & done in 2020

Correct Responses for October 2, 2026:

RED TO BE READ: What is The Red Badge of Courage?

FROM "A" TO "Y": What is allay?

JOIN THE CLUB: What is The Baby-Sitters Club?

20th CENTURY AMERICA: What is 1976?

BIG THINGS: What are shuttlecocks?

MOVIE SEQUEL SUBTITLES: What is Ice Age?

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES: What is Ethiopia?

FACES: What is Berzerk?

DIPLOMACY: What is accord?

FOSSIL WORDS: What is bide?

SCIENCE ADJECTIVES: What is diurnal?

ONE-SEASON WONDERS: What is High Fidelity?

October 1, 2026:

Jeopardy! Round:

MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S WORD OF THE YEAR: The 2007 choice was this interjection used to express joy that, like 2007, has 2 zeroes in it

SEMI-STUPID ANSWERS: This alteration of the word "totally" commonly comes before "McGotes"

GO TO YOUR ROOM: It's the popular, alliterative term for a space in which you pay to intentionally break things like glass plates

YOU'RE GROUNDED: In electrical hookups, the typical appearance of a ground wire is either bare or this color

WAIT UNTIL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME: His 1940s & '50s terms as U.K. P.M. earned admiration, but the marks he brought home as a teenager earned him dad's ire

BILLY CRYSTAL: With 26 seconds, Billy has the record for the fastest time to complete the winner's circle bonus round on this game show franchise

Double Jeopardy! Round:

19th CENTURY NOVELS: A Nihilist was the protagonist of Ivan Turgenev's novel "Fathers and" these

MUSICAL ANIMALS?: "No One Like You" & "Still Loving You" were '80s tunes by this band out of Germany

BY THE NUMBERS: It followed "B-" in the name of Boeing's bomber that was dubbed the "Flying Fortress"

PLACES IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE: It's the native name for Easter Island

THE SUPREME COURT: The 2014 case of Riley v. California ruled that police generally need one of these before they can digitally search a smartphone

NOT-SO-SILENT "K": It's a square of cloth that can cover the head or be worn as a scarf

Correct Responses for October 1, 2026:

MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S WORD OF THE YEAR: What is w00t?

SEMI-STUPID ANSWERS: What is totes?

GO TO YOUR ROOM: What is a rage room?

YOU'RE GROUNDED: What is green?

WAIT UNTIL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME: Who is Winston Churchill?

BILLY CRYSTAL: What is Pyramid?

19th CENTURY NOVELS: What are Sons?

MUSICAL ANIMALS?: Who are Scorpions?

BY THE NUMBERS: What is 17?

PLACES IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE: What is Rapa Nui?

THE SUPREME COURT: What is a warrant?

NOT-SO-SILENT "K": What is a kerchief?