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A clue archive of Jeopardy!'s J!6 clues for October 2026.

J!6 Clue Archive – October 2026

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Current Champion

Greg Monson, career statistics:
18 correct, 5 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,800)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,400

To win:
2 games: 56.855%
3: 32.325%
4: 18.378%
5: 10.449%
6: 5.941%
Avg. streak: 2.318 games.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
October 17-18: S42 E177 (May 12, 2026)
October 24-25: S42 E178 (May 13, 2026)
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All Time Winnings

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603

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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?


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