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Tag Archives: Jeopardy!
Hammett: A Jeopardy! Infiltration
Jeopardy! used a Hammett clew less than a week ago, but the legend and lore can muscle its way in any time. S42 E127, March 3,2026. The Final Jeopardy! shoot-out question in the category 20th Century Movie Memorabilia: In 2025 … Continue reading
Hammett: The Jutting Jaw of Jeopardy!
Once more the clew crew at Jeopardy! dips into the deep trough of the life and career of Dashiell Hammett to summon up hard-boiled ghosts of the past. Seas42 Ep124. February 26, 2026. First round. $400 clew. Category: First Lines … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Another Ace from Jeopardy!’s Sam Spade Suit
Or would that be a swig from the Nick & Nora Club Martini? Tournament of Champions Quarter Final, Day Two — 1/20/26 — Jeopardy! S42E97. First round. Category: The Tale that Wags the Dog. For $800: This beloved pooch owned … Continue reading
Hammett: Jeopardy! Won’t Leave Him Alone
The week ended with Jeopardy! invoking Hammett’s name yet again: S42E90. 1/9/26. A Champions Wildcard showdown. Double Jeopardy round, $2000 slot in the category Adapted for High School: Rian Johnson adapted what he called “the weirdly poetic style of Dashiell … Continue reading
Hammett: In the Jeopardy! Matrix
Obviously deeply imbedded in the neurons that summon up clews for Jeopardy! What can I say, the ghost of Hammett strikes again. On November 13, S42E49, in the first round. Category: Whosolvedit? The $400 clew: With the name of a … Continue reading
Rediscovered: The Shadow, Surrounded or Surmounted?
As I said I would, I dug into the various lists of seven fave The Shadow novels suggested by the poll in The Shadowed Circle Compendium. I figured out the ones that sounded like Must Reads for me. Five of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Tollin, Evan Lewis, Jeopardy!, Maxwell Grant, The Shadow, The Shadowed Circle Compendium, Walter B. Gibson
Hammett: Jeopardy! Combines the Obvious with a Huh-What?
Last season — S41E207 — 6/24/25 — in the first round Jeopardy! offered the category “Chapter & Non-Verse.” The $600 clew: “The Black Bird”: “Yes, with ten thousand insurance, no children, and a wife who didn’t like him.” “The Black … Continue reading
Hammett: Jeopardy! Does a Double-Tap
Jeopardy! just kicked off a new season, S42, while I still have a couple of posts in the files mentioning clews from earlier in the year. The most interesting use was that in their sideshow, Jeopardy Masters. S3E2, aired on … Continue reading
Hammett: Back in the Jeopardy! Saddle
Last week Jeopardy! returned with Season 42, and took me by surprise by immediately dropping a Hammett clew into the mix. S42E4 9.11.2025 — the Double Jeopardy round. Category: Writers at Rest. The $1200 clew: Lillian Hellman spoke of his … Continue reading
Hammett: A Jeopardy! One-Two Punch
Jeopardy! kind of laid off Hammett clews for while, then surprised me with a sudden two-fisted assault. S41E154 — April 10, 2025 — in the initial round offered the category Mystery Loves Company. The $1000 clew: 8 paragraphs in on … Continue reading
