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Tag Archives: Jeopardy!
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
Hammett: Jeopardy! Slips Another Clew from the Dash Deck
January 13. S41 E91. Champions Wildcard Game 1. Double Jeopardy Round. Category: People of the Book. $800 clew: Contestant buzzes in: “What is The Maltese Falcon?”
Hammett: Who Is?
Jeopardy! October 22, 2024. S41 E32. In the Final Jeopardy round the category Detective Authors. “For much of the 1920s, he lived on Eddy in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district.” “Who is I had fun,” responded one contender. “Who is Mosley?” … Continue reading
Hammett: Jeopardy! Rides Again
Only a month after dropping a Hammett clew into the mix, Jeopardy! quickly pulled the creator of Sam Spade out of the trick bag once more — S40 E210 for June 28, 2024. The first round. $400 clew in the … Continue reading
Hammett: Back into the Jeopardy! Proper Mix
After the surprise appearance on the spinoff show Jeopardy! Masters on May 17 earlier this year, Hammett quickly returned to his old Jeopardy! stomping grounds. May 29, 2024. S40 E188. Category: Don’t Stop Retrieving. $1000 clew: “In a 1930 novel … Continue reading
Hammett: Cracking Jeopardy! Masters
After Jeopardy! had their full category blowout of Hammett clews in January, who knew what might happen? Could that have been it, a swansong to send him off into the used-up clew pile by an exhausted clew crew? Months began … Continue reading
Hammett: When Jeopardy! Dropped the H Bomb
I’ve had this one hidden away almost all year, waiting to ease under the Xmas tree. . . . Or: Would you believe I was so daunted when I saw it that I froze solid? Dropped as if I had … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeopardy!, Lillian Hellman, Raymond Chandler, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Tenderloin
