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The 45 Easiest Final Jeopardy Questions in the Show’s History

September 7, 2022 By Elaine Foley Leave a Comment

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Final Jeopardy is often thought of as the most difficult segment in a Jeopardy! episode. The writers leave the hardest question of the game for last to raise the stakes for the contestants. These tougher queries make wagering even more suspenseful to watch, as well. However, not every Final Jeopardy question is a tough one. Indeed, over the years, there have been quite a few Final Jeopardy questions that haven’t lived up to the round’s tricky reputation.

Here, we’ve gathered 45 Final Jeopardy questions from the show that seem to be on the easier side, AKA their answers are fairly common knowledge that you wouldn’t have to study up to know. Many of the questions we’ve featured were answered correctly by all three players at the podium, so you know they’re extra easy to solve.

If you’re hosting your own novice trivia night, try these questions on for size. These clues are perfect for folks who are less familiar with answering rapid-fire trivia questions or for anyone who isn’t seeking an extra difficult trivia game.

Ready to try your hand at these 45 questions? Keep scrolling to see if you can solve these simpler Final Jeopardy clues.

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1 1. An Unforgettable Holiday
2 2. Do You Know This Classic Movie?
3 3. They Obtained This Trademark in 2022, FYI
4 4. An Iconic 19th Century Figure
5 5. These Are Some Epic Deaths
6 6. Luck O’ The Three Troupe Show
7 7. What Was Notable About This Leader’s Smile?
8 8. A Unique Upbringing, To Say The Least
9 9. Can You Guess This Word?
10 10. Ready To Talk About Theory?
11 11. Famous Last Dots and Dashes
12 12. A Couple of Rhyming Noisemakers
13 13. 28 Years Later, It’s Still Got the Second Biggest Population
14 14. Can You Name This Continent?
15 15. This Is One Magical Lady
16 16. He Gave This Business True Love’s Kiss, I Guess
17 17. To Infinity and Beyond!
18 18. From Coast to Coast… to Coast… to Coast…
19 19. He’s Not President Anymore!
20 20. A Christening, A Curse, And A Lot of Tchaikovsky
21 21. It Has an Award-Winning Movie Adaptation, Too
22 22. A Peace-Loving World Leader
23 23. She Traveled To a Wonder-Filled Land, Alright
24 24. Those Casting Directors Had A Real Sense of Humor
25 25. King of Myth and Legend
26 26. A Double Math Meaning
27 27. They Might Not Suck Your Blood, But They’ve Got Fangs
28 28. Let It Pour On the Soundstage!
29 29. Exercise Feels Good For a Reason
30 30. This Author Could Also Steer a Ship
31 31. 1890 Census Report Findings
32 32. Drink Away!
33 33. A Senior in Space
34 34. Catholicism’s A Fast Food Influencer
35 35. A Fictional Firebreather
36 36. Not The Theory He’s Famous For
37 37. This Isn’t Playboy, Folks
38 38. A European Titan
39 39. On Mac, It’s Command, Option, Escape
40 40. A Tragic Bit of Irony
41 41. Make Those Wind Turbines
42 42. Like Father, Like Demented Son
43 43. Well Wishes For a Veteran Space Traveler
44 44. This Publication Has Stood The Test of Time
45 45. In This Fiery Novel…
46 Final Words

1. An Unforgettable Holiday

Episode: Monday, September 10, 1984

Category: Holidays

Question: The third Monday of January starting in 1986.

Show Press Release (5 More Words)

Answer: Martin Luther King Day.

2. Do You Know This Classic Movie?

Episode: Friday, July 13, 2001

Category: The Movies

Question: This classic 1952 movie was based on the story “The Tin Star.”

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: High Noon.

3. They Obtained This Trademark in 2022, FYI

Episode: Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Category: Colleges and Universities

Question: In 2019 this public university attempted to trademark the word “the” for use on clothing & hats.

Show Press Release (5 More Words)

Answer: The Ohio State University.

4. An Iconic 19th Century Figure

Episode: Friday, June 17, 2022

Category: 19th Century Contemporaries

Question: Congratulating her on the 1869 release of her biography, Frederick Douglass wrote, “I have wrought in the day–you in the night.”

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: Harriet Tubman.

5. These Are Some Epic Deaths

Episode: Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Category: Literature

Question: Maris, Lycon, Laogonus, Erymas, Sarpedon, Erylaus & Patroclus die in Book 16 of this work.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: The Iliad.

6. Luck O’ The Three Troupe Show

Episode: Wednesday, December 13, 2000

Category: Musical Theatre

Question: Currently, this show is performed by 3 troupes; the Liffey & Lagan Companies on tour & the Shannon Company on B’way.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Riverdance.

7. What Was Notable About This Leader’s Smile?

Episode: Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Category: Historic Americans

Question: An education center at his historic home includes galleries called “First in War” & “A Leader’s Smile.”

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: George Washington.

8. A Unique Upbringing, To Say The Least

Episode: Thursday, November 2, 2006

Category: Fictional Characters

Question: He first appeared in Kipling’s 1892 story “In the Rukh” as an adult who now & then refers to his very odd childhood.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Mowgli.

9. Can You Guess This Word?

Episode: Monday, June 16, 2014

Category: Word Origins

Question: This noun meaning a secret plan comes from the Latin for “to breathe together.”

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Conspiracy.

10. Ready To Talk About Theory?

Ready for a fun fact? This question was featured during Jeopardy!’s The Greatest of All Time games. Clearly, the show’s writers needed to aim higher to make harder questions for the show’s biggest champs!

Episode: Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Category: Influential Writing

Question: Its second line is “All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope & Czar, Metternich & Guizot…”

Show Press Release (4 More Words)

Answer: The Communist Manifesto.

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11. Famous Last Dots and Dashes

Episode: Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Category: Technology

Question: A famous one of these was first sent May 24, 1844 & a famous last one, January 27, 2006.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: A telegram.

12. A Couple of Rhyming Noisemakers

Episode: Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Category: Musical Instruments

Question: In the early 18th c. Sylvius Leopold Weiss wrote works for these 2 instruments whose names rhyme.

Show Press Release (6 More Words)

Answer: The flute and the lute.

13. 28 Years Later, It’s Still Got the Second Biggest Population

Episode: Wednesday May 3, 1995

Category: The Census

Question: In 1994 this state surpassed New York to become the second most populous state.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Texas

14. Can You Name This Continent?

Episode: Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Category: The Continents

Question: It’s the only continent with its mainland lying in all 4 hemispheres as defined by the equator & the prime meridian.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Africa.

15. This Is One Magical Lady

Episode: Friday, November 6, 2015

Category: Children’s Lit

Question: As she arrived at the house of her new employer, “the wind seemed to catch her up into the air and fling her” at the door.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: Mary Poppins

A young child reading a picture book

16. He Gave This Business True Love’s Kiss, I Guess

Episode: Tuesday, July 2, 2002

Category: 1980s Business

Question: In his job since 1984, this man has been called “the prince who awakened Sleeping Beauty.”

Show Press Release (10 More Words)

Answer: Michael Eisner, Chief Executive Officer at the Disney Company.

17. To Infinity and Beyond!

Episode: Wednesday, June 21, 2021

Category: Movie Characters

Question: A character who was going to be called Lunar Larry became him, inspired by the name of a real person.

Show Press Release (7 More Words)

Answer: Buzz Lightyear (inspired by Buzz Aldrin).

18. From Coast to Coast… to Coast… to Coast…

Episode: Friday, August 3, 2012

Category: World Geography

Question: This country in the Americas has more than 125,000 miles of coastline, the most of any country in the world.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Canada.

19. He’s Not President Anymore!

Episode: Wednesday, May 6, 1998

Category: World Leaders

Question: Unopposed, he was elected to his 5th term as president in 1998; he’s been in power since 1959.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: Fidel Castro.

20. A Christening, A Curse, And A Lot of Tchaikovsky

Episode: Wednesday, December 9, 1992

Category: Ballet

Question: The elaborate prologue of this 1890 ballet features a christening & a curse.

Show Press Release (4 More Words)

Answer: The Sleeping Beauty.

Ballet dancers in white on stage

21. It Has an Award-Winning Movie Adaptation, Too

Episode: Thursday, July 4, 2019

Category: On Broadway

Question: This play opens in Vienna in 1823, 32 years after the death of its title character.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Amadeus.

22. A Peace-Loving World Leader

Episode: Thursday, January 20, 2011

Category: World Leaders

Question: At his 1994 inaugural, he called for “a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world”.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: Nelson Mandela.

23. She Traveled To a Wonder-Filled Land, Alright

Episode: Monday, December 25, 2017

Category: Authors

Question: A prefatory poem he wrote to one of his novels tells of “the dream-child moving through a land of wonders wild and new.”

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: Lewis Carroll.

24. Those Casting Directors Had A Real Sense of Humor

Episode: Thursday, September 17, 2009

Category: Famous Actors

Question: Ironically, he lost the leading role in the 1960 play “The Best Man” because he didn’t look presidential.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: Ronald Reagan

25. King of Myth and Legend

Episode: Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Category: Legendary Rulers

Question: He’s been written about by Aneirin in “The Gododdin” around 600 A.D. & by Fay Sampson in the “Daughter of Tintagel” series.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: King Arthur.

26. A Double Math Meaning

Episode: Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Category: Math Words

Question: In Latin, the name of this math field meant a pebble used in counting, & the word also has the medical meaning “stone.”

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Calculus.

27. They Might Not Suck Your Blood, But They’ve Got Fangs

Episode: Wednesday, December 26, 2001

Category: Animals

Question: Scientists named an anticoagulant found in the saliva of a species of this animal “draculin.”

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: Vampire bat.

28. Let It Pour On the Soundstage!

Episode: Monday, March 16, 2020

Category: Movie Musicals

Question: Water pressure issues in Culver City, home to MGM, impacted the filming of an iconic scene in this 1952 movie musical.

Show Press Release (5 More Words)

Answer: Singin’ in the Rain.

29. Exercise Feels Good For a Reason

Episode: Thursday, April 23, 2009

Category: 20th Century Science

Question: The 1970s saw the coining of the term “runner’s high” & the discovery of these opiate proteins that produce it.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Endorphins.

30. This Author Could Also Steer a Ship

Episode: Thursday, October 4, 2012

Category: Authors

Question: In 1890 he captained the stern-wheeler Roi des Belges on a voyage down the Congo River.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: Joseph Conrad.

A ship sailing on water at sunset

31. 1890 Census Report Findings

Episode: Thursday, January 20, 2022

Category: Words in American History

Question: The 1890 Census reported that “the unsettled area has been so broken into… that there can hardly be said to be a” this.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Frontier.

32. Drink Away!

Episode: Friday, June 22, 2007

Category: Food and Drink History

Question: The world’s first pure food & beverage law, one pertaining to beer, was proclaimed by the Duke of this region in 1516.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Bavaria.

33. A Senior in Space

Episode: Wednesday, February 7, 2001

Category: Space Exploration

Question: In October 1998 this man went into space as the oldest U.S. astronaut ever.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: John Glenn.

34. Catholicism’s A Fast Food Influencer

Episode: Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Category: Fast Food

Question: This sandwich was 1st sold in 1962 as an attempt to give the many Catholics of Cincinnati something to eat on Fridays during Lent.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Filet-o-Fish.

35. A Fictional Firebreather

Episode: Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Category: Calendars

Question: Of the 12 beasts representing years in the Chinese calendar, the one not biologically related to any creature on Earth.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: The dragon.

36. Not The Theory He’s Famous For

Episode: Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Category: Scientists

Question: He won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics primarily for his work on the photoelectric effect, not for relativity.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: Albert Einstein.

37. This Isn’t Playboy, Folks

Episode: Monday, July 14, 2003

Category: Magazines

Question: For its 1st swimsuit edition in 2003, it covered 100 years of the swimsuit & included a 1917 photo of topless island women.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: National Geographic.

38. A European Titan

Episode: Friday, February 11, 2022

Category: European Geography

Question: This country, the largest in area entirely within Europe, borders the largest country in the world.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Ukraine.

39. On Mac, It’s Command, Option, Escape

Episode: Friday, April 25, 2014

Category: Computers

Question: The creator of this computer command called it “a 5-minute job”; in 2013 Bill Gates called it “a mistake.”

Show Press Release (4 More Words)

Answer: Control, alt, delete.

40. A Tragic Bit of Irony

Episode: Friday, April 24, 2015

Category: Actors

Question: Ironically, in the summer of 1955, he gave an interview about the dangers of racing on highways.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: James Dean.

41. Make Those Wind Turbines

Episode: Monday, September 26, 2016

Category: International Business

Question: This European company uses about 1% of the world’s lumber each year; it aims to make that 100% sustainable by 2020.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: IKEA.

42. Like Father, Like Demented Son

Episode: Friday, June 30, 2006

Category: Children’s Authors

Question: This author & illustrator has said, “Max is like my demented son and he’s taking care of his father for life.”

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: Maurice Sendak.

43. Well Wishes For a Veteran Space Traveler

Episode: Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Category: Words in the News 2016

Question: NASA wished John Glenn this 8-letter word when he made the 1st U.S. manned orbital flight in 1962 & again upon his passing in 2016.

Show Press Release (2 More Words)

Answer: Godspeed.

44. This Publication Has Stood The Test of Time

Episode: Friday, May 17, 2019

Category: Photo Sharing

Question: Publishing its first photo in 1889, today it has more than 4 billion likes & 100 million followers on Instagram.

Show Press Release (3 More Words)

Answer: National Geographic.

45. In This Fiery Novel…

Episode: Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Category: In the Novel

Question: The 1st scene in this book: “With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene.”

Show Press Release (6 More Words)

Answer: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Flames against a black background

Final Words

There you have it: 45 of the easiest Final Jeopardy questions ever to have been featured on the show. We hope they bring you some joy during your next trivia event.

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Did we miss another especially easy Final Jeopardy question? Let us know in the comments section. Happy quizzing!

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About Elaine Foley

Elaine Foley is a writer and professional ballet dancer living in St. Louis, MO. Since she was very young, Elaine has been an avid trivia fanatic eager to test her memorization skills. When she’s not performing onstage, she’s probably going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole or playing a word game.

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