According to J-Archive, sharks have been featured in 417 Jeopardy clues, including about a dozen whole categories. I’ve selected what I believe to be the most difficult 10 of them. How many can you get correct?
1 Art-Podge for $200, 10/29/2001: “Damien Hirst is known for his dead animals in tanks artwork, notably one of these sharks in formaldehyde.”
2 Hard Sharks for $,1000, 05/16/2002: “With a name for the Maori language, this powerful shark is also called the blue pointer.”
3 TV Talk for $2,000, 01/08/2004: “Referring to a daring motorcycle exploit by Fonzie, it’s what a TV show does when it peaks and starts to go downhill.”
4 Four-letter friends for $800, 04/21/2006: “In ‘Jaws,’ it’s what Roy Scheider threw overboard to lure the shark.”
5 All About Animals for $1,200, 07/27/2007: [Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers from the Institute of Marine Sciences at UC Santa Cruz] “Though it has the name of a fierce big cat, this type of shark is a menace to clams, but not people.
6. Shark-uterie for $1,200, 12/10/2019: “This alliterative type of shark sounds like it uses metal shapes to turn dough into Christmas treats.”
7: Sharks and Jets for $800: “Most sharks have 5 pairs of these, those with 7 are among the oldest shark species in existence.”
8. Two words in one for $1,000, 10/6/2023. “A shark appendange plus a type of beer gives us this musical conclusion.”
9. Before and after for $1,600, 12/16/25. “Anglo-Saxon king of medieval Britain who prowls coastal waters as a dangerous predator of the genus Carcharodon.”
10. Living fossils for $400, 1/27/26. “The nose of the goblin shark is covered in organs called ampullae of Lorenzini for detecting prey & this phenomenon.”
Correct responses are below. How’d you do?
- Tiger shark.
- Mako
- Jump the shark
- Chum
- Leopard
- Cookie Cutter
- Gill slits
- Finale (Fin + Ale). Don’t worry, I hate the wordplay ones too.
- Alfred the Great White Shark
- Electricty (I’d also accept electromagnetism here).