Can You Guess These 3 'Jeopardy!' Questions About California?
By Rebekah Gonzalez, Hannah DeRuyter
February 4, 2022
Since 1964, Jeopardy! has been a staple game show.
With 38 seasons and over 9,000 episodes, fans play alongside the contestants to try and see if they have what it takes to become a Jeopardy! champion.
While we all wait for the next episode to air, Stacker compiled a list of Jeopardy! questions about each state.
To find three questions about each state, Stacker "combed through the fan-created J! Archive and found three clues for all 50 states (excluding Washington D.C.) from the questions curated there."
Can you answer the three Jeopardy! questions Stacker found about California? Here are the clues:
#1. This gastropod mollusk is the official mascot of the University of California at Santa Cruz.
#2. Both Spain's and California's highest mountain peaks are in a range called this.
#3. John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" plays out its Cain and Abel parable in this California valley.
SPOILER ALERT! BELOW ARE THE ANSWERS TO EACH QUESTION:
#1. This gastropod mollusk is the official mascot of the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Answer: Banana slug (otherwise known as "Sammy the Slug")
#2. Both Spain's and California's highest mountain peaks are in a range called this.
Answer: Sierra Nevada
#3. John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" plays out its Cain and Abel parable in this California valley.
Answer: Salinas Valley
For more Jeopardy! questions about all 50 states, click here.