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Explorers.

984 clues spanning the full run of the show. 67% of clues land in Double Jeopardy, making this a high-dollar battleground.

Practice Explorers
Total clues
984
Daily Doubles
61
6.2% of clues
DJ skew
65%
Final J!s
26
Stumper rate
18.0%
Avg value
$817
Key Answers 50 gimmes · 8 stumpers
The Gimmes 10
The Stumpers 8
Top answers 133 total answers
The answers every prepared player should know.
Answer Clues Stumper Avg $
01 Christopher Columbus
24 4.2% $238
02 Vasco da Gama
16 18.8% $1,062
03 Ferdinand Magellan
15 6.7% $573
04 Henry Hudson
15 14.3% $900
05 Vitus Bering
15 23.1% $831
06 Roald Amundsen
15 28.6% $771
07 Captain Cook
14 14.3% $607
08 Marco Polo
12 0.0% $875
09 Sir Francis Drake
12 16.7% $608
10 Ponce de Leon
11 0.0% $470
11 the Northwest Passage
11 0.0% $618
12 Sir Edmund Hillary
11 0.0% $822
13 John Cabot
11 9.1% $1,100
14 Dr. Livingstone
11 0.0% $810
15 Stanley
10 0.0% $480
16 Brazil
9 25.0% $1,125
17 Hernando de Soto
9 55.6% $933
18 Abel Tasman
9 33.3% $1,133
19 Greenland
8 0.0% $638
20 Verrazano
8 25.0% $912
Sample clue Explorers
A direct descendant of this explorer was chosen to be a grand marshal of the 1992 Rose Parade
What is — Christopher Columbus
Sub-Areas 6 categories

Colonial / Exploration

64 answers · 385 clues

Other

57 answers · 170 clues

Medieval

4 answers · 37 clues

Ancient

5 answers · 23 clues

Revolutionary Era

2 answers · 4 clues

Cold War

1 answers · 3 clues
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