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Explorers.

986 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

986

Daily Doubles

61

6.2% of clues

DJ skew

65%

Final J!s

28

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	Captain Cook		16	14.3%	$607
04	Ferdinand Magellan		15	6.7%	$573
05	Henry Hudson		15	14.3%	$900
06	Vitus Bering		15	23.1%	$831
07	Roald Amundsen		15	28.6%	$771
08	Marco Polo		12	0.0%	$875
09	Sir Edmund Hillary		12	0.0%	$822
10	Sir Francis Drake		12	16.7%	$608
11	Ponce de Leon		11	0.0%	$470
12	the Northwest Passage		11	0.0%	$618
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

62 answers · 361 clues

Christopher Columbus 24 Vasco da Gama 16 Captain Cook 16 Ferdinand Magellan 15 Vitus Bering 15 Roald Amundsen 15 Sir Francis Drake 12 Ponce de Leon 11 the Northwest Passage 11 Dr. Livingstone 11 Stanley 10 Brazil 9 Hernando de Soto 9 Abel Tasman 9 Greenland 8 Verrazano 8 La Salle 8

Balboa 7 Samuel de Champlain 7 Richard Byrd 6 George Vancouver 6 Robert Peary 6 Robert Falcon Scott 6 Easter Island 5 Verrazzano 5 Thor Heyerdahl 5 the Santa Maria 5 the South Pole 4 the Mississippi 4 Sir Walter Raleigh 4 Sebastian Cabot 4 Portugal 4 Matthew Henson 4 John Smith 4 Cortes 4 Coronado 4

Other

58 answers · 185 clues

Henry Hudson 15 Pizarro 8

Lewis & Clark 7 Antarctica 7 the North Pole 7 Marquette 6 New Zealand 5 the Nile 5 Captain James Cook 5 the Titanic 4 Lhasa 4 Leif Ericson 4 Jacques Cartier 4

Medieval

5 answers · 49 clues

Marco Polo 12 Sir Edmund Hillary 12 John Cabot 11 Sir Richard Burton 8

Leif Erikson 6

Ancient

5 answers · 23 clues

Timbuktu 7 the Cape of Good Hope 7 Mecca 5

Revolutionary Era

2 answers · 4 clues

Cold War

1 answers · 3 clues

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