Marblehead “Jeopardy!” enthusiasts may have done a double take during the Feb. 26 Double Jeopardy round when host Ken Jennings read a clue that referenced the town.
The $1,200 clue in the “Geography” category was: “A tombolo is a sandy or pebbly one of these connecting an island to the mainland, like in Marblehead, Massachusetts.”
(We’ll give you a minute to come up with the answer.)
According to the J-Archive, an internet database maintained by “Jeopardy!” super fan Robert Knecht Schmidt, Marblehead has now been mentioned in clues on the show six times, though this was its first mention in over 17 years…