Rediscovered: The Op Cracks Jeopardy!

Hammett keeps his hand in the game. Offhand, I don’t recall the Continental Op showing up in Jeopardy! clews before now. Usually it’s Sam Spade or Nick and Nora Charles — or Asta. Sometimes Lillian Hellman or Joe McCarthy. San Francisco. On Friday October 2 —S43 E15 — first round. $1000 clew. Category: Red to be Read. Picture of Hammett as Ken Jennings does voice-over on the following: One of the earliest tough guy detectives, the Continental Op shows up in 1929’s Red Harvest by this author Guy buzzes in: “Who is Dashiell Hammett?” Yeah, that’d be my guess too.