Final Jeopardy Clues: 4-11 to 4-15-22

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of April 11 through April 15, 2022.

Click on the dates to see the Jeopardy! recaps for those games.

Mon, Apr 11 – Correct answers: 1
WORDS OF THE YEAR: Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2021 was this 3-letter one, short for a word that goes back to the Latin for “cow” show

Tue, Apr 12 – Correct answers: 2
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: The 1964 article that gave this term its current use noted the “menace that haunts the Atlantic off our southeastern coast” show

Wed, Apr 13 – Correct answers: 1
HISTORY: Intimately familiar with World War I, Churchill considered this war from some 150 years before the “first world war” show

Thu, Apr 14 – Correct answers: 0
WOMEN IN BRITISH HISTORY: The orphaned future Queen Elizabeth I was devoted to this stepmother who died 2 days before Elizabeth’s 15th birthday show

Fri, Apr 15 – Correct answers: 2
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: In 2019 he won his first competitive Oscar, 36 years after a Student Academy Award for a film about a Brooklyn barbershop show

I have to say that most of this week’s clues were easy, even the triple stumper on Thursday. There was a great hint in the clue that all three players overlooked. That doesn’t make the clue hard although some may say that made it tricky. The real tricky one was Wednesday’s History clue. Teachers should take note of what happened and incorporate this information into American history and social studies lessons in the USA. Even if it doesn’t cost you a bunch of money on a game show, it’s good to know.

Jeopardy! champs, week of April 11, 2022

4x champ Mattea Roach returned for her 5th game on Monday. It was a bit of a nail-biter for Mattea’s fans when she didn’t finish in the lead, but she prevailed with the lone solve in Final Jeopardy! Mattea won every game for the rest of the week and was a 9x champ by Friday. This week, she added $106,202 to last week’s $104,600 for a total of $210,802. Mattea had two runaway games, one payday over $30K and two under $15K.

Here is the “HOUSEHOLD INITIALS” category from Wednesday’s game. The $600 clue brought back memories of a nightmare I had after I accidentally tore one of those things off a pillow, when I was about 8 years old. I dreamed I was hiding behind the sofa when the police came to arrest me!