Final Jeopardy Clues: 7-4 to 7-8-22

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of July 4 through July 8, 2022.

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

Mon, July 4 – Correct answers: 1
THE EASTERN U.S.: At its peak, this state had 6 seats in the House of Representatives; since the 1930s, it has had just 1 show

Tue, July 5 – Correct answers: 1
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES: Less than 100 yards north of the J. Edgar Hoover Building is this notorious location show

Wed, July 6 – Correct answers: 3
AGRICULTURE: Being brought to the U.S. by a ship docking at San Francisco in 1851 helped lead to it now being a major crop in the Midwest show

Thu, July 7 – Correct answers: 1
LITERARY CHARACTERS ON SCREEN: Per Guinness, this character who debuted in 1887 is the most portrayed human literary character in film & television show

Fri, July 8 – Correct answers: 2
SCIENCE & THE BIBLE: A 2021 study suggested that an asteroid that struck the Jordan Valley c. 1650 B.C. gave rise to the story of this city in Genesis 19 show

We were treated to a great week with competitive games and far more Final Jeopardy! solves than we have seen for a while. Wednesday’s clue was the easiest and everyone got it. Even so, three days only produced one correct FJ! response. I don’t know what the hardest clue was for you. It was Monday’s clue for me!

Jeopardy! champs, week of July 4, 2022

Eleanor Dixon played her second game on Monday, the 4th of July, but was defeated by Yungsheng Wang. By Wednesday, Yungsheng racked up $84,202, but he lost to Brian Ahern on Thursday. Robert Won defeated Brian in the last game of the week. Yungsheng had the top payday of the week. Robert’s $32,001 was also impressive, especially when math professor Robert confessed in this Overheard video that he almost made a math mistake.

Yungsheng Wang on the Best Ever Trivia Show
Who dat? Why it’s Yungsheng Wang on the “Puppy Love” episode of the Best Ever Trivia Show back in July of 2019. Yungsheng also was on the “Trivia, Smarts and Redemption” episode of Master Minds in January 2021.