Final Jeopardy Clues: 11-28 to 12-2-22

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of November 28 through December 2, 2022.

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

Mon, November 28 – Correct answers: 0
CHILDREN’S AUTHORS: Reversing the story of this heroine she created, Patricia MacLachlan was born on the prairie but spent much of her life in New England show

Tue, November 29 – Correct answers: 2
NAMES IN U.S. HISTORY: This father was the only man among the 13 plaintiffs in a class-action case filed in 1951 show

Wed, November 30 – Correct answers: 1
FLAGS OF OUR HEMISPHERE: The stars on this country’s flag represent states, 26 of them; unlike the USA’s, its “Federal District” gets its own 27th star show

Thu, December 1 – Correct answers: 2
LANGUAGE & ITS MEANINGS: Now meaning someone with nocturnal habits, it catches a sleeping dove in Shakespeare’s “The Rape of Lucrece” show

Fri, December 2 – Correct answers: 3
WORLD CAPITALS: Among its nicknames are the “City of Classical Music” &, possibly in honor of a famous resident from 1860 to 1938, the “City of Dreams” show

The hardest and easiest clues this week were bookends: a triple stumper on Monday and a clue that everyone got on Friday. Wednesday’s clue only had one solve so we could say that was the second hardest. Some folks said they never even noticed the stars on that country’s flag.

Jeopardy! champs, week of November 28, 2022

Superchamp Cris Pannullo continued his winning ways this week, but not without challenge. Tuesday and Thursday were not runaway games but Cris prevailed with correct responses in Final Jeopardy! Cris had runaways on Monday and Wednesday, the two days when he did not get the final clue right. He began the week with $526,544 and ended up with $710,865 after his 20th consecutive win. He tied with Julia Collins for number of games won, but his winnings are significantly higher than Julia’s $428,100.

Here’s the highlight video for Friday’s game, when Cris topped Tuesday’s $44,000 payday by $121.