Final Jeopardy Clues: 1-2 to 1-6-23

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of January 2 through January 6, 2023.

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

Mon, January 2 – Correct answers: 2
HISTORIC CRIMES: Saying it was stolen by Napoleon, self-styled Italian patriot Vincenzo Peruggia took it in 1911 show

Tue, January 3 – Correct answers: 3
FOREIGN-BORN AUTHORS: Early in her career she translated romance novels into Spanish, often changing the dialogue to make the heroines smarter show

Wed, January 4 – Correct answers: 1
CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY: Until a 1903 secession, this country’s contiguous territory spanned 2 continents show

Thu, January 6 – Correct answers: 2 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
THE MOVIES: Laurence Olivier & Ernest Borgnine were considered for the lead role & Sergio Leone to direct for this film that turned 50 in 2022 show

Fri, January 6 – Correct answers: 1
HISTORIC PEOPLE: After a 1789 event, he wrote, “My first determination was to seek a supply of … water at Tofoa, & afterwards to sail for Tongataboo” show

The New Year didn’t start off with a bad week in Final Jeopardy! Everyone got the correct response to Tuesday’s clue. The other 4 clues were evenly divided between 2 and 1 correct responses, although on Thursday, only 2 players made it to the final round. The good news is there were no triple stumpers. We thought Thursday’s clue was the easiest and we nominated Wednesday’s clue for the hardest.

Jeopardy! champs, week of January 2, 2023

Ray Lalonde returned for Game 13 on Monday with what turned out to be the week’s biggest payday. He won that game but was defeated by Lloyd Sy in Game 14 on Tuesday. Lloyd won again on Wednesday but on Thursday, he lost to Patrick Curran. Patrick ran away with that game and duplicated that feat on Friday. He will be returning on Monday.

Here’s the category “OH MY GODS!” from Wednesday’s game.