Final Jeopardy Clues: 7-3-23 to 7-7-23

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of July 3 through July 7, 2023.

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

Mon, July 3 – Correct answers: 0
FASHION: The name of these items that became a 1940s fad derives in part from a word meaning “to cut short” show

Tue, July 4 – Correct answers: 0
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Composed around 1720, this group of instrumental works was dedicated to a younger brother of Prussian King Frederick I show

Wed, July 5 – Correct answers: 1
AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Nicknamed “the Kingdom in the Sky”, this landlocked nation is the only country in the world to lie entirely above 4,000 feet show

Thu, July 6 – Correct answers: 2
20th CENTURY LIT: Squashing the allegory theory, the daughters of the author of this novel say it’s “just a story about rabbits” show

Fri, July 7 – Correct answers: 2
HISTORY & NATURE: In March 1519, these were again seen in mainland N. America for the first time in 10,000 years with the arrival of 16 of them show

We got off to a bad start this week with back-to-back triple stumpers. Then the responses climbed up to one on Wednesday. There were 2 correct responses on the last 2 days of the week. I think the rabbit novel was the week’s easiest and the hardest was the African kingdom. There are only 2 landlocked kingdoms in Africa, but you still had to have some basis for picking the right one.

Jeopardy! champs, week of July 3, 2023

Ilena Di Toro was the returning champ on Monday when she lost to Elliott Kim. Kate Campolieta won on Tuesday but lost on Wednesday when Anji Nyquist was the only one who got the final clue right. Alex Gordon took over on Thursday with a runaway game and he did it again on Friday. Alex has a 2-day total of $41,500 that he hopes to increase next week.

Here is the “Rhyming Phrases” category from Wednesday’s game.