Final Jeopardy Clues: 12-4-23 to 12-8-23

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of December 4 through 8, 2023.

Mon, December 4 – Correct answers: 2
20th CENTURY NOVELS: The Atlanta History Center says this novel was “both beloved & condemned from almost the moment of its publication” in 1936 show

Tue, December 5 – Correct answers: 3
2020s TELEVISION: The title locale of this series is really the Belnord, dating to 1908 & located at 86th & Broadway on NYC’s Upper West Side show

Wed, December 6 – Correct answers: 2
FAMOUS NAMES: Subject of a 2003 film, his 1947 obituary said he fathered at least 100 & died of a heart attack at 14, at a California ranch show

Thu, December 7 – Correct answers: 1
LANGUAGES: Since it can make someone “Japanese laugh as heartily as a Dane”, Lillian Gish saw film as an aesthetic this, the name of a language show

Fri, December 8 – Correct answers: 2
ANCIENT HISTORY: Before visiting Achilles’ tomb, this man threw his spear onto the ground in Asia & declared the continent “spear-won” show

This was a far far better week than we have seen in a while, with 2 of the players getting the majority of FJ!s right. All 3 players got Tuesday’s clue right so that ws the easiest there. Only one player got Thursday’s right so that was the hardest.

The quarterfinals in the fourth Champions Wildcard (Hearts) continued this week. The winners were: Julia Markham Cameron, Andrew Chaikin, Ed Coulson, Yungsheng Chen and Gary Hollis. Henry Baer, Tyler Vandenberg and Garrett Marcotte were last week’s semi-finalists so we’re up to 9 now. There will be one more quarterfinal next week, then the playing field will be narrowed down to 3 in the semis.

Here is the GREEK LETTER PUZZLES category from Thursday: