Final Jeopardy: 12-28-15 to 1-1-16

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of December 28, 2015 through January 1, 2016.

Mon, Dec 28 – Correct answers: 1
The first 2 Top 40 hits for this late singer– one in 1971, the other in 1973– ended up becoming official state songs. show

Tue, Dec 29 – Correct answers: 1
The first woman space shuttle pilot shares this surname with a man on the 1st manned lunar landing 26 years earlier. show

Wed, Dec 30 – Correct answers: 1
Best known for his theories about planetary orbits, in 1604 he became the first to explain how eyeglasses correct vision. show

Thurs, Dec 31 – Correct answers: 1
This antelope has 2 names, one from Afrikaans describing its looks & one imitating its sound; one is all we need. show

Fri, Jan 1 – Correct answers: 2
In 1765 Britain’s PM said, after all we’ve done for the colonies, if they whine about this law, they’ll whine about anything. show

Monday’s returning champ was Dee Daigle who was defeated by Patricia Franco. On Tuesday, Camille Hooper won even though Patricia was the only one to get FJ and, on Wednesday, Johnny Saunders was the champ. If you saw the games this week, you already know about the Big Clue Snafu on Tuesday that resulted in Ashley Wilson returning for another game on Thursday, and she proceeded to win that match. On Friday, Ashley became the first 2-day champ since Claudia Corriere (still a returning champ who will be back for her third match sometime soon). Friday was also the only day of the week that more than one player got FJ right.

Here is the category from Wednesday’s game that contained the first Daily Double of the Double Jeopardy! round. Go, Johnny!