Final Jeopardy: 5-16-16 to 5-20-16

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 16 through May 20, 2016.

Mon, May 16 – Correct answers: 0
Officials called tribunes sat at Rome’s Senate door & if they didn’t like what was going on, shouted this Latin word. show

Tue, May 17 – Correct answers: 3
This country’s 2 main ethnic groups are Punjabi (who are also found in india) & Pashtun (also living in Afghanistan). show

Wed, May 18 – Correct answers: 2
With the passing of Antonin Scalia, this Reagan appointee became the longest-tenured justice on the court. show

Thurs, May 19 – Correct answers: 2
In 2013 Pres. Obama was sworn in on 2 bibles– one was Lincoln’s & one belonged to this man who died 103 years after Lincoln. show

Fri, May 20 – Correct answers: 3
In 1790 a deal made Washington the nation’s capital; the room where it happened was at Jefferson’s house & negotiators included Madison & this cabinet member. show

If you missed any of the games, click on the date for the recap with the Daily Doubles and a triple stumper or two.

It was Power Players Week, the week where well-known personalities in journalism, politics, etc. come together on the Jeopardy! stage to play for the charities of their choice. The charity chosen by the winner of each match won $50,000 and those winners were S.E. Cupp, Lara Logan, Louis C.K., Sen. Al Franken and Matthew Weiner.

3 players went over the $10,000 guarantee (Wed, Thur and Fri). There are many video highlights from this week on Jeopardy.com.

Click here, if you want to revisit the Power Player recaps from Season 28. The two repeaters this year were Chuck Todd (5/17/12) and Anderson Cooper (5/18/12)