Final Jeopardy: 4-2 to 4-6-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of April 2 through April 6, 2018.

Mon, April 2 – Correct answers: 1
U.S. GOVERNMENT: The portrait here hangs in the building of this cabinet department & depicts a man who once ran it show

Tue, April 3 – Correct answers: 3
AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1899 a reunion of this alliterative squad took place with the Governor of New York fittingly on horseback. show

Wed, April 4 – Correct answers: 3
19TH CENTURY CLASSICAL MUSICIANS: The father of this future composer was a French teacher at the Warsaw Lyceum, where the child would later attend. show

Thu, April 5 – Correct answers: 2
FILMS OF THE 1990s: Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this movie based on a TV series that premiered in 1963 show

Fri, April 6 – Correct answers: 1
CENTRAL AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: One active, one dormant, Madera & Concepcion are volcanoes in this body of water that shares its name with a country. show

There were two clues this week that all the players got and two that only one got. Of the triple solves, we’ll say the one with the image of the 26th POTUS was a wee bit easier. Of the stumpers, Friday’s clue was the hardest.

3x champ Emily Milan returned on Monday only to be defeated by Daniel Carden. Jack Dickey sent Daniel home on Tuesday and won the next game as well. On Thursday, Kristin Robbins took the prize in style, getting on the Top 10 payouts of Season 34, the first change since 2/19/2018. Kristin won again on Friday and she’ll be back in two weeks, after the College Championships

Here is Jeopardy!’s clip of the “Celebrity Inventions” category from Monday’s game. Why do you suppose they left out the $400 clue? “This actor loved to drum and developed a new way to tighten the skins” It was accompanied by an image of a young Marlon Brando drumming away. Emily got it but, judging by the quizzical look she shot at the screen, that was the first time she’d ever seen a young Brando.