Final Jeopardy: 5-20-19 to 5-24-19

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 20 through May 24, 2019.

Mon, May 20 – Correct answers: 2
NAME THE FRENCH AUTHOR: “I am making myself liable to articles 30 & 31 of the law of 29 July 1881 regarding the press, which make libel a punishable offense” show

Tue, May 21 – Correct answers: 3
POETRY & THE MOVIES: Robert Lowell’s “For the Union Dead” honored the 54th Massachusetts, the infantry unit in this 1989 film that won 3 Oscars show

Wed, May 22 – Correct answers: 2 (out of 2 left)
19TH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1832, by a narrow margin, this state’s legislature rejected considering abolition; a split was completed in 1863 show

Thu, May 23 – Correct answers: 2
JAZZ CLASSICS: In one account, this song began as directions written out for composer Billy Strayhorn to Duke Ellington’s home in Harlem show

Fri, May 24 – Correct answers: 1 (out of 2 left)
AROUND THE USA: Astronomy buffs visit Idaho for the USA’s first dark sky reserve; oddly, part of it is this resort area with a bright name show

With two instances of only 2 players left in Final Jeopardy! this week, it’s a bit harder to judge easiest and hardest going by how many got it right but most of these clues were easy. So we’ll just say that Friday’s was probably the most difficult.

James Holzhauer returned on Monday after the 2-week Teachers Tournament. He began the week as a 22x winner with winnings of $1,691,008 and ended it as a 27x winner, going over the $2 million mark on Friday by $65,535.

Check out James Holzhauer’s Jeopardy Statistics for a quick look at his FJ and DD bets in all his games.

Top 15 Daily Payouts of Season 35. As noted before, this list only reflects a contestant’s highest payout, otherwise James would be dominating that list. As it is, he is now the only player for all 10 spots in the Single-Game Winnings column in Jeopardy!’s Hall of Fame.

Check out Jeopardy!’s comparison video between James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings. According to this, James only needs to win 6 more games to beat Ken Jennings regular game winnings.

Watch James go over the $2 million mark in Friday’s game.

Click here to leave well wishes and prayers for Alex Trebek. There’s also a link to where you can make a donation to pancreatic cancer research in his honor.