Final Jeopardy: 10-26 to 10-30-20

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of October 26 through October 30, 2020:

Mon, Oct 26 – Correct answers: 2
ANCIENT TEXTS: Developed in the 18th century B.C. & named for a ruler, it aimed to “settle all disputes & heal all injuries” show

Tue, Oct 27 – Correct answers: 0
THE 13 COLONIES: Pride in the document under which this future state was governed from 1639 to 1662 led to its official state nickname show

Wed, Oct 28 – Correct answers: 2 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
AWARDS & HONOREES: He used his 1983 Pritzker Prize money on a scholarship fund for Chinese students to study their profession in the United States show

Thu, Oct 29 – Correct answers: 3
LEAD SINGERS: The New York Times said this late Brit’s multi-octave range & operatic quality made “even paeans to bicycle riding sound emotional” show

Fri, Oct 30 – Correct answers: 2
PHRASES OF THE 1950s: A 1954 book review said of this colorful 2-word term, also applied to the post-WWI era, “the underlying hysteria lives on” show

We had one triple stumper and one triple solve this week. The other games all had two correct responses, but there were only 2 players left in Wednesday’s game. That was an easy clue and probably would have been a 3 out of 3. I don’t have an opinion on the hardest clue this week. I thought Thursday’s might be tough if the players didn’t know the Bicycle Race song or didn’t connect the singer with opera. Obviously I overlooked the popularity of that group’s biggest hit — “Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?”

Brian Adams returned for his 2nd game on Monday and won that game. He also won on Tuesday, but lost to Scott Shrum on Wednesday. Carmela Chan sent Scott home on Thursday and she won again on Friday. It will be Game 3 for Carmela on Monday.

This week’s Top Payday: Carmela Chan with $24,801 on Thursday.

Here is Tuesday’s Final Jeopardy!, from Jeopardy!’s YouTube channel, when Brian Adams won his third game.