Final Jeopardy: 2-15 to 2-19-21

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of February 15 through February 19, 2021:

Mon, Feb 15 – Correct answers: 2
PLAYWRIGHTS: This late writer has had 10 plays on Broadway, most of them set in Pittsburgh like “Jitney”, which premiered in 2017 show

Tue, Feb 16 – Correct answers: 1
GEOGRAPHIC NAMESAKES: In 1857 the former Surveyor-General of India objected to giving his name to this landmark as “the natives could not pronounce” it show

Wed, Feb 17 – Correct answers: 0
WINTER SPORTS: The specific skill that gave this sport its name was eliminated from international competition after the 1990 World Championships show

Thu, Feb 18 – Correct answers: 0
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: The first campaign of this man, who at 36 was the youngest major party nominee ever, was supported by the silver mining industry show

Fri, Feb 19 – Correct answers: 3
WORLD SURNAMES: In 2019, for the first time, this nation allowed for non-gendered last names with the suffix -bur show

The extremes of the week came along in the last 3 games, with two triple stumpers followed by a triple solve. I thought Friday’s clue was the easiest and the players all agreed by getting it right. I thought Wednesday’s clue was the hardest and the players agreed with that, too. Thursday’s triple stumper came about by one of those name mistakes that folks love to argue was unfair. It doesn’t matter how many times it happens or even if the show itself says “dem’s da rules”, there always seems to be a few people who never heard of the rule or saw it happen before.

Lance St. Laurent was the returning champ on Monday. He lost to Phil Hoffman who won a second game on Tuesday. Phil won a total $37,390 before Andy West won on Wednesday. Andy lost to Alan Johnson on Thursday. Sam Stapleton was Friday’s winner and will be Monday’s returning champ.

On Jeopardy!’s YouTube channel: Here’s the BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES category from Friday’s game. Honest to goodness, a person could forget what they want for a response by the time they finish reading some of these clues!!