Final Jeopardy Clues: 1-3 to 1-7-22

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of January 3 through January 7, 2022. Click on the dates to see the Jeopardy! recaps for those games.

Mon, Jan 3 – Correct answers: 3
SCULPTORS: Los Angeles artist George Stanley sculpted this, first handed out at a private banquet on May 16, 1929 show

Tue, Jan 4 – Correct answers: 0
WORD ORIGINS: From the Greek for “ring”, the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000 show

Wed, Jan 5 – Correct answers: 1
THE 1950s: The first TV debate between presidential candidates of the same party involved him & future running mate Estes Kefauver show

Thu, Jan 6 – Correct answers: 2
HISTORIC BUILDINGS: Begun in the 1070s with stone from Caen, it was meant to dominate both a skyline & the hearts & minds of a conquered populace show

Fri, Jan 7 – Correct answers: 1
20th CENTURY NONFICTION: “Norwegian Independence Day” & “a vast blue sea” are mentioned in Chapter 1 of a 1948 book by this man show

The week began with a Final Jeopardy! clue that everyone got. The next day, a clue showed up that no one got, and that was that for “all or nothing” and the easiest and hardest. The next 3 clues went 1, 2 and 1. I personally thought that the easiest of those was Friday’s clue although I am rather mystified as to why only one response was a Norwegian!

Starting the New Year with $855,600, Amy Schneider was $144,400 shy of joining the Jeopardy! Millionaire Club. A few ups and downs, including a missed Final Jeopardy! answer and a couple of tough challengers, certainly added to the suspense, but she did it! Amy went over the million dollar mark on Friday by $19,600. Amy talked with Ken Jennings after Friday’s game about her Final Jeopardy! bet and how it feels to be a Jeopardy! millionaire.

Later, Ken Jennings tweeted: “She did it! And in just 28 games, faster than my pace and tied with Matt Amodio.” Ken Jennings went over the million mark in his 30th game (and no one got FJ! right). James Holzhauer made it to a million in half the games it took for Amy and Matt (and everyone got FJ! right). Brad Rutter, who still holds the record for most money won on the show ($4,938,436) did not win his first million in regular play because he was subject to the old 5-game rule. After he won $55,102 on 11/3/2000, he had to wait until the 2001 Tournament of Champions to play again. Then he won the grand prize in the 2002 Million Dollar Masters Tournament.

From Jeopardy!’s YouTube channel, here is the Billboard Top 200 Albums in 2021 category from Monday’s game.