Final Jeopardy: 7-14-14 to 7-18-14

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of July 14, 2014, with links to the full recaps.

Mon, July 14 – Correct answers: 1
It was Giovanni Boccaccio who added this adjective to another Italian author’s work. show

Tue, July 15: Correct answers: 3
A committee chaired by the official in this job released the influential 1964 report “Smoking and Health”. show

Wed, July 16 – Correct answers: 2
In 1994 this comedian starred in a No.1 sitcom, the No.1 Christmas movie & had a No.1 non-fiction bestseller show

Thurs, July 17 – Correct answers: 2
It is often said of this man that he “stopped the sun and moved the earth.” show

Fri, July 18 – Correct answers: 1
Purchased in 1957 & called “the second most famous home in America” it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006. show

This week, there were no triple stumpers in FJ. Last week, there were two. Jen Fiero, the returning champ, left on Monday with her $36,000 plus an extra $2,000 when she finished second. Then we had a new champ every day:

Ben-Hur Flores – $20,000
Ed Patterson – $28,400
Jerome Azbell – $13,999
Katie Wroblewski – $9,201
Winston Nguyen – $10,067

We’re not going to be seeing Winston again until September. The Teen Tournament will be on for the next two weeks and that will be the end of Season 30. Alex Trebek said that during the break, they will be rerunning the entire Battle of the Decades.