Final Jeopardy Clues: 1-20 to 1-24-20

Here are the Final Jeopardy clues and daily payouts for the week of January 20 through January 24, 2020.

Mon, Jan 20 – Correct answers: 1
CABINET POSITIONS: Of the 4 jobs in George Washington’s cabinet, the 2 that have been filled by women in the 230 years since show

Tue, Jan 21 – Correct answers: 2
CLASSIC MOVIES: This 1939 film was loosely based on Senator Burton Wheeler, victim of a sham investigation for looking into the Justice Dept. show

Wed, Jan 22 – Correct answers: 2
U.S. TERRITORIES: Of the 5 inhabited U.S. Territories, this is the only one where cars drive on the left show

Thu, Jan 23 – Correct answers: 3
FAMOUS NAMES: A new Election Day ritual is leaving “I Voted” stickers on the headstone of this historic woman at a Rochester, New York cemetery show

Fri, Jan 24 – Correct answers: 0
BESTSELLING AUTHORS: Now in her 70s, this author splits her time between Paris & San Francisco, often writing 20 to 22 hours a day on an old typewriter show

Going strictly by results, Thursday’s clue was the easiest this week and Friday’s was the hardest. Monday’s was the second hardest. Tuesday’s classic film was the second easiest in our opinion. That was the first FJ! clue for that film but the second time it appeared this season. It was a $1,000 clue in “1939: What a Year in Movies” in Jason Zuffranieri’s 18th game on 9/24/2019. (Jason got it.)

Dennis Coffey returned for Game 2 on Monday and had good luck that day and on Tuesday to the tune of $51,203. On Wednesday, John Cuevas took over and was doing a splendid job. He had a 2-day total of $52,511 by the end of Thursday’s game but was defeated on Friday when that killer FJ! showed up. Heather Nelson became the champ by hanging onto the most money.

Here is the “Check Out the Critter” category from Tuesday’s game from Jeopardy!’s youtube channel: