Final Jeopardy Clues: 1-23 to 1-27-23

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of January 23 through January 27, 2023.

Click on the dates to see the Jeopardy! recaps for those games.

Mon, January 23 – Correct answers: 2 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
ASTRONOMY & GEOGRAPHY: At the winter solstice, the Sun is in Sagittarius; it once appeared in this constellation, giving a geographic feature its name show

Tue, January 24 – Correct answers: 3
FOREIGN-BORN AUTHORS: In the 1950s the New York Times said this author “is writing about all lust” & his lecherous narrator “is all of us” show

Wed, January 25 – Correct answers: 3
LANDMARKS: Pskov & Nizhny Novgorod are 2 of the cities that have a fortress called this show

Thu, January 26 – Correct answers: 2
HISTORY: Returning home in 1493, Columbus stopped in the Azores at an island with this name, also something he’d lost off the Haiti coast show

Fri, January 27 – Correct answers: 0
WORLD CINEMA: The 2007 biopic called “La Môme” in France, meaning “The Kid”, was released in the U.S. under this other French title show

This week’s players certainly put in a good showing in the final round up until Friday. All those games had 2 or 3 correct responses. The biopic mentioned in Friday’s clue didn’t ring a bell with anyone, even though the French actress who played “La Môme” won a much-publicized Best Actress Oscar. I can’t begin to judge easiest and hardest this week! Friday’s clue was easiest for me, but I was lost in space with Monday’s clue.

Jeopardy! champs, week of January 23, 2023

On Monday, 2x champ Troy Meyer returned. He already had $62,600 in the plus column from last week. Troy cleaned up like crazy in the first 4 games of the week with 2 paydays over $30K and 2 over $40K! By the end of Thursday’s game, he was a 6x winner to the splendiferous tune of $214,802. Then along came Jake DeArruda and he won Friday’s game with the aid of a big Daily Double bet and a Final Jeopardy! clue that stumped everyone. Troy will return in the next Tournament of Champions and Jake will be back on Monday.

Here’s the “FINANCE & INVESTING” category from Thursday’s game.