Final Jeopardy Clues: 10-17 to 10-21-22

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of October 17 through October 21, 2022.

Mon, October 17 – Correct answers: 2
FAMOUS ANIMALS: In September 1964 the New York Times announced the passing of this pet, a gift, “used as symbol of honesty in 1952” show

Tue, October 18 – Correct answers: 0
LANDMARKS OF SCIENCE: Clones of an original one of these grow outside the math faculty at Cambridge University & in the President’s Garden at M.I.T. show

Wed, October 19 – Correct answers: 1
AMERICAN HISTORY: Ben Franklin, John Adams & John Jay succeeded as a trio in this city, though Adams wrote of fearing the other 2 would gang up on him show

Thu, October 21 – Correct answers: 3
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS: 2 of the 3 countries that share land borders with Russia & China show

Fri, October 22 – Correct answers: 0
19th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: This character from an 1859 novel symbolizes the Fates, who in mythology spin the web of life, measure it & cut it off show

We had two triple stumpers this week. I would say that for most people, Tuesday’s clue had less to go on then Friday’s. I think the hardest would depend on what you’re good at: science or literature, assuming you never ran across either of these trivia items before. Thursday’s geography clue was the easiest and everyone got it.

This week, we saw the first Second Chance Tournament, which consisted of 3 semi-final matches on Monday through Wednesday. The winners of each match were Jessica Stephens, Molly Karol and James Fraser. They completed in 2 final matches on Thursday and Friday. Here are the highlights of the final game on Friday.