Final Jeopardy Clues: 12-11-23 to 12-15-23

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of December 11 through 15, 2023.

Mon, December 11 – Correct answers: 2
20th CENTURY LITERATURE: Thomas Pynchon wrote that this novelist “in 1948 understood that despite the Axis defeat… fascism had not gone away” show

Tue, December 12 – Correct answers: 3
AMERICAN LITERATURE: Chapter 100 of this novel introduces the one-armed Captain Boomer of the Samuel Enderby show

Wed, December 13 – Correct answers: 3
MOVIE MUSICALS: Of the musicals to win an Oscar for Best Picture, 1 of the 2 with one-word titles based on & named for literary characters show

Thu, December 14 – Correct answers: 1
BUSINESS: Of the Big 4 U.S. airlines, the 4 that each have over 15% of the domestic market, it’s the youngest show

Fri, December 15 – Correct answers: 1
THE WILD WEST: In 1888’s “Ranch Life & the Hunting-Trail” Teddy Roosevelt wrote his 2 ranch hands were “able to travel” like this animal show

The first 3 clues of the week were major softballs. They all should have gone 3 out of 3, but sometimes players find it hard to believe it’s that easy and disregard the obvious. The last 2 clues were harder but we’d have to say Thursday’s was the toughest. Airline statistics probably aren’t on many people’s study list for Jeopardy!

The Champions Wild Card (Hearts) tournament almost wrapped up this week. Monday was the last quarterfinal. Emma Saltzberg won the semifinal spot. The next three days were semifinals and the three finalists were Gary Hollis, Tyler Vandenberg and Yungsheng Wang. As we all know, 2 final matches follow the semis. The first was on Friday, with Tyler leading at the end of the game. We’ll find out who wins it all on Monday. After that, we’re in for 4 more Second Chance tournaments that will run from 12/19/23 through 1/15/24.

Here is the FICTIONAL LANGUAGES category from Friday: