Final Jeopardy Clues: 12-30-24 to 1-3-25

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of December 30, 2024 through January 3, 2025.

Click on the dates to see the recap for each game.

Mon, Dec 30 – Correct answers: 3
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES: In 1492 Columbus visited this island that he named for the country whose flag he flew show

Tue, Dec 31 – Correct answers: 0
THEATER ETYMOLOGY: As individuals, only Santa Claus & this public service ad icon introduced in 1944 have their own ZIP codes show

Wed, Jan 1 – Correct answers: 2
U.S. PRESIDENTS: According to his son Fred, this man first tried smoking just because it was against the rules at West Point show

Thu, Jan 2 – Correct answers: 1
SCIENCE: THE ____ OF ____: 4 of these discovered in the early 1600s were given the names of lovers of a mythological deity show

Fri, Jan 3 – Correct answers: 2
19th CENTURY FICTION: In Chapter 9 of an 1851 work, a preacher in a New England port city delivers a sermon about this Old Testament prophet show

The week began with an easy FJ! and a triple solve. That was followed by a triple stumper on Tuesday. So that’s easiest and hardest right there. Only one player got Thursday’s clue and the other 2 each got 2 responses. That’s 8 right out of a possible 15. Those results were a bit better than the last 2 weeks when the ratio was 6 out of 15.

This week’s winning scores:
Mon 12/30/24 $20,000 Will Yancey
Tue 12/31/24 $8,401 Kaitlin Tarr
Wed 1/1/25 $24,401 Colleen Matthews
Thu 1/2/25 $20,000 Will Yancey
Fri 1/3/25 $35,200 Will Yancey

The above scores were not paid in real dollars. The winners of the first 3 games duked it out on Thursday and Friday and the prizes for each were: Will Yancey $35,000 (winner); Colleen Matthews $20,000 (2nd place); and Kaitlin Tarr $10,000 (3rd place), for a total of $65,000.

Additionally, the show paid out $15,000 in consolation prizes to the second and third place semi-finalists.

Here is Friday’s final clue in 19th CENTURY FICTION.