Final Jeopardy Clues: 12-5 to 12-9-22

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of December 5 through December 9, 2022.

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

Mon, December 5 – Correct answers: 2
LANDMARKS: In 2009, during a 20th anniversary celebration, it was called “an edifice of fear. On November 9, it became a place of joy” show

Tue, December 6 – Correct answers: 1
PLAYS: A 1609 story in which an exiled king of Bulgaria creates a sea palace with his magic may have inspired the plot of this play show

Wed, December 7 – Correct answers: 0
U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was sworn in twice as president within 2 years, first by his father & then later by a former U.S. President show

Thu, December 8 – Correct answers: 0
NAME’S THE SAME: A cocktail, an island & a WWII venture originally called “Development of Substitute Materials” all bear this name show

Fri, December 9 – Correct answers: 2
1970s MOVIES: A 1975 premiere of this comedy advertised free coconuts for the first thousand in the audience show

There were two clues this week that produced two correct responses: Monday and Friday. The two clues on Wednesday and Thursday were triple stumpers, although Thursday’s clue had to be easier with no less than three hints to work with!

Jeopardy! champs, week of December 5, 2022

Superchamp Cris Pannullo knocked off another game on Monday but his 21-game winning streak ended on Tuesday when he failed to come up with the correct Final Jeopardy! response. We had a new champ every day for the rest of the week: Andy Tirrell, Ron Cheung, Sriram Krishnan and Matthew Ott.

Here’s the highlight video for Tuesday’s game, when Cris Pannullo’s streak ended.