Final Jeopardy Clues: 2-19-24 to 2-23-24

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of February 19 through 23, 2024.

Mon, February 19 – Correct answers: 3
CANADIAN MEDICINE: Nova Scotian William Knapp Buckley devised a widely used antitussive, meaning a drug used against this show

Tue, February 20 – Correct answers: 1
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: He’s the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the victor show

Wed, February 21 – Correct answers: 1
19th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1896, 15 years after a famous showdown, this man was accused of fixing a championship boxing match show

Thu, February 22 – Correct answers: 0
ON VACATION IN ITALY: About 30 miles from Florence, a little hill gives this tiny Tuscan town its name, familiar to American visitors show

Fri, February 23 – Correct answers: 1 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
FRENCH AUTHORS: Trained as a priest & a physician, in 1532 he published his first novel under the pen name Alcofribas Nasier show

The week began with an easy clue based on a word that most have seen on medicine bottles and, unsurprisingly, all the players nailed it. Thursday’s clue was the total opposite of easy, confusing way too many people. People who saw the clue before the show aired were quite confused despite having loads more time to figure it out than the players, so it was no surprise when none of the players got it. There was only 1 correct response for each of the other 3 clues. On Friday (1st quarterfinal of the Tournament of Champions), only 2 players made it to Final Jeopardy!, so out of 14 possible correct responses, only 6 were right.

The usual cause ascribed to results like this are poorly worded clues. There was some controversy over Tuesday’s clue. Some thought “certify” should have been used instead of “declare” because they thought conceding and declaring were synonymous, but that’s on them. We don’t think the cluewriters should give the clues away, but we do think there should be a reasonable chance of solving the clue in 30 seconds.

The last Champions Wild Card tournament wrapped up on Thursday of this week Deb Bilodeau advancing to the Tournament of Champions (ToC). Emily Sands won the first quarterfinal of the ToC.

There will be 5 more quarterfinals next week. That’s 5 chances for you to root for your favorite Jeopardy! champion:

Mon 2/26: Cris Pannullo, Ben Goldstein, Jared Watson
Tue 2/27: Hannah Wilson, David Sibley, Yungsheng Wang
Wed 2/28: Nick Cascone, Jake DeArruda, Yogesh Raut
Thu 2/29: Luigi de Guzman, Kevin Belle, Juveria Zaheer
Fri 3/1: Stephen Webb, Brian Henegar, Josh Saak

Here is the “PLACES TO VISIT” category from Wednesday’s game