Final Jeopardy Clues: 2-24 to 2-28-20

Here are the Final Jeopardy clues and daily payouts for the week of February 24 through 28, 2020.

Mon, Feb 24 – Correct answers: 2
MUSIC STARS: On July 26, 1972 he testified before a Senate Subcommittee on national penitentiaries show

Tue, Feb 25 – Correct answers: 3
FAST FOOD: This sandwich was 1st sold in 1962 as an attempt to give the many Catholics of Cincinnati something to eat on Fridays during Lent show

Wed, Feb 26 – Correct answers: 1
SCIENCE WORDS: In 1611 Kepler used this word from the Latin for “attendant” to describe the discoveries of Galileo show

Thu, Feb 27 – Correct answers: 2
18th CENTURY AMERICA: The first census, in 1790, listed 24 urban places; this port was the most populous one in the South show

Fri, Feb 28 – Correct answers: 1
THE CIVIL WAR: The Chicago Tribune called Clement Vallandigham, an anti-war Ohio Dem., a “traitor” & a “hissing” one of these creatures show

I can’t say whether Wednesday’s or Friday’s clue was hardest. I didn’t get either of them so that’s up to you. Tuesday’s was the Softball of the Week.

5x champ MacKenzie Jones returned on Monday and won 3 more games. She is now third on the list for the next ToC. Aaron Goetsch was Thursday’s winner and he won his second game on Friday.

Here is the “Band Emojis” category from Thursday’s game. Are they really emojis or are they rebus puzzles? Check out Jeopardy!’s YouTube channel for MacKenzie’s 8-day winner video.