Final Jeopardy Clues: 4-27 to 5-1-20

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of April 27 through May 1, 2020.

Mon, Apr 27 – Correct answers: 0
CIVIL WAR PEOPLE: Before they were photographed together in 1862, Lincoln wryly noted this general “should have no problem” sitting still for it show

Tue, Apr 28 – Correct answers: 1
1950s FILMS: The last line of this epic film was “Go–proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants thereof” show

Wed, Apr 29 – Correct answers: 2
19th CENTURY NOVELS: Its first line ends, “the period was so far like the present period…for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only” show

Thu, Apr 30 – Correct answers: 1
ADVERTISING: Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they’re still using it show

Fri, May 1 – Correct answers: 1
NATIONS OF THE WORLD: On the English-language list of member states at UN.org, it’s the only nation with a Spanish-language article in its name show

Monday’s triple stumper was the hardest of the week and the only triple stumper. All the clues for the rest of the week were pretty easy and the mixed results can only be attributed to overthinking and/or misunderstanding the wording. I can’t decide which of the last three clues was the easiest.

Sarah Jett Rayburn was the returning champ on Monday and she continued her winning ways until Jesse Laymon showed up on Thursday. Jesse won again on Friday and we will see him again whenever the normal games resume. As a 4x champ, Sarah is now on the ToC list.

Here is the “Billboard Music Awards” category that was in the first round of Wednesday game, from from Jeopardy!’s YouTube channel

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xPHuUX8RffI