Final Jeopardy Clues: 5-27-24 to 5-31-24

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 27 through May 31, 2024 in Season 40.

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

Mon, May 27 – Correct answers: 0
FEMALE SINGERS: In December 2023 she became the oldest solo artist, at 78, to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with a song she recorded in 1958 show

Tue, May 28 – Correct answers: 0
EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS: On the 2022 Bicentennial of his birth, the body of this man was exhumed & DNA used to determine his genetic afflictions show

Wed, May 29 – Correct answers: 2 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: This city attracted thousands of visitors even before a new shrine to a murder victim was dedicated there July 7, 1220 show

Thu, May 30 – Correct answers: 1
AMERICAN BANKING: Around 1930 a bank named for this NYC area known as a slum was the USA’s largest savings bank by total deposits show

Fri, May 31 – Correct answers: 1
HISTORIC PEOPLE: An island near Cebu City has a statue of Lapulapu & a monument to this man that Lapulapu is said to have killed in 1521 show

Wow! It was not a great week for Final Jeopardy! clues at all. Two clues stumped everyone at the start of the week. There was only one correct response to the 2 end of the week clues. In the middle was Wednesday’s clue with 2 correct responses from the 2 players left in the final round. The scientist clue was hardest for me. They usually are. Monday’s clue was easy for me.

The 2 very young singing stars I thought of were the right answer and Little Peggy March. I easily eliminated Little Peggy because her No. 1 hit came in the early ’60s. She still holds the record for the youngest female artist with a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. That’s something to remember, isn’t it? Billboard’s No. 1 female record holders are Little Peggy March (youngest) and the 1958 singer (oldest). The bank in the NYC slum was also easy for me.

Amar Kakirde returned on Monday and added $14,500 to his 3-day winnings of $41,399. On Tuesday, Abby Mann sent Amar back to the Garden State when she finished with $5,200, the most money in a triple stumper situation. Adriana Harmeyer won Wednesday’s game, as well as the next two. She has won $71,600 so far.

So $91,300 went to this week’s Jeopardy! champs and another $25,000 went to the runners-up.

Here is the Canon Events category from Thursday’s game.

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