Final Jeopardy Clues: 6-19-23 to 6-23-23

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of June 19 through June 23, 2023.

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

Mon, June 19 – Correct answers: 0 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
ENTERTAINERS: In 2022 Jeff Bezos awarded her $100 million to give to charitable causes because “she gives with her heart” show

Tue, June 20 – Correct answers: 0 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
THE OLYMPICS: This sport that made its Olympic debut in 1988 has a playing surface of only about 45 square feet show

Wed, June 21 – Correct answers: 2
WORLD OF WATER: The Bass Strait divides Tasmania & mainland Australia & hydrographers have disputed which of these 2 larger bodies it’s part of show

Thu, June 22 – Correct answers: 1
THE 19th CENTURY: In 1823 he wrote, “in the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality” show

Fri, June 23 – Correct answers: 1
FEMALE AUTHORS: At age 9 in 1883 she moved West, where she met Annie Pavelka, a young pioneer on whom she would later model a title character show

This week, we started off with 2 back-to-back games where one player didn’t make it to Final Jeopardy! Both times, the two remaining players were stumped by the FJ! clue. On Wednesday, two players were correct. There was only one correct response in FJ! on Thursday and Friday. Ironically, it was the clue with the two correct responses that generated the most controversy over possibly correct alternate answers. For me, the Olympic game was the hardest because I just don’t follow the Olympics. That was the only one I didn’t know so I can’t say which was the easiest.

Jeopardy! champs, week of June 19, 2023
Ben Goldstein returned on Monday for his second game. He won every game through Thursday but was defeated in his 6th game by Donna Matturri. So we will be seeing 5x champ Ben in the next Tournament of Champions and we will be seeing Donna this coming Monday.

Much has been made of Ben Goldstein setting a new record for the lowest 5-day winnings in Jeopardy! history at $49,298. Here’s a thread on Twitter where Ben points out more fun facts and stats from his 5-day run. Here’s No. 1: “If I had bet $0 in every Final Jeopardy, I still would have won my first five games, and would have netted an additional $18,002 over the course of my run.”

Here is the “Official Nicknames” category from Wednesday’s game.