Final Jeopardy Clues: 6-26-23 to 6-30-23

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of June 26 through June 30, 2023.

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

Mon, June 26 – Correct answers: 2
20th CENTURY EVENTS: It was immediately reported, “The flames are still leaping maybe 30, 40 feet from the ground the entire 811 feet length of” this show

Tue, June 27 – Correct answers: 1
19th CENTURY LITERATURE: In 1896 new spider species were named for a wolf, a panther & a snake from a work published 2 years earlier by this man show

Wed, June 28 – Correct answers: 3
THE MEDICAL WORLD: He created a chest drain valve that aided breathing in wounded soldiers in Vietnam but is better known for a lifesaving measure show

Thu, June 29 – Correct answers: 0
THE MOVIES: Centenarian ceramic artist Beatrice Wood helped inspire one of the main characters & the narrator of this film from the 1990s show

Fri, June 30 – Correct answers: 1
NATIONAL ANTHEMS: The name of this country’s national anthem translates as “His Majesty’s Reign” & its lyrics come from a 1,000-year-old poem show

The first 3 clues of this week were relatively easy, but the easiest was The Medical World FJ! That produced a long-awaited triple solve. Then the hammer fell on Thursday with a tough movie clue that resulted in a triple stumper. Regarding Friday’s clue, sometimes you get the right answer because you didn’t know too much. I surely didn’t know there were so many royal rulers 1,000 years ago!

Jeopardy! champs, week of June 26, 2023

Donna Matturi played and won her second game on Monday but was defeated on Tuesday by Chris Ban (or by herself, depending on your pov). Chris lost to Bryan White’s runaway on Wednesday. Bryan won with another runaway on Thursday but lost to Ilena Di Toro on Friday when she had the only correct final response. Ilena will return on Monday when Ken Jennings resumes hosting.

Here is the “Venn Diagram Intersections” category from Friday’s game.