Final Jeopardy Clues: 7-24-23 to 7-28-23

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of July 24 through July 28, 2023.

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

Mon, July 24 – Correct answers: 1
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: The only country in Africa with Spanish as an official language, it lies mostly between 1 & 2 degrees north latitude show

Tue, July 25 – Correct answers: 2
COMPOUND WORD ORIGINS: This compound word meant an astronomical object of exceptional brightness in 1910; it was soon applied to actors & athletes show

Wed, July 26 – Correct answers: 3
OPERA SOURCE MATERIAL: Henri Murger, who was broke & lived in a freezing attic apartment in Paris, wrote the source material for this 1896 opera show

Thu, July 27 – Correct answers: 3
FIGHTING FORCES: Formed in 1831 to help with the conquest of Algeria, its ranks have included Germans, Turks & Chinese show

Fri, July 28 – Correct answers: 1
WORD ORIGINS: Theories on the origin of this, a style of journalism, include Cajun slang for unhinged jazz & Boston slang for a person on a bender show

Two triple solves were the highlights and easiest clues of the week. I would say Thursday’s clue was a bit easier than Wednesday’s. The ‘bookend’ clues got one correct response each and Tuesday’s got two. Friday’s clue gets my vote for the week’s hardest clue, although I think it would have been another triple solve if they put Hunter S. Thompson’s name in the clue.

Jeopardy! champs, week of July 24, 2023

Taylor Clagett was the returning champ on Monday and he won again, this time with a runaway. On Tuesday, Julie Sisson defeated Taylor and she lost to Lucas Partridge on Wednesday. Lucas won 2 more games, ending the week and the season as a 3x champ who will return in September. All in all, it was a decent ending to Season 39 with 4 out of 5 payouts over $20K.

Ken Jennings said that Lucas Partridge was the first 3x champ since June. Ben Goldstein won his third game on 6/20/23 and he won 2 more games after that. A month later, he tweeted this little joke that wouldn’t have been funny if it had come true!

I don't think anyone will win three games of #Jeopardy in a row ever again. It's over folks. I was the last one.

— Ben Goldstein (@GoldsteinRaw) July 21, 2023