Final Jeopardy Clues: 8-2 to 8-6-21

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of August 2nd through August 6, 2021:

Mon, Aug 2 – Correct answers: 0
HISTORIC BUSINESSMEN: Born in the village of Waldorf, Germany in 1763, he arrived in the U.S. in 1784 show

Tue, Aug 3 – Correct answers: 2
ASIA: This country became independent in 1946; in 1964 it officially switched its independence day from July 4 to June 12 show

Wed, Aug 4 – Correct answers: 0
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: The first published announcement of the Declaration was by a Philadelphia paper that reported it in this foreign language show

Thu, Aug 5 – Correct answers: 1
1930s AMERICA: Unpopular at the time, the man for whom it is named wasn’t invited to the September 30, 1935 dedication of this landmark show

Fri, Aug 6 – Correct answers: 2
LITERATURE & THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: In 2020 scientists named Trimeresurus salazar, a new species of this, after a character in a book series show

There were two triple stumpers this week. We almost had a third one on Thursday but Matt spared us the pain when he switched to the only correct response. Personally, I found Wednesday’s clue to be the easiest and Friday’s the hardest. I correctly guessed the book series but I have never read any of those books nor seen the movies.

Matt Amodio swept another week, winning his 9th game on Monday and his 13th on Friday. He is a 13x champ now and has won $430,200. Matt scored big on Tuesday and little on Wednesday, but the most remarkable thing was that every game was a runaway, including Matt’s little Wednesday game.

$154,000 was donated to David Faber’s charity, the Robin Hood Foundation.

Here is the “Songs That Give Advice” category from Friday’s game, when Matt jumped up in the air when he couldn’t remember the $1600 clue. (I couldn’t get that little part of the next clue after the $1600 clue out of there although I tried really hard).