Final Jeopardy Clues: 9-16-24 to 9-20-24

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of September 16 through 20, 2024.

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

Mon, Sept 16 – Correct answers: 2
HISTORY: A 1976 report initiated by Admiral Rickover found it was an internal, not external, explosion that caused the destruction of this show

Tue, Sept 17 – Correct answers: 2
CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES: This 12-year-old began his first book saying, “Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood” show

Wed, Sept 18 – Correct answers: 1
THE MOVIES: Hewlett-Packard’s first big customer was Walt Disney, who purchased special sound equipment for the making & showing of this film show

Thu, Sept 19 – Correct answers: 2
NEW YORK MOVIES: Frank Sinatra got upset that a photo of him caught fire in a Brooklyn pizzeria in this film show

Fri, Sept 20 – Correct answers: 0
ISLAND CHAINS: Named for a Spanish queen, this Pacific island chain was a starting point for famous explorations of 1960 & 2012 show

The majority of Final Jeopardy! clues produced 2 correct responses this week. The only deviations from that came on Wednesday with a Disney movie clue and on Friday with a clue that could fit in geography, among other categories. One player got the Disney movie and no one got the Pacific island chain. ere very easy. I honestly think the Disney movie clue was the easiest but that’s because I thought everyone knew that the film in question has very little dialogue and features a lot of classical music. Of course, they would want all that to sound great. The triple stumper is usually nominated the most difficult clue but this one wasn’t difficult for me because I previously studied Oceania. Tuesday’s clue was the hardest for me!

This week’s winners:
Mon 9/16/24 $27,599 Aiden Orzech
Tue 9/17/24 $22,000 Aiden Orzech
Wed 9/18/24 $11,600 Chris Lindsay
Thu 9/19/24 $13,800 Jen Feldman
Fri 9/20/24 $14,050 Jen Feldman

We had two 2-day champions this week: Aiden Orzech won $49,599 before losing to Chris Lindsay. Chris lost to Jen Feldman. She will be back on Monday to see if she can add any more to the $27,850 she has won so far. Jeopardy!’s total payout was $89,049 for the whole week. $25,000 was paid in consolation prize money. Aiden got $2,000 of that and $3,000 went to Chris.

Here is the TV PETS category from Friday’s game.