Final Jeopardy Clues: 9-23-24 to 9-27-24

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of September 23 through 27, 2024.

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

Mon, Sept 23 – Correct answers: 0
19th CENTURY AMERICANS: Among those who attended his 1864 funeral were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott & Franklin Pierce show

Tue, Sept 24 – Correct answers: 2
20th CENTURY AMERICA: In a state of shock, on November 27, 1978, she announced that “both Mayor Moscone & Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot & killed” show

Wed, Sept 25 – Correct answers: 2
SHAKESPEARE: “Blood will have blood”, says this title character, who is later told, “Be bloody, bold, & resolute” show

Thu, Sept 26 – Correct answers: 0
STARS OF THE 20th CENTURY: A 1927 N.Y. Times headline: “Witness testifies” this woman “rewrote play and insisted on the spicy scenes because city liked them” show

Fri, Sept 27 – Correct answers: 2
LANDMARKS: At its dedication, Sen. John Sherman said, “Simple in form…it rises into the skies higher than any other work of human art” show

This week, it was either 2 correct responses or none at all. Of the 2 triple stumpers, I think the hardest was the one with the 1927 NY Times headline. I probably think that because I missed this clue and got the other one right. Still, I believe I saw more people saying they got the 1864 funeral clue right than the spicy scenes play. Of the 3 clues that got 2 correct responses each, I think the Shakespeare one was the easiest.

This week’s winners:
Mon 9/23/24 $17,655 David Erb
Tue 9/24/24 $39,488 David Erb
Wed 9/25/24 $33,611 David Erb
Thu 9/26/24 $11,700 Maddie Carwile
Fri 9/27/24 $28,200 Kate Roesch

We had our first 3-day champ in Season 41 with David Erb this week. David was going great guns with big Daily Double bets. I know it looks like he had a run-of-the-mill game on Monday but that’s because he lost a bundle on the FJ! clue. David ended up winning a total of $90,754. Adding Maddie Carwile’s and Kate Roesch’s winning to that, Jeopardy!’s total payout this week was $130,654. The usual $25,000 was also paid in consolation prizes. David got $3,000 of that.

Here is the ANIMAL GROUPS category from Wednesday’s game.