Final Jeopardy Clues: 9-20 to 9-24-21

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of September 20 through September 24, 2021.

Mon, Sept 20 – Correct answers: 1
1980s MOVIES: The dip used to kill characters in this 1988 film consisted of acetone, benzene & turpentine, ingredients of paint thinner show

Tue, Sept 21 – Correct answers: 3
CHILDREN’S BOOKS: A book by her says, “It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’… but then I am not a rabbit” show

Wed, Sept 22 – Correct answers: 1
LANDMARKS: 96 miles in total during its 3-decade existence, the most well-known part of this was about the same length as an Olympic marathon show

Thu, Sept 23 – Correct answers: 2
FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE: In the King James Version, these creatures are a plague in Exodus 10, but deemed okay to eat in Leviticus 11 show

Fri, Sept 24 – Correct answers: 2 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
HISTORY OF THE 19-TEENS: Saying he ignored warnings of enemy vessels, the British Admiralty sought to blame William Turner, this ship’s last captain in 1915 show

We had one triple solve this week on Tuesday in Children’s Books. That was the easiest of the week. Ridiculously easy, really. The other 4 clues were evenly divided between 1 and 2 right responses but there were only 2 players left in Final Jeopardy! on Friday. I suppose you could count that as “everyone got it.” We usually do for the predictions. Monday’s clue was the hardest for me. I never saw that movie and had no idea what that clue was referring to.

Matt Amodio won every game this week. Monday was the only game that was not a runaway and there were no paydays over $50K this week, whereas there were 3 last week. Matt was creeping up on the million dollar mark but, after Thursday’s game, it didn’t look like he was going to get a big enough payout on Friday to make it. Indeed, Matt wasn’t doing so hot in the first round of Friday’s game but he rallied in Double Jeopardy! and sailed over the million mark with $4,001 to spare.

From the show’s YouTube channel, here is Matt Amodio, Jeopardy!’s latest millionaire, to tell you how he feels about achieving this milestone and what he thinks about his next challenge (beating James Holzhauer’s 32-game record).