Final Jeopardy Clues: 10-4 to 10-8-21

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of October 4 through October 8, 2021.

Mon, Oct 4 – Correct answers: 2
RENAISSANCE MEN: 10 years before a more famous work, he wrote in 1503 that the way to deal with rebels is to placate them or eliminate them show

Tue, Oct 5 – Correct answers: 3
POPULAR PHRASES: This phrase relating nutrition & health was popularized by fruit scientist J.T. Stinson at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair show

Wed, Oct 6 – Correct answers: 0
HISTORIC CALENDARS: Following Messidor, this summer month in the 18th century French Revolutionary Calendar had a name meaning “heat gift” show

Thu, Oct 7 – Correct answers: 1 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS: The official Olympic website says this event “has its roots in survival skills” practiced in the snowy forests of Scandinavia show

Fri, Oct 8 – Correct answers: 2
THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: British zoologist George Shaw looked for stitches when he first saw this mammal in 1799, thinking he was being tricked show

With one triple solve and one triple stumper this week, it’s plain to see which clues were easiest and hardest. The clues that got 2 correct responses were also on the easy side. As for Thursday’s sports clue, if you’re not into the Olympics, you wouldn’t even be able to make an educated guess.

Matt Amodio’s reign continued this week, starting out on Monday with an $83,000 payday. That’s Matt’s top game now. On Wednesday, Matt lost his $22,000 Final Jeopardy! bet but he had a runaway and would have won even if another player had been right. He won $50K or better in the other 3 games. By the end of the week, Matt was a 38-day champion with cumulative winnings of $1,518,601.

From Jeopardy!’s YouTube channel: Here is the Sci-Fi Movie Synopses category from Monday’s game