Final Jeopardy: 1-18-16 to 1-22-16

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of January 18 through January 22, 2016.

Mon, Jan 18 – Correct answers: 0
A 1957 event led to the creation of a National Historic Site in this city, signed into law by a President whose library is now there too. show

Tue, Jan 19 – Correct answers: 0
In 1721 explorer Charlevoix called a point at the border of these 2 states “the finest confluence in the world”. show

Wed, Jan 20 – Correct answers: 1
From a word meaning “tradition”, this branch has over a billion followers, many in the Middle East. show

Thurs, Jan 21 – Correct answers: 1
Growing up, her favorite literary heroine was Jo March; they shared a name & a hot temper & they both wanted to write. show

Fri, Jan 22 – Correct answers: 2
Pantites, sent to recruit troops, & Aristodemus, sent off to treat his eye disease, were the only known Greeks to survive this event. show

Monday was a highly anticipated game with the return of 2x champ, Claudia Corriere as co-champ with the returning 1x champ, Mike Drummond. The game ended with NO CHAMP, and that produced 3 brand new players on Tuesday as well as a slew of media reports in my newsfeed (from sites that only pay attention to Jeopardy! on such occasions) for the rest of the week. On Tuesday, nobody got FJ again. Two players wisely resisted the urge to bet it all and Kyle Webb was the one who held on to the most. It may only have been $4,399, but just look at what Kyle took home after winning two more games. She was defeated on Friday by Fred Vaughn making him the returning champ next Monday.

Of course, we have to include the “Schwa de Vivre” category from Friday’s game. “Paranoid” came up on Tuesday’s Spoiler Talk in the Susan Sontag quote (“I envy paranoids.They actually feel people are paying attention to them.”) and more paranoia came up in Thursday’s comments :):)