Final Jeopardy: 1-4 to 1-8-21

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

Mon, Jan 4 – Correct answers: 0
LITERARY CHARACTERS OF THE 1600s: When the title character tells him that a great adventure may win him an island he can govern, he leaves his family show

Tue, Jan 5 – Correct answers: 0
STATE NAME ORIGINS: The names of these 2 states honor a king & his father, who was executed in 1649 show

Wed, Jan 6 – Correct answers: 0
BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES: Released in 2017, this movie is the highest-grossing film in the U.S. that’s set during World War I show

Thu, Jan 7 – Correct answers: 2
MUSICALS: 4 songs from this 1968 musical made the Billboard Top 10, including one with an astrological theme that was No. 1 for 6 weeks show

Fri, Jan 8 – Correct answers: 2 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
WOMEN & SCIENCE: Dr. Margaret Todd gave science this word for different forms of one basic substance; it’s from the Greek for “equal” & “place” show

This week, there were 3 consecutive triple stumpers in Final Jeopardy! A lot of folks seemed to think the Wednesday clue was the easiest of those three. To me, that one was the hardest. What can I say? I don’t watch superhero stuff these days and just didn’t know that film was set in World War I. The easiest clue of the week was Thursday’s.

I featured this clip from the title song of that musical as a Friday Mystery Song one week last year.

Brayden Smith won his 5th game on Monday, securing a spot in the next Tournament of Champions, but he lost the next day to Manisha Munshi. Yoshie Hill sent Manisha home and won her second game. She lost on Friday to Jim Gilligan. Yoshie had the lowest payday of the week on Wednesday and the highest on Thursday!

ICYMI: This video features Mike Richards, Jeopardy!’s executive producer, talking to the Today Show about Alex Trebek’s last week. Jeopardy’s tribute video is on Friday’s recap.