Final Jeopardy: 1-7-19 to 1-11-19

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of January 7 through January 11, 2019.

Mon, Jan 7 – Correct answers: 0
19th CENTURY NOTABLES: When he died in Samoa in 1894 his obituary said, “He loved Samoa better than any other place, except Scotland”
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Tue, Jan 8 – Correct answers: 3
1950S TRAVEL: In March 1958 Hilton opened a hotel in this Western Hemisphere capital but 2-1/2 years later was out of business there show

Wed, Jan 9 – Correct answers: 1
TV DRAMAS: So that viewers wouldn’t think it was about opera, the “R” in this show’s logo was turned into a gun show

Thu, Jan 10 – Correct answers: 2 (out of 2 left in FJ)
AMERICAN LANDMARKS: Eyewitness Jose Marti wrote, “Luckless Irishmen, Poles, Italians…run toward the wharves” to see its dedication show

Fri, Jan 11 – Correct answers: 0
FAMOUS DOCTORS: Not an artist himself, he inspired the surrealists but thought them “absolute cranks” until he met Dali in London in 1938 show

This week, there were 2 triple stumpers and they both had to do with a famous person who was in a different place than he is usually associated with. The difference was that on Monday, they gave you the place he came from but not his profession. On Friday, the category named the profession but the usual place association was absent. We call Monday’s harder. It was just harder to figure out. See JP’s excellent analysis in the comments on Friday’s recap on figuring that one out.

4x champ Jonathan Dinerstein returned on Monday to try for that 5th win. He was defeated by Zorn Pink. On Tuesday, Zorn turned the first podium over to Jessica Holloway and she won again on Wednesday. Anneke Garcia sent Jessica home on Thursday and won Friday’s game, so we will see her again come Monday. Jessica had the highest payout on “Hump Day’ (when we get that Geico camel commercial) but it wasn’t enough to make the Top 10 Payouts List.

Here is the “Wheel of Jeopardy” category that Jessica ran on Wednesday: