Final Jeopardy: 10-17-16 to 10-21-16

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of October 17 through October 21, 2016.

Mon, October 17: – Correct answers: 2
In the same year as Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington’s brother-in-law General Edward Pakenham died in this battle in North America. show

Tue, October 18 – Correct answers: 2
He’s won 4 Emmys, 3 Grammys, an Oscar & 3 Tonys, & 3 of his films rank on AFI’s list of Funniest Movies of All Time. show

Wed, October 19 – Correct answers: 2
Keats’ line “The sedge is withered from the lake, and no birds sing” inspired the title of this ground-breaking book. show

Thurs, October 20 – Correct answers: 1
She once said that death “Is no more than passing from one room into another” but “in that other room, I shall be able to see” show

Fri, October 21 – Correct answers: 1
In 2006 for the 500th anniversary of this group, members trekked from the Canton of Ticino to St. Peter’s Square. show

There wasn’t one match where all of the players got FJ this week but there wasn’t one where none of them got it either.

If you missed any of the games, click on the date for the recap with the Daily Doubles and a triple stumper or two. More clues from this week’s games are on Fikkle Fame’s archive.

Shannon Dillmore defeated 3x returning champ Susan Cole on Monday. He won a second game on Tuesday but lost to Debbi Hopkins on Wednesday. Doug Hartman took over the crown on Thursday. On Friday, Lani Gonzalez scored the only runaway of the week.

Note from VJ – you may have noticed that they didn’t show Doug’s $12,400 winning total over his closeup at the end of Thursday’s game. I cobbled it together).

Here is Doug’s hilarious chat story from Friday’s game about how a chicken whupped his butt in tic-tac-toe.

#TodayOnJ!:
Chicken ? – 1, Doug – 0. ? #tictactoe pic.twitter.com/4s8PaYnuU5

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) October 21, 2016