Final Jeopardy: 10-23 to 10-27-17

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of October 23 through October 27, 2017.

Mon, October 23 – Correct answers: 2
Much of this novel takes place on the Island of Despair, off the coast of South America, from 1659 to 1686. show

Tue, October 24 – Correct answers: 0
This 8-letter word meaning “cultured” or “intellectual” originated with a phrenology concept. show

Wed, October 25 – Correct answers: 1
The tiny town of Cayce, Kentucky was the home & supplied the nickname of a man famous in this job. show

Thu, October 26 – Correct answers: 3
An early edition of this game that debuted in 1949 says that it’s “the great new Sherlock Holmes game” show

Fri, October 27 – Correct answers: 0
The Mopan River flows about 20 miles from the capital of this country. show

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.

This week, phrenology and Central American capital cities threw the players for a loop. Friday’s clue was one of those face palm moments after the fact, so we’d vote Tuesday’s the toughest. We don’t even have to tell you which was the easiest FJ. LOL!

Monday’s returning champ, Kathleen Kosman, lost to Nan Bauer and Nan hung in there until Wednesday, accumulating $36,601 in winnings. It was adios to Nan on Thursday when Erica Irving won. She lost to Anand Kandaswamy on Friday.

To get on the Top 10 payouts for this season, a player has to top $28,600, so there was no change this week.