Final Jeopardy: 10-8 to 10-12-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of October 8 through October 12, 2018.

Mon, Oct 8 – Correct answers: 2
U.S. CAPITOL ART: Of the 23 lawgivers depicted on marble portraits over doors in the U.S. House Chamber, he’s the only one in the Bible show

Tue, Oct 9 – Correct answers: 1
WORLD LEADERS: He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice & the Literature Prize 7 times, winning for the latter in 1953 show

Wed, Oct 10 – Correct answers: 2
MYTHOLOGICAL HEROES: The second half of his service to Eurystheus took him to 6 different places, like Crete, Thrace & the Underworld show

Thu, Oct 11 – Correct answers: 1
BROADWAY MUSICALS: The title of this 1947 Lerner & Lowe musical may come from the construction seen here show

Fri, Oct 12 – Correct answers: 3
CHARLES DICKENS: Both “Barnaby Rudge” & this other famous Dickens novel begin in 1775 & deal with mob violence/ show

The hardest clue this week had to be on Thursday. They could and should have put something to associate the river with in that clue. The second hardest was the World Leaders clue, just because the rest were ridiculously easy. All the same, Friday yielded the only triple solve.

On Monday, Alex Schmidt defeated returning champ, Adam Francois Watkins. Alex continued to rack up the dough, winning every match until Friday when Alan Dunn came out on top. I loved Alan’s fist bump. Senior Power! Alex had the week’s top payday on Thursday.

I got a kick out of the Sculpture category from Friday’s game.

$25K+ Winners: We are one player away from having a Top 10 list for Season 35:

1. $34,401 – Lori Goodman 9/11/18
2. $32,700 – Sarah Butner 10/04/18
3. $31,400 – Nancy Schoppa 9/25/18
4. $30,800 – Doug Dodson 10/03/18
5. $28,401 – Kyle Jones 9/12/18
6. $28,001 – Alex Schmidt 10/11/18
7. $27,601 – Evelyn Rubin 9/26/18
8. $25,706 – Adam Francois Watkins 10/05/18
9. $25,200 – Alex Schmidt 10/10/18

Last Week’s Final Jeopardy! clues (Week 4 Season 35)