Final Jeopardy: 12-22-14 to 12-26-14

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of December 22nd with links to the full recaps.

Mon, Dec 22 – Correct answers: 3
Celebrated in April, National Robotics Week honors this man who coined the word “robotics” in a 1941 story. show

Tue, Dec 23: Correct answers: 1
In the mid-1960s, a decade after it first appeared in a holiday tale, this word came to be used for any mean killjoy. show

Wed, Dec 24 – Correct answers: 1
With a total of 5 wins, they’re the only 2 Best Actress winners who were known professionally by the same last name. show

Thurs, Dec 25 – Correct answers: 1
Inspired by the 5th letter of the Greek Alphabet, its symbol includes 2 horizontal lines to represent stability. show

Fri, Dec 26 – Correct answers: 3
The flag of Burundi has stars representing the Twa & these 2 other ethnic groups much in the news in the 1990s. show

Well, well! Compared to the last two weeks, it was pretty good this week. TWO triple solves and NO triple stumpers. This week’s champs were returning champ, Allison Fraser, who won her second game on Monday, but was defeated on Tuesday by Avishai Gebler. He lost on Wednesday to Brian Hamilton who hung in there until Friday when Vaughn Winchell.

But we are still anxiously waiting for a 3x champ! Almost as much as we are waiting for the Clue of the Day feature to be fixed. Now if those two things happen next week, it will be a nice start to a Happy New Year indeed.