Final Jeopardy: 12-3 to 12-7-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of December 3 through December 7, 2018.

Mon, Dec 3 – Correct answers: 2
AMERICAN BUSINESS: Last name of John, Daniel, Elisha & Edward, whose firm turned 200 in 2018 & has dressed 40 U.S. Presidents show

Tue, Dec 4 – Correct answers: 2
THE NFL: For the 2018 draft this team tried to use a parrot to make a pick; the bird got stage fright show

Wed, Dec 5 – Correct answers: 2
NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1999 the U.S. Government was ordered to pay his family $16 million for less than 30 seconds of film show

Thu, Dec 6 – Correct answers: 2
WORLD AFFAIRS 2018: An Arab League summit final statement rejected “interference” by this country often mistakenly called an Arab land itself show

Fri, Dec 7 – Correct answers: 2
OPERA: In Act I of this opera, a messenger says, “barbarous Ethiopians” have invaded & “are already marching on Thebes”
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It was a week where 2 players got FJ every single day and it’s really hard to say which was the easiest, but we’ll go with Monday’s clue. Everyone’s heard of them but you needed to know a little something extra on the other clues.

Returning champ Elizabeth Goss was defeated on Monday by Dave Leffler. He continued to win and it did look like he might be a 5x champ by the end of the week, but Staci Huffman took the honors on Friday. Dave had the top payout this week.

Top 10 $25K+ Winners: Dave Leffler snagged the No. 3 spot and that made $30,399 the score to beat to get on this list.

1. $38,200 – Mary Ann Borer 11/5/18
2. $34,401 – Lori Goodman 9/11/18
3. $33,801 – Dave Leffler 12/3/18
4. $33,600 – Alan Dunn 10/18/18
5. $32,700 – Sarah Butner 10/04/18
6. $31,400 – Nancy Schoppa 9/25/18
7. $31,201 – Emily Frey 10/31/18
8. $30,800 – Doug Dodson 10/03/18
9. $30,401 – Adriana Ciccone 11/28/18
10. $30,399 – Alan Dunn 10/15/18

Here’s “The Medical File of Alex Trebek” from Jeopardy!’s youtube channel: