Final Jeopardy: 12-31-18 to 1-4-19

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of December 31 through January 4, 2019.

Mon, Dec 31 – Correct answers: 1
21st CENTURY OSCARS: Before she was 25, she became the youngest performer to receive a second Best Actress nomination show

Tue, Jan 1 – Correct answers: 0
U.S. NAVY SHIPS: “Peace Through Strength” is the motto of the U.S. aircraft carrier named for this man who professed the same policy show

Wed, Jan 2 – Correct answers: 1
BRITISH MEMOIRS: Before his death in 1996, this famous son wrote the memoirs “The Enchanted Places” & “The Hollow on the Hill” show

Thu, Jan 3 – Correct answers: 2
1940S HISTORY: Air force pilot Gail Halvorsen earned the nickname “Candy Bomber” for his actions during this 1948-49 event show

Fri, Jan 4 – Correct answers: 1
TRANSPORTATION: Carretera Transistmica, aka the Boyd-Roosevelt Highway, runs parallel to this waterway show

This week, we only saw one triple stumper and only one match where 2 players got FJ and that was on Thursday. So that would sort of automatically make that clue the easiest of the week, but actually, we thought that Friday’s was the easiest because there was naught to dither over if you associate the surname Roosevelt with the waterway in question.

James Rodrigues was Monday’s returning champ but he lost his second game to Kevin Patterson. On Tuesday, Jonathan Dinerstein defeated Kevin and broke the streak on one-day champs in a big way when he went on to win every game for the rest of the week. Jonathan had the top payday of the week but it was two bucks short of knocking Andrea Ciccone’s $30,401 off the Top 10 Payouts List.