Final Jeopardy: 12-4 to 12-8-17

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of December 4 through December 8, 2017.

Mon, December 4 – Correct answers: 3
CHILDREN’S BOOKS: For this series of picture books that started in 1987, each crowd scene takes about 8 weeks to illustrate. show

Tue, December 5 – Correct answers: 0
19TH CENTURY EUROPE: This 1814-1815 gathering of leaders prompted Beethoven to compose the cantata “The Glorious Moment” show

Wed, December 6 – Correct answers: 1
REFERENCE BOOKS: This manual resulted from a military engineer’s attendance at an unruly 1860s church meeting. show

Thu, December 7 – Correct answers: 3
TIME MAGAZINE’S PERSON OF THE YEAR: Since “Man of the Year” became “Person of the Year” in 1999, only 1 individual woman has won: this European for 2015. show

Fri, December 8 – Correct answers: 2
PRIMETIME TV ACTRESSES: On the beat since 1999, she plays the longest-running female character currently on TV in a primetime non-animated series. 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’s crop of FJ clues produced two triple solves and only one triple stumper, tipping on the positive side of the scale for the players. Tuesday’s was the toughest, we thought, with Wednesday’s “Reference Books” second runner-up.

Lisa Kristina was going for her third win on Monday, but Kyle Becker began a 4-day reign that lasted until Friday, when he was defeated by Ben Raphel. During that run, Kyle became the first 4x champ since the Tournament of Champions and racked up $63,802 in winnings.

Ben got the top payout this week with that $25,201 but Jen Sosnowski’s $28,801 win on September 13th still stands in the Top 10 payouts of the season so far.

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