Final Jeopardy: 2-17-14 to 2-21-14

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of February 17, 2014 with links to the full recaps. This was the second week of the 2014 College Championship tournament: 3 days were Semi-Final matches and the last 2 days were the Finals.

Mon, February 17 – Correct answers: 2
In preparation for a work he published in 1828 that was over 20 years in the making, he learned 26 languages.. show

Tue, February 18: Correct answers: 1
The name of this theory is from viewing sub-atomic particles as 1-dimensional objects, not as 0-dimensional points. show

Wed, February 19 – Correct answers: 3
He has the most speeches of any character with 471 in 3 plays, of which 2 are histories & 1 is a comedy. show

Thu, February 20 – Correct answers: 2
On his death in 1862 a Mass. paper said: “No man ever lived closer to nature or reported it more eloquently. show

Fri, February 21 – Correct answers: 1
1713′s Treaty of Utrecht concluding the war of the Spanish succession granted this small 2.3-sq.mi. area to Great Britain. show

The college students didn’t fare as well in Final Jeopardy this week as they did last week, when there were 3 out of 5 triple solves. Terry O’Shea was pretty lucky that she was the only one that knew Friday’s FJ. It could have made a $50K difference in her take home pay.