Final Jeopardy: 2-20-17 to 2-24-17

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of February 20 through February 24, 2017, the last week of the 2017 College Tournament.

Mon, February 20 – Correct answers: 1
The first recorded use of this word in print was when Nathan Hope posted an image of his busted lip online in 2002. show

Tue, February 21 – Correct answers: 0
In August 2015, 3 retired Marines helped raise the U.S. Flag in this city where they’d hauled it down 54 years earlier. show

Wed, February 22 – Correct answers: 0
Year The New York World lamented, “The age of statesmen is gone… the age of rail-splitters and tailors… has succeeded” show

Thu, February 23 – Correct answers: 2
About himself he says, “Since the heavens have shap’d my body so, let hell make crook’d my mind to answer it” show

Fri, February 24 – Correct answers: 1
Astronomer who began his epitaph, “I used to measure the heavens, now I shall measure the shadows of earth” 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.

We had two triple stumpers this week, one involving a fairly current event and the other where some knowledge of presidential nicknames might have helped.

Lilly Chin (M.I.T.), Viraj Mehta (Stanford) and Gary Tse (U.S. Naval Academy) each won a spot in the 2-day final. It was looking good for Gary at the start of Friday’s match but Lilly dominated the second half, scored a runaway and won the whole shebang. Read more about Lilly’s victory and how she took the Jeopardy! test during a class on MIT News.

Several moments from this week caught the attention of a lot of folks. There was Viraj “flipping the bird” while describing folding a slice of pizza. Another was Lilly’s “spiciest memelord” response on Friday. 2015 ToC winner, Alex Jacob, thought that topped his “What is Aleve?” response. Check out his envy tweet:

Dammit, why didn't I think of that? #Jeopardy

— Alex Jacob (@whoisalexjacob) February 25, 2017

The one we think that got the most attention, however, was Alex Trebek reading the rap category on Monday. One youtuber, Caleb Marsh, even added the music to his mix.