Final Jeopardy: 3-1 to 3-5-21

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of March 1st through March 5, 2021:

Mon, Mar 1 – Correct answers: 1
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS: In “Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes” Charles de Brosses coined this term for the many islands of the region show

Tue, Mar 2 – Correct answers: 1
WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS CONGRESS: The 2 to address 3 joint sessions are Churchill & this leader, his non-European country’s longest-serving PM, in 1996, 2011 & 2015 show

Wed, Mar 3 – Correct answers: 0
EUROPEAN LANDMARKS: Of the principal architects working on it from the mid-1500s to the 1980s, like Pierre Lescot & Hector Lefuel, none were foreigners show

Thu, Mar 4 – Correct answers: 2
U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT: The U.S. Army’s tradition of naming these began with the Sioux, used in the Korean War show

Fri, Mar 5 – Correct answers: 1
AMERICAN ROCK BANDS: In 2020 their Greatest Hits, with an optimistic ’80s anthem, became only the third album to spend 600 weeks on the Billboard 200 show

We thought last week was a rough week. Well! This week was a rough and tough week. There were no triple solves and only one day that 2 players were right. That was on Thursday and it was the easiest clue of the week. Take your pick for the hardest. In our neck of the woods, it was Wednesday’s European Landmark clue, and not because of the 1980s controversy. We just never thought of museums as landmarks before.

Michael Colton returned on Monday for Game 3 but lost to Jon Spurney. Jon won on Tuesday but lost Wednesday’s tied game when he and Tim Everhart zeroed out and made Melis Sahin-Collins the champ. Jim Cooper sent Melis home on Thursday and he lost on Friday to Laura Portwood-Stacer.