Final Jeopardy: 3-12 to 3-16-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of March 12 through March 16, 2018.

Mon, March 12 – Correct answers: 2
FIRST LADY FACTS: In 1982, when Bess Truman died, she had been enrolled in this government program for about 17 years, longer than anyone else. show

Tue, March 13 – Correct answers: 2
1950s FICTION: The N.Y. Times called this 1,000-page novel by a woman “one of the most influential business books ever written” show

Wed, March 14 – Correct answers: 2
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Each state has as many electors as its total of Senators & Reps.; D.C. has this many, the minimum for any state. show

Thu, March 15 – Correct answers: 1
EUROPEAN RIVERS: Of the 10 countries the Danube touches, this one is alphabetically last & is the only one that doesn’t end in “Y” or “A” show

Fri, March 16 – Correct answers: 0
MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS: Hesiod said it fawns on all who enter “with actions of… tail & both ears”, but when people try to exit it “eats them up” show

What to say about this crop of clues? Well, the first three produced 2 out of 3. We think the easiest of those was Wednesday’s. Things went downhill from there with only one solve on Thursday and none on Friday. Thursday’s clue wasn’t hard for champ, Peter. He was the only one to get it. So we’ll have to vote Friday’s the hardest.

Jeopardy! champs for the week of March 12, 2018

Mark Ashton was the returning champ on Monday, but he lost to Zach Dark. Tuesday’s game went to Zach as well, but Peter Karamitsos came out on top in Wednesday’s game. That happened on Thursday, too, then Peter went home on Friday when Rahul Gupta’s FJ strategy paid off. Almost all paydays this week were in the range that make Alex Trebek happy, but none approached Top 10 status.

Here is the “Bad Adjectives for a Dating Profile” from the March 15th game: