Final Jeopardy: 3-18-19 to 3-22-19

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of March 18 through March 22, 2019.

Mon, Mar 18 – Correct answers: 1 (out of 2)
BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS: These 2 films, recent back-to-back winners, both have 9 letter titles that end with the same 5 letters show

Tue, Mar 19 – Correct answers: 2
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Because its overseas empire was dwindling, Spain declared war on this much closer country across the water on Oct. 22, 1859 show

Wed, Mar 20 – Correct answers: 1
ROYAL HOUSES: Family name of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s brother Henry, whom his supporters called Henry IX of England show

Thu, Mar 21 – Correct answers: 2
AMERICAN AUTHORS: Alfred Hitchcock wrote, “It’s because I liked” his “stories so much that I began to make suspense films” show

Fri, Mar 22 – Correct answers: 0
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: This day created in the U.S. In 1872 is observed in Florida & Louisiana in January, but Maine & Alaska hold it in May show

We thought that Wednesday’s was the easiest FJ this week, with the country being so close to Spain and all that. The triple stumper on Friday was no surprise and we gave that the award for Toughie of the Week. They used to make a big deal out of it when I was a kid growing up in NJ, I’ll say that. But the only times I’ve even heard it mentioned since moving to Texas was on Jeopardy! I’ll pay more attention on November 1st this year!

Lindsey Shultz returned on Monday and won her third game. She also won the following game but, on Wednesday, Jonathan Lindeen put an end to her winning ways. Jonathan won again on Thursday, and Dave Scatena won Friday’s game by hanging on to half his score when no one got the final clue.

There were no changes to the Top 15 Daily Payouts of Season 35. Dave’s total did get added to the Under $10K Payouts list and now that we got that all straightened out, I added it to the Top 15 post.

Jeopardy! immortalized the 4-Day Curse in this video. Maybe that will put an end to it.

Click here to leave well wishes and prayers for Alex Trebek. There’s also a link to where you can make a donation to pancreatic cancer research in his honor.