Final Jeopardy: 3-20-17 to 3-24-17

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of March 20 through March 24, 2017.

Mon, March 20 – Correct answers: 0
From the mid-20th century, it’s the most recent papal name that’s the same in Latin & in English. show

Tue, March 21 – Correct answers: 1
These pants first became popular when Pratap Singh, a Maharaja’s son, visited Queen Victoria with his polo team in 1897. show

Wed, March 22 – Correct answers: 1
This company founded in 1945 offers a special deal on the last day of January, March, May, July, Aug., Oct. & Dec. show

Thu, March 23 – Correct answers: 1
The word that gave us “picaresque” may also have inspired the name of this clever valet featured in a 1786 opera. show

Fri, March 24 – Correct answers: 1
You have to go through military security to reach this town with a marine base on 3 sides & the Potomac on the other. 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.

There was one triple stumper this week. The rest of the week produced one correct answer. As is usually the case, the difficulty level is relative. The easiest ones for me were actually the bookends (Monday and Friday) and the business special on Wednesday took the longest.

Rebecca Wald won her second game on Monday but was defeated on Tuesday by Kevin Shrum, who also prevailed on Wednesday. On Thursday, Stephanie Garrone-Shufran took over, but lost on Friday to Robert Weibezahl.

Here is Le Restaurant Splendide category from March 22nd, a whole category for Alex Trebek to revel in the glories of the French language. LOL. As much as I like to tease about Alex’ Frenchiness, it was fun and it made me wonder if and when he retires, we will ever see the likes of categories like this again.