Final Jeopardy: 3-31-14 to 4-4-14

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of March 31, 2014, The Battle of the Decades 2000, with links to the full recaps.

Mon, March 31 – Correct answers: 1
An aria in this Shakespeare-based opera says, “Di Scozia a te promettono le profetesse il trono…che tardi?” show

Tue, April 1: Correct answers: 3
This crusader, in 1906: “More than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, & then to die without it seems so cruel.” show

Wed, April 2 – Correct answers: 0
In 2005 the Kul Sharif Mosque of Tatarstan was reopened 453 years after it was destroyed by this man. show

Thurs, April 3 – Correct answers: 0
In 1884, George Pillsbury became mayor of this city. show

Fri, April 4 – Correct answers: 0
“It was one of those pictures… so contrived that the eyes follow you… beneath” the picture was this 5-word quote. show

Some strange questions this week. Italian in one clue and a mayor from the late 1800s (who doesn’t even have his own page in wikipedia!) in another. Only one triple solve, three triple stumpers. Now as for the one in Italian, this was a case where the clue being in all caps was a hindrance, In sentence case, they would at least know it was a proper noun, and just have to figure out Scozia is Scotland in Italian in 30 seconds. Here are some more translatons of Scotland: Ecosse (French), Escocia (Spanish), Schottland (German), Skotland (Danish), Szkocja (Polish).

Funny Category from this Week: “Celebrity Reality TV”