Final Jeopardy: 4-26 to 4-30-21

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of April 26th through April 30, 2021:

Mon, Apr 26 – Correct answers: 2
CITY ORIGIN STORIES: The mythical founder Byzas consulted the Oracle of Delphi before establishing what’s now known as this city show

Tue, Apr 27 – Correct answers: 3
U.S.NATIONAL PARKS: This subtropical region is a biosphere reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, &, as of 1947, a National Park show

Wed, Apr 28 – Correct answers: 2
HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS: This director was quoted as saying, “I believe I can take any 60 pages of the Bible and make a great picture” show

Thu, Apr 29 – Correct answers: 3
ODD WORDS: A homophone of a letter in the alphabet, this 5-letter word sounds the same if you remove its last 4 vowels show

Fri, Apr 30 – Correct answers: 1
BOOKS & AUTHORS: In books by him, the Kingdom of Noland, ruled by an orphan named Bud, borders a country called Ix, where Queen Zixi reigns show

This was a decent enough week in Final Jeopardy!, better than we have seen in a while. No triple stumpers and only one clue that went 1 out of 3. That clue was obviously the hardest with no time frame and not even a pointer to the genre. I thought Tuesday’s clue was the easiest of the lot.

Returning champ Kelly Donohue won his third game on Monday but lost on Tuesday to Dana Schumacher-Schmidt. Dana lost her second game to Leah Caglio. Emily Sands sent Leah home on Thursday and also won Friday’s game so we’ll be seeing her on Monday.

During Anderson Cooper’s 2-week guest hosting, $118,000 was raised for Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti and $138,197 for the African judicial aid charity Justice Defenders.

From Jeopardy!’s YouTube channel: Here’s the Pantone Colors of the Year from Tuesday’s game: