Final Jeopardy: 4-5 to 4-9-21

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of April 5th through April 9, 2021:

Mon, Apr 5 – Correct answers: 1
DAYTIME TV PERSONALITIES: Accepting a Lifetime Achievement Emmy, he said, “Just take… 10 seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are” show

Tue, Apr 6 – Correct answers: 2
20th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: A biography of him: “In a sweltering, dimly lit cabin, its window shades closed… his first presidential decisions were made” show

Wed, Apr 7 – Correct answers: 3
NOTORIOUS: In 1897 she was accused of a much lesser crime, shoplifting in Rhode Island show

Thu, Apr 8 – Correct answers: 0
SOUTH AMERICA: 2 of the 3 national capitals on the continent whose metro areas have more than 10 million people show

Fri, Apr 9 – Correct answers: 1
AMERICAN LITERATURE: One edition of this 1930s novella shows a farm within the silhouette of a rabbit show

There sure were some tricky FJ!s this past week but, despite that, there was only one triple stumper. So that made Thursday’s clue the week’s toughest. The easiest was on Wednesday, as evidenced by the only triple solve of the week. The mixed results in the other 3 days speak to the need for a bit more than cursory knowledge of the topic, or the bright lights and pressure of being onstage after plowing through 60 clues.

Returning champ Scott Shewfelt didn’t make it to 3 wins when Brandon Deutsch took him out. Brandon did manage to beat the 3-game curse but lost on Thursday when Pasquale Palumbo won the day. Dennis Chase took over on Friday and he also had the week’s top daily payout. He will be the returning champ on Monday.

From Jeopardy!’s YouTube channel: The Women on Stamps category from Thursday’s game: