Final Jeopardy: 5-21 to 5-25-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 21 through May 25, 2018:

Mon, May 21 – Correct answers: 1
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY: In 1794 George Washington selected this spot, where today 3 states meet, for the site of a new armory show

Tue, May 22 – Correct answers: 0
FAMOUS RUSSIANS: In Nov. 1836 this writer got a letter naming him to the Most Serene Order of Cuckolds; in Feb. 1837 he was dead show

Wed, May 23 – Correct answers: 1
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: This pair who accompanied their father into battle were called Timor & Formido, “fear” & “terror”, by the Romans show

Thu, May 24 – Correct answers: 2
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: For a link between oceans, the U.S. signed an 1859 treaty with Mexico giving us rights to this 2-syllable strip of land “of Tehuantepec” show

Fri, May 25 – Correct answers: 2
OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTORS: He was nominated twice for playing Oscar winners–a real one in a 1992 biopic & a fictional one in a 2008 combat comedy show

It was another tough Final Jeopardy! week and I can’t even judge the easiest clue. For me, it was Tuesday’s because I was already acquainted with that fellow’s life story. For the players, however, that was the hardest one but the results might have been easier if the clue said “poet” instead of writer.

Josh Hill returned as a 3x champ on Monday and by Thursday, he was a 7x champ. He met his Waterloo on Friday when Virginia Cummings chalked up the week’s biggest payday. Virginia’s winnings put her on the Top 10 payouts of Season 34 list.

Josh will return for the next Tournament of Champions. You can watch his 5x streak video on J!Buzz.

Here is the Audible Recent Fiction category from Thursday’s game.