Final Jeopardy: 5-25-15 to 5-29-15

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 25th with links to the full recaps.

Mon, May 25 – Correct answers: 0
A Christian hymn and a Jewish holiday hymn are both titled this, also the name of a 2009 Tony-nominated musical. show

Tue, May 26 – Correct answers: 1
Aristotle said that an ancient Athenian law made uprooting one of these trees punishable by death. show

Wed, May 27 – Correct answers: 1 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
Governors of 2 adjacent states, these 2 ex-prosecutors are also adjacent on an alphabetical list of governors. show

Thurs, May 28 – Correct answers: 2
Published a year later, “Good Wives” was a follow-up to this 1868 novel. show

Fri, May 29 – Correct answers: 1
Mens and Manus, “Mind and Hand”, is the motto of this university whose alumni include I.M. Pei, Amar Bose and Richard Feynman. show

Just like last week, we didn’t have a triple solve but we did have one triple stumper this week. Again, we only had two champs. Choyon Manjrekar returned on Monday with two games to his credit and won his third. On Tuesday, he was defeated by Dan Feitel, who was a 4x winner by Friday.

Lenny Porges got the best chat segment nod from FF when, in Tuesday’s game, he recalled meeting actor James Cagney. “Sweetest old man I ever met,” he told Alex Trebek, “besides you.” And there was also this–