Final Jeopardy: 5-25 to 5-29-20

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 25 through May 29, 2020, the first week of the 2020 Teachers Tournament.

Mon, May 25 – Correct answers: 1 (Out of 2 left in FJ!)
U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Touching Canada at Boundary County, the northern part of this state’s panhandle has been referred to as “the chimney” show

Tue, May 26 – Correct answers: 3
20th CENTURY METAPHORS: If it had physically existed, it would have stretched some 500 miles from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea show

Wed, May 27 – Correct answers: 3
FAIRY TALES: A familiar chant in this fairy tale continues, “Be he alive or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread” show

Thu, May 28 – Correct answers: 1
WORD ORIGINS: P.T. Barnum, whose traveling shows carried musicians, coined this word that now represents something growing in popularity show

Fri, May 29 – Correct answers: 0
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS: Of the 15 U.S. presidential libraries or museums, 3 are in this state, more than any other show

The easiest clues were on Monday and Wednesday. Even though everyone got the clue on Tuesday, we still think it was a bit harder than Monday’s. Friday’s clue was tricky, requiring contestants to know when presidential libraries became a thing.

Compare these clues to the clues in in the 2019 Teacher’s Tournament quarterfinals.

Jeopardy! has a Winners Circle video for each semi-finalist on its YouTube channel.

These teachers are in a class of their own! The #TeachersTournament semifinals start Monday. pic.twitter.com/XGnqZntCfe

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) May 30, 2020

Here is a list of the nine contestants moving on to the semi-finals next week and the scores they finished with. Next Monday, they will all start at zero again.

These 9 contestants are guaranteed a minimum $10,000 for making the semi-finals. All the players who didn’t make the cut went home with $5,000. We will have a complete prize list on next week’s recap.