Final Jeopardy: 5-27-19 to 5-31-19

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 27 through May 31, 2019.

Mon, May 27 – Correct answers: 3
GAMES: When this game was introduced in 1860, it had squares like Intemperance & Poverty & if you hit the Suicide square your game was over show

Tue, May 28 – Correct answers: 2
ANIMATED CHARACTERS: This cartoon character was based on a character in the educational comic “The Intertidal Zone” show

Wed, May 29 – Correct answers: 2
19TH CENTURY NOVELS: The author of this tale dedicated the novel to British philosopher William Godwin, her father show

Thu, May 30 – Correct answers: 1
NATIONAL ANTHEMS: Its anthem was adopted in 1947 to replace one by Joseph Haydn that had been tainted by association with Nazis show

Fri, May 31 – Correct answers: 2
OSCAR-NOMINATED FAMILIES: It’s the last name of Alfred, Lionel, David, Emil, Thomas & Randy, who with 90 nominations, are the most Oscar-nominated family show

The numbers say that Monday’s clue was the easiest and Thursday’s was the most difficult. Wednesday’s was the easiest for me and Friday’s was a flop!

Last week, James Holzhauer went over the $2 million mark on Friday, the 24th, with $2,065,535. This week, James scooped up $396,681 and became a 32x champ with total winnings of $2,462,216. All eyes will be on James on Monday to see if he can surpass Ken Jennings’ long-standing $2,520,700 highest regular play record and, if so, by how much.

Check out James Holzhauer’s Jeopardy Statistics for a quick look at his FJ and DD bets in all his games.

Top 15 Daily Payouts of Season 35. As noted before, this list only reflects a contestant’s highest payout, otherwise James would be dominating that list. As it is, he is now the only player for all 10 spots in the Single-Game Winnings column in Jeopardy!’s Hall of Fame.

Here is the “Dodger Baseball” category from Tuesday’s game:

That other baseball-related category “Childish Bambino” was pretty cool, too. Check that out on J-Archive (Round One).

Click here to leave well wishes and prayers for Alex Trebek. There’s also a link to where you can make a donation to pancreatic cancer research in his honor.