Final Jeopardy: 5-28 to 6-1-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 28 through June 1:

Mon, May 28 – Correct answers: 1
19TH CENTURY AUTHORS: This author whom Helen Keller could identify by his cigar scent was the first to call Anne Sullivan a “miracle worker” show

Tue, May 29 – Correct answers: 3
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES: Of the 16 Commonwealth nations with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, this one is farthest from the United Kingdom show

Wed, May 30 – Correct answers: 2
AMERICAN COMPOSERS: His works are the only ones in the National Recording Registry that are preserved on piano rolls show

Thu, May 31 – Correct answers: 0
CURRENCY: 20-euro notes available in 2015 fittingly feature this mythological mother to some of Zeus’ kids show

Fri, June 1 – Correct answers: 2
PRESIDENTS: BORN & DIED: Born the farthest west in the continental U.S. of any president, he would later die farthest from his birthplace show

Everyone got FJ on Tuesday, really a geography clue, as Alex Trebek noted. Nobody got FJ on Thursday, really a mythology clue. At our house, we thought Monday’s clue was the hardest and Friday’s was the easiest.

Virginia Cummings returned on Monday and won another match. On Tuesday, she was defeated by Jeffrey Schwarz who was a 3x champ by Friday. Ian Booth won on Friday and will be back on Monday. Jeffrey had the biggest daily win but it was not enough to get on the Top 10 payouts of Season 34 list. The only person on the Top 10 payouts list who will definitely be in the next ToC is Rob Worman. Jeffrey did get on the ToC list but, as we know, his chances are iffy.

Here is the “Detail” category from Tuesday’s game. Alex Trebek especially liked it when no one wanted to answer the U.S. flag clue. That FedEx clue reminded me of a Logo game the kids used to have. Omigosh! I hated that game and only played a couple of times.