Final Jeopardy: 5-30-16 to 6-3-16

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 30 through June 3, 2016.

Mon, May 30 – Correct answers: 1
An 1892 Punch cartoon depicts him lounging with a cigarette & holding a fan with a name written on it. show

Tue, May 31 – Correct answers: 1
Platypuses are to this Pacific island what alligators are to Florida. show

Wed, June 1 – Correct answers: 0
The USA’s first intercollegiate athletic event was in 1852 in this, which as a sport goes back to at least the Middle Ages. show

Thurs, June 2 – Correct answers: 0
Despite protests in 2009 some of his personal effects as seen here were sold at auction. show

Fri, June 3 – Correct answers: 2
This alliterative beverage chain says it gets its name from an African word meaning “to celebrate”. show

If you missed any of the games, click on the date for the recap with the Daily Doubles and a triple stumper or two.

Some folks found Tuesday’s FJ confusing but the two triple stumpers were on Wednesday and Thursday. We had 3 champs this week. Erin Delaney was the returning champ on Monday, when she won her second game. She was defeated by Tim Mercure. On Wednesday, Kelly Bayles took over and continued her winning ways right through Friday. Her first two games were runaways. She will return on Monday $62K+ richer.

Here is the 1970s Songs category from Thursday’s game. We were curious as to which of these songs had the most clues but we’ll never find all the clues for the first song. It’s probably the second song for sure, the only one that was a Final Jeopardy! (and that was just this past February). The last song, though, was an Oscar winner in 1969