Final Jeopardy: 6-11 to 6-15-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of June 11 through June 15:

Mon, June 11 – Correct answers: 3
BRASS INSTRUMENTS: In playing this instrument whose early version was called a sackbut, it’s about 6″ from A to B, about 7″ from C to D show

Tue, June 12 – Correct answers: 3
CHILDREN’S LIT: In 2017 the Maine farm & barn that inspired this classic 1952 novel were put up for sale show

Wed, June 13 – Correct answers: 3
1990s ANIMATED FILMS: Though it draws elements from “Hamlet”, Disney says this was their first all-animated feature based on an original story show

Thu, June 14 – Correct answers: 0
CONSTELLATIONS: This zodiac constellation includes 2 lines (or strings) that terminate in a star called Alrescha, the knot. show

Fri, June 15 – Correct answers: 0
ISLAND NAMES: A Portuguese explorer gave this name to an island he sighted off Africa’s coast 40 days after Easter show

The beginning of this week was a fine demonstration of the saying “good things come in threes,” wasn’t it? And that was that. For the last 2 games of the week, the pendulum swung the other way. The easiest clues were on Tuesday and Wednesday. The 2 triple stumpers, it seemed, were equally baffling unless one had a deeper acquaintance with the topics.

David Kleinman was Monday’s returning champ. He had a great time but lost to Catherine Ono. Tuesday went just as well as Monday for Catherine– she made the exact same amount. On Wednesday, she was defeated by Diana Hsu, who won again on Thursday. On Friday, Deirdre Thomas won and she will be back on Monday. Diana had the highest payday this week. She would have topped that on Thursday if she only stood pat on her $29,600 runaway!

Once again, The Top 10 payouts of Season 34 stayed the same, with $33,201 the lowest score on there.

Here is Jeopardy!’s Power Women tribute to Catherine, Diana and Deirdre. They don’t show the entire Single Moms on TV category from Friday, but it was certainly a factor in Deirdre’s triumph — she ran it.