Final Jeopardy: 6-24-19 to 6-28-19

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of June 24 through June 28, 2019, the last week of the 2019 Teen Tournament.

Mon, June 24 – Correct answers: 1
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Starting a university after his only son died in 1884, this man said, “The children of California shall be our children” show

Tue, June 25 – Correct answers: 0
OTHER NATIONS’ PRESIDENTS: This nation’s 1st 8 presidents were all born in the U.S.; the 1st local-born president came in 1884, 37 years after independence show

Wed, June 26 – Correct answers: 3
19TH CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: “Hard and sharp as flint…He iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas” show

Thu, June 27 – Correct answers: 2
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: The first time this organization invoked Article 5 was on September 12, 2001 show

Fri, June 28 – Correct answers: 3
PLACES OF LORE: The first mention of this locale is in Chrétien De Troyes’ 12th century poem “Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart” show

Tuesday’s clue was the hardest, obviously. Monday’s was a close runner-up. What can we say about the rest of them besides they were easy?

Lucas Miner, Ryan Presler and Avi Gupta won the semi-final matches. The second one was a win by default for Ryan, who was the only one to hold back something to win with. Avi Gupta’s match ended in a tie and he won the tie-breaker. Watch the semi-finals recap:

Avi went on to win the top prize. Here is his Winner’s Circle video.

Top 15 Daily Payouts of Season 35. As noted before, this list only reflects a contestant’s highest payout, otherwise James Holzhauer 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.

Check out James Holzhauer’s Jeopardy Statistics for a quick look at his FJ and DD bets in all his games. More 10 games or more Jeopardy! champs.

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.