Final Jeopardy: 6-8 to 6-12-20

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of June 8 through June 12, 2020, the last week of Season 36.

Mon, June 8 – Correct answers: 2
20th CENTURY AMERICA: 10-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. sang with his church’s choir at the celebrated premiere of this film show

Tue, June 9 – Correct answers: 2
PRE-CIVIL WAR PRESIDENTS: Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: “After an extended tour of Europe he retired to Concord…& he died in obscurity” show

Wed, June 10 – Correct answers: 2
NOTABLE BRITISH NAMES: Published in 1881, “The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Actions of Worms” was his last & one of his bestselling books show

Thu, June 11 – Correct answers: 0
MEDICAL HISTORY: One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks show

Fri, June 12 – Correct answers: 2
AUTHORS: On this woman’s passing in 2019, Oprah Winfrey called her “a magician with language, who understood the power of words” show

There was one triple stumper in the last week of new games for this month and probably the rest of Season 36. No one connected the 23 puncture wounds with a very long ago and very public assassination. Two players correctly answered all the other clues. Of those four, we thought Monday’s was the easiest and Tuesday’s was the hardest.

Morgan Wilbanks returned after the two-week Teachers Tournament and won a second game. He was defeated on Tuesday by Zach Newkirk and Zach won every game for the rest of the week. He’ll be back for his 5th game when Jeopardy! resumes, whenever that will be.

Here is the “TV Catchphrases” category that was in the first round of Thursday’s game: