Final Jeopardy: 7-24-17 to 7-28-17
Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of July 24 through July 28, 2017.
Mon, July 24 – Correct answers: 2
When this school opened in 1845, the curriculum for the class of 50 had math & navigation, chemistry & gunnery & steam. show
Tue, July 25 – Correct answers: 0
Once a feudal state, it has the highest capital city in Europe at an elevation of about 3,300 feet. show
Wed, July 26 – Correct answers: 0
“A man can be destroyed but not defeated” is a line from this 1952 book, later a Spencer Tracy film. show
Thu, July 27 – Correct answers: 0
This Brit is the only actor to get Oscar nominations for playing 2 real-life U.S. Presidents, both for 1990s films. show
Fri, July 28 – Correct answers: 0
The title subject of a 2007 bestseller, it was discovered in Australia where today it’s a state emblem. 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. More clues from this week’s games are on Fikkle Fame’s archive.
Last week was the week of 3 triple solves galore and this week was the week of triple stumpers galore. Monday’s was definitely the easiest. Wednesday and Thursday were easy for the film fans. Friday’s was without question the hardest.
2x champ Justin Vossler returned on Monday to kick off the last week of the season. He won 3 more games but lost on Thursday to Shadi Peterman. All those FJ misses made it hard for anyone to get a big payday, but Justin managed one over $20K. Ironically, it was on Tuesday, one of the zero solves games.
Here are 8 Top Moments from Season 33 from Jeopardy.com
And here are 2 moments from the July 27th match:
When is the following Weekly Recap for the week of July 31st through August 4th?
Sorry, Dalton, I’ve been busy today. Also, it seems redundant but maybe in the interest of keeping the FJs from this tournament all together, I’ll do it later on.
As I’m sure you remember, this tournament began on a Wednesday so 3 of the games are in one November weekly recap, 5 in another and the finals in yet another!
Ryan probably did say Burnside but the problem is he said he thought he added an “s.” Let Trebek trick him. lol
Interesting that there were 2 history teacher champs this week.
Oh! That *is* funny, Jacob. I just didn’t look at it that way when I saw it. lol
Yes, that’s what he gets for letting Alex trick him lol.
I thought that Ryan did say Burnside, and after listening to it again, I still think so.
Sweet Cindy will always be missed, never forgotten.