Final Jeopardy: 7-8-19 to 7-12-19

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of July 8 through July 12, 2019.

Mon, July 8 – Correct answers: 2
NORTH AMERICAN CITIES: In 2017 this city celebrated its 375th birthday & the 50th anniv. of an event that made it an international tourist destination show

Tue, July 9 – Correct answers: 0
ANCIENT TIMES: In 1955 King Paul of Greece unveiled a statue of this hero near the cliffs where he died in the 5th century B.C. show

Wed, July 10 – Correct answers: 3
BESTSELLING NOVELS: For help with research, the author of this 2003 novel acknowledged the Louvre, Catholic World News & “five members of Opus Dei” show

Thu, July 11 – Correct answers: 1
WOMEN ON TV: This character featured in a 1992 Time Magazine cover story on “Hollywood & Politics” returned to television in 2018 show

Fri, July 12 – Correct answers: 2
WORD ORIGINS: 19th c. Boots made with India rubber made one quieter, leading to this slang term for one whose job involves surveillance show

On the bright side, everyone made it to Final Jeopardy this week. The easiest clue was definitely on Wednesday and the hardest was on Tuesday and the results bore that out. The “bookend” clues (Monday & Friday) both went 2 out of 3. Thursday’s clue proved to be sort of a “before our time’ thing for two of the players. They were likely watching shows like “Barney” at the time.

Ryan Bilger won his third game and his fourth on Tuesday. But that was it. Sam Kavanaugh took over on Wednesday and was a 3x champ by Friday. He will be back on Monday for his fourth game.

Sam got on my list of the Top 15 Daily Payouts of Season 35. He also got on the list of under $10K payouts. As we say around here: “Sometimes you’re hot, sometimes you’re not.”

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.