Final Jeopardy: 8-20 to 8-24-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of August 20 through August 24, 2018 — the last week of the 2018 College Championship (original air dates: 4-16-18 to 4-20-18).

Mon, April 16 – Correct answers: 3
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: In one version Thetis killed 6 of her children in her attempts to make them immortal; this warrior was her seventh. show

Tue, April 17 – Correct answers: 3
RUSSIAN CULTURE: This work was over 50 years old & excerpts had been popularized when it had its first full U.S. performance on Xmas Eve 1944 show

Wed, April 18 – Correct answers: 1
THE LATIN VULGATE BIBLE: In Latin Jesus says, I am “via et veritas et vita”–in English, these 3 words show

Thu, April 19 – Correct answers: 0
U.S. HISTORIC SITES: Its official seal includes the year 1864 for when it was established, a folded flag & a scroll inscribed “Our Most Sacred Shrine” show

Fri, April 20 – Correct answers: 2
CLASSIC LITERARY CHARACTERS: He declares that one of the people he is trying to emulate is a medieval knight known as Amadis of Gaul. show

Alex Trebek obviously felt that Wednesday’s clue was going to put non-Christian contestants at a disadvantage. We doubt if he would have felt the need to explain that the game boards are chosen “well before we know who the contestants are going to be” if the clue was about a historical Latin quotation, or any other topic. It turned out that 2 players thought they had to translate a phrase. The only triple stumper in the group had to do with American Civil War history. Tuesday’s clue was the easiest, in our opinion.

Dhruv Gaur won the 2018 Jeopardy! College Championship after the 2-day final. All of the finalists appear in this video, with Hannah remarking on Dhruv’s Daily Double radar, and Dhruv referring to Buzzy Cohen, Austin Rogers and Alan Lin (!!) as “old.” OMG!! If he thinks they are old, what does he think Alex Trebek is?

Go to page 2 for a list of all contestants in the tournament, including how much they won: