Final Jeopardy: 8-6 to 8-10-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of August 6 through August 10, 2017 — the last week of the 2017 Tournament of Champions (original air dates: 11-13-17 to 11-17-17).

Mon, August 6 – Correct answers: 2
A biography of this 19th century VP traces his family to a German town made famous in a folk tale about children. show

Tue, August 7 – Correct answers: 1
Despite objections from the playwright’s estate, a 1991 French production of this 1952 play had a small all-female cast instead of male. show

Wed, August 8 – Correct answers: 2
In 2013 the village of Belrain renamed the last street in France that bore the name of this hero who became a traitor. show

Thu, August 9 – Correct answers: 0
When Time Magazine named it Invention of the Year in 2007, it was described as too slow, too big, pretty & touchy-feely. show

Fri, August 10 – Correct answers: 0
A state capital since 1805, its name begins with the last 4 letters of the state’s name. 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.

Going by correct responses, the clues on Monday and Wednesday were easiest. There was only one solve on Tuesday. The finalists struck out in FJ in both of their games.

This week we watched Buzzy Cohen, Alan Lin and Austin Rogers win the 3 semi-final games and compete for top honors and a quarter million on Thursday and Friday. Buzzy came back from zero in the last match to win it all. Alan came in second for $100,000 and Austin won $50,000. Here is Jeopardy’s video recap of the Finals:

In the land of champions, Buzzy reigns supreme! Watch the recap of the finals and say congrats to the champ of champs! ? pic.twitter.com/hkFJEQiQ1z

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 18, 2017

You might also want to see this tweet from Jeopardy! with a video in which the 3 finalists talk about how much fun they had. There’s a chart showing how much each participant in the 2017 Tournament of Champions won to date on Page 2, including consolation prizes, if you want to see that.

2017 Tournament of Champions Contestants Prize Chart:

FINALS
Buzzy Cohen
Alan Lin
Austin Rogers
SEMI-FINALS
Andrew Pau
Lisa Schlitt
Pranjal Vachaspati
Tim Aten
Lilly Chin
Jason Sterlacci
QUARTER-FINALS
Seth Wilson
Hunter Appler
Justin Vossler
Jon Eisenman
David Clemmons
Sam Deutsch

ToC Prize
$250,000
$100,000
$50,000
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$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
********
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000

Reg Play
$164,603
$123,600
$411,000
********
$170,202
$139,100
$137,088
$107,499
$100,000
$100,000
********
$265,002
$145,603
$110,000
$103,902
$100,000
$100,000

Cons Prize
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
********
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
N/A
N/A
********
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
N/A
N/A

Cumulative
$416,603
$225,600
$463,000
********
$182,202
$151,100
$149,088
$119,499
$110,000
$110,000
********
$272,002
$152,603
$117,000
$110,902
$105,000
$105,000

The 2016-17 Tournament of Champions post lists each player by number of games won