Final Jeopardy: 9-10 to 9-14-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of September 10 through September 14, 2018, the first week of Season 35.

Mon, Sept 10 – Correct answers: 3
THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: To set a record for longest solo journey by kayak, 2,010 miles, Helen Skelton traveled through this nation for a month show

Tue, Sept 11 – Correct answers: 3
DESIGN: Switching the syllables in the German word for building of a home gave this design & architecture school its name show

Wed, Sept 12 – Correct answers: 3
18TH CENTURY NAMES: In 1789 this doctor proposed 6 articles on penal reform to the French Assembly, including one on capital punishment show

Thu, Sept 13 – Correct answers: 0
BEFORE THEY WERE PRESIDENT: On Oct. 4, 1940, for the premiere of what’s been called his most famous movie role, Ronald Reagan was in this city show

Fri, Sept 14 – Correct answers: 1 (out of 2 players)
SPORTS HALLS OF FAME: Posthumously, Axel Paulsen was among the first group of inductees into the World Hall of Fame for this in 1976 show

We started Season 35 with triple solves in Final Jeopardy! for 3 straight days. One wonders if that will ever happen for the rest of the season! Then on Thursday, there was a complete bust. On Friday, only 2 players were left in Final Jeopardy! but that one was the hardest, at least for me and anyone else who doesn’t follow that sport. For the record, I don’t even think of figure skating as a sport — it’s an art to me.

Reigning Jeopardy! champ, Rick Terpstra returned for his third game, the first game of the season and the first runaway. But on Tuesday, he lost to Lori Goodman. She lost to Kyle Jones on Wednesday and Kyle was a 3x champ by Friday. Lori had the biggest payday of the week and the first one over $30K.

Other firsts this week were the first time only 2 players were left in Final Jeopardy! and the first Dracula impression on the 6th clue of the first round of Wednesday’s game:

I LEARNED IT FROM MENTAL FLOSS ($200) Although Bela Lugosi resented the typecasting, he was buried wearing the signature cape of this character

Lori beat Alex Trebek to it when she responded correctly but Alex managed to get in a “good for you” in a Bela Lugosi voice. Jeopardy! has the whole “Mental Floss” category up on their youtube channel as well as the “TV Guide” category this week. In case you skip commercials, they also put up the 3 Team Captain videos that were shown last week, featuring Ken Jennings & Colby Burnett, Julia Collins & Austin Rogers and Brad Rutter & Buzzy Cohen.

Last 5 Final Jeopardy clues of Season 34