Final Jeopardy Clues: 8-9 to 8-13-21

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of August 9th through August 13, 2021:

Mon, Aug 9 – Correct answers: 0
BEASTLY EPONYMS: A penguin species found in southern South America is named for this 16th century man whose crew were the first from Europe to see them show

Tue, Aug 10 – Correct answers: 2
FICTIONAL PLACES: A savage people called Zapoletes are contrasted with the inhabitants of the title place of this 16th century show

Wed, Aug 11 – Correct answers: 0
FLAGS OF THE WORLD: The use of red, yellow & green as Pan-African colors began with the flag of this nation, the continent’s oldest independent country show

Thu, Aug 12 – Correct answers: 1
BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES: Based on a 1974 novel, this film has been described as combining “An Enemy of the People” & “Moby Dick” show

Fri, Aug 13 – Correct answers: 1
19TH CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN: 2 of the 3 women depicted on the first statue of real women in Central Park, unveiled in August 2020
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We only had one game this week where one other contestant joined Matt in responding correctly in FJ! Matt actually put down the right answer to the two clues that ended up being triple stumpers. Then he second guessed himself and crossed off the right answer for a wrong one! If not for that, it would have been one right in 4 games. Friday’s clue was the hardest for me. I only got one of the women. Thursday’s clue was the easiest. I saw that movie when it came out back in the day. I wasn’t exactly a big fan of it but I remember all the hoopla surrounding it and, of course, Moby Dick was a dead giveaway.

Matt Amodio won every game in the last week of Season 37. In a bit of déjà vu, he lost a bundle on FJ! ($34,000) on Monday. But, like last week when he lost $37,000, he already had a runaway so it was all good. Tuesday and Wednesday were also runaways for Matt. That brought him up to 11 consecutive runaway games. Thursday and Friday were not runaways when Matt faced stiffer competition but he pulled out a win on both days and finished the season with 18 games under his belt and $574,801 accumulated winnings. All eyes will be on the Season 38 premiere when Matt will return for his 19th game.

$159,601 was donated to Joe Buck’s charity, KidSmart.

From Jeopardy’s YouTube channel: Here is “The Late, Great Chadwick Boseman” category from Friday’s game.