Final Jeopardy! for Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (Winner: Terry Linwood - $23401
Category: Poets
Answer: In a 1921 letter this American-born poet had "a long poem in mind…which I am wishful to finish", and he did at 433 lines.
Question: Who is T.S. Eliot? (referring to his poem The Wasteland)
Category: Poets
Final Jeopardy! for Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (Winner: Terry Linwood - $23401Category: PoetsAnswer: In a 1921 letter this American-born poet had "a long poem in mind…which I am wishful to finish", and he did at 433 lines.Question: Who is T.S. Eliot? (referring to his poem The Wasteland)
The final Category was Country Names
There were no new Jeopardy shows between 7 24 2009 and 9 14 2009
Jeopardy - 1984 26-14 was released on: USA: 1 October 2009
Final Jeopardy! for Tuesday, October 14, 2008: Category: English Literature Answer: The line "We had everything before us, we had nothing before us" is found in the first paragraph of this 1859 novel Question: What is A Tale of Two Cities?
Jeopardy - 1984 26-23 was released on: USA: 14 October 2009
The Final Jeopardy information will be available both in the related questions found below the answer information and in related Links to the Jeopardy Archive for new weekday episodes of the Jeopardy TV Show starting with the First game of Season 26 on September 14 2009
Final Jeopardy! for Thursday, May 14, 2009 (2009 College Championship Final game 1) Category: Science Terms Answer: In medieval England, it meant the smallest unit of time, 1/376 of a minute; it didn't refer to matter until the 16th century. Question: What is an atom?
Final Jeopardy! for Wednesday, February 4, 2009:Category: 20th Century FirstsAnswer: On October 14, 1947 in the Mojave Desert the first of these sounds was made by man; it was the byproduct of another first.Question: What is a sonic boom? (referring to the sound made when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier)
The Final Jeopardy category for May 14 2010 was The 50 States
Final Jeopardy! for Tuesday, April 14, 2009: Category: Colleges & Universities Answer: This 2-word term for a famous group of colleges first appeared in an Associated Press story that ran in the Providence Journal in 1935 Question: What is Ivy League?