The Final Jeopardy question (2/10/2012) in the category “Ancient Quotations” was: When Byzantine Emperor Justinian completed Hagia Sophia, he declared, this king “I have surpassed...

The Final Jeopardy question (2/9/2012) in the category “Characters in Poetry” was: The name of this title heroine of an 1847 poem is from the...

The Final Jeopardy question (2/8/2012) in the category “Comic Books” was: An inspiration for this character introduced in 1929 was 15-year-old Palle Huld’s 1928 44-day...

The Final Jeopardy question (2/7/2012) in the category “Medical Discoveries” was: Nicolas Paulescu isolated a substance he call pancrein, now known as this. The last...

The Final Jeopardy question (2/6/2012) in the category “Colonial History” was: A 1763 letter said that these two men were equipped with “instruments … to...

The Final Jeopardy question (2/3/2012) in the category “National Parks” was: A biosphere reserve, this southern national park is the largest in the lower 48...

The Final Jeopardy question (2/2/2012) in the category “19th Century Authors” was: One of this author’s greatest successes came after remarking: “I want to write...

The Final Jeopardy question (2/1/2012) in the category “Word Origins” was: From the Arabic for “storehouse”, in 1731 it was first used to refer to...

Here is the Final Jeopardy Index for the month of January 2012. 2012/01/02 – Final Jeopardy: 70s Oscars 2012/01/03 – Final Jeopardy: Astronomy 2012/01/04 –...

The Final Jeopardy question (1/31/2012) in the category “1870s People” was: Preserved in the West Point library, his last message read, “Benteen, come on. Big...