Also, while the Final Jeopardy clues can be decipherable if you've got a broad enough base of knowledge, oftentimes it will be a category that you think is pretty simple, but the clue is wicked hard.
For example, Monday's clue had three pretty damn good players and they all got this one wrong in the category "20th Century People":
In a PS to an April 12, 1945 letter, he wrote, "this was dictated before the world fell in on me... what a blow it was, but-- I must meet it."
I would have bet a lot on that category, but I would have gotten it wrong.
Then there's the one from the next day, in which I'm somewhat meh on the category, but the question clearly provided all the clues one needed to come up with the right answer. I just didn't put them together. Only one contestant got this one right in "French Literature":
An article about improvements in transportation, including the opening of the Suez Canal, inspired this 1873 novel.
Correct responses: