Final Jeopardy: 21st Century Business (1-6-25)

The Final Jeopardy question (1/6/2025) in the category “21st Century Business” was:

An early version of this app was called Matchbox but that name was too similar to another company that offered the same service

Today’s Second Chance contestants are: Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds , a theatrical wardrobe technician from Ottawa, Ontario; Steve Miller, a retired medical transcriptionist from Eugene, OR; and Drew Goins , a journalist from Honolulu, HA.

Click on the links in the players’ names if you want to see their first game recaps.

Round 1 Categories: Historic History – Albums – Palindromic Words – Kickin’ Brass – Flags! – Soy What?

Drew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic History” under the $800 with on the 11th pick of the round. He was the lead with $3,000, $800 more than Jonquil in second place. Drew made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

The 1970 Arab-Israeli War occurred during these two periods, one Jewish & one Islamic, both of which involved fasting show

Drew finished in the lead with $11,600. Steve was second with $3,400 and Jonquil was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Alliteration on the Map – A Little Love Poetry – Stars of Stage & Screen – Manual Events – Recent Science Nobel Prizes – Soy Que?

Steve found the first Daily Double in “Alliteration on the Map” under the $800 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in second place with $8,200, $10,600 less than Drew’s lead. Steve bet everything and he was RIGHT.

Mustang & Padre Islands lie between this Texas town & the Gulf of Mexico show

Drew found the last Daily Double in “Manual Events” under the $2,000 clue on the 19th pick of the round. He was the lead with $24,400, $9,600 more than Steve in second place. Drew bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.

See junipers & pines as you never have before at Kokufu-Ten, a major exhibition of skills in this art show

Drew finished in the lead with $33,400. Steve was second with $18,400 and Jonquil was last with $9,800. All clues were shown.



ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS TINDER?

Before launching Tinder, founders Sean Rad and engineer Joe Munoz were calling their dating app “Matchbox”. They must have realized they would be unable to trademark that name because they were in the same business as the already trademarked Match.com. According to its website, “Tinder® revolutionized how people meet, growing from 1 match to one billion matches in just two years.” There’s a “non-exhaustive list of trademarks and service marks owned by Tinder LLC,” including “Swipe Right” and “Swipe Left”.

Tinder serves some 50 million users per month in 190 countries in more than 45 languages. They say their busiest period is from “Dating Sunday” (the first Sunday in January) to Valentine’s Day.



Jonquil didn’t bet a looney, standing pat on $9,800.

Steve bet $15,001 and finished with $33,401.

Drew bet $3,401 and won the game with $36,801. So it’s off to the finals for Drew. Ken said Drew had the best game this season with 30 correct responses and also had the second highest total. Well, I don’t know. This is a tournament after all, and the least Drew can win is $15,000. The most is $35,000, if he wins on Friday.

Final Jeopardy (1/6/2025) Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds, Steve Miller, Drew Goins

A triple stumper from each round:

SOY WHAT? ($1000) Kraft bought this soy burger brand in 2000

A LITTLE LOVE POETRY ($400) Nikki Giovanni wrote, “I love you / Because the earth turns round the sun… I love you / Because no two” these “are alike”

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago:ALL of the players got this FJ in “USA”

Ironically, though this company founded in the 1860s is Moore County, Tennessee’s largest employer, Moore is a dry county show

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3 Responses

  1. Jason says:

    Wow! That was a lights-out, kickin’ game! Three affable, engaging contestants, with very few wrong answers. My way of figuring a good game is different from the Coryat, but close. At the first break, $8k is good. First round, $15k, and, after DJ, $45k. This game busted all those benchmarks.

    Drew’s unfettered exhibit of joy on getting that Swiftie clue was itself a joy.

    I was 2/3 on DD, but missed FJ. I have heard the story before, but said “Netflix”, because I thought the too-close was for Redbox. Oh well! You forget, you lose!

  2. Rick says:

    I did about average in the game, but missed the FJ. I mean, I just don’t go surfing onto those dating sites. Anyways, it was another great game!

  3. Howard says:

    Drew sure took control early and never wavered.
    FJ got me. Both of my daughters met their now husbands via dating apps.
    As for me, I met my million-dollar baby in a 5-and-10 cent office.

    It hurt a bit when no one knew the most famous Beatles album. Nikki Giovanni clue was pretty obvious. Wanted to say Galveston for 2nd DD till I figured out the alliterative city.

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