Final Jeopardy: 21st Century Broadway (3-14-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/14/2025) in the category “21st Century Broadway” was:
A review of this musical noted “sacrilege” & said it was “blasphemous” but “its heart is as pure as…a Rodgers & Hammerstein show”
New champ Jack Goldfisher, a screenwriter & director from Los Angeles, CA, won $32,401 yesterday. In Game 2, he competes against: Alex DeFrank, an inventory specialist from Brooklyn, NY; and Jamie Hare, a library worker from Decatur, GA.
Round 1 Categories: Yesterday’s News – Alliteration – What Did You Do With That Potato? – Mid-Atlantic Travel – Virginia & Mary-land – New Jersey
Alex found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Yesterday’s News” under the $600 clue with 4 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $6,800, $3,000 more than Jack in second place. Alex made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
During the American Revolution, one German state made about 13 years of tax revenue by renting out soldiers known as these show
Alex finished in the lead with $14,400. Jack was second with $4,200 and Jamie was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Writers in Books – If These Walls Could Talk – Around the Solar System – Inn the City – Celebrity Hometowns – Triple Rhyme Time
Jamie found the first Daily Double in “Writers in Books” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. Jamie was in last place with $3,200, $11,200 less than Alex’s lead. Jamie made it a true Daily Double and was RIGHT.
In 1976, “Lady Oracle”, about writer Joan Foster, was reviewed as “the most cheerful novel” by this Canadian woman show
Jamie found the last Daily Double in “Around the Solar System” under the $1,600 clue on the 5th pick of the round. Jamie was in second place with $7,200, half of Alex’s lead. Jamie made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is the Solar System’s largest; this appropriately named moon of Saturn is a close second show
Alex finished in the lead with $26,400. Jamie was second with $21,200 and Jack was last with $6,200. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “THE BOOK OF MORMON”?
The award-winning Broadway musical comedy “The Book of Mormon” is the work of “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, as well as Robert Lopez (“Avenue Q” AND “Frozen”). It’s an irreverent look at the attempt of 2 Mormon missionaries to share their faith with villagers in Uganda, who are beset with famine, disease and crime.
Ben Brantley wrote the review in the clue for the New York Times. He acknowledges that the show is sacrilegious and blasphemous (e.g., directing the “F” word at God) but, if you can get past that, the musical numbers are “witty, ridiculous, impeccably executed and genuinely stirring.” Not everyone was happy with the show, however. There are a bunch of reviews on NOLA.com, where it is noted that positive reviews outnumber the negatives. Even the Mormon church chose not to take offense, saying “The production may attempt to entertain audiences for an evening, but the Book of Mormon as a volume of scripture will change people’s lives forever by bringing them closer to Christ.”
Jack bet $2,200 and finished with $8,400.
Jamie bet $5,201 and finished with $26,401.
Alex bet $16,001 and won the game with $42,401. Alex DeFrank is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THAT POTATO? ($800) The NP, this railroad through Idaho, used a skewer through the middle to cook enormous baked potatoes to diner’s delight
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK ($2000) Named for a British statesman, this hotel in Singapore was established by Persian-Armenian brothers
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “STATEHOOD”
Congress relented in 1890 after this prospective state said it would wait 100 years rather than come in without the women show
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Another power trio. Jack made a couple of costly boo-boos in DJ, but his fate was really sealed by his opponents nailing 3 all-in DDs. I briefly said “Wicked” for FJ but quickly came to my senses and realized what it really was.
Some silly misses on the NP railroad. Singapore hotel on the tip of my tongue, just couldn’t remember it in time. Surprised no one knew Masters’ equally well-known partner. That $2000 clue in Hometowns got me. (It’s Bryan, not Bryant.) Knew all the others.
What an exciting week it has been this week with big paydays. We had two 42,000 paydays in one week and that’s really amazing. I think that Jamie has to be invited back for next year’s Second Chance because she finished with over 21,000 going into FJ!