Final Jeopardy: Fictional Characters (4-17-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/17/2025) in the category “Fictional Characters” was:
This character’s efforts in Africa to end an epidemic killing monkeys inspired Jane Goodall to do something similar
6x champ Andrew Hayes, a law student orig. from Tupelo, brought his winnings up to $137,804 yesterday in a game he couldn’t lose. In Game 7, he competes against: Steven Hoying, an attorney-at-law from Hilliard, OH; and Michelle Dolinski, a physics professor from Philadelphia, PA.
Round 1 Categories: Game Over, Man! It’s Game Over! – Silver – Words Ending in “B” – College Athletes – Fly – Off the Shelves
Steven found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Game Over, Man! It’s Game Over!” under the $600 on the 15th pick of the round. He was in second place with $3,000, $1,000 less than Andrew’s lead. Steven bet it all and he was RIGHT.
An 11th point is won in a table tennis video game with the best graphics Atari could imagine in 1972 show
Steven finished in the lead with $8,200. Andrew was second with $6,000 and Michelle was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Vice President Who… – Canadian Lakes – Mythology – Weights & Measures – Tv Abbreviations & Acronyms – Give Us 2 Words
Steven found the first Daily Double in “The Vice President Who…” under the $800 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $12,600, $3,000 more than Andrew in second place. Steven bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.
Had Seattle’s county named for him, though it was later renamed (with the same name) for a civil rights leader show
2 clues later, Steven found the last Daily Double in “Weights & Measures” under the $1,600 clue. He was in the lead with $20,600 now, $11,000 more than Andrew in second place. Steven bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
This system of weight used for gold is named for a city in medieval France, not ancient Turkey show
Steven finished in the lead with a runaway $29,200. Michelle was second with $13,400 and Andrew was last with $8,800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS DR. DOLITTLE?
“The Story of Dr. Dolittle” was published in 1920, and can be read online as it is now in the public domain. Dr. Dolittle gets the message about the epidemic threatening the monkeys in Chapter 4.
In March 2018, Jane Goodall wrote an article for TIME, sharing her childhood inspirations for her life’s work. Hugh Lofting’s Dr. Dolittle was the first book she ever owned. Burroughs’ Tarzan and Kipling’s Mowgli also played a part in fueling her dreams, which were supported by her mother. Dr Louis Leakey, the famous paleontologist, gave Goodall the opportunity to make her dreams a reality.
It was written in advance of National Geographic showing Brett Morgen’s documentary, “JANE”, which is now streaming on Disney+.
Andrew got it right. He bet $4,610 and finished with $13,410.
Michelle didn’t have a response. She lost $5,000 and finished with $8,400.
Steven also got it. He bet $203 and won the game with $29,403. Steven Hoying is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from MYTHOLOGY:
($800) Stronger than dirt, this great warrior eventually went mad & killed himself
($2000) This beautiful & beloved but doomed Norse god was the son of Odin & Frigg
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “MODERN WORDS”
Neal Stephenson coined this word in his 1992 novel “Snow Crash”; it was later shortened by a company to become its new name show
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Andrew was somewhat outmatched during the game, or perhaps he wasn’t at his best. Anyways, I performed somewhat below average in the game, and couldn’t score in FJ. Actually, I was never a fan of Dr. Dolittle, but that was me.
3/3 on DD, but missed FJ. I said “Tarzan”.
Andrew looked tired to me. Likewise, I hope Steven was just tight from being the game first time; I hope he is more charismatic. I also thought that Michelle might have an outside chance at Second Chance, not her miss in FJ likely rules her out.
Good game, Andrew finally met his match in Steven. FJ stumped me, I did get all 3 DDs, thought they were all fairly easy, triple stumpers unkind but should have known Tootoo’s career. I pointed out last week that Andrew probably should have lost one of those early games if his opponent had wagered properly. Ken J could have lost his first game if they’d ruled against him in FJ; he gave a generic response, something like Who is Jones? or similar. Just think how different his life would have been had he lost that game.