Final Jeopardy: Mythology (8-15-25)

TODAY’S JEOPARDY! RERUN: Exhibition match that originally aired on 2/14/2025

The Final Jeopardy question in the category “Mythology” was:

On an early book of Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator’s maps, an image of this Titan holding the world was used

Today’s Jeopardy! game features Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana; Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, CA; and Drew Basile, a graduate student from Birmingham, Michigan.

This is an exhibition game for the top 3 ToC qualifiers who were automatically seeded in the semifinals. The match was originally broadcast on TuneIn radio on 1/24/25. They are showing it today so they can start the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament on Monday.

Round 1 Categories: Sounds Like An Actor’s Name – They Drive On The Left Side Of The Road – Newspaper Terms – “Ime” On It – The Vice Presidency: America Decides – Give Me Some Backup

Adriana found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Sounds Like An Actor’s Name” under the $600 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. At $400, she was the only one with any dough. Adriana bet the $1,000 allowance but she drew a blank so she was WRONG.

Sounds like a Batman: 3-letter term meaning “to prohibit” + a company with a duck symbol show

WHAT IS BAN AFLACK?

Isaac finished in the lead with $8,200. Adriana was second with $3,200 and Drew was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.

Continue to the original recap with the rest of the game and more information about Final Jeopardy!

Here are all the triple stumpers.

THEY DRIVE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD ($1000) It’s the only “-stan” country with left-side traffic

CONVERSATIONAL ESPERANTO ($1200) Saluton & adiaŭ are these two words that take people in different directions

($1600) You gotta have koro, because you can’t live without it

($2000) Esperi, related to the word Esperanto, is to do this

SPORTS MOVIES ($1600) If you’ve seen the movie with Luke Perry as Lane Frost, you know this is the minimum ride time per the professional bull riders