Final Jeopardy: Presidential Elections (8-27-25)

TODAY’S JEOPARDY! RERUN: The 8th quarterfinal in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament that originally aired on 2/26/2025.

The Final Jeopardy question in the category “Presidential Elections” was:

The only 2 Democrats to be elected President between James Buchanan in 1856 & FDR in 1932

The players in QF#8 of the 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament are: 9x champ Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, WI; 2018 Teen Tournament winner Claire Sattler, a comedian & research scientist from New York NY; and 1996 College Championship winner Shane Whitlock, a radiologist orig. from Benton, AR.

Round 1 Categories: Months that Start With Feb – Second Letter “Y” – A Novel Profession – Television – Warriors – Come Out & Play

Ben found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Novel Profession” under the $800 clue on the 1st pick of the round. Nobody was on the board. Ben bet the max $1,000 and said groundskeeper. That was WRONG.

Oliver Mellors, working on the Chatterley Estate show

WHAT IS THE GAMEKEEPER?

Shane finished in the lead with $9,000. Ben was second with $3,200 and Claire was last with $800. All clues were shown.

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Here are the triple stumpers:

SECOND LETTER “Y” ($400) This North American tree throws a lot of shade & its peeling bark can look like camouflage

($800) This small area at the base of the brain helps manage, among other things, body temperature & thirst & hunger

ALLITERATION ($000) This pair of words is in the title of books that collect the pithy quotes of Oscar Wilde, Abraham Lincoln & others

A NOVEL PROFESSION ($600) Mitch McDeere

COME OUT & PLAY ($800) Come outside & play this verbal contest with me; the OED says it is where “2 people exchange insults” & mentions your mama

ALL ABOUT ANIMALS ($1200) Fratercula, a genus name of this sea parrot means “little brother”, a reference to how its plumage looks like a monk’s robe

($1600) An endangered species, the golden lion variety of this primate lives exclusively in forested habitats in Brazil in the wild [Note: Ken only said the M word, but the T word would also have been right]