Final Jeopardy Clues: 2-17 to 2-21-25

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of February 17 through February 28, 2015. All the games were reruns from the 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament February 24 through February 28, 2025.

Click on the dates to see the original recap for each game.

Mon, Feb 17 – Correct answers: 2 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
LITERATURE & SICKNESS: Still around today, this strep infection that causes a rash has terrible effects in “Little Women” & the “Little House on the Prairie” books show

Tue, Feb 18 – Correct answers: 1
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: This landmark case was reported in the N.Y. Times not on the front page but in “News of the Railroads” show

Wed, Feb 19 – Correct answers: 0
THE ANCIENTS SPEAK: He wrote, “I must make the founder of lovely & famous Athens the counterpart… to the father of… glorious Rome” show

Thu, Feb 20 – Correct answers: 2
THE SOUTHWEST: The 4-syllable name of this city is almost identical to its namesake town in Spain, except that the Spanish one has an extra “R” show

Fri, Feb 21 – Correct answers: 3
COMPOSERS: Yale takes credit for starting a commencement tradition when it gave this composer an honorary doctorate in 1905 show

The toughest clue of this week was Wednesday. There was no way to narrow that down unless you knew it cold. Friday was the easiest. Who doesn’t know that one? The scales weighed on the easier side for the rest of the week, with 2 correct responses for 2 of the other 3 clues.

This week’s winning scores:
Mon 2/17/25 $45,400 Matt Amodio
Tue 2/18/25 $21,000 Jaskaran Singh
Wed 2/19/25 $14,000 Emily Sands
Thu 2/20/25 $21,601 Javeria Zaheer
Fri 2/21/25 $36,000 Roger Craig

The above scores were not paid in real dollars. What the players really won is a spot in the semifinals. The players listed below went home with $5,000 each.

Mon: Hannah Wilson, Doug Molitor
Tue: Skyler Hornback, Margaret Shelton
Wed: Rachael Schwartz, Jonathan Fisher
Thu: Seth Wilson, Jackson Jones
Fri: Maya Wright, John Focht

Here is the ASTROLOGY category from Friday’s game.