Final Jeopardy: Classic Rock & Classic Films (9-9-25)

The Final Jeopardy question (9/9/2025) in the category “Classic Rock & Classic Films” was:

In 1976 Groucho Marx sent this band a telegram congratulating them on their “sage choice” in album titles

2x champ Jonathan Hugendubler, an adjunct professor & trivia host from Baltimore, MD, has now won $63,601. In Game 3, his challengers are: Stacy Shelly, an attorney from Rockford, IL; and Ian Morrison, an airline ramp agent orig. from Aurora, CO.

Round 1 Categories: Accidents Will Happen – Parenting Tips From the Victorian Era – Rivers in History – Body Parts Everywhere – Fictional Characters – Canadian Girlfriends

Jonathan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Fictional Characters” under the $600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,600, nobody else was on the board. Jonathan bet it all and guessed Long John Silver. That was WRONG.

At the end of an 1831 novel, his skeleton is found in a cellar with a curved spine & soon crumbles into dust show

WHO IS QUASIMODO?

Jonathan finished in the lead with $4,000. Ian was second with $3,200 and Stacy was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: 18th Century Notables – New Yorkers Head South – Gods’ Linkedin – I’m Getting Crafty in My Old Age – “J” Words – Similar Country Names

Jonathan found the first Daily Double in “18th Century Notables” under the $800 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $15,200, $12,000 more than Ian in second place. Jonathan bet $5,200 and he was RIGHT.

This Archduchess & Empress led Austria through the Seven Years’ War & was the mother of Marie Antoinette show

WHO IS MARIA THERESA?

Ian got the last Daily Double in “I’m Getting Crafty in My Old Age” under the $2,000 clue on the 18th pick of the round. He was in last place with $5,600, $14,000 less than Jonathan’s lead. Ian bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

When I hear this word, I no longer think soup but “pottery that’s been fired once in a kiln & hasn’t been glazed” show

WHAT IS BISQUE?

Jonathan finished in the lead with $21,200. Ian was second with $14,600 and Stacy was last with $10,800. All clues were shown.

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Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS QUEEN?

Queen Archive has the most complete version of the message Groucho Marx sent to Queen to express his approval (in classic Groucho style) of the band naming their album after the Marx Brothers’ film “A Night at the Opera” (1935). It was sent before their “A Day at the Races” album came out.

Queen later visited Groucho at his home on March 3, 1977 and gave him a gold record showing images of Queen’s Marx-inspired albums with the dedication “for providing inspiration and genius”. Groucho died 5 months later on August 19, 1977 at age 86. He bequeathed the gold record to the Smithsonian.

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Stacy was going for Led Zeppelin but only got as far as Led. She lost $2,401 and finished with $8,399.

Ian got it right. His $7,409 bet brought him up to $22,009.

Jonathan crossed out Pink Floyd and went with Led Zeppelin. He bet $8,001 and finished with $13,199. That made Ian Morrison the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from the first round:

PARENTING TIPS FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA: ($800) Dainty dresses allowed easy access for a diaper change; here’s this future prez in one while rocking some mean bangs

I’M GETTING CRAFTY IN MY OLD AGE ($1200) I attend a weekly crop, an event often likened to a quilting bee that originated in this crafty activity

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “MYTHOLOGICAL PLACES”

“Paradise Lost” says it’s “abhorred” & “the flood of deadly hate” & in Dante’s “Inferno” it’s fed by a “gloomy brook” show

WHAT IS THE RIVER STYX?

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