Final Jeopardy: Words From World War II (10-1-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/1/2025) in the category “Words From World War II” was:
As they lived below the surface of daily life, Jews who hid in Berlin in WWII were called human these, a German-derived word
New champ, Curtis Bogetti, a Ph.D. candidate from Kamloops, British Columbia, won $30,001 yesterday. In Game 2, he takes on: James Thajudeen, a librarian from San Jose, CA; and Lisa Mueller, an anthropologist from Rochester, MN.
Round 1 Categories: It Happened in Philly – An Artist’s Life – About a Boy – Your House is Smart – Homophones – Enter-train-ment
Lisa found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “It Happened in Philly” under the $1,000 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $3,200, $2,200 more than Curtis in second place. Lisa bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
In 1776, the second Continental Congress appointed a committee to draft these, which would get adopted on Nov. 15, 1777 show
Lisa finished in the lead with $6,800. Curtis was in second place with $3,400 and James was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: World Heritage Sites – Oh! The Places You’ll Never Go! – 2010 in Pop Culture – The Patience of Job – That Animal’s Got a Name – I Need Some “Air”
James found the first Daily Double in “World Heritage Sites” under the $1,600 clue on the 1st pick of the round. He was in last place with $3,000 now, $3,800 less than Lisa’s lead. James made it a true Daily Double, and said Atlantis. That was WRONG.
Renowned for its biodiversity, the Socotra Archipelago is aka this other world heritage site “of the Indian Ocean” show
Curtis got the last Daily Double in “The Patience of Job” under the $1,600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. In second place with $5,400, he had $1,400 less than Lisa’s lead. Curtis made it a true Daily Double and came up with mountaineer. That was WRONG.
Profession of Carleton Watkins, using a ton of gear carried by a dozen mules; his work in the 1860s helped get Yosemite protected show
Lisa finished in the lead with a runaway $17,600. James was second with $7,600 and Curtis was last with $6,800. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE U-BOATS?
U-boat is the English form of Uboot or U-Boot, the short form of Unterseeboot (undersea boat), the German word for submarine. Human U-boats was a slang expression applied to Jewish people who stayed in Berlin during World War II. It’s one term that has not yet made make it into the Holocaust Glossary.
In 2020, the Museum of Jewish History featured the story of Annelies Bernstein Herz, as told on “Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust.” Annelies and her twin sister, Marianne, were among 1,700 German Jews known as “U-boats” who were able to survive the Holocaust in Berlin by posing as non-Jews. Human U-boats did whatever it took to stay under the radar, as it were, and evade state surveillance.
Curtis wrote down IDK. He lost $799 and finished with $6,001.
James went with moles. That cost him $4,400 and left him with $3,200.
Lisa had no response to the clue. She sent her love to Kai. Lisa didn’t bet a pfennig. She won the game with the $17,600 she already had.
A triple stumper from each round:
YOUR HOUSE IS SMART ($800) For powering up this, like a Prologue or Ioniq, a smart charger can wait until power is cheapest
2010 in POP CULTURE ($2000) HBO debuted this drama series set in and named for one of New Orleans’ oldest neighborhoods in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS”
His 1904 will stipulated that “all the sums hereinbefore specified for prizes shall be used for prizes only”_ show
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I got a big kick out of that paint brand clue and the Irish-American kid on the logo. I won a prize for Cutest Costume when I was 8 dressed as that kid. I had a bob haircut and same color hair and am part Irish descent. They thought I was a boy.
That World Heritage clue was reminiscent of an FJ from, if I recall, 2 seasons ago, about a hill in Italy that was 30 miles or somewhat from some other place. It was arcane enough that I couldn’t find the correct response looking on Wikipedia. And Buzzy Cohen is no longer a credited writer, so I don’t know who wrote that over-clever, over-cute clue.
TL;DR The phrase “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean” is novel to me, this day.
Nice comeback from the depths of despair for the guys, but this was Lisa’s game to lose
I did well in round one, including that cinch DD, and crashed and burned all the way through the second. Final was also a stumper; I thought it might be moles or gophers.
Surprised no one knew the power charger clue, and especially the area above the hips/garbage collector’s milieu. One would think that someone would have known what a Big Mac is. Maybe they’re all vegetarians. (Which leads me to ask, if vegetarians eat only vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?)
Curtis did reply on the Big Mac clue with hamburger. Then he looked genuinely perplexed as to why that was wrong. Then James buzzed in . It looked like he was also going to say hamburger, but he hesitantly got out sandwich instead.
Congratulations to Lisa in becoming our new Jeopardy champion! Well, it was another exciting game, but that FJ was a real bummer.
Wow that final was super hard, and I still don’t understand the World Heritage daily… Galapagos is in the Pacific. Maybe I’m not reading it right.
Sorry, I understand it now, I read it wrong lol.