Final Jeopardy: Classic Drama (10-10-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/10/2025) in the category “Classic Drama” was:
The line “Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?” is asked by this title character in a play written in the 16th century
New champ Spencer Janes, a program manager orig. from Longmeadow, MA, won $29,000 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Dave Francois, a marketing director from Denver, CO; and Aimée Fluitt, a former natl. security consultant orig. from Kansas City, MO
Round 1 Categories: Season of Charade – One-Word Book Titles – Artists by Concert Tours – U.S. Government & Politics – Chad Roulette – “I” is the Only Vowel
Spencer found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “One Word Book Titles” under the $400 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,200, $800 more than Dave in second place. Spencer bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
The opening of this novel describes Castle Caldan, which “serviced the Atreides family as home for twenty-six generations” show
Spencer finished in the lead with $7,600. Dave was in second place with $6,200 and Aimee was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Oh Fun! Opera! – Cooking Terms – Group Project – Recent Technology – The Middle Ages – An Actor’s Life for Me
Aimee found the first Daily Double in “The Middle Ages” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. She was in last place with $4,800 now, $2,800 less than Spencer’s lead. Aimee bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
In the final fall of Imperial Rome, an emperor who shared this name of one of the city’s legendary founders was deposed in 476 A.D. show
Dave got the last Daily Double in “Recent Tech” under the $1,600 clue with 3 clues left after it. He had $7,000 when he got it, but gained $4,000 from a reversal (*see below). So Dave was in last place with $11,000, $5,800 less than Spencer’s lead. He bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
The orb is a biometric device that photographs this eye part that is visible, so no special scan needed like with the retina show
Spencer finished in the lead with $17,600. Aimee was in second place with $16,600 and Dave was last with $15,000. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS DOCTOR FAUSTUS?
Doctor Faustus is a German scholar who makes a deal with the devil in “The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus” by 16th c. playwright Christopher Marlowe. Faustus wants 24 years of magical powers in exchange for his soul but, when the time to pay up nears, he tries to figure a way out. That’s where Helen of Troy comes in.
An old clue: WORLD THEATER ($1600) About 220 years before Goethe’s came this English playwright’s version of the Faust legend
Dave went with “Titus Andronicus”. He lost $12,000 and finished with $3,000.
Aimée wrote down “Nope”. Ken said “That’s not correct”. Duh! 🤣 She lost $12,001 and finished with $4,599.
Spencer thought it was Troilus. He lost $16,000 and finished with $1,600. That made Aimée Fluitt the new Jeopardy! champion.
*Reversal: COOKING TERMS ($2000) Parchment paper is often used to delicately cook fish in the French style known as en this – Dave’s response of ‘en papier’ was rejected. They wanted the ‘en papillote’ Spencer supplied. The judges found out that ‘papillote’ is basically ‘papier’, so Dave’s got his $2,000 back, plus another $2,000 for being right.
A triple stumper from each round:
OH FUN! OPERA! ($800) Condoleezza Rice says the greatest of operas is this one by Mussorgsky; she even named a car she had in grad school Boris
($1600) The overture from 1817’s “La gazza ladra” (“The Thieving Magpie”) by this Italian was used in the film “A Clockwork Orange”
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “ROYALTY”
Before his death in 2005, he said he was “probably the last head of state to be able to recognize all his compatriots in the street” show
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Oh my, I sure did miss quite a battle tonight. Final stumped me too, the reference to Helen of Troy not helping at all. The last word of the Moussorgsky opera clue gave it to me. Only listed stumper I got. 🙁
Did get the last 2 DDs. And now I know that the Catholic school 3 miles from my home is named after the friend of St. Francis.
It was another splendid game, and Aimee emerged as the new Jeopardy champion. Congratulations! Regarding the FJ, the clues were obviously alluding to Helen of Troy. For lack of a better choice, I went with Ulysses.
This is the third triple stumper this week. All three players had high scores but a triple stumper prevented them from having a big payday. 4,599 is the lowest payday of Season 42.