Final Jeopardy: Olympic Host Cities (10-29-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/29/2025) in the category “Olympic Host Cities” was:
This city would have hosted in 1916 but for cancellation due to WWI; it would be the last city to host before they were canceled again
2x champ Aaron Levine, a sports anchor from Seattle, WA, has won $28,999 so far. In Game 3, his opponents are: Eli Bondar, an HR administrator & puppeteer from Franklin, MA; and Katie Mantoan, an attorney from Lake Oswego, OR.
Round 1 Categories: A Historic Game of Clue – Raising Arizona – What’s Your Government Name? – Go Red Birds! – X, Y, Z Abbreviations – More Than a Football Player
Katie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “What’s Your Government Name?” under the $600 clue on the 15th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $4,600, $1,400 more than Aaron in second place. Katie bet $2,000 and was close, but an extra ‘T’ before the last 3 letters made her response WRONG.
Brunei is an Islamic one of these monarchies; the 29th & current title holder is Hassanal Bolkiah show
Aaron finished in the lead with $6,000. Katie was second with $4,800 and Eli was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: This Old Opera House – Mais Oui, French Lit – The Judge Has Spoken – Lucky “Seven” – Word Origins – TV Dinners
Aaron found the first Daily Double in “Mais Oui, French Lit” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $6,400 now, $1,600 more than Katie in second place. Aaron bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
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Eli got the last Daily Double in “Lucky ‘Seven'” under the $800 clue with 7 clues left after it. He was in second place with $9,000 now, $8,400 less than Aaron’s lead. Eli made it a true Daily Double and got out “Salvation Armor” as time ran out. That was WRONG.
Jack White got this title after mispronouncing one of the world’s biggest Christian charities show
Aaron finished in the lead with a runaway $18,600. Katie was in second place with $7,200 and Eli was last with $400. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS BERLIN?
In 1916, the Summer Olympics were set for Berlin, Germany but had to be canceled when the first World War broke out. Actually, they were postponed and held in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920. 1936 was the next time the Summer Olympics were set for Berlin. This caused controversy because Adolf Hitler had already been appointed Chancellor of Germany. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has a timeline of what Hitler was up to beforehand. Despite a movement to boycott the Olympics, the games went forward.
3 years later, World War II began when Germany invaded Poland. The 1940 and 1944 Olympic Games were canceled. The Olympic Games came back in 1948, with the Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the Summer Games in London, England.
Eli thought it was Seoul. He lost $7.00 and finished with $393.
Katie got it right. She bet $6,000 and finished with $13,200.
Aaron also got it right. He bet $1,400 and won the game with $20,000. Aaron’s 3-day total is $48,999.
2 triple stumpers from THIS OLD OPERA HOUSE:
($1600) A setting in an Andrew Lloyd Webber show, this city’s Teatro Colón has an auditorium known for crystal-clear acoustics
($2000) Per its website, this venue has no dress code; patrons may dress up or come straight from a day out in Covent Garden
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “21st CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS”
It was the first election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate show
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Missed all of it except Final, which I got right away. Knew the Games were canceled in 1940-44, so it was a quick step backward in time to the Hitler/Jesse Owens 1936 Games. Struck out on the DDs. Said “The Plague” for the 2nd. I think we read part or all of it in HS French class (“La Peste”).
The Andrew Lloyd Weber musical was the worst show I’ve ever seen, so that one was easy. XBH was a softball for any baseball fan. Got the hotelier after more than the alloted time to respond.
I see Katie is from Lake Oswego. Its city line is 2 miles from my home. We get a fair number of J! contestants.
How many times did you see the Webber production? Could it have just been the specific version of the show you saw? I ask, because I liked it. I nearly wore out the soundtrack cassette.
Huit Clos, in French. But, in French, that doesn’t mean “no exit” – it is an aside to the judge, like when attorneys ask to approach.
I’ve never seen the Cleese TV show, but I got that one!
I didn’t know it was all singing. Might as well have been an opera, which I could never sit through. It was a free ticket, and I should have bailed. Same with the Les Mis movie. I lasted about 15 minutes on that one. But please don’t cry for me,
Ah, now I copy. See, although we have many things in common, this is where we differ. My most favorite show ever, even more than Phantom of the Opera, is 42nd Street, “the musical for people who love musicals”.
You have the love of musicals in common with me, Jason. My kids love musicals, too. I took them to see Les Miserables in NYC and they loved it. I didn’t want to spoil my memory of it so I never watched the movie.
Also took them to see Jesus Christ Superstar live. So great. I watch that film every year at Easter.
I was 2/3 on DD and got FJ. I wasn’t paying attention so I gave myself a miss on the Sultanate.
The way I see it, Olympic host cities are low hanging fruit – easy to study and recall, like “What is the first city to host the summer Olympics 3 times, with the most recent in the 21st century?”
And, because it was a clue, and a DD at that, I have to plug my podcast. It is the “No Exit Experience”. Go to Facebook, YouTube, or Twitch, and look for “Think Twice Radio “, then”The No Exit Experience “. We’re live around 5pm Saturdays (Eastern time), but always available for replay. One problem is, we can’t start until our engineer is ready; however, he will be ready. and say nothing. So, we’re all sitting there like dummies.
You might hear some foul language, but that’s a feature, not a bug. If you are live, you can send in comments during the show.
Oh, one other thing – I had to laugh when Ken roasted Aaron with that $200 baseball clue, with them both being baseball fans!
Eli was giving Aaron a run for the money until he bet the store in one DD. Unfortunately, he couldn’t come up with the correct response, and then lost everything. Well, that DD was a bummer as I couldn’t come up with anything either. As for me, I was somewhat under par during the game, but got the FJ.
Yes, it was a shame Eli forgot the category on that DD. He might have worked it out.