Final Jeopardy: Historic Homes (10-30-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/30/2025) in the category “Historic Homes” was:
At a speech here in 1936, FDR called its onetime occupant a “farmer, lawyer, mechanic, scientist, architect”, etc.
3x champ Aaron Levine, a sports anchor from Seattle, WA, has now won $48,999. In Game 4, he takes on: Elana Beame, a Jewish engagement educator orig. from Boca Raton, FL; and Christopher Tillman, a pastor from Plover, WI.
Round 1 Categories: Polynesia – Spaced Out – Amazing NFL Feats – This is “B.S.” – Your Inheritance – Jeans
Aaron found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Polynesia” under the $1,000 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,800, $3,200 more than Christopher in second place. Aaron bet $1,800 and said English. That was WRONG.
One of the most widely spoken of Polynesian languages is this one heard in Apia & Pago Pago show
Christoper finished in the lead with $4,000. Aaron was second with $3,000 and Elana was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Pope-pourri – Audio Books – The Olden Globes – Best Picture Oscar Winners – 5-Syllable Words – It’s a Hot One!
Aaron found the first Daily Double in “Pope-pourri” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in second place with $3,800 now, $600 less than Christopher’s lead. Aaron bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Innocenzo Ciocchi Del Monte a ward of Pope Julius III, was something called a cardinal nephew, a title that gave us this “ism” show
Aaron got the last Daily Double in “5-Syllable Words” under the $2,000 clue with 7 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $10,400 now, $6,800 more than Christopher in second place. Aaron bet $100 and tried interspacial. That was WRONG.
Adjective describing the space between Andromeda & the Milky Way, for example show
Aaron finished in the lead with $13,100. Christopher was in second place with $8,000 and Elana was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS MONTICELLO?
Trivia buffs know that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the 4th of July in 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 110 years later, on July 4, 1936, FDR chose to honor Jefferson, a true Renaissance man and primary author of the Declaration, with a speech at Monticello, Jefferson’s Virginia home. Philosopher and statesman were the words replaced with etc. in the clue.
FDR was the first July 4th speaker at Monticello. President Truman was second on July 4th, 1947. Since 1963, an annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony has been held at Monticello. You can see a list of speakers on Monticello’s website, and also learn how you can attend this free event in 2026.
Elana came up empty. She lost $200 and finished with $2,000.
Christopher got it right. He bet it all and doubled his score to $16,000.
Aaron must have thought they wanted the homeowner. He wrote down “Lee.” He lost him $3,000 and dropped down to $$10,100. That made Christopher Tillman the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from THE OLDEN GLOBES:
($800) Treasures on display at the world’s only globe museum in this capital city include lavish 43-inch globes once gifted to Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I
($1200) A 1730s globe by Englishman Richard Cushee mistakenly depicts ($000) this U.S. state as a large island; no need to jump the gun, Cushee
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY”
Britain became an island less than 10,000 years ago, as warming weather & melting ice filled in this sea show
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LAME! This crew may have set a record for combination of wrong answers and triple stumpers. Final could be only Jefferson, how could two of them miss it? And too many players are writing things like “What Lee?” and omitting verbs, over and over. I got only the 2nd DD. “English” was a poor try at a Polynesian language (mine wasn’t much better–Tagalog). I wasn’t overjoyed by the sports guy getting an NFL category, although he didn’t run it.
So much money left unwon: the large “island” state with a giant arrow pointing at it; the black gem; northern island group; France’s tests; Papeete’s island; Brooke Shields’s jeans; and the southern industrial city; the Down Under constellation. Only the northern islands were the one I had to guess at and didn’t know.
Question: where are the multi-hyphens in the person’s name for that stumper? I don’t see it.
To clarify, I knew the name of Jefferson’s home, just didn’t mention it above. I vaguely remember visiting Mt Vernon in 1962.
Howard, multi-hyphenate is a reference to a person having multiple professions. In this case, the man was a mathematician, astronomer and geographer.
I don’t even want to know why they decided to phrase the clue that way.
Oh, my Polynesian heart was broken! Y’all know that I lived in Hawai’i, and my connection to that ZIP code so near to mine. I also visited outside Pape’ete for 12 days in November 2002. So, I was perfect in that category, a mirror of the contestants.
I was 3/3 on DD, and got FJ. Akin to Travis, it came to me nearly immediately, also. Likewise, I got about 1/3 the TS.
Once again, Ken made me laugh when he said to Aaron about the “Jewish educator and Baptist minister”!
Are you actually Jason Momoa, by any chance?
I wish, buddy!
I thought the final was pretty easy, came to me instantly. I also thought the contestants missed some easy clues, like the large island and black gem ones, for example.