Final Jeopardy: Geographic Naming (11-10-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/10/2025) in the category “Geographic Naming” was:
In 1859 the name of this political unit was chosen by Victoria, who liked herself better than James Cook, another possible honoree
3x champ Allegra Kuney, a Ph.D. candidate from New Brunswick, NJ, won $85,001 last week[when]. In Game 4, she’s up against: Matt Eisenberg, a band director from Ypsilanti, MI; and Morgan Connolly, a biochemist orig. from Long Island, NY.
Round 1 Categories: 3 Letters, 2 Meanings – Putting in Your 2 Cents, Internationally – Noshing at the Team’s Stadium – Potpourri – Skin Conditions – President Cleveland With Your Old Pal Grover
Allegra found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “2 Cents, Internationally” under the $600 clue on the first pick of the round. No one had a red cent. Allegra bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
Cruising Karachi? 2 cents turns into around 5 or 6 of these show
Matt finished in the lead with $6,000. Morgan was second with $4,800 and Allegra was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: A World of History – Poets & Poetry – Criminal Behavior – The James Gang – The “Pit” Crew – Multi-Hyphenates
Matt found the first Daily Double in “Criminal Behavior” under the $2,000 clue on the 7th pick. He was in the lead with $9,600 now, $2,800 more than Morgan in second place. Matt bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
A contemnor is a person guilty of this 3-word behavior, & they’ve most likely ticked off a judge show
Allegra got the last Daily Double in “Poets & Poetry” under the $1,200 clue, on the 13th pick. In last place with $6,400, she had $5,400 less than Matt’s lead. Allegra bet $6,000 and she was RIGHT.
In an ode, Keats says the love depicted on this title object is “for ever warm and still to be enjoy’d” show
Allegra finished in the lead with $19,200. Matt was next with $15,400 and Morgan was in third place with $10,800.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS QUEENSLAND?
In 1851, the colony of Victoria was split off from New South Wales and a movement to separate the Moreton Bay District soon followed. Clergyman John Dunmore Lang advocated for the name Cookland, but it was ultimately rejected for not being “euphonious.” Queen Victoria was quite popular and the tradition to honor her continued when she signed letters patent on June 6, 1859 establishing the British Crown colony of Queensland. The colony became a state on 1/1/1901. Queensland Day continues to be celebrated on June 6th.
More alternate names in Australia and Oceania
Morgan tried the Virgin Islands. She lost $8,500 and finished with $2,300.
Matt had no response. He lost $10,000 and finished with $5,400.
Allegra wrote down provinces. She lost $11,601 and won the game with the $7,599 she had left. Whew! Allegra’s 4-day total is $92,600)
A triple stumper from each round:
MULTI-HYPHENATES ($2000) Along with writing & producing “Inventing Anna” & “Private Practice”, this multi-hyphenate also plays the cello
($1600) He won a Best Actor Oscar & Grammy for “Blame It” & is giving me a run for my money as game shown host of “Beat Shazam”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “ICONIC BRANDS”
In 1916 it began packaging its flagship product in a variety of glass called Georgia green show
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Good game, strong challengers, killer Final (at least for me). Liked how Matt gobbled up most of the sports-related clues. Sometimes they all go unanswered. I got only the 2nd DD. Knew the cello-playing multi-hyphenate, the Tehran currency (crossword word).
My take on the final wagers: Morgan could win no > $21600. Allegra more or less had to wager $11601, which she did. Therefore Matt’s wager should have been in the neighborhood of $6201, locking out Morgan if both he and she were correct on Final, and winning the game if Allegra missed, which she did. Had he done so, he’d have won with $9199. That was the winning strategy.
It was another fascinating game, and Allegra remained the Jeopardy champion despite flubbing the FJ. Well, I performed well above average in the game, but also flubbed the FJ.
IMHO, I wouldn’t have necessarily described ‘Queensland’ as a political unit, but rather as a self governing colony under the British Crown.
I thought the final was kinda tough, hard to get in thirty seconds. Once you know the answer it seems pretty obvious. “Political Unit” threw me off.
Travis, I didn’t pay any attention to political region in the clue, just thinking of them naming a place after Cook that ended up being named for Queen Victoria.
Years ago, we had a Sporcle quiz on Spoiler Talk that used the word ‘polity’ to describe a political unit. Rhonda and I had never seen that word before, or maybe never noticed it because afterwards, it started popping up all over the place.
Wow, that was quite a shocker to me. I honestly thought everyone would get FJ!
For me, it went Cook > Australia > Victoria > Queensland