Final Jeopardy: Art & Artists (12-17-25)
Here are some more clues from the 12/17/2025 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.
RAISE ($600) In a Clive Cussler bestseller, a rare element in its hold is the reason to “raise” this from the bottom of the North Atlantic
SHIP HAPPENS ($1200) In 1854, the Flying Cloud, one of these ships, sailed coast to coast via Cape Horn in 89 days, a record not broken until 1989
($1600) This ship sailed from Boston under her own power to celebrate the 200th anniv. of defeating the Guerriere in the War of 1812
THEM’S DANCING WORDS ($400) Dance motions reminiscent of farm chores may have inspired this word, a synonym for square dance
PODCASTS ($800) On their “Sibling Revelry” podcast, they talk about themselves and to lots of other celebrity siblings
($1200) Zach Lowe’s NBA podcast is punningly called this, like the area near the basket where the big men mix it up
($1600) 10 years after rising to fame on “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County”, she took her “Let’s Be Honest” podcast on the road in 2025
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Here are the 4 regular clues from CLASSIC NOVEL ADD A LETTER. (The $800 clue was the last Daily Double.)
($400) Jane Austen serves up a meet cute with Elinor Dashwood & the top karate instructor at the Devonshire Dojo
($1200) Steinbeck closes out his heartfelt tale of George & Lennie with an interjection used at the end of prayer
($1600) Aslan finds himself in a closeted entrance to Narnia along with a Nintendo gaming console
($2000) A literate spider on a farm sends messages to her non-Japanese friend who is obsessed with Japanese culture
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: I FOLD
($200) Martha Stewart has an online tutorial on folding these– wow your dinner guests with the “bow tie” or the “four-leaf clover”
($400) “Tells you everything except how to fold it again” was a cliché about these, less used in the age of navigation apps
($600) Makes sense: Red Bull has sponsored a contest for “qualiflyers” in making these masterpieces of the folder’s art
($800) The 2 birds here became origami favorites partly because they do this 3-word phrase rather than partner-hopping
($1000) To get this type of book, fold a sheet of parchment twice, making 4 leaves; many Shakespeare plays first saw print as one
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I was 2/3 on DD, but, add me to the list of anyone who has never heard of the FJ solution. I mean, that name doesn’t even make me say, “Wait a minute – I think I’ve heard that one before”. I said Salvador Dali.
Something about these competitors were more “Second Chance” that the first two days, like, it’s clear why they didn’t win. Maybe that’s just me.
The name meant nothing to me either, nor the holes hint. He was besties with Nelson Rockefeller but i never read that before today.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen sculptures like Moore’s in New York City though but I m not drawn to that art enough to say Whoa, who did that? (unlike a painting of chrysanthemums I once saw that I was ready to drop $600 on the spot for, only I couldn’t afford to.)
The interactive map I linked to shows only one of his sculptures is in Houston, about 20 miles from here.
If you gave me 1000 guesses, Henry Moore would not have been one of them. I guessed Picasso.
Pretty good game again with a dramatic conclusion. Not sure why either guy wagered the $ amt he did. Pete IMO could have bet $1401 in case Chris went for $0. I thought Chris would go big. He was great in the add a letter category.
I thought the first 2 DDs were kinda easy. Osteoporosis gave away the first. Wasn’t impressed when no one knew the classic Newman-Shaw film. The “Raise” novel was obvious, the Boston ship (which we boarded in 1997) pretty much a giveaway. Thought for sure someone would recognize the sibs with the podcast. I know him from multiple shows, and she’s been around for a long time. And their mom is pretty famous too.
Hmmmm……………I did pretty well in today’s game, but flubbed the FJ. In fact, I went with Picasso (for lack of a better choice). As for Henry Moore, I never heard of him until now.
Have they gotten a final jeopardy right this week
Not that I can know of. We could go 0-for-12 tomorrow if the chaos continues.
Wow, they’re really sticking it to the Second Chancers with these tough FJs. I wouldn’t be surprised if the final clues in the last 2 games are easy but I will be shocked if they are triple stumpers, too!