Final Jeopardy: Movie Inspirations (12-19-25)
Here are some more clues from the 12/19/2025 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.
LANDFORM HO! ($1000) The 350,000-square mile sohm, off Newfoundland, is N. Am.’s largest of the flat, very deep expanses of seafloor called abyssal these
19th CENTURY WOMEN WRITERS ($400) Susan Wallace, wife of “Ben-Hur” author Lew, coined an immortal phrase in “the patter of” these, a poem about the steps of a child
($800) The first Mexican-American author in English, María Amparo Ruiz de Burton set the novel “The Squatter & The Don” in this state
($2000) The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood published poems by this sister to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who drew her likeness
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: THAT’S (A WORD FROM THE) ITALIAN!
($200) It’s from the Italian for “my lady” & from the American for “Like a Virgin”
($400) This job is the “heart of Starbucks”, according to the company
($600) Meaning “clever, witty saying”, it’s a short phrase to summarize an intention; for Cub Scouts, it’s “do your best”
($800) It’s from the Italian for “square” or “marketplace”; it’s also the last name of a guy who squared up & hit 427 career home
($1000) We have the framework of a clue; it’s the covered shelter seen here
ANSWERS: show
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Oops, show came on late after that exciting football game, and I spaced out and forgot to watch. I said “The Night Before Christmas” knowing that wasn’t the right title. Got only the middle DD. Didn’t know which Bronte would be the answer to the 3rd so said Emily. Appears my fellow Portlander was in the mix till the very end.
Knew the 9-Tony musical; my sister raved about it. Patter clue very easy. Liked the Italian category but didn’t get the $1000 one.
I was 1/3 on DD and missed FJ. For the third, I knew it was a Brontë, but, not which one. As to final, I was bereft of an answer.
This show was more reminiscent of why they were Second Chancers. The, frankly, dumb responses in the first round were below the level of first round ToC players, and, possibly, even regular season players.
In any case, big gratz to Pete! And, he won the chance – to be in another tournament! I mean, at least, the Toronto psychiatrist (whose name escapes me this exact moment) made it look like she deserved her seat at the “big table”, even if she didn’t get there (again, IIRC).
Monday’s game, the one Dave won, was the best of the lot.
P.S. I’m watching Daniel Boone with William Smith (Falconetti) playing Catoga. Weird!
Thank goodness bad history in FJ has been averted.
Seemed like Eugene could’ve bet more to at least cover his all in bet. But easy for me to say
Man, I didn’t know whether to scream or cry at the final results. A nightmare indeed! I was fully expecting Dave to get it right and kicking myself for not predicting a triple solve.
I feel for Dave, even though I was rooting for Eugene. Dave was so determined and gave it his all. I feel for Eugene, too, for the wrong bet.
All the same, congratulations to Pete for being the only one to Go Big. That’s why he’s not going home.
The matchups for Champions Wildcard on the Jeopardy website has been updated. You can go up on that website to see who is competing and that event will begin on 1/5.