Final Jeopardy: The Ancients Speak (2-19-25)
Here are some more clues from the 2/19/2025 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.
LET’S PLAY SPORTS ($1000) Named for a tough hockey HOFer, a Gordie Howe hat trick is scoring a goal, earning an assist & doing this
CLASSICAL MUSIC ($1000) In 1931, 20 years after his death in Vienna, his 9th symphony had its U.S. premiere by the Boston Symphony
LACK OF ENERGY ($600) This word is found in the names of 3 now-decommissioned nuclear power plants, following Vermont, Maine & of course Connecticut
($1000) Rapid clicking when you try to start your car is a sign of cold cranking, a problem with this item
THE ABCs OF ARCHITECTURE ($2000) C is for this column with female figures named for Greek maidens
RECEDING HEIR-LINES ($800) Carlos I of this nation & his son were slain in 1908; another son, Manuel II, would take over, but by 1910 a republic was born
TOUGH VOCAB ($800) French for great generosity it starts with a word for very big
($1600) The Latin for “cage” may have given us this word via flattery
THE ELEMENTS ($1200) Iron combines with oxygen to make ferric oxide, aka this mineral named for its blood red color
ISLAND MOUNTAINS ($2000) On New Zealand’s South Island: this mountain also known as Mount Cook
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($200) Casamigos Añejo & Don Julio Blanco are bottles of this
($400) Queen Victoria adorns the label of this brand’s sapphire gin
($600) The word “whiskey” comes from the Gaelic for “water of life”, a translation of this Latin phrase
($800) One ingredient in Aperol is this tart root also known as the pieplant
($1000) This Mexican liqueur brand uses Arabica coffee beans rum
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And we got a triple stumper since the final was a tough one.
I disagree on Jonathan’s wager. It did lock out Rachael, but, that’s it. However – it’s win or go home, period. Jonathan didn’t bet to win. He and Rachael both got $5k, so, she wasn’t locked out of that. It is beyond presumptive to think the leader will get it wrong; I’ll wager myself he didn’t even consider a zero bet. Nonetheless, he has gone home. That’s all there is to it.
That said, I was wrong on FJ. I said Ovid, since I didn’t have a clue. I was also 2/3 on DD.
I’ll partially concede, but I still like his thinking. Sure, he could have wagered $1601 or more and hoped that Emily went large and missed Final. But in that scenario, Rachael could have passed him if she went all-in and he missed Final. He had to assume Emily would go for $10801 or more and miss. She outsmarted him, but it’s very rare for the leader to bet $0 and risk losing. A $0 wager gave her no dog in the fight, and she was banking on Jon missing Final.
Tough stumpers, DDs and especially FJ. Jon’s $399 wager seemed very smart, to lock out Rachael. Emily’s non-wager was very fortunate, as it turned out. Ancient history not my thing; I said Aeschylus just to say something.
I profess to know next to nothing about anything mechanical, but I know what part of a car has cold cranking amps. And the knighted Arthur was a gimme.
Yes, I wa stunned at the knighted Arthur miss. Someone might have nailed the Season in Hell guy if the clue mentioned the Paul Verlaine episode.
It was another great game, but really, a car alternator this time? Anyways, I aced the ‘Elements’ category, and went for Alexander the Great in FJ.