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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