Final Jeopardy: World Geography (2-25-25)
Here are some more clues from the 2/25/2025 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.
CITIES ON THE LAKE ($400) Mwanza & Kampala
($1000) Neenah & Oshkosh
OH, “I.C.” ($600) One of the first women on a major pro baseball team, Toni Stone was signed to replace Hank Aaron on this team in 1953
FASCISM ($2000) Elvis Costello’s first single attacks “Mr. Oswald with his swastika tattoo”, this longtime British fascist leader
GETTING POSSESSIVE ($2000) In legend this island cavern named for a fabled Irish warrior was the home of a giant who fled at the warrior’s disguise
OLDEN LANGUAGE ($1200) Old school, it was a merchant or peddler; it was also Johnny Appleseed’s real last name
FILM COMPOSERS ($800) Billy Strayhorn partnered with this jazz composer & his orchestra for the trial film “Anatomy of a Murder”
($2000) Tamar-kali, who is part of NYC’s classical and punk scene, scored this 2024 film about boxer Claressa Shields
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: WORLD RELIGION
($400) In Greek Orthodoxy September 8 is the feast day of the Nativity of the Theotokos (“God-bearer”), or this person
($800) Chametz, good with leavening agents, is forbidden during this Jewish holiday
($1200) In 1573 the last Ashikaga Shogun lost power, made this major change in his personal appearance & became a Buddhist monk
($1600) Joseph Smith said that he translated the golden plates that became the Book of Mormon under guidance from this angel
($2000) The sacred book known as the Avesta contains all that remains of the law, liturgy & teachings of this ancient Persian prophet
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS show
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Robin’s $601 wager doesn’t even give herself a chance to win. At least, Ryan and Ray were gunning for a victory.
Agreed. She was playing for 2nd place, assuming she got FJ right and Ryan missed or bet $0. Dumb because both 2nd and 3rd get $5K.
1/3 on DD, and no clue on FJ. I first said “Reykjavik”, then changed to Havana.
Had Ken not said that Robin won the TOC, I would not have had any idea whom she was.
Not clear how the Double Jeopardy questions are chosen. A trivial question about Soros’ Hungary and very non-trivial one about Oswald Mosley.
And again the contenders are allowed to skip first names of the people they name: why Isabel Allende was answered with her fmily name only?
It has been said in the past that the Daily Doubles are assigned randomly. I don’t believe that because after Holzhauer showed ’em how to play bottom up, the Daily Doubles began appearing in the second row more frequently. Whatever, a Daily Double doesn’t necessarily signify that the clue will be difficult or easy. I’ve seen players bet a lot on $800 clues, thinking they’ve got it made only to get a real tough one.
As for only the last name being accepted, it’s been that way forever, unless 2 people in the same field have the same last name — like John Adams and John Quicy Adams.
Good game between three pretty equal players, the last two DDs giving Ray the leg up he needed. I have no recollection of Robin at all. She boo-booed twice, saying “Giants” for a clue in the IC category, and “Less than Zero” for the name of a fascist leader.
FJ was a toughie. I thought of Wellington, NZ and stuck with it. Got the first two DDs, had no clue on the third. Very surprised no one knew Johnny Appleseed’s real name. One of those things I learned as a kid that stuck. Wasn’t sure about the jazz composer but got it.
I was surprised no one got the Kampala lake.
And we got another triple stumper this week as today’s final was also tough due to that pesky geography clue. Besides, the contestants don’t know about geography.