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

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