Final Jeopardy: Art & Artists (2-27-25)

The Final Jeopardy question (2/27/2025) in the category “Art & Artists” was:

Born in 1872, he helped found a Dutch art movement characterized by the use of straight lines and primary colors

12x champ Seth Wilson, an editor & adjunct professor from Oak Park, IL; 2023 HS Reunion 2nd runner-up Jackson Jones, a conflicts analyst asst. from Louisville, KY; and 2024 CWC winner Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario.

Round 1 Categories: The 15th Century – Of (Greek) Mythical Proportions – “X” Marks the Brand – State the Facts – Pop Culture 2000 – Look & See the Double Vowels

Juveria found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The 15th Century” under the $1,000 clue on the 6th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,400, $200 less than Jackson’s lead. Juveria bet it all and she almost got it, but almost is WRONG.

The structure called this, after the old city of Tokyo, was built; over centuries, it expanded greatly, then contracted show

WHAT IS EDO CASTLE?
Ken wouldn’t accept just Edo

Jackson finished in the lead with $5,200. Seth was second with $4,200 and Juveria was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: British Isles Geography – Tales of Adventure – Body Human – One-Word Anagrams – Songs About Buildings & Food – What’s the Use?

Seth found the first Daily Double in “Tales of Adventure” under the $1,200 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,800, $600 more than Jackson in second place. Seth bet it all and thought it was the Order of Saint George. That was WRONG.

Though a cowardly lech, in India the hero of “Flashman in the Great Game” earns this then-highest British award for gallantry show

WHAT IS THE VICTORIA CROSS?

Juveria found the last Daily Double in “Body Human” under the $2,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. She was in second place with $6,600, $1,400 less than Jackson’s lead. Juveria bet $6,600 and she was RIGHT.

Head to the end of the alphabet for this bone that forms an outer wall of the eye socket show

WHAT IS THE ZYGOMATIC BONE?

Juveria finished in the lead with $16,000. Jackson was second with $10,800 and Seth was last with $6,400. All clues were shown.

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ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS PIET MONDRIAN?

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was a Dutch painter and significant figure in abstract art in the 20th century. Mondrian started out as a naturalist. Experimentation with Impressionism, Symbolism, Pointillism and Cubism eventually led him to pioneer his own abstract style.In 1917 Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg founded the Dutch art movement De Stijl (The Style), featuring straight lines, sometimes intersecting and forming rectangles painted with the primary colors red, blue and yellow. Mondrian achieved worldwide fame with his geometrical paintings.

The Guggenheim has some of Mondrian’s works online with separate articles on each painting.

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Seth bet $6,399 and finished with $12,799.

Jackson bet $5,201 and finished with $16,001.

Juveria bet $5,601 and won the game with $21,601. Juveria snags the last semifinal spot.

2 triple stumpers from BRITISH ISLES GEOGRAPHY:

($1200) The garden of England, the county of Kent in the southeast is also home to Folkestone, a terminal of this 31-mile marvel

($2000) Also a first name, this 5-letter county is one of England’s largest & is one east of Cornwall

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: BOTH players left in FJ! got this one in “NONFICTION”

It has the line, “The discovery of America… opened up fresh ground for the rising bourgeoisie” show

WHAT IS THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO?

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