Final Jeopardy: Explorers (3-11-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/11/2025) in the category “Explorers” was:
Traveling in 1811 to an elevation of about 12,000 feet, Thomas Manning was the first Englishman to meet this figure
New champ Harvey Silikovitz, attorney & worldwide karaoke singer, orig. from West Orange, NJ, won $23,600 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Emily Johnson, a teacher from Savannah, GA; and James Corson, a nuclear engineer from Frederick, MD.
Round 1 Categories: Chill Beats – Forever Stamps – It’s Hyphenated – 3-Named People – Ripped – From the Headlines
James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Forever Stamps” under the $600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,400, $600 less than Emily’s lead. James bet all of it and he was RIGHT.
A stamp celebrating the 50th anniversary of this observance went on sale in April 2020 show
James finished in the lead with $7,400. Emily was second with $5,600 and Harvey was last with $3,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: State Capitols – Alliterative Books – the Business of Show – Light Headed – Yikes, You Got a “V” in Math – Forwards & Backwards
James found the first Daily Double in “Alliterative Books” under the $2,000 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $11,000, $1,000 more than Emily in second place. James bet $10,000 and he was RIGHT.
“That illustrious man…mounted into the Windsor chair…and addressed the club” is a line from this Dickens work show
Emily found the last Daily Double in “Forwards & Backwards” under the $1,600 clue on the 19th pick of the round. She was in second place with $14,400, $11,000 less than James’ lead. Emily bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
Slightly open & an Indian noble show
James finished in the lead with $29,000. Emily was second with $20,800 and Harvey was last with $6,800. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS THE DALAI LAMA?
English sinologist Thomas Manning (1772-1840) might be better described as an accidental explorer. Most of his travels occurred in pursuit of his main goal: to explore China. At the time, a specific area of Canton (aka Guangzhou) was the only place foreigners were allowed. Manning, due to his medical knowledge, was granted a stay in Canton, but wasn’t allowed in the rest of China. In 1811, he attempted to enter China through Tibet. That’s how he became the first Englishman to visit Lhasa, Tibet’s holy city, and to meet the 9th Dalai Lama, a 6-year-old child.
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland has images of sketches Manning drew of the Dalai Lama, who died in 1815 before his 10th birthday. In 1816, Manning managed to visit Peking as a translator for the Amherst Embassy, but not for long. The Embassy was kicked out and Manning returned to England, stopping off for a bit at St. Helena, where he met the exiled Napoleon.
Harvey bet it all and doubled his score to $13,500.
Emily bet $4,000 and finished with $24,800.
James bet $13,000 and won the game with $42,000. James Corson is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
CHILL BEATS ($800) “End Of Beginning” is a chill song by this musician & actor, you know, Steve with the hair on “Stranger Things”
ALLITERATIVE BOOKS ($800) The car in the title is involved in a mass runover at the start of this Stephen King novel
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD”
Part of the largest contiguous land empire during the 1200s & 1300s, today it’s the world’s second-largest landlocked country show
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Emily was sharp with the forwards and backwards category. I was (happily) surprised that the 2 challengers were so sharp. I never thought, after yesterday, that Harvey would only be a one day champ.
I thought FJ was rather easy. However, I was 0/3 on DD. But, funny enough, I have a stack of those first forever stamps from 2007, which I still use (of course)!
More Clues on page 2 link not working for me, but the numeral 2 did.
I came in late first round and was stunned to see Harvey trailing by so much, so early, and that was before his Albuquerque and Christine boo-boos. Emily and James were superb. Contestant coordinators wasted no time putting first-rate challengers up against Harvey. At least he’s got $25K to show for his trip. Emily’s a shoo-in for 2nd chance if that’s still a thing. At first I didn’t get her FJ bet, but now I see she knew James had to wager $12601+, would go down to $16399 if wrong, and she would have $16800 if also wrong. And she locked out Harvey who could end up with only $13600. A much smarter move than her DD wager.
FJ was pretty easy, IMO. Got 2/3 DDs too, guessed the movie studio. That middle DD is what won James the game, although Emily had a chance to seize the lead on the 3rd DD but demurred. I liked the Headlines and Forward/Backward categories.
Today is 3/11/25. Tomorrow is 3/12/25.
Our 1st over $40,000 payday in regular games in way too long. Well done, James.
What an unbelievable match by all three players today. We hadn’t had a 42,000 payday in quite a while but we sure did get a big payday today. James has the highest payday in regular games this season. I think that we’ll see Emily Johnson again for Second Chance next season because she put up a stellar performance and finished with over 24,000 and gave 20 correct responses.