Final Jeopardy: Historic Horses (3-19-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/19/2025) in the category “Historical Horses” was:
Named for an 1807 battle & valiant in one 8 years later, Copenhagen was this man’s steed; society ladies donned strands of his hair
3x champ Alex DeFrank, an inventory specialist from Brooklyn, NY, has now won $75,600. In Game 4, he takes on these two players: Ann Velenchik, an economics professor from Brookline, MA; and Adam Silverman, a scientist from Arlington, MA.
Round 1 Categories: 10 Points for Slitherin’ – “Stick” Up – Movies by Decade – Foreign Words & Phrases – Talkin’ ’bout My Generation – The Who?
Alex found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “10 Points for Slitherin’” under the $1,000 clue on the 1st pick of the round. Nobody had any money. Alex bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.
There are many types of these, named for how they move; only one is an American rattlesnake, so it’s the one used as an insult in Westerns show
Alex finished in the lead with $8,000. Ann was second with $4,400 and Adam was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Take Time for Books – Olympic Host City Attractions – Ballet & Opera – Pop Culture Anatomy – Embassies in Washington – Tough 7-Letter Words
Alex found the first Daily Double in “Ballet & Opera” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,000, $5,600 more than Ann in second place. Alex bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.
This German composed “Ritterballett”, or “Knight’s Ballet”, while he was still living in Bonn show
Alex found the last Daily Double in “Olympic Host City Attractions” under the $1,600 clue on the 17th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $22,600, $10,400 more than Adam in second place. Alex bet $6,000 and he was RIGHT.
The Leonard Cohen Mural & Place Des Arts show
Alex finished in the lead with a runaway $37,400. Adam was second with $13,000 and Ann was last with $6,000. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON?
In 1807, the British prevailed in the Second Battle of Copenhagen. Sir Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, was a general during that battle. A stallion born in 1808 was named Copenhagen in honor of that battle. This horse was destined to help the Duke of Wellington lead the English to victory at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo.
Copenhagen has his own page on the War Horse Memorial website. In fact, he has 2 pages, No. 13 with images; and No. 25 with the most info about him, including the horse hair jewelry.
Ann didn’t have a response nor did she bet anything. Her score remained $6,000.
Adam got it right. He didn’t bet anything either so his score remained $13,000.
Alex came up with Trafalgar, an 1805 naval battle. He lost $10,800 and won the game with $26,800. Alex DeFrank’s 4-day total is $102,400.
A triple stumper from each round:
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES ($600) Gyaku-Gire, the anger of one who’s in the wrong, is also a Panda trading card in this world that sometimes outsells Pokémon
TAKE TIME FOR BOOKS ($800) “The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul” was the second novel by this author to feature his holistic detective Dirk Gently
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “AMERICAN NOVELISTS”
He served with an airman named Yohannan in World War II & despite what readers might think, he said he enjoyed his service show
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At first, I was hoping that the baby boomer generation would prevail today. Then when Adam put in his best effort to prevent a runaway, I was hoping he could pull it off. Seeing as how he was the only one to get FJ, he might’ve won if he had found at least one of the DDs in the last round.