Final Jeopardy: British Royalty (3-6-25)
Here are some more clues from the 3/6/2025 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.
ALSO A BOAT ($600) New Englanders call soft-shelled clams these, in reference to the way they’re best cooked
($1000) If you want bang for your buck when bingeing beer, ask for this kind of wide-mouth glass
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? ($1000) This north African dish of poached eggs in a spicy tomato sauce isn’t just for breakfast; plus its imitative Arabic name is fun to say!
COLLEGE SEALS ($1200) On Harvard’s seal 3 open books spell out this Latin motto
5-LETTER GEOGRAPHY ($2000) This South Pacific island nation, a cradle of Polynesian culture, was governed by New Zealand until 1962
ADVERBS ($1600) Rob Lowe named his podcast this, like his character’s catchphrase on “Parks & Recreation”
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($200) Conceding, Kamala Harris said accepting the results of an election is what distinguishes this from monarchy or tyranny
($400) In a 2005 commencement speech, he talked about his $2 billion company… “I had just turned 30. And then I got fired.”
($600) “It is international morality that is at stake”, Haile Selassie told the League of Nations after Italy invaded this country
($800) In 1992 activist Mary Fisher asked the GOP Convention not to “whisper” about this disease but “to bring our silence to an end”
($1000) In his first speech to Parliament as PM, Winston Churchill declared, “I have nothing to offer but” these 4 things
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First, I missed FJ. I said “Richard III”, because I know nil of English early history. My wife, just as the competitors, said Richard I.
The 5 letter Pacific nation was a very bad clue, because the name under which it became independent in 1962 was different. In any case, I said “Tonga”.
The fate! The whole show could be turned around would yesterday’s and today’s finals were switched – then Juveria could have emerged as a winner in both.
Regular games return; what a concept! I follow “Jeopardy!” on Facebook, and they post that day’s FJ clue every weeknight at 8. And every single night I see complaints from people tired of the overabundance of tournaments and the desire to return to regular contests.
Although the DDs and FJ torched me tonight, I thought the other clues were slightly easier than other recent ones. Thought one of them might know the cooked clams and the 5-letter island nation.
Juveria gave it her all. Hoped she’d win and extend this one more day. Although she had the lead after DJ, half her total was from the DD. Matt was clearly the best player today.
Oh, I get it now. Richard I was chosen because he was a 12th century King. Still, he was a warrior mostly associated with the Crusades. I can’t see him voluntarily submitting to a monk flogging
Memorizing the English Monarchs by century
P.S. I forgot to mention that Julia Collins, now Roger’s wife, is in the J! video on that English Monarchs post. She is the one who got the clue right. I wonder if she knew this one!
Juveria was decisively in the lead after DJ, but her big wager in FJ handed the championship to Matt. Curiously, Matt didn’t bet much in FJ, and that was what saved him. As for me, I went with Richard I also.
Like the last FJ! of Season 1 of “Jeopardy! Masters”, where Mattea Roach was 1 clue away from beating James Holzhauer, if today’s FJ! clue was different, Juveria Zaheer would have beaten Matt Amodio. Instead, Matt scored his 1st tournament win, as I feared, and it hurts me to say this, but Juveria came up 4 correct responses short of joining “The 300 Club”, contestants who gave more than 300 correct responses. If we see Juveria on the show again, she’ll definitely make it there. Today is not that day.
For the record, Richard I (the Lionheart) was the oldest son of Henry II and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
I didn’t think this FJ! was hard. I thought they would all get it. Just guessing, but maybe they needed either ‘penance’ or ‘murder’ in the clue to make the connection.
Yeah, VJ, I thought they would all get it, too. Especially because my immediate guess this morning when I saw CotD was Richard I, but then I immediately realized, no, it was his dad doing penance for the infamous murder in the cathedral.
And we end the tournament with a triple stumper as today’s final was super tough.
Who else is in masters?? Victoria, Yogesh and James for sure…
This years toc champ I assume gets a spot. I feel like Roger could hang with the masters
The last time all three players wrote down the same incorrect response was 1/16/25 if I’m right. Congrats to Matt Amodio, this is his first Jeopardy tournament win. He just won a return trip to the Masters this spring. Matt also competed in Jeopardy Masters in the first two seasons. That’s it for tournaments this season and what that means is that regular games are back tomorrow.