Final Jeopardy: Italian History (4-1-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/1/2025) in the category “Italian” was:
3 mighty city-states roughly forming an equilateral triangle were Venice, Florence & this one where the Viscontis & Sforzas ruled
New champ Bryce Wargin, a post market surveillance coordinator from Kansas City, MO, defeated a 6x champ yesterday and won $15,400. In Game 2, his challengers are: Conner Huey, a student from Bremerton, WA; and Kristen Ramsey, an asst. professor from Storrs, CT.
Round 1 Categories: The Old West – All Pauls – Mascot Mania – Film Cameos – Words Within Words – Something to Sneeze at
Conner found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “All Pauls” under the $600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in second place with negative $200, $3,400 less than Bryce’s lead. Conner bet $600 and couldn’t come up with anything so he was WRONG.
An animated short set to this piece by composer Paul Dukas eventually grew into the film “Fantasia” show
Bryce finished in the lead with $9,200. Kristen was second with $3,000 and Conner was last with negative $600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Geograph”E” – New to the OED – Biology – I Don’t Feel Seen – Songs From the Hit Album – A Little Cause Play
Bryce found the first Daily Double in “Geograph’E’” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,400, $7,400 more than Kristen in second place. Bryce bet $3,400 and he was RIGHT.
Independent from 1918 to 1940, this country regained its independence from the USSR in 1991 show
Bryce found the last Daily Double in “Biology” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $13,800, $10,800 more than Kristen in second place. Bryce bet $3,000 and said platelets. That was WRONG.
This liquid substance with no cells or clotting factors makes up more of the blood than plasma does show
Bryce finished in the lead with a runaway $18,800 and Kristen was second with $6,600. Conner, at negative $600, was out of the game at this point. All clues were shown.
BOTH contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHAT IS MILAN?
The Duchy of Milan was one of the largest city-states in Northern Italy, established in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, and later taken over by the Sforza family. On its east was the larger Republic of Venice. The smaller Republic of Florence was situated to the south of Milan and Venice. There were other city-states between Florence and the larger two.
Duckster’s Renaissance for Kids has an article with short descriptions of the 5 major city-states. There’s also a great map that you can enlarge to see the whole area, maybe even the imaginary triangle mentioned in the clue. (It doesn’t look equilateral to me.)
Kristen bet $2,190 and finished with $8,790.
Bryce bet $5,000 and won the game with $23,800. His 2-day total is $39,200.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
NEW TO THE OED ($1200) Applied to Mercury, Earth or Venus, it implies that they lie nearer to the sun than the bodies beyond the asteroid belt
GEOGRAPH”E” ($2000) This river rises in the Cantabria Province of northern Spain and flows more than 500 miles southeast
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “NOVELISTS”
A 2012 book review noted subjects that “sparked his ire”: capital punishment, big tobacco & “the plight of the unjustly convicted” show
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Mamma mia, I knew Milan was in the north so that was my total guess.
Only 1/3 on DDs, the “E”asy one of course.
Whatever prayer Kristen might have had was wiped out by her repeated wrong answers. I’d hang my head in shame if I didn’t know the former owner of our pro basketball team. His sister owns it now. Poppin’ Fresh clue was a cinch.
Yeah, Poppin’ Fresh was way too easy to be in the 1K row. That’s probably what threw them.
A much tougher one is the Michelin Man, Bibendum.
Poor Connor never got out of the red. At least Bryce has had a runaway game.
Conner was broke from the get-go. It wasn’t his day and he became the second player this season to spent the entire game in the red and never got on the plus side.