Final Jeopardy: Historic Names (4-24-25)
Here are some more clues from the 4/24/2025 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.
TV TITLE REFERENCES ($600) The clientele of veterinarians James Herriot & Siegfried Farnon
($800) Where Judge Abby Stone presides in Manhattan
IN THE CARDS ($600) The first 4 letters of this card company’s name are the family name of its founder, who liked the link with a stamp of quality
($800) A Sears subsidiary issued the first credit cards of this brand that pioneered cash-back rewards in 1985
($1000) In classic Monopoly, you draw a card if you land on Chance or this other space depicting money bags in a strongbox
BLANK VERSE ($400) “What is so rare as a day in ____ ?”
($1600) “I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not ____ more”
OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR! ($400) Opposing counsel just asked one of these during direct examination; he’s putting words in the witness’ mouth!
($1200) The witness can’t possibly know why my client wanted a haircut on the day of the murder; that question calls for this
TRIPPING ($1600) The hills are alive with skiing at this Vermont resort where you can stay at the Trapp Family Lodge
($2000) Called the “Pearl of Lake Geneva”, this resort is home to an annual jazz festival; mystical Chillon Castle is nearby
THE LIGHT ($400) This theory from 1905 is based on Einstein’s insight that the speed of light does not change
($800) Your cat video reached me thanks to this 2-word tech, plastic or glass that allows for the passage of data-transmitting light
($1200) Only allowing vertical light to pass through, sunglasses with these lenses help prevent glare off flat surfaces
FANTASTIC ($1200) Completing an alliterative phrase, to be in “fine” this 6-letter word means you’re in great condition
($1600) Anyone would be proud to be called this fantastic adjective that comes from the Latin for “star”
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: ANATOMICAL PHRASES
($200) An item such as a piece of clothing that has been passed on from a previous owner
($400) To get one of these is to gain an initial opportunity or introduction; don’t get it caught in there
($600) To be rubbing these is to mingle; to bend them is to drink booze
($800) Quick sounding term for a sudden feeling of euphoria, or a feeling of dizziness when you get up too fast
($1000) As a noun, it’s a bony covering for a joint; as a verb, it means to disable that joint, or to really mess someone or something up
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS show
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Correct me if I’m wrong VJ, but I seemed to recall that Cristobal Colon was on horseback to Portugal when Queen Isabella sent a courier to ask Colon to return to her court. I mean, that was exactly how it was depicted in the 1949 film starring Fredrick March. Perhaps this could have been what led to my confusion as well as other’s. Which is which?
I don’t know where Columbus was when he got the summons, Rick. I also have no idea how many people have seen that 1949 Fredric March movie.
That being said, since when do we get our historical facts from movies?
“He was riding back from the conquest of Granada…………..”
This also led to my (and perhaps other’s) confusion as it was clearly ambiguous (IMHO). I mean, one could read from this that the person in question was riding back (presumably on horseback) after the said person had conquered Granada.
It would have been better stated as this: “He was riding back (during) the conquest of Granada”. Oh, by the way, Cristobal Colon was at or near Cordoba, Spain when he received the summons to return to Queen Isabella’s court. Okay, I said my peace.
Okay, Rick, but all that is an analysis you made after finding out the answer, isn’t it?
You initially said you came up with Ronald Reagan for the answer. That indicates you were confusing Grenada in the Caribbean with Granada in Spain.
Unusual for me, I thought all 3 DDs were easy. For Final, I thought of CC but didn’t see him as a conqueror, so I went with Ferdinand, thinking maybe he was called back to the castle.
Small world–I found out today that Abigail from last night is the niece of one of my college classmates from Boston, whom I last saw at 2022 reunion.
Knew the port city (been there), Abby Stone’s domain, card company’s name (what else would it be?), Sears credit card (I knew they were partners long ago), Monopoly space, A day in (—-), what opposing counsel asked, question calls for this, Vermont resort, Geneva jazz festival, Einstein’s theory, sunglass lenses, fine 6-letter word, fantastic adjective. Were there really that many stumpers tonight? I didn’t see the show. Some of these are lead-pipe cinches.
Yep, there were that many stumpers. It was strange indeed. The only clue that was answered in the Light category was the DD.
Liam is gonna get slaughtered in the ToC.
Haha, VJ, I thought the EXACT, verbatim things when Ken said he’d qualified for the TOC. Eventually, he’ll see someone at or above his level.
3/3 on DD, but missed FJ. For some dumb reason, I said Marco Polo. I then thought of CC, but didn’t change my mind.
I’ve been traveling this week and not watching, but I noticed from your photo that Liam is practically a dead ringer for Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons).
Yes, Howard, that has been noticed since the first day Liam appeared. He must hear that a lot in real life. The funny part of it is that yesterday, there was a clue about his doppelganger in Difficult but Funny TV Characters, and it was a triple stumper.
It certainly wasn’t long before Harold made a few wrong responses which got him into the hole (in which he never recovered). As far as Raguell was concerned, she did give Liam a run for the money. Regarding FJ, the only thing that I could think of was President Reagan, but I knew that response would be dead on arrival.
That poem stanza that starts ‘what is so rare’ is often read aloud as if it is a standalone poem but it is part of a larger work by James Russell Lowell: The Vision of Sir Launfal.
He sets the stage for that verse by listing all the things that we have to pay for in the world 😲
“Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us;
The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in,
The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us,
We bargain for the graves we lie in”