Final Jeopardy: Historic Names (4-24-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/24/2025) in the category “Historic Names” was:
He was riding back from the conquest of Granada when he was summoned to a royal meeting that would change history
4x champ Liam Starnes, an undergraduate student from Barrington, IL, has now won $81,801. In Game 5, his/her challengers are: Raguell Couch, an undergraduate student from Durham, NC; and Harold Goldston III, a karaoke bar owner from Knoxville, TN.
Round 1 Categories: Anatomical Phrases – 18th Century America – TV Title References – In the Cards – From Whence They Came – “OK”, Boomer
Liam found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “From Whence They Came” under the $1,000 on the 18th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,600, $800 more than Raguell in second place. Liam made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
In 1820 this British medical worker was herself delivered in the Italian city that became her name show
Liam finished in the lead with $5,600. Raguell was second with $2,600 and Harold was last with negative $1,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Blank Verse – Movie Genres – Objection, Your Honor! – Tripping – The Light – Fantastic
Raguell found the first Daily Double in “Movie Genres” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. She was in second place with $4,600, $1,400 less than Liam’s lead. Raguell bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
This term is said to date to a 1940s French article about “Double Indemnity”, “Laura” & “Murder My Sweet” show
Liam found the last Daily Double in “The Light” under the $1,600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in second place with $7,600, $1,800 less than Raguell’s lead. Liam bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
Converting light to electrical signals, rods & cones are the 2 main types of these cells, partly from Greek for “light” show
Liam finished in the lead with $16,000. Raguell was second with $10,600. At negative $2,200, Harold was out of the game at this point. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS?
In the beginning of his journal, Christopher Columbus wrote about seeing the “Moorish King” (Muhammad XII aka Boabdil) “kiss the royal hands” when surrendering to Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella in Grenada on January 2, 1492. However, the Bishop of León claimed Boabdil didn’t kiss anybody’s hands because his mother wouldn’t let her boy be humiliated that way.
Columbus further related how he got his marching, er, sailing orders when the monarchs “resolved to send me, Cristóbal Colon, to the said parts of India … and ordered that I should not go by land to the eastward, as had been customary, but that I should go by way of the west, whither up to this day, we do not know for certain that any one has gone.”
Raguell tried Winston Churchill. She lost $10,502 and finished with $98.
Liam got it right. He bet $5,201 and won the game with $21,201. Liam’s 5-day total is $103,002.
A triple stumper from each round:
FROM WHENCE THEY CAME ($600) Oh, what an artist is born in me! “Me”, being this Mediterranean port city, & the artist, Joan Miró
THE LIGHT ($2000) This international standard unit of luminous intensity sounds like a taper with an extra A
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “HISTORIC FIGURES”
Dante gives him, born to a Kurdish family in the 12th century, a place of honor in limbo along with the war heroes of Rome & Troy 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”