Final Jeopardy: Contemporary Authors (4-28-25)
Here are some more clues from the 4/28/2025 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.
QUOTABLE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS ($1000) “We might have made the tour of the world in only 78 days”, says this valet to his employer
HOLDING SPACE ($200) It’s the traditional enclosure (cage seems a bit harsh, but also applicable) to pen your pet rabbit
THE “CO” CO. ($800) The As-Seen-on-TV catchphrase has helped sell products like the Pocket Fisherman from this 5-letter company of Mr. Popeil
($1000) A food distributor on the NYSE & a tech company on the NASDAQ, they have homophonic names; know which one you’re investing in
DRINKING SONGS ($1000) Oasis sang, “I’m feeling supersonic, give me” this cocktail
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($200) Revisiting material cut from the script of “The American President” inspired Aaron Sorkin to create this series
($400) In 2024 this “Queen of Country” music opened up a new bar– “Happy’s Place”
($600) After toiling for a decade in the E.R. on “E.R.”, Noah Wyle returned to a different E.R. on this series that debuted in 2025
($800) Alan Ball created the shows “True Blood” & this one set at a family funeral home
($1000) In 2024 Aldis Hodge got into criminal minds, but not on “Criminal Minds” as this detective/forensic psychologist
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Ugh. 1/3 on DD, and missed FI, because I could see him, but not think of his name. In “Jack Reacher”, he was the police officer to who Jack says, “there are three things that cops don’t do”.
At least Erin seems to be more “alive”.
*to whom
Erin go bragh! She did so well to stay in the mix after Liam’s massive, gutsy DD wager. I was sure he was on the path to a lock game. This was my first time seeing Liam play. He sure impressed me, although a correct response on the last DD would’ve ensured a runaway. Obsidian was my alternate guess.
Got the last 2 DDs, FJ left me clueless (I said Stephen King after also considering Grisham). For the valet, I could only think of Cantinflas from the 1957-ish film. Knew the Popeil company and the food distributor/tech company (that was a toughie). And figured out the FJ from 2 years ago that you cited and said no one got.
Yes, kudos to Erin for playing a great game, and she enjoyed every minute of it. Well, I performed somewhat above average in the game, but missed the FJ. For lack of anything better, I took a really bad guess, and went with Ernest Hemingway. Actually, I never heard of Lee Child.
I guessed Michael Crichton for the final, if I remember correctly he was pretty tall.
I love when contestants do stuff like this! Yay, Erin!
Wow! Kudos to Erin for not being intimidated by Liam big move on that DD and also for going all in on FJ! for a nice payday.