Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Figures (4-29-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/29/2025) in the category “20th Century Figures” was:
After studying business in Chicago in the 1920s, this man obsessed with Sherlock Holmes was an investigator for a credit company
New champ Erin Morin, a digital pre-press specialist from Aldie, VA, won $29,600 yesterday, defeating a 6x champ in the process. In Game 2, her challengers are: Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, IN; and Rahel Zubairi, a physician from Scottsdale, AZ.
Round 1 Categories: The Empire Strikes Back – Scientists – One-team Players – Suffixes – Good Eats – Leftovers
Ben found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Scientists” under the $600 on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $2,600, $1,800 more than Rahel in second place. Ben made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
The paper he published on lactic fermentation is considered a foundational work of microbiology show
Ben finished in the lead with $15,600. Rahel was second with $1,400 and Erin was last with negative $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Around the World – Her First Published Novel – Ancient Architecture – “C.s.”, I – Not-Quite-Grammy-Winning Songs of the Year – 6-Letter Words With 4 Vowels
Ben found the first Daily Double in “Around the World” under the $1,200 clue on the 6th pick. He was in the lead with $17,200 now, $14,200 more than Rahel in second place. Ben bet $3,500 and he was RIGHT.
The Europa Point Lighthouse on this territory overlooks the spot where the Atlantic Ocean & Mediterranean Sea meet show
Simon found the last Daily Double in “6-Letter Words with 4 Vowels” under the $800 clue with 3 clues left after it. In the lead with $23,500, he had $12,100 more than Rahel in second place. Ben bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
In the Galapagos, a marine variety of this reptile basks on lava rocks & feeds on algae in the sea show
Ben finished in the lead with $25,900. Rahel was second with $13,400 and Erin was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS ELIOT NESS?
Eliot Ness (1903-1957) graduated from the University of Chicago in 1925 and went to work in the Chicago territory of the Retail Credit Co. as an investigator. Ness later became an agent with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Prohibition Bureau. He assembled a team of agents to tackle the rampant bootlegging racket in Chicago and became famous as the nemesis of notorious gangster, Al Capone. Ness reportedly said he called his men “the Untouchables,” because the abuse they took from Capone’s gang reminded him of India’s lowest caste. The nickname evolved into a metaphor for the agents’ refusal to take bribes, some of which were larger than their annual salaries.
I really couldn’t find much on an “obsession” with Sherlock Holmes, but I did find that Ness co-authored the 1957 memoir “The Untouchables”, which was used as a source for the “Untouchables” TV series (1959-1963), as well as the 1987 movie of the same name. That’s why Eliot Ness has a profile on IMDB.
Erin tried Raymond Chandler. She lost $2,000 and finished with $600.
Rahel went with Dashiell Hammett. That cost him $11,601 and left him with $1,799.
Ben thought it was Pinkerton. He lost $901 but won the game with $24,999. Ben Ganger is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
“C.S.”, I ($2000) “Imitation of Life” was a 2016 exhibit of the works of this photographer who often wears disguises as her own model
6-LETTER WORDS WITH 4 VOWELS ($2000) This subtropical tree known as the wattle in Australia is a favorite food source of the giraffe in Africa
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “MEDICAL HISTORY”
A vaccine against this respiratory illness came out in the U.S. in 1914 & eventually combined with 2 other vaccines show
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That was a tough final as we got our first triple stumper this week.
15,600 at the end of the first round was the highest score this season. Ben gave 23 correct responses in the Jeopardy round which is the record of the most correct responses in Round 1. Ben had 34 correct responses in today’s game, that is the strongest game from any other player this season.
So Rahel was today’s runaway preventer but nobody made a penny in the final round.