Final Jeopardy: The Stage (5-1-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/1/2025) in the category “The Stage” was:
Their show ended its off-Broadway run in 2025, after 34 years, 17,800 shows & 82,150 gallons of paint
2x champ Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, IN, has won $41,815 so far. In Game 3, his opponents are Julie Holt, a Latin teacher from Knoxville, TN; and Scott Summers, a librarian from Apex, NC.
Round 1 Categories: State Song Lyrics – A Real Pain – English as a Third Language – Famous Names – Movie Easter Eggs – For Rent
Scott found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “A Real Pain” under the $1,000 on the 10th pick of the round. He was in last place with negative $400, Ben was in first with $2,600. Scott bet $1,000 but drew a blank so he was WRONG.
Appropriately, there is a thawing stage in adhesive capsulitis, this condition abbreviated FS show
Ben finished in the lead with $6,200. Julie was second with $2,800 and Scott was last with $0. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: French History – The Riches of the Emersonian Mind – Alliterative America – Cloud-pourri – Joking Around – Ends With “end”
Ben found the first Daily Double in “French History” under the $2,000 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $11,400, $8,600 more than Julie in second place. Ben made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Comprising 2/5 of the country, this political entity came into being via the Franco-German armistice of June 1940 show
2 clues later, Ben landed on the last Daily Double in “The Riches of the Emersonian Mind” under the $1,600 clue. He was in the lead with $17,400 now, $14,600 more than Julie in second place. Ben bet $2,000 and guessed journal. That was WRONG.
Ralphy’s first book was titled this word, like a science periodical; he called it “divine charity” that “nourishes man” show
Ben finished in the lead with a runaway $24,600. Scott was second with $4,000 and Julie was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE BLUE MAN GROUP?
Per its IMDB profile, Blue Man Group began in the late 80s, when Chris Wink, Phil Stanton & Matt Goldman began appearing in public in New York City and in East Village performance art spaces. By 1991, Blue Man Group were performing on stage at the Astor Place Theatre. The popular show soon spread to other cities, including Boston, Chicago and Las Vegas in the States. Blue Man Group shut down in Chicago in January 2025 and in New York City in February 2025.
Currently, shows are still running in Boston, Las Vegas & Orlando, as well as overseas in Gran Canara & Berlin. There’s also a World Tour. Check their website for up-to-date information.
Julie got it right. She bet it all and finished with $6,400.
Scott went with “Little Shop of Horrors”. That cost him $2,401 and left him with $1,599.
Ben got it right. He bet $10,000 and won the game with $34,600. That’s Ben’s best payday so far and gives him a 3-day total is $76,415.
A triple stumper from each round:
FAMOUS NAMES ($1000) A ruthless businessman, this partner of Andrew Carnegie amassed art now in a mansion/museum at 5th Ave. & 70th St.
JOKING AROUND ($1600) This New York institution that’s the toast of roasts named its home the Jerry Lewis Monastery
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “BODIES OF WATER”
Formed some 10,000-15,000 years ago & with an average depth of only about 150 feet, it’s named for a man who sailed through it in 1728 show
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Missed nearly all of the show, and probably just as well. Another day, another blowout. I crashed on the DDs/FJ. At least I knew the toast of roast, the novelist in the Emerson clue, and the SF museum.
Unusually, I was 3/3 on DD, and got FJ. One of the few TS I got was the state song “where the buffalo roam”!
So, Ben does well, but opponents are in the dust. They need better contestants.
It was another clear runaway for Ben as he ultimately left the other two contestants far behind. Unless Ben had bet the store in FJ and lost, his chances of losing the game was nil. Anyways, I performed above average in the game, but flubbed the FJ as I never heard of ‘The Blue Man Group’.
I had no idea for the final.. does anyone else think Ben kinda looks like Vladimir Lenin?
I think it’s the oval head, but the goatee really sells it.
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