Final Jeopardy: South American Cities (5-14-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/14/2025) in the category “South American Cities” was:
GPS technology has determined that a popular monument near this capital was built about 800 feet too far to the south
2x champ Andrew Jones, a graduate student from Queens, NY, has won $26,400 so far. In Game 3, his challengers are: Jen Johnson, a communications manager from Timonium, MD; and Brandon Monsman, a bartender orig. from Cleveland, OH.
Round 1 Categories: We Are Really Going to Stump You – On Guard – Knives Out – Picture the Hit Song – 2 E or Not 2 E – That is the Question
Brandon found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Knives Out” under the $800 on the 13th pick of the round. He was in last place with $1,000, $1,200 less than Andrew’s lead. Brandon bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Referees in this sport carry a knife called a tanto, to symbolize their willingness to commit seppuku if they make a bad call show
Andrew finished in the lead with $4,400. Brandon was second with $3,600 and Jen was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Trick or Treaty – Authors’ Homes – Jesus Had a Day – Fun Around the U.S. – Big Box Office Energy – Rhyme Time
Jen found the first Daily Double in “Authors’ Homes” under the $1,200 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. She was in last place with $2,400, $2,000 less than Andrew’s lead. Jen bet all of it and she was RIGHT.
Some years after vacating the “Old Manse” he purchased a home from the Alcotts & called it “The Wayside” show
Andrew found the last Daily Double in “Rhyme Time” under the $1,600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,600, $800 less than Brandon’s lead. Andrew made it a true Daily Double and thought it was something that rhymed with lament. That was WRONG.
A compulsion to sing a song of mourning show
Brandon finished in the lead with $8,400. Andrew was second with $8,000 and Jen was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS QUITO?
The first of Enjoy Travel’s “7 Interesting Facts about Middle of the Earth in Ecuador” states that the monument called La mitad del mundo (Middle of the Earth) is located in the San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, 16 miles north of the center of Quito, Ecuador’s capital. No. 6 addresses the findings that the monument isn’t really at 0 latitude: “A reading by one of the most commonly used GPS devices places the Monument to the Equator about 243.84 metres (800 feet) south of the Equator.”
Also interesting: The Less Famous Mitad Del Mundo
Jen got it right. She bet $2,401 and finished with $8,401.
Andrew went with Buenos Aires. That cost him $1,999 and left him with $6,001.
Brandon also got it right. He bet $8,000 and won the game with $16,400. Brandon Monsman is the new Jeopardy! champ.
Reversal: ($2000) Uproarious noise emanating from a disagreement over how a sentence was constructed – Ken was looking for “grammar clamor” and rejected Jen’s “grammar yammer”; the judges gave Jen the thumbs up (as you probably suspected they would).
2 triple stumpers from JESUS HAD A DAY:
($1200) On this mount that towers over Jerusalem, Jesus commandeered a colt to ride to the city
($1600) Some in Jerusalem violated the 10 Commandments by bearing this, saying they heard Jesus planning to destroy the temple
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “U.S. NATIONAL MEMORIALS”
Efforts recently began to reintroduce 2 species of oyster to help restore the contaminated waters of this, a national memorial show
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Jen originally had 2,000 but was awarded 4,000 more so she went into Final with 6,000.
Well, actually, Jen had 5,600 when she got that clue and it should have been ruled correct right then and there.