Final Jeopardy: Women of History (5-15-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/15/2025) in the category “Women in History” was:
Regarding the idea of “Women first,” she queried, “Women demand equal rights on land – why not on sea?”
New champ Brandon Monsman, a bartender orig. from Cleveland, OH, won $16,400 yesterday. In Game 2, he competes against: Neeraj Borle, an investment first managing director from New York, NY; and Nick Marino, a mechanical engineer from San Francisco, CA.
Round 1 Categories: First Lines of Hit Songs – Bestselling Nonfiction – The Early 21st Century – A Barrel of Monkeys – “Amp”ed Up – You Put Me on the Supreme Court
Nick found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “You Put Me on the Supreme Court” under the $600 on the 16th pick of the round. He was tied in the lead with Brandon at $3,000, $400 more than Neeraj in last place. Nick bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Hot dogging it & appointing Felix Frankfurter; he wanted to add 6 more all at once but it didn’t happen show
Nick finished in the lead with $5,600. Neeraj was second with $3,600 and Brandon was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Desert Menu – A Category Good – Royal Roles – The Name on the Disease – “L.O.” – Sailor
Neeraj found the first Daily Double in “A Category Good” under the $2,000 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,800, $800 more than Nick in second place. Neeraj bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
In French, it’s normal for the noun to come first, as in this 2-word term for a spy who incites others to engage in illegal acts show
Nick found the last Daily Double in “The Name on the Disease” under the $800 clue with 7 clues left after it. He was tied in the lead with Neeraj at $11,600, $5,600 more than Brandon in last place. Nick bet $2,600 and he was RIGHT.
It’s the singular last name of Thomas, a doctor whose name is on the malignant disease of lymph tissue he described in 1832 show
Nick finished in the lead with $14,200. Neeraj was second with $12,400 and Brandon was last with $7,200. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS MARGARET (MOLLY) BROWN?
At first blush, the statement in the clue reads like the speaker is lobbying for something she thinks women ought to be entitled to on land or sea, but it is quite the opposite. In her article “Equal on Land and Sea”, Kristen Iversen explains that Margaret Brown, a famous survivor of the Titanic, believed that the “women and children first” protocol in maritime disaster was “a false standard of conduct.” Brown felt that many men who died in the 1912 Titanic disaster should have saved themselves for the sake of their families.
In the article, Kristin Iverson is the author of “Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth”. She says Margaret Brown was never really known as “Molly” in her lifetime. That hasn’t stopped anyone from continuing to refer to Brown as Molly. Indeed, Ken Jennings told today’s panel the correct response to FJ! was “the Unsinkable Molly Brown.”
Brandon went with Amelia Earhart, though he spelled it Aerhart. He stood pat on his $7,200.
Neeraj was going for Phyllis Schlafly though his “Schafly” spelling would have disqualified him if it was her. He lost $8,000 and finished with $4,400.
Nick had Roosevelt. Ken presumed he meant Eleanor. Nick lost $10,601, leaving him with $3,599. So Brandon Monsman remained the champ with a 2-day total of $23,600.
A triple stumper from each round:
YOU PUT ME ON THE SUPREME COURT ($1000) Choosing who would be a future Chief Justice in William Rehnquist
“L.O. ” ($2000) The Southern U.S. is dotted with these evergreens used for shade & shelter
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “BILLBOARD NO. 1 HITS”
Billy Joel said, “I think the one time I didn’t write the music” before the lyrics was for this 1989 hit, “and I think it shows” show
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Pretty tight game, although I’ll comment on the outcome in a minute. FJ stumped me, even though I’d taken a tour of her Denver home in 2006. Got all 3 DDs, didn’t find them too challenging. There were a couple of goofy answers: Beatles instead of Marx Bros, “Sailor Jim” instead of the (stumper) answer.
Got the Rehnquist president, pop culture icon, Scottish writer, and Conrad novel title.
Neeraj could and should have won the game, if not for his bonehead wager. He was likely going to win only if Nick missed Final. He trailed him by $1800. The most Brandon could have won was $14400 if he went all-in and got it right. So Neeraj’s proper wager was $2001, which would lock out Brandon even if both got FJ correct, and win the game if Nick wagered big, which is what he did and was expected. He missed FJ, which would have given the win to Neeraj had he gone small.
OK, for one: I was 3/3 on DD, but missed FJ. I said “Grace Hightower”..That was wrong for two reasons: 1. Grace Hightower was Robert DeNiro’s significant other and 2. I was thinking of Grace Hopper. I thought she was the first female to get a star in the US Navy, but I was even wrong at that. Oh my.
Now, an interesting connection. Too bad the writers weren’t so clever that they didn’t ask for the first name for the shaking palsy. That was James Parkinson, while the “Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome” (WPW), of the heart, was Sir John Parkinson. People that don’t know might think they are the same person, but, although first names start with J, that’s where it ends. Unlike Charcot, with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, and the Charcot joint, and Charcot-Leyden crystals (among, literally, many others) that’s all the same Charcot. And, this the interesting – who called it “Parkinson’s Disease”? Jean-Martin Charcot!
I, for one, tire of “the contestants don’t know (anything) about (anything)”.
I, for another, am sick of that myself
Wow, that was some tough FJ. Well, I’m quite sure that Margaret (Molly) Brown would have quickly offered a different opinion on the matter if the situation was reversed.
That was a tough final as we got a triple since the male contestants don’t know about women.
Wow! I felt sorry for those guy getting that Final clue. It worked out for Brandon anyway.