Final Jeopardy: Boats & Ships (5-2-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/2/2025) in the category “Boats & Ships” was:
Nearly a century after her 1851 sporting triumph, she was a rotting hulk finally scrapped in 1945
3x champ Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, IN, is up to $76,415 now. In Game 4, his challengers are: Shweta Balasubramanian, a marketing manager from Pomona, CA; and Sam Sabulis, an attorney from Atlanta, GA.
Round 1 Categories: World History – A Little Bit of Lit – Beaver Fever – 4-Letter Synonyms – “Pop”-pourri – Radio
Ben found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Radio” under the $1,000 on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,200; nobody else was on the board. Ben bet all of it and he was RIGHT.
On October 31, 1938 the New York Times reported that “Many flee homes to escape ‘gas raid from Mars’” after this famous broadcast show
Ben finished in the lead with $5,600. Sam was second with $1,800 and Shweta was last with negative $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Governors – “A” is for Capital – Classical Music – From the Bronx – Echo-nomics – Fancy a Word?
Ben found the first Daily Double in “Governors” under the $1,600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $10,400, $9,400 more than Sam in second place. Ben bet $3,500 and he was RIGHT.
Her father Ajit Singh Randhawa was a professor at the HBCU Voorhees College in South Carolina show
2 clues later, Ben found the last Daily Double in “‘A’ is for Capital” under the $1,600 clue. He was in the lead with $13,900 now, $12,900 more than Sam in second place. Ben bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
This capital lies on the Anatolian Plateau, 3,000 feet above sea level show
Ben finished in the lead with a runaway $22,500. Sam was second with $7,800 and Shweta was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE AMERICA?
in 1851, the yacht schooner America went up against Britain’s Royal Yacht Squadron in a race to win the Hundred Sovereign Cup. The America “possessed exceptional windward abilities relative to other vessels of her time.” This video will show you why the America was so ahead of the crowd. Her 1851 victory resulted in the competition being renamed “America’s Cup.”
In October 2024’s America’s Cup, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s Taihoro beat Royal Yacht Squadron’s Britannia.
Shweta thought it might be the Titanic. She lost $680 and finished with $320.
Sam wrote down SS Rotting Hulk. He lost $2,611 and finished with $5,189.
Ben had nothing to offer but “What?” He lost $2,500 but won the game with the $20,000 he had left. Ben’s 4-day total is $96,415.
A triple stumper from each round:
RADIO ($400) In 2005 KYOURadio in San Francisco became the first major station to air only these, submitted by you, the listeners
“A” IS FOR CAPITAL ($2000) Khan Shatyr is a giant entertainment center in this city that took over capital duties for Almaty in 1987
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “TEAM NAMES”
An MLB team got this name in 1902 after some of its players defected to a new crosstown rival, leaving young replacements show
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Missed the show again, but from what I’ve read here, didn’t miss much. Nailed all 3 DDs and knew Final right away. Several of those stumpers were highly gettable: the margarine; “Fame” actress; Beantown orchestra (come on); Texas lottery governor; small fish governor; hygiene item; Stein quote; Cuban character; dead Chilean; Russian peasants (again, come on!). That’s $10K just among the stumpers. I almost never say this, but I think I could’ve beat this crew, although I didn’t see all the other clues. Knew the Almaty country but couldn’t think of the old capital quickly enough.
The 4-letter prima donna is a diva, not a divet.
I was 1/3 on DD, but got FJ. Got about 40% of TS.
Sam seemed a little quick on the buzzer. At least it’s a try.
Well, here we go again. It was another clear runaway for Ben as he absolutely trounced the challengers. As for me, (Yes, I did indeed get some of the DDs), I performed above average in the game. But seriously, the ‘Titanic’ for FJ? Well, that ship must have had nine lives then. However, I can’t be too hypocritical as my response was even worse. I mean, I came up with the Queen Mary for FJ although I knew that the ship was built in the early 20th century, and is still berthed in Long Beach, California.
Ben knows so many things, I’m actually astonished when I know some of the things he didn’t ring in on: Russian peasants, the lit stumpers, Disney movie, southern guv, TX guv, synonyms.
On the other hand, I wouldn’t have been too astonished if any of them figured out what the Bucky Beaver product. I thought it was gettable even for young’uns 🤣
Just by luck: I got the capital city that took over for Almaty because I happened to come across that tidbit very recently.