Final Jeopardy: NFL Geography (5-20-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/20/2025) in the category “NFL Geography” was:
It’s the state with the lowest population density that’s home to an NFL team
2x champ Mitch Loflin, a set decoration coordinator from Long Beach, CA, has won $35,700 so far. In Game 3, his challengers are: Brendan Liaw, a recent graduate & stay-at-home son from Vancouver, British Columbia; and Wendy Poush, a floor manager from Des Moines, IA.
Round 1 Categories: Take Me to Your Company Leader – TV Shows by Episode Titles – 18th Century Aviation – No Time to Say the Whole Word – At the Cemetery – That’s the End of the Line
Wendy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “At the Cemetery” under the $800 on the 10th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $2,600. Everyone else was in the red. Wendy made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
This burial place for the indigent & unidentified takes its name from the Bible show
Wendy finished in the lead with $6,200. Mitch was second with $2,400 and Brandan was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Alma Maters – Geometry – Starts With “U-N” – Plays & Playwrights – U.s. History – A + (Director’s Name) + (Word for a Movie)
Mitch found the first Daily Double in “Geometry” under the $1,200 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in last place with $3,600, $4,400 less than Brendan’s lead. Mitch made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
This geometric figure has 2 congruent & parallel polygons as its bases; its optical counterpart is more loosely defined show
Wendy found the last Daily Double in “A + (Director’s Name) + (Word for a Movie)” under the $1,600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $8,600, $600 more than Brendon in second place. Wendy bet $100 and she was RIGHT.
“Wonka” is “A Paul King” this 10-letter word for a sweet creation show
Brendan finished in the lead with $19,200. Mitch was second with $12,400 and Wendy was last with $11,900. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS NEVADA?
Nevada and Colorado are only two states with NFL teams in the top 15 U.S. states with the lowest population density. Here’s the complete list U.S. States by Population Density. (Click on the density column to sort the table.)
Maybe I can memorize the NFL teams from this NFL Teams by State list. Today, I had to compare both lists. Nevada (No. 9) is the right response to today’s clue. They have some trivia on the NFL page but it doesn’t mention that the former Oakland Raiders became the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020. Before 2020, Colorado (No. 15) would have been the answer to this clue.
Wendy went with Colorado. She lost $8,100 and finished with $3,800.
Mitch thought it was Indiana. That cost him $6,180 and left him with $6,220.
Brendan started out with “Wis” but settled on Minnesota. He lost $5,601 but won the game with the remaining $13,599. Brendan Liaw is the new Jeopardy champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
AT THE CEMETERY ($400) “Cemetery worker” is modern parlance for this job title that’s also the name of a famous monster truck
U.S. HISTORY ($1200) Winfield Scott proposed this snaky-named military plan to squeeze the life out of the Confederacy
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “SHAKESPEARE’S CHARACTERS”
Both of the names of these 2 lovers in a Shakespeare play come from Latin words for “blessed” show
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I pretty much hate geometry, but I liked the clue in today’s category that mentioned 🎶 “a drop of golden sun” 🎶
We got a triple stumper since today’s final was tough.