Final Jeopardy: UNESCO World Heritage Sites (5-26-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/26/2025) in the category “UNESCO World Heritage Sites” was:
The first 12 sites added to the list in 1978 included Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado & this site 500 miles to the north
New champ Jim Carpenter, a retired music professor & conductor from Charlotte, VT, won $25,601 last Friday. In Game 2, he is up against: Judith Friedman, a software engineer from Los Angeles, CA; and Miles Tepper, a graduate student from Pacific Grove, CA.
Round 1 Categories: In the Stars – Name Changers – You Get a P+ – Culture, in the Popular Sense – Sound – Advice
Judith found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Name Changers” under the $800 on the 4th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,600, $800 more than Jim in second place. Judith made it a true Daily Double and came up with Teddy Roosevelt. That was WRONG.
This U.S. President was born with the surname Blythe; he later took the name of his stepfather show
Jim finished in the lead with $6,600. Judith was second with $5,000 and Miles was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: It Happened One Leap Year – German Nobel Literature Laureates – One Vowel, 3 Times – You Seem Distant – From the Movie Soundtrack – Guys Named Richard
Judith found the first Daily Double in “You Seem Distant” under the $800 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in second place with $9,400, $200 less than Miles’ lead. Judith bet $5,000 and this time, she was RIGHT.
In July 1846 the Mormon Battalion was formed for this war, but they were in Iowa, so they marched about 2,000 miles to San Diego show
On the very next pick, Judith found the last Daily Double in “It Happened One Leap Year” under the $1,600 clue. She was in the lead with $14,400, $4,800 more than Miles in second place. Judith bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT again.
The USA’s first public telegraph line opened for business in 1844 with the dispatch of this 4-word biblical message show
Judith finished in the lead with $23,000. Miles was second with $16,000 and Jim was last with $13,000. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK?
The first 12 sites designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1978 included 2 from the USA: Mesa Verde National Park & Yellowstone National Park. If you have the time and the interest, you can learn a bit about all 12 sites in this video.
The 12 sites actually came from 7 countries. One site was designated the first site when a country had 2 sites and Yellowstone got that honor for the USA. See Wikipedia for the list showing the 6 other sites designated first (F).
Jim got it right. He bet $12,000 and finished with $25,000.
Miles drew a blank. He lost $10,001 and was left with $5,999.
Judith also got it right, too. She bet $9,001 and won the game with $32,001. Judith Friedman is the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from GERMAN NOBEL LITERATURE LAUREATES:
($400) Nelly Sachs accepted her 1966 Nobel Prize in this country, her home since she had taken refuge from Nazi Germany in 1940
($2000) A former seminary student, he won in 1946 for works like “Knulp” & “Demian”, combining the sensual & the spiritual
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “MEMORIALS”
The Vietnam War crypt at this memorial has been empty since the remains once there were identified & moved to St. Louis show
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Now that was a good game. Even before she took the lead, I was thinking that Judith was so likable and charismatic. That’s good on her that she won.
I was thinking Miles might have a shot at Second Chance, but I don’t know how missing FJ with no response will affect that calculus.
I was 3/3 on DD, but missed FJ. Yellowstone just, for the briefest moment, was in my mind, but blew away as quickly as possible. I went with Devil’s Tower, even as I recalled that that same response was an FJ several weeks ago.
No Jason, in fact, ‘Devil’s Tower’ was in one of the FJs only last week.
What a competitive contest! I guessed FJ right and thought all 3 DDs were on the easy side, along with several of the $2000 clues. Surprised Judith didn’t nail that first DD. It wasn’t readily guessable, though, you had to know it, same for the same-sex marriage state.
Gerald Ford was another president born under a different name.
Ulysses Simpson Grant, too. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant, but there was some mix-up at West Point. I don’t recall specifics!
Well yes, the first DD was absolutely a shoo-in. I mean, how could anyone have flubbed that one?
I don’t think many people who were born during that president’s tenure would remember that fact about him, assuming they came across it somewhere along the line.
What a splendid game, and a competitive one to boot. Congratulations to Judith for being the next Jeopardy champion! Well, I did quite well in the game with the FJ being an obvious giveaway.
Congrats to Judith! Good show! Still, I was thinking it would really have been something if Miles was the one who got $10K from the Daily Doubles. Then he would have had $26K vs. Jim and Judith tied at $13K.
What a way to celebrate Memorial Day. All three players had three excellent scores making this a competitive match.