Final Jeopardy: Phrase Origins (5-29-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/29/2025) in the category “Phrase Origins” was:
An 1845 article called “Annexation” was the first appearance of this 2-word phrase implying inevitability
New champ Thomas Sweeney, a survey technician from Morrow, OH, won $16,401 yesterday. In Game 2, he competes against: Anne LaGatta, a college professor orig. from Moorestown, NJ; and Geoff Barnes, an analyst from Washington, D.C.
Round 1 Categories: Mortal Matters – Fruit – Words Found in Juicy by Biggie – Ghosting – The Great Squall – Of China
Geoff found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Of China” under the $600 on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,600, $3,200 more than Thomas in second place. Geoff made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Acupuncture’s origins lie in correcting the disharmony between these 2 cosmic principles show
Geoff finished in the lead with $8,400. Anne was second with $4,000 and Thomas was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Leading From the Front – On the Map – Religious Structures – Blended Words – Celebrity Women – Uh Oh, Here Comes “A.I.”
Thomas found the first Daily Double in “Leading from the Front” under the $1,600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in last place with $3,000, $8,200 less than Geoff’s lead. Thomas made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Military genius Gustavus Adolphus made Sweden a power in this war but died leading a charge at the 1632 Battle of Lutzen show
Geoff found the last Daily Double in “Uh Oh, Here Comes ‘A.I.’” under the $1,600 clue on the 14th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $12,800, $8,000 more than Thomas and Anne, who were tied in second place. Geoff bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT in the nick of time!
For Zyrtec, it’s cetirizine hydrochloride show
Geoff finished in the lead with a runaway $23,000. Anne was second with $9,600 and Thomas was last with $4,800. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS MANIFEST DESTINY?
John O’Sullivan was founder and editor of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review. He wrote a lengthy essay in 1845 in favor of westward and southern expansion. He coined the phrase “manifest destiny” to support his claims that it was predetermined by Providence that Americans “overspread the continent.” “Manifest destiny” only appears once in the whole article. It’s in the last sentence of this excerpt from “Annexation”, and quite a run-on sentence it is!
Whatever O’Sullivan’s true beliefs were, he went on to support the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Thomas had no response. He bet and lost his whole $4,800.
Anne went with “lost cause.” She lost $9,500 and finished with $1.00.
Geoff got it right. He bet $1,000 and won the game with $24,000. Geoff Barnes is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
GHOSTING ($200) In this 2023 horror comedy from Disney, Jared Leto voiced the Hatbox Ghost
LEADING FROM THE FRONT ($1200) Omar Bradley said the bravest thing he ever saw was this general, the son of a president, leading men under fire at Utah Beach
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “COUNTRY NAMES”
The first current country to include its particular religion in its full name, it also has that religion in the name of its capital show
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Saw only the first few minutes and FJ, enough time to see the first DD was a cinch, and Final was also pretty easy (although some people on the J! FB page thought it was eminent domain, not a bad guess, but the true answer tied in with inevitability). The 2nd DD I picked the wrong # of years’ war; the 3rd was a piece of cake.
I could tell in those first minutes that Geoff was likely to blitz his opponents.
Surprised no one knew the Chinese gooseberry. Same for Chandon’s partner. Guessed right on the seed equivalent. Knew the murder mystery, saw it in London in 1971. The R&R HoF electee wasn’t that difficult. (Coincidentally, I visited it last month.) Wow, a lot of stumpers tonight!
Idk, in my mind, annexation and manifest destiny are so closely related, I honestly thought that they wouldnt even have to think about it.
Of course with the runaway, I figured someone might not bother to answer.