Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Figures (6-26-25)
Here are some more clues from the 6/26/2025 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.
LET’S “C” THE CRITTER ($400) This salmon species that can be more than 10 times the weight of a coho swims 2,000 miles up the Yukon to spawn
($2000) Found in the Mediterranean & now modeling for us, this eel is scaleless & carnivorous
LITERAL ANSWERS TO RHETORICAL QUESTIONS ($800) Your question raises an important point, Michael Bolton– many couples find sexual intimacy impossible without emotional connection [Note to Ken: “if we can’t be friends” is not part of the title]
A COUPLE OF THINGS ($200) They’re what the count counts during a baseball at bat
($2000) You can grab some Arabica or Earl Grey at this chain founded in 1963, & yes, we need the full name
THINKING ABOUT THE ENLIGHTENMENT ($2000) This Swiss-French philosopher’s “Confessions” created a fashion for similar intimate autobiographies
NATION-AL GEOGRAPHIC ($800) The Atlantic port of Banana sits at the mouth of this 2,900 mile long African river
($2000) Lake Nicaragua connects to this capitally named lake via the intermittent Tipitapa River
JUST THE FACTS ($400) In 2024, Adam Schiff struck out this former Dodger & Padre text in the race to fill Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHS
($200) 1924, in Plains, Georgia
($400) 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts
($600) 1913, in Yorba Linda, California
($800) 1874, in West Branch, Iowa
($1000) 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina
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1/3 on DD (surprisingly, only one was the Jane Austen), and had no clue on FJ. If I had to guess, it was either Billy Wisse or (more likely) Buzzy Cohen that wrote such a cutesy “what am I thinking) clue. Too clever for it’s own good.
That was a strange Final and a bit of a stretch to refer to her as the most hunted.
Decent crew tonight, even though Rocco was the shiniest star. Kiley coulda been a contenda, but too many whiffs, including that pretty easy first DD.
Knew the Chesterton clergyman’s surname, but momentarily forgot his religious title. I’d be deported from Oregon if I didn’t know the C-salmon. The baseball count and the former Dodger were both in my strike zone.
I don’t know what would have made anyone think of a celebrity rather than a criminal. Maybe if the category was paparazzi. Still, even though I can understand her brother’s grief, it’s a little over the top for him to say that when the Unabomber was caught in 1996 after an almost 20-year manhunt!