Final Jeopardy: The Supreme Court (6-30-25)
Here are some more clues from the 6/30/2025 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.
CHINESE HISTORY ($1000) The Ming ruled from 1368 to 1644 between the control of these 2 “M” dynasties
BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS ($1000) A clever mouse warns various woodland predators about this imaginary monster with “terrible teeth in his terrible jaws”
WHAT’S THAT CALLED? ($1600) It’s the full-length robe worn by Catholic clergy: white for popes, red for Cardinals, black for priests
18th CENTURY ARTS ($1200) This furniture style with curved ornamentation got big in the mid-1700s; nice time to be a Chippendale
THE TITLE’S NOT IN THE LYRICS ($400) You’ll hear “I wanna show you off” repeatedly in this Doja Cat hit, but not the title place
($1600) We can’t repeat many of the words in her No. 1 hit “Hiss”, but the title’s OK
NO MAN’S LAND ($1600) This capital of South Australia was named for a consort of William IV
($2000) Yamoussoukro, a capital of this African nation, was named for a great-aunt of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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($400) The Mars rover committed felicide
($600) In the fashion of a corvid aloft
($800) Personally, everything is Hellenistic
($1000) Place to play baseball located within the untrimmed grass off the golf fairway
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I was 3/3 on DD, but said “Plessy v Ferguson”. I’m not a legal scholar (thank heavens).
Although I am in virtual lockstep with my pal Howard, I have to disagree as to accepting it either way, as it’s at least tradition, but may even be legally codified, that plaintiff goes first. I mean, you never hear “Madison v Marbury”!
I do believe Ken should have asked for more, instead of putting in the “I” for Charles, as to Eileen’s response.
However, just like I chuckled with the “Dora the Explorer” clue a few weeks back, “Did you get that? Good!”, I had to laugh out loud with the skull while Ken was emoting the Hamlet clue. Ken does show some entertainment chops. I still hold that he is best, the ne pas ultra, THE most superior celebrity player on “The $100,000 Pyramid”. If you are paired with him, you are winning, full stop.
Yes, it definitely had to be Bush v. Gore. What was being challenged was the Florida Supreme Court’s ruling in Gore v. Harris.
As an aside, I have seen reference lines in letters between attorneys where the defendant was named first but, in those instances, it always read “adv” instead of “vs” — like this: Gore adv. Bush.
I too thought it was plaintiff first, which confuses me because didn’t Secy of State Katherine Harris rule Bush the winner by 537 votes? Which, in my mind, would make Gore the plaintiff once it hit the Supremes. Several of my college classmates became lawyers, but I decided that 16 years of education was enough for me.
Howard, there were 3 cases after Bush was certified the winner:
1. Gore contested Bush’s certification in the Leon County Circuit Court and lost.
2. Gore lost and appealed to the Florida Supreme Court (Gore et al v. Harris), which reversed the Circuit Court’s finding.
3. Bush took it to the U.S. Supreme Court and won.
Terrific comeback by Dave after missing that very gettable DD (which I blanked on). But I cringed when the guy from NC said “George II” as the namesake of the Carolinas. I learned who it was a few years ago and made sure I wouldn’t forget.
I immediately said Bush v Gore for FJ, although I later thought it might be Gore v Bush. I honestly thought they’d accept it either way.
Almost got the microscopic pores clue, but omitted the last 2 letters.