Final Jeopardy: American History (6-4-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/4/2025) in the category “American History” was:
He recalled that before an 1831 revolt, he had a vision of “white spirits & black spirits engaged in battle”
New champ Stella Trout, a software engineer orig. from Houston, TX, won $28,800 yesterday. In Game 2, she takes on these two players: Jay Borsom, a trivia content creator & DJ from Plainfield, IL; and Joey Quismorio, a product manager orig. from San Antonio, TX.
Round 1 Categories: Reelin’ in the Year – Beastly Television – Geographic Nicknames – Putting the Brand Back Together – Give Us the Short Version – Jeopardy! Strong
Stella found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Give Us the Short Version” under the $1,000 on the 1st pick of the round. Nobody was on the board. Stella bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
Cut the lizard-related part off & you’re left with this 4-letter shortened word, the “terrible” part show
Stella finished in the lead with $7,200. Joey was second with $2,200 and Jay was last with $1,100. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Reality, Fictionalized – Science Stuff – The Same Letter 3 Times – Colleges & Universities – The Ark of the Covenant – Sports Flicks
Stella found the first Daily Double in “College & Universities” under the $1,600 clue with 9 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $8,800, $600 more than Joey in second place. Stella bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
Daniel Webster, a grad of this Ivy League school, argued & won an important 1819 Supreme Court case on its behalf show
On the very next pick, Stella found the last Daily Double in “The Same Letter 3 Times” under the $2,000 clue. She was in the lead with $10,800 now, $2,600 more than Joey in second place. Stella bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
From the Latin for “iron”, it’s the specific job of someone who shoes horses & cares for their hooves show
Stella finished in the lead with $17,200. Joey was second with $9,400 and Jay was last with $4,200. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS NAT TURNER?
Nat Turner was an African American slave, who believed he was a prophet and often preached from the Bible. In August 1831, he led a rebellion called the Southampton Insurrection after the Virginia County it occurred in. It became more famously known as Nat Turner’s Rebellion or Revolt. What began with Turner and four other men grew into a group of 50 something rebels who killed over 50 whites.
While awaiting trial, Turner told his story to attorney Thomas Ruffin Gray, who published their conversations as “The Confessions of Nat Turner”. That is where the partial quote in today’s clue comes from. Here’s the full quote: “And about this time I had a vision—and I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle, and the sun was darkened—the thunder rolled in the Heavens, and blood flowed in streams—and I heard a voice saying, “Such is your luck, such you are called to see, and let it come rough or smooth, you must surely bare it.”
Jay went with John Brown and lost $3,000. Jay finished with $1,200.
Joey got it right. He bet $7,801 and finished with $17,201.
Stella went with Sitting Bull. She lost $2,000 and finished with $15,200. That made Joey Quismorio the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from THE ARK OF THE COVENANT:
($1600) The Ark disappeared around 587 B.C., possibly during the time of the capture of Jerusalem by this empire
($2000) After the Israelites entered the Promised Land, this people with whom they fought captured the Ark but returned it after 7 months
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “EUROPEAN COUNTRIES”
Of all the nations that border Italy, the one that didn’t exist in 1990 show
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I predict Joey to be a one day champ, unless he faces weak competitors. I, for one, was not impressed. The younger person “why did I ring in” seems hollow to me.
Competitive game, good challengers, although Jay was up and down more than the Dow Jones average. Joey stayed within range with a strong 2nd round. I blanked on the first DD and Final, got the other DDs.
Some strange responses. The Roman Empire in 1910? No one knew what city the Left Bank is in? Or the Mississippi’s famous nickname? I guessed the type of angel, the other stumpers were unkind. Didn’t see it in the stumpers, but I’m hardly shocked these youngstas didn’t know the year of the Watergate burglary.
It was another great game, and somewhat competitive. Anyways, I performed a little above average in the game, and went with Andrew Jackson for FJ. Sitting Bull? No!!!!!!! He appeared in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show around the turn of the century, and several decades later. Nat Turner? I never heard of him until now.