Final Jeopardy: Movie Titles (6-9-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/9/2025) in the category “Movie Titles” was:
This title of a Hollywood blockbuster is a national symbol of Gabon
2x champ Nikhil Joshi, a veterinarian orig. from Montville, NJ, won $20,199 last week. In Game 3, he is up against: Ted Nyman, a startup founder from San Francisco, CA; and Jackie Rogoff, a writer & library student from Santa Cruz, CA.
Round 1 Categories: The American Revolution – Logo-a-Go-Go – Quasi-Stupid Answers – “in-” & “-out” – Bird Song – Let’s Talk About Pollution
Jackie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “American Revolution” under the $600 on the 6th pick of the round. She was in second place with $1,800, $800 less than Nikhil’s lead. Jackie bet all of it and she was RIGHT.
When a mob of colonials pelted British soldiers with snowballs, they opened fire, killing 5 in an act dubbed this bloodletting show
Jackie finished in the lead with $7,000. Nikhil was second with $4,800 and Ted was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: World Geography – Scientific Rhyme Time – The Renaissance – That Food is People! – Grammys for Best Spoken Word – Say Goodbye to a Good Book
Jackie found the first Daily Double in “The Renaissance” under the $1,600 clue on the 8th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $10,200 now, $3,400 more than Nikhil in second place. Jackie bet $2,000 and said Da Vinci. That was WRONG.
Francis Bacon wrote, “We are much beholden to” this Italian, “and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do” show
Jackie found the last Daily Double in “Scientific Rhyme Time” under the $800 clue on the 18th pick of the round. In the lead with $15,400, she had $5,800 more than Nikhil in second place. Jackie bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.
A naked runner carrying a wide-mouthed lab vessel show
Jackie finished in the lead with a runaway $23,600. Ted was second with $11,000 and Nikhil was last with $10,400. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “BLACK PANTHER”?
“Black Panther” was the second highest grossing film in 2018. It is based upon the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. Chad Boseman played T’Challa, King of Wakanda, and the superhuman Black Panther. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created Black Panther, who first appeared in July 1966 in a Fantastic Four comic (#52).
Gabon is an African nation that gained full independence from France in 1960. The black panther (la panthère noire) was adopted as one of its national symbols in 1963 and 2 black panthers are shown on the nation’s coat of arms.
Who’s copying who? Just for the record, the Black Panther Party in the United States was founded in October 1966.
Nikhil wrote down TCBW and told Ken it stands for “things could be worse.” He lost $601 and finished with $9,799.
Ted got it right. He bet $10,500 and finished with $21,500.
Jackie responded with “Hi Mom!” She lost $1,599 but won the game with the remaining $22,001. Jackie Rogoff is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ($800) Joseph Brant, a chief of this Iroquoian people allied with the British, made life tough on patriots in much of New York
SAY GOODBYE TO A GOOD BOOK ($2000) Raymond Chandler wrote “The Long Goodbye” as well as this novel that was adapted into the movie “Murder, My Sweet”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY”
The name of this woman, the product of an incestuous union, means “against birth” show
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Excellent challengers, Jackie was delightful, good game, but I was hoping for a non-runaway so the guys would have a chance. And for a 37-year-old reason, I know exactly how Ted feels. But at least he’ll be a 2nd-chancer if that’s ever a thing again. I got only the middle DD and not FJ. They left a couple of cupcakes uneaten: the rounded shapes and the unmerciful weather. If Ted gets those two, he has a golden chance to tie or maybe win the game.
We had another competitive game, and Jackie emerged as the new Jeopardy champion. Congratulations Jackie! Hmmmm……….I performed somewhat below average in the game, and missed the FJ. With a few exceptions, I simply have avoided watching the newer films as most of them weren’t worth my time. In fact, I never even heard of the 2018 ‘Black Panther’ film until now, and I certainly didn’t know the national emblem of Gabon.
I felt for Ted when he was the only one to get FJ! He put in a valiant effort to catch up and prevent a runaway. If only he had stayed away from that Scientific Rhyme Time category!