Final Jeopardy: TV (7-3-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/3/2025) in the category “TV” was:
“Lord of the Flies” inspired this series as did the 1994 film “Heavenly Creatures”, which starred one of the show’s actresses
2x champ Jason Singer, a real estate agent from Portland, ME, has now won $48,801. In Game 3, his opponents are: Katy Doll, an instructor of American studies orig. from New Orleans, LA; and Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Geography Filed Under “T” – Dropouts – International Players Anthem – Fun With Heteronyms – Bloom – Bust
Scott found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Bloom” under the $600 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,000, $1,800 more than Jason in second place. Scott bet $3,000 and tried marigold. That was WRONG.
This flower whose name comes from the Greek for “gold flower” is used both ornamentally & to make tea show
Scott finished in the lead with $6,200. Jason was second with $4,200 and Katy was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Exciting Librarians – The Eagle Has Landed – Describing Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Winners – The Great Depression – Questionable Book Titles – Change the First 3 Letters of 6
Jason found the first Daily Double in “The Great Depression” under the $1,600 clue on the 8th pick. He was in the lead with $8,200 now, $800 more than Scott in second place. Jason bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Named for a Senator & a House representative, this 1930 tariff act put pressure on the financial recovery show
Jason got the last Daily Double in “Describing Golden Globe Best Motion Picture” under the $1,600 clue on the 13th pick. In the lead with $16,400, he had $9,000 more than Scott in second place. Jason bet $5,000 again but this time, he couldn’t pull out the film’s name so he was WRONG.
In 2023: TFW [That feeling when] you watch home movies & realize your mom was having an affair the whole time show
Jason finished in the lead with $17,000. Scott was next with $16,600 and Katy was in third place with $5,600. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “YELLOWJACKETS”?
Debuting in 2021, “Yellowjackets” is about an all-girl soccer team from New Jersey on a trip to Seattle when their plane crashes. Left stranded deep in the wilds of Canada, the lengths they take to survive come back to haunt them as adults. The “Lord of the Flies” inspiration is readily apparent. Three seasons have already aired on Showtime, with a 4th expected next year.
“Heavenly Creatures”, on the other hand, is a 1994 film concerning the twisted friendship of 2 teenagers, Juliet and Pauline, that culminates in the murder of Pauline’s mother. It was later discovered that one of the killers, Juliet Hulme, became best-selling author Ann Perry. Talk about “stranger than fiction”!
Melanie Lynskey played Pauline in “Heavenly Creatures” and in “Yellowjackets”, she is grown-up Shauna.
Katy got it right. She bet $1,600 and finished with $7,200.
Scott was also right. He bet $1,000 and finished with $17,600.
Jason went with “Lost”. He lost $16,201 and wound up with $799. That made Scott Riccardi the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
BLOOM ($1000) Single Victorian men signaled romantic availability by wearing this alliterative blue bloom
QUESTIONABLE BOOK TITLES ($2000) “Can You Forgive Her?” is one of the Palliser novels by this Victorian who wrote hefty books in long series
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “20th CENTURY LIT”
Squashing the allegory theory, the daughters of the author of this novel say it’s “just a story about rabbits” show
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2/3 on DD (no idea on the flower), but got FJ, despite never having seen even one episode.
Maybe it’s just my bias, but, I still don’t dig the “strategic” wagers in FJ. It’s a BIG leap to think someone else is going to miss. Or, like the guy tied yesterday. Now, he’ll just be another forgotten contestant (I didn’t see much “Second Chance-y” about him). If I ever get on, you won’t see a numerically bad wager from me, or something that you have to cogitate over for minutes on end after the fact.
Oh, and, one day late – they kept on the Alex mispronouncing Latin. “Koh-ghee-toe”, not “Kahj-i-toe”. All Cs and Gs in Latin are hard!
Reminds me of a joke. Rene Descartes is in a bar. Bartender says, “Hey Descartes, you want another beer?” Descartes stops for a minute, then says, “I don’t think so” – and, he disappears!
I’ve heard of Yellowjackets and that it has something to do with crash survivors, but I said “Lost.” I watched Melanie Lynskey for years on “2 1/2 Men,” but found out only recently she’s from New Zealand. (Watched “Lost” twice and decided it was too weird.)
Missed the first DD but got the other two, although I kind of stumbled over the Spielberg film, which I did see. Knew Seacrest’s alma mater and no other stumpers. He mentions it on “Wheel” often.
Scott’s FJ wager was brilliant, locking out Katy, and I’m glad he won. Ironically, if Jason had hit the final DD and finished with $27K, Scott would have wagered large and won a lot more money. Close games with high scores sometimes result in big payoffs.
I dont think I ever came across any articles or previews for Yellowjackets or Heavenly Creatures. The only thing I’ve watched on Paramount+ is Mobland and that was recently.
I 100% thought I had the final with “Lost”…. Never heard of Yellowjackets.