Final Jeopardy: The Ancients Speak (8-20-25)
TODAY’S JEOPARDY! RERUN: The 3rd quarterfinal in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament that originally aired on 2/19/2025.
The Final Jeopardy question in the category “The Ancients Speak” was:
He wrote, “I must make the founder of lovely & famous Athens the counterpart…to the father of…glorious Rome”
The players in QF#3 of the 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament are: 2023 CWC winner Emily Sands, a benefits consultant from Chanhassen, MN; 1994 ToC winner Rachael Schwartz, a scientist from Berkeley, CA; and 11x champ Jonathan Fisher, an actor orig. from Gables, FL.
Round 1 Categories: Authors Not Authoring – Let’s Play Sports – Classical Music – Liquor is Quicker – Lack of Energy – I’m “Dragon” Today
Rachael found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “I’m ‘Dragon’ Today” under the $600 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was the only one on the board with $1,200, everybody else was in the red. Rachael bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
This book’s title character is “Armansky’s star researcher…a pale, anorexic young woman who had hair as short as a fuse” show
Rachael finished in the lead with $3,200. Jonathan was second with $2,800 and Emily was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Continue to the original recap with the rest of the game and more information about Final Jeopardy!
This game had beaucoup triple stumpers!
AUTHORS NOT AUTHORING ($200) This Arthur, er, author, was knighted for his work in & about the Boer War
($1000) In his early 20s this poet who wrote “A Season in Hell” wanted a season abroad; he quit poetry & traveled the world
LET’S PLAY SPORTS ($1000) Named for a tough hockey HOFer, a Gordie Howe hat trick is scoring a goal, earning an assist & doing this
CLASSICAL MUSIC ($1000) In 1931, 20 years after his death in Vienna, his 9th symphony had its U.S. premiere by the Boston Symphony
LACK OF ENERGY ($600) This word is found in the names of 3 now-decommissioned nuclear power plants, following Vermont, Maine & of course Connecticut
($1000) Rapid clicking when you try to start your car is a sign of cold cranking, a problem with this item
THE ABCs OF ARCHITECTURE ($2000) C is for this column with female figures named for Greek maidens
RECEDING HEIR-LINES ($800) Carlos I of this nation & his son were slain in 1908; another son, Manuel II, would take over, but by 1910 a republic was born
TOUGH VOCAB ($800) French for great generosity it starts with a word for very big
($1600) The Latin for “cage” may have given us this word via flattery
THE ELEMENTS ($1200) Iron combines with oxygen to make ferric oxide, aka this mineral named for its blood red color
ISLAND MOUNTAINS ($2000) On New Zealand’s South Island: this mountain also known as Mount Cook
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I still got it wrong – AGAIN!!
That was a tough one!