Final Jeopardy: The Southwest (8-21-25)

TODAY’S JEOPARDY! RERUN: The 4th quarterfinal in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament that originally aired on 2/20/2025.

The Final Jeopardy question in the category “The Southwest” was:

The 4-syllable name of this city is almost identical to its namesake town in Spain, except that the Spanish one has an extra “R”

The players are: 2022 College Championship 1st runner-up, Raymond Goslow, a library tech consultant from Marietta, GA; 6x champ Troy Meyer, a music exec orig. from Cleveland, OH; and 4x champ Jackie Kelly, a developer orig. from Philadelphia, PA.

Round 1 Categories: Asian Geography – Movies With Champions – Baby & Toddler Products – Political Lingo – A Dual Meaning – Seems Like Old Times

Troy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Seems Like Old Times” under the $800 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in second place with $2,800, $2,000 less than Raymond’s lead. Troy bet it all and he was RIGHT.

Historians use “The Long 19th Century” to refer to the 125-year period between the starts of these 2 European cataclysms show

WHAT ARE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND WORLD WAR I?

Raymond and Troy finished in a tie for the lead with $7,400. Jackie was second with $1,600. All clues were shown.

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There were 2 triple stumpers in MOVIES WITH CHAMPIONS:

($400) “I’ll make it”, says H.S. basketballer Jimmy Chitwood about a shot to win the title in this film & spoiler (not really)–he does

($600) In a 1979 sequel this “Master of Disaster” & “Count of Monte Fisto” goes down, & Rocky Balboa wins the crown

The players got all the clues in 10-LETTER WORDS:

($400) Bungee jumping is one activity that will give you this type of “rush”
($800) A November 2024 outbreak of this was linked to cucumbers, causing a recall
($1200) This synonym for surrender comes from Latin for “little head”
($1600) How perfect that this word for a solid figure with 10 faces has 10 letters
($2000) For the title of a memoir, Gore Vidal used this fancy word for a manuscript in which layers of writing are superimposed

10-LETTER ANSWERS show