Final Jeopardy: British Royalty (9-4-25)

TODAY’S JEOPARDY! RERUN: The second final in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament that originally aired on 3/6/2025.

The Final Jeopardy question in the category “British Royalty” was:

In the 12th C. after walking barefoot, this man stripped down & allowed himself to be flogged by dozens of monks

It’s Game #2 in the 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament finals, featuring: Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, NY; Roger Craig, an applied scientist from Arlington, VA; and Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario.

It’s first to win 2 games in this Tournament. Matt Amodio won the first game so we’re about to find out if the Tournament will end today or continue tomorrow.

Round 1 Categories: Speech! – 2024 Wordles, Defined – Canadiana – Also a Boat – Women in Sports – What’s for Lunch?

Roger found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “2024 Wordles, Defined” under the $1,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in last place with $600, $1,800 less than Juveria’s lead. Roger bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

Part of the NATO phonetic alphabet: _ _ _ V _ show

WHAT IS BRAVO?

Matt finished in the lead with $5,200. Juveria was second with $4,600 and Roger was last with $3,400. All clues were shown.

Continue to the original recap with the rest of the game and more information about Final Jeopardy!

Triple stumpers:

ALSO A BOAT ($600) New Englanders call soft-shelled clams these, in reference to the way they’re best cooked

($1000) If you want bang for your buck when bingeing beer, ask for this kind of wide-mouth glass

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? ($1000) This north African dish of poached eggs in a spicy tomato sauce isn’t just for breakfast; plus its imitative Arabic name is fun to say!

COLLEGE SEALS ($1200) On Harvard’s seal 3 open books spell out this Latin motto

THE MAGMA MOVEMENT: ($1200) The stuff is sloshing around in the Socorro Magma Basin below a rift bisecting New Mexico & bearing the name of this river

($1600) 4 billion years ago the Earth was a hellscape of magma oceans; from the Greek hell, it has the near-rhyming name this “eon”

5-LETTER GEOGRAPHY ($2000) This South Pacific island nation, a cradle of Polynesian culture, was governed by New Zealand until 1962

ADVERBS ($1600) Rob Lowe named his podcast this, like his character’s catchphrase on “Parks & Recreation”