Final Jeopardy Clues: 2-17 to 2-21-25

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of February 17 through February 21, 2025.

Click on the dates to see the recap for each game.

Mon, Feb 17 – Correct answers: 2 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
LITERATURE & SICKNESS: Still around today, this strep infection that causes a rash has terrible effects in “Little Women” & the “Little House on the Prairie” books show

Tue, Feb 18 – Correct answers: 1
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: This landmark case was reported in the N.Y. Times not on the front page but in “News of the Railroads” show

Wed, Feb 19 – Correct answers: 0
THE ANCIENTS SPEAK: He wrote, “I must make the founder of lovely & famous Athens the counterpart… to the father of… glorious Rome” show

Thu, Feb 20 – Correct answers: 2
THE SOUTHWEST: 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” show

Fri, Feb 21 – Correct answers: 3
COMPOSERS: Yale takes credit for starting a commencement tradition when it gave this composer an honorary doctorate in 1905 show

The FJ! results ran the gamut from 0 to 3 this week. The “Ancients Speak” category on Wednesday was the toughie, while “Composers” on Friday was the only one everyone got right. Only one FJ! had 1 correct and the other 2 had 2. All in all, not a bad showing on the Alex Trebek stage for the 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.

This week’s winning scores:
Mon 2/17/24 $45,601 Matt Amodio
Tue 2/18/24 $21,800 Jaskaran Singh
Wed 2/19/25 $14,000 Emily Sands
Thu 2/20/25 $39,601 Raymond Goslow
Fri 2/21/25 $36,000 Roger Craig

The above scores were not paid in real dollars. What those 5 players really won is a spot in the semifinals. These 10 players went home with $5,000 each.

Mon: Hannah Wilson, Doug Molitor
Tue: Skyler Hornback, Margaret Shelton
Wed: Rachael Schwartz, Jonathan Fisher
Thu: Troy Meyer, Jackie Kelly
Fri: Maya Wright, John Focht

Here is the Final Jeopardy! round from Friday’s game.