Final Jeopardy Clues: 2-3 to 2-7-25

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of February 3 through February 7, 2025.

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

Mon, Feb 3 – Correct answers: 2
PLACES OF DISASTER: In 1883 an old sailor didn’t know what its name meant but believed the natives “named it from the sound” show

Tue, Feb 4 – Correct answers: 2
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: About 80 miles from Vladivostok, its 11-mile land border with Russia is the shortest of that country’s 14 neighbors show

Wed, Feb 5 – Correct answers: 1
SCIENTISTS’ NAMES: The first man to observe bacteria & protozoa had a name containing the Dutch word for this much bigger creature show

Thu, Feb 6 – Correct answers: 2
ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY: Wadi al-Malekat in Arabic, this site near a similar & better known location was the burial place of Nefertari & others show

Fri, Feb 7 – Correct answers: O
EUROPEAN HISTORY: At his trial, revolutionaries referred to the deposed Louis XVI with this last name, one used previously for a dynasty show

The predominant number of correct responses in FJ! this week was 2. I think the clue about Russia’s shortest border was the easiest, as it has come up before. Only one player knew the big animal in a Dutch scientist’s name, and no one knew what surname France’s Louis XVI got stuck with after he was deposed. I had no clue on the big animal. On the other hand, I’ve known the ex-king’s surname a long long time.

This week’s winning scores:
Mon 2/3/24 $32,008 Drew Goins
Tue 2/4/24 $25,000 Adriana Harmeyer
Wed 2/5/25 $17,600 Isaac Hirsch
Thu 2/6/25 $13,899 Neilesh Vinjamuri
Fri 2/7/25 $5,400 Adriana Harmeyer

The above scores were not paid in real dollars. They were the top scores each day.

The show paid out 2 more $5,000 consolation prizes to these players in the last quarterfinal:
Mon Amar Kakirde, Lucas Partridge

$10,000 went to each semifinalist who lost:
Tue Ryan Manton, Will Wallace
Wed Mark Fitzpatrick, Amy Hummel
Thu Drew Basile, Drew Goins

Adriana Harmeyer, Isaac Hirsch and Neilesh Vinjamuri will return on Monday for the 2nd match in the Finals.

Here is the Friday’s Final Jeopardy round.