Final Jeopardy Clues: 5-19 to 5-23-25

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 19 through May 23, 2025.

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

Mon, May 19 – Correct answers: 1
DRAMA: The first time a woman played a role on the professional stage in England, it was as this wife of a soldier in a play 50-some years old show

Tue, May 20 – Correct answers: 0
NFL GEOGRAPHY: It’s the state with the lowest population density that’s home to an NFL team show

Wed, May 21 – Correct answers: 0
WORLD NEWS 2024: Headlines read of the fall of Hama on December 5, Homs on December 7 & this city on December 8 show

Thu, May 22 – Correct answers: 1
BORN & DIED: He was born in Fürth, Germany in 1923, shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, & passed away in Connecticut in 2023 show

Fri, May 23 – Correct answers: 1 (out of 2 left in FJ!)
TIME: Eponymously named & in use for more than 1,600 years, it was based in part on concepts from the Greek mathematician Sosigenes show

It was a one or none week, with 2 triple stumpers and only 1 player getting Final Jeopardy! right on the other 3 clues. On Friday, there were only 2 participants in Final Jeopardy! I have no idea which clue was the hardest but I would nominate Thursday’s “Born or Died” clue for the easiest.

This week’s winners:
Mon 5/19/25 $27,300 Mitch Loflin
Tue 5/20/25 $13,599 Brendan Liaw
Wed 5/21/25 $25,199 Brendan Liaw
Thu 5/22/25 $20,600 Brendan Liaw
Fri 5/23/25 $25,601 Jim Carpenter

We had 3 champs this week. Returning champ Mitch Loflin won another game and a total of $35,700. Brendan Liaw took over on Tuesday and won 3 games and $59,398. Jim Carpenter took the honors on Friday and he will be the returning champ on Monday. Unlike the previous 2 weeks, nobody finished with less than $10K and Jeopardy! has to shell out $112,299 to this week’s winners. Compare that to last week’s $58,400!

Jeopardy! also paid out the usual $15K in consolation prizes. Mitch got $3,000 and Brandon got $2,000 of it.

Watch Brendan scoop up $10,000 from the $2,000 row in the last round of Tuesday’s game.

More videos on Jeopardy!’s YouTube channel

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