Final Jeopardy: European History (8-8-25)

TODAY’S JEOPARDY! RERUN: Final #1 of the 2025 Tournament of Champions that originally aired on 2/7/2025

The Final Jeopardy question in the category “European History” was:

At his trial, revolutionaries referred to the deposed Louis XVI with this last name, one used previously for a dynasty

Today is the first final match in the 2025 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. The finalists are: Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana; 9x champ Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, CA; and Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, PA.

The first to win 3 games will be this tournament’s grand prize winner.

Round 1 Categories: The Declaration of Independence – Flights of Fancy – 12-letter Words – Landmarks – Pole – Position

Adriana found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Landmarks” under the $800 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,800, $800 more than Neilesh in second place. Adriana made it a true Daily Double and said Aconcagua. That was WRONG.

Its name is Quechua for “Old Peak” show

WHAT IS MACHU PICCHU?

Neilesh finished in the lead with $3,800. Adriana was second with $3,400 and Isaac was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.

Continue to the original recap with the rest of the game, more information about Final Jeopardy! and 2 additional triple stumpers.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS CAPET?

King Louis XVI of France was forced to assume the name Citoyen (Citizen) Louis Capet by the National Convention after France was declared a republic in September 1792. The now former king was put on trial in December 1792, convicted of high treason and sentenced to death. He died on the guillotine on January 21, 1793. The former queen, now Antoinette Capet, was also called the Veuve (Widow) Capet. In October 1793, Marie Antoinette met the same fate as her husband.

The Capetian dynasty was founded in 987 by Hugh Capet, a descendant of Charlemagne. His direct descendants ruled France until 1328, and were succeeded by indirect descendants from the House of Valois and the House of Bourbon. Perhaps the National Convention chose to go all the way back to the surname Capet because a Bourbon was sitting on the throne of Spain.

These are the stumpers that are on page 2 of the original recap:

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ($400) Language condemning the British practice of this “execrable commerce” was removed despite objections

($800) The Declaration drew direct inspiration from ideas in this colony’s Declaration of Rights

12-LETTER WORDS ($600) A copy of an ancient Grecian urn, or how a species propagates

CEOs ($1200) O say can you see, Gail Boudreaux took over as CEO of this health insurance provider in 2017; it’s now called Elevance Health

INTO AFRICA ($1600) In December 2024 Joe Biden became the first U.S. president to visit this African country & its National Museum of Slavery

10/10 WINDS ($1600) According to Raymond Chandler, these desert SoCal winds make “wives feel the edge of the carving knife & study their husbands’ necks”