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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category World Geography) for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 (Season 41, Game 122):
Located on an island, in 2016 this world capital began following two different time zones
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Ryan Long, a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Atlanta, Georgia
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Ray Lalonde, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Today’s quarterfinal in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament is an intriguing matchup: a pair of superchampions in Ray Lalonde and Ryan Long are facing off against the 2000 Tournament of Champions winner in Robin Carroll. The Unified Prediction Model does have Robin as a favorite in this matchup—she has plenty of experience already at this level—but as we’ve seen in the tournament thus far, absolutely anything can happen.
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Correct response: What is Nicosia, Cyprus?
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The ongoing disputes surrounding the island of Cyprus led to time-related confusion in the capital of Nicosia in 2016. When Turkey decided to stay on summer time year-round in 2016, Northern Cyprus—currently only recognized by Turkey–announced that it would be following Ankara’s lead regarding time zones. This meant that Nicosia, the capital, had half of its territory on UTC+3 and half on UTC+2, leading to large amounts of confusion, especially when GPS-enabled cellular phones got confused and displayed the wrong time zone for users.
However—and I wish the clue today had mentioned this—by the autumn of 2017 the island was once again on a unified time zone. I should say that technically the clue is correct as worded, “began” is a correct statement—though I would imagine that some will claim the fact that the show didn’t say it has ended will mislead viewers. I feel as though “briefly followed” might have been a better choice of wording here.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Cities On The Lake; 2 Words, 4 Syllables; Oh, “I.C.”; Transportation Information; Nonfiction TV; Something To Read)
Ray had the best time early on, picking up 5 correct to take an early lead. After 15 clues, the scores sat at Ray $2,200 Robin $1,000 Ryan $1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Ray 5 correct 1 incorrect
Ryan 4 correct 1 incorrect
Robin 4 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Ryan really enjoyed being able to bring his family to the Tournament of Champions.
Robin got a Masters degree.
Ray regrets missing a clue about HMS Pinafore.
Robin had the best second half of the round, picking up seven correct—including the Daily Double—to vault into the lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Robin 11 correct 2 incorrect
Ryan 8 correct 1 incorrect
Ray 7 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Robin $5,200
Ryan $3,400
Ray $2,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Fascism; Getting Possessive; Olden Language; You Say You Want An Evolution; Film Composers; World Religion)
Ray found both Daily Doubles in this round, doubling up on the first, but not a second—which meant that while he was in a crush position, it wasn’t a runaway going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Ray 18 correct 4 incorrect
Ryan 14 correct 2 incorrect
Robin 18 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Ray $17,000
Ryan $9,800
Robin $9,200
This Final Jeopardy turned out to be a Triple Stumper; Ray advances to the semifinals on the strength of his lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Tonight’s results:
Robin $9,200 – $601 = $8,599 (What is Paris?)
Ryan $9,800 – $9,700 = $100 (What is Bangkok?)
Ray $17,000 – $2,601 = $14,399 (What is Copenhagen?) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION $1000 (clue #25)
Robin 3600 +1200 (Ray 3000 Ryan 3200)
2) FASCISM $1600 (clue #2)
Ray 4000 +4000 (Robin 5200 Ryan 3400)
3) GETTING POSSESSIVE $1600 (clue #20, $10800 left on board)
Ray 12400 +3000 (Robin 10000 Ryan 7800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 158
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Ray 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 5
Robin 5 5 1 2 5 3 3 4 5*
Ryan 2 1 2 3 2 4 5 2
DJ! Round:
Ray 3 4* 3 3 4 3 2 5 4*
Robin 1 2 5 4 3
Ryan 3 2 1 4 5 2
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Ray 3.59
Robin 3.43
Ryan 2.71
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.21 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Ray $13,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Robin $9,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Ryan $9,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,000
Lach Trash: $12,800 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Ray Lalonde, career statistics:
390 correct, 48 incorrect
26/30 on rebound attempts (on 56 rebound opportunities)
40.57% in first on buzzer (370/912)
18/22 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $43,800)
13/16 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,150
Robin Carroll, career statistics:
401 correct, 71 incorrect
30/39 on rebound attempts (on 76 rebound opportunities)
40.10% in first on buzzer (387/965)
24/29 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $45,600)
9/17 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,435
Ryan Long, career statistics:
433 correct, 73 incorrect
13/22 on rebound attempts (on 63 rebound opportunities)
41.04% in first on buzzer (442/1077)
14/23 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $21,000)
9/19 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,863
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Ray $17,000 Ryan $9,800 Robin $9,200)
Ray: Standard cover bet over Ryan is $2,601. (Actual bet: $2,601)
Robin: To have any chance of victory, you need to bet at least $5,200. Because there is no monetary difference between second and third, you might as well go all in. (Actual bet: $601)
Ryan: Bet at least $8,601 to cover Robin. (Actual bet: $9,700)
Updated JIT odds:
Matt +430
Roger +520
Luigi +650
Jaskaran +670
Raymond +720
Emily +1200
Ray +1300
Ben +1300
Juveria +2200
Shane +2700
Seth +5500
Jackson +8100
Claire +16000
Finals length odds:
2 games: +170
3 games: +110
4 games: +340
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I am so looking forward to tonight’s match – three excellent players with one from my city [Philadelphia]!
Easy peesy lemon squeezy. Triple get today
LOL, I think you meant triple stumper. 🙂
More like difficult difficult lemon difficult, amirite?
(Full disclosure: I didn’t get this, either ☹️)
I think we might be the only one’s to find this easy Ron. 😉
The first island nation that came to my mind was Cyprus, so my guess was correct.
You said Nicosia?
As correctly predicted, someone whose name begins with the letter “R” won the game.
Interesting that none of the players seemed to interpret the clue to mean that the city was on an island nation.
I’m a big fan of Ryan and hope he gets called back for a future tournament. He does need to play more aggressively to compete at this level, though.
What tournament does the winner of this tournament get to pla in?
The winner of this tournament gets to play in the 2025 iteration of Jeopardy! Masters – alongside Victoria Groce, Yogesh Raut, and James Holzhauer (the top 3 finishers from last year’s Masters), Neilesh Vinjamuri (the reigning ToC Grand Champion), and a sixth yet-to-be-announced slot saved for a producer’s pick (essentially a wild card).
I thought it was Male’, the capital of the Maldives. I believe I was overthinking, because I will say I am good at geography, but I hit my forehead with my palm after seeing the answer. An extremely difficult question, in my opinion, shown by the fact that none of them got it, although I can’t imagine guessing Paris or Bangkok. The guys were probably desperate for an answer, and they all are obviously brilliant. At least the Copenhagen guess was on the right track.
I’m sure there’s a logical reason behind Robyn’s FJ! wager, but considering she and Ryan had more than 50% of Ray’s total, it’s kinda strange she didn’t bet enough to go for the win there.
Maybe somebody on here has the answer on her strategy in terms of the wager?
I find no correct strategy to it and it’s unfortunate. She was a fun player to watch play for my first time seeing her.
This one came to me quickly, as I knew Cyprus was an island in the Mediterranean. I also remembered from history that it’s an island controlled by Turkey and Greece both and that led me to surmise a time zone issue. And Nicosia came to me at the same time.
As a side note, a friend of mine went to High School there at Tasis High School and that probably helped me too.
This is probably the first time that I have gotten FJ right when it was a Triple Stumper for the contestants.
I very much enjoyed this game and was glad to see 2 of my favorite players back in Ray and Ryan. Retro congrats to Ray on moving on to the Semifinals. So far it seems like these are going to be a great trio of Semifinals.
Looking forward to seeing fellow Packers fan Ben back tomorrow. 🙂 I have seen Claire play in High School reunion and have never seen Shane play, so I’m looking forward to it.