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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Historical Horses) for Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (Season 41, Game 138):
Named for an 1807 battle & valiant in one 8 years later, Copenhagen was this man’s steed; society ladies donned strands of his hair
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Adam Silverman, a scientist from Arlington, Massachusetts
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Ann Velenchik, an economics professor from Brookline, Massachusetts
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Alex DeFrank, an inventory specialist from Brooklyn, New York (3-day total: $75,600)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Alex DeFrank has, to date, picked up three wins on Jeopardy!; that might be enough for the Tournament of Champions—his 3 wins and $75,600 is above the average Tournament of Champions cutoff (assuming an identically-sized postseason to 2025), but it would certainly be a tense few months of scoreboard-watching for Alex if he were to lose today. One thing that stuck out to me is the occupation of one of the challengers: Ann Velenchik is an economics professor, which always leads me to wonder if she realizes how much of an overlap there is between Jeopardy! strategy and economics. There have also been a few fans who recognize Adam Silverman as a known quantity in the trivia world—I am expecting an interesting match today.
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Correct response: Who is the Duke of Wellington?
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Originally a racehorse in the few years after his birth, Copenhagen became the trusty steed of the Duke of Wellington, the victor in 1815’s Battle of Waterloo over Napoleon. Given a hero’s welcome upon their return, Regency-era fashion often contained jewelry fashioned out of strands of Copenhagen’s hair. He was named after the 1807 Battle of Copenhagen, where England attacked and destroyed the then-neutral Danish navy as Denmark was planning on allying with France; England wanted to render the Danish navy useless to France.
In solving this clue, 1807 + 8 brings you to 1815, which should be Pavlovian for Waterloo. I think a lot may get tripped up by the word “valiant” here and pick the loser at Waterloo—Napoleon. We shall see what happens.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: 10 Points For Slitherin’; Stick Up; Movies By Decade; Foreign Words & Phrases; Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation; The Who?)
Alex found the Daily Double on his opening pick of the round; he led after 15 clues on the strength of 9 correct response. After 15 clues, the scores were Alex $5,000 Ann $2,200 Adam $1,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Alex 9 correct 1 incorrect
Ann 4 correct 0 incorrect
Adam 2 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Adam ran a 5K wearing a carrot onesie. He lost to a banana.
Ann got in a gentle birthday prank war with her father.
Alex once witnessed a subway game of three-card monte in New York.
Alex picked up another seven correct to continue to lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Alex 16 correct 2 incorrect
Ann 7 correct 1 incorrect
Adam 6 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Alex $8,000
Ann $4,400
Adam $3,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Take Time For Books; Olympic Host City Attractions; Ballet & Opera; Pop Culture Anatomy; Embassies In Washington; Tough 7-Letter Words)
After finding DD2 early, Alex stayed in the opera category, which let Adam back into the game as the search for DD3 turned frantic. Adam thought DD3 was more likely to be in the embassy category, while Alex was right in that it was in the Olympic host city one—another $6,000 on DD3 for Alex, plus 16 overall correct responses in the round, meant Alex cruised to a runaway going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Alex 32 correct 2 incorrect
Adam 15 correct 1 incorrect
Ann 9 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Alex $37,400
Adam $13,000
Ann $6,000
Adam was the only player correct in Final—but Alex’s runaway makes him a 4-day champion. He’ll go for #5 tomorrow!
Tonight’s results:
Ann $6,000 – $0 = $6,000 (Who is)
Adam $13,000 + $0 = $13,000 (Who is the Duke of Wellington?)
Alex $37,400 – $10,600 = $26,800 (Who is Trafalgar? Love you Ashley) (4-day total: $102,400)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) 10 POINTS FOR SLITHERIN’ $1000 (clue #1)
Alex 0 +1000 (Ann 0 Adam 0)
2) BALLET & OPERA $1600 (clue #2)
Alex 10000 +7000 (Ann 4400 Adam 3000)
3) OLYMPIC HOST CITY ATTRACTIONS $1600 (clue #17, $10800 left on board)
Alex 22600 +6000 (Ann 6400 Adam 12200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 197
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Alex 5*
Ann
Adam
DJ! Round:
Alex 4* 3† 2† 3 4 3 4*
Ann 3
Adam 5 5 4 3 4 5 2 5 4
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Alex 3.50
Adam 4.11
Ann 3.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.22 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Alex $27,600 Coryat, 32 correct, 2 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Adam $13,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Ann $6,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $46,600
Lach Trash: $3,800 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,600
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Alex DeFrank, career statistics:
108 correct, 16 incorrect
4/6 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
47.37% in first on buzzer (108/228)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $21,800)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,600
Ann Velenchik, career statistics:
9 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,000
Adam Silverman, career statistics:
16 correct, 1 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,000
Alex DeFrank, to win:
5 games: 68.372%
6: 46.747%
7: 31.962%
8: 21.853%
9: 14.941%
Avg. streak: 6.162 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Adam getting Final Jeopardy correct might give him an outside shot at Second Chance, but we’ll have to see.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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I was clueless, went with Jackson who I know fought in the war of 1812 which was over by 1815 (Battle of New Orleans was in 1814 which I know thanks to the song), but grasped at the possibility there was something else that happened in 1815 on this side of the pond.
I went the same route to guessing Andrew Jackson. I knew lots of good horses in that time period were named for European places. I was rather disappointed afterward when looking up the name of Andrew Jackson’s actual warhorse — it was just ‘Duke’.
I went with Napoleon instead of the Duke.
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If the Duke of Wellington’s accomplishments was covered in my World History semester, I don’t remember it, so today’s Final Jeopardy clue answer meant nothing to me, as it seemed to be to one of the onstage players.
Apparently the Duke of Wellington’s warhorse wasn’t just arbitrarily named for the battle… it is believed that a General Grosvenor rode a mare named Lady Catherine at the Siege of Copenhagen while she was in foal [i.e., pregnant] with Copenhagen, which is how he got his name.
Followed exactly the path that Andy laid out for getting today’s final. I knew that Napoleon’s horse was named Morengo so that left the Duke of Wellington to be Copenhagen’s rider.
Today was a Triple A contest with Adam, Ann and Alex. Nice for Alex that he doesn’t have to do any scoreboard-watching or worry any for the rest of the season. He’s all but got a spot in the next ToC locked up, I should think.
I found it very intriguing that Andy wrote, “how much of an overlap there is between Jeopardy! strategy and economics. Would you care to elaborate on that, Andy?
Yeah, I went with Napolean.
That was quite the master class today by Alex! Retro congrats on that 4th win, that should place you into the next ToC.
Looking forward to tomorrow night to see if he can run it up to 5 games. 🙂 His 4 wins and tomorrow’s game were al taped on January 28th.