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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category U.S. Cities) for Thursday, March 20, 2025 (Season 41, Game 139):
Named for a 1775 battle, this city contains the graves of John Breckinridge & Henry Clay
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Cameron Berry, a data analyst & college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts
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Hillary Hess, an export policy analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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Alex DeFrank, an inventory specialist from Brooklyn, New York (4-day total: $102,400)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Yesterday, Alex DeFrank became the 466th person to win at least four times on Jeopardy! in regular play. Today, he hopes to become the 283rd five-time champion. Hillary Hess of Arlington, Virginia and Cameron Berry of Brighton, Massachusetts are hoping to end Alex’s run at four games. Interestingly, due to the scheduling of JIT a couple of weeks ago, Alex is looking to run the tape day; he will have done so if he wins today.
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Correct response: What is Lexington, Kentucky?
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Less than two months after the Battle of Lexington in 1775, a group of frontiersmen named a site in what was then Kentucky County, Virginia, after the battle. Today, it is the second-most populous city in the state of Kentucky. Two of its most famous 19th century political sons were Vice President John C. Breckinridge and famed Senator, Speaker, and Secretary of State Henry Clay; their resting place today is Lexington Cemetery.
Even as a Canadian, I found this to be a relatively straightforward clue, knowing that Henry Clay and John Breckinridge were both from Kentucky; from there, it was a simple matter of matching Kentucky places to early Revolutionary War battles.
I find it ironic that the show ran a Final Jeopardy clue about Lexington during March Madness; the state of Kentucky basically got extra preemptions this week because their local stations wanted to run a local March Madness preview yesterday. Though, to be fair, having seen Lexington prominently on the preemptions list earlier in the week may have put the city in a more easily accessible place in my brain.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, March 20, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Poets & Poetry; That’s A Fact; 3 Meanings, One Word; TV Show By Google Search; Let’s Roll The Dice; Yangtze!)
Cameron got off to a rocket start today; he had 7 correct, including a True Daily Double, to take a big lead after 15 clues. At the break, the scores were Cameron $6,800 Hillary $2,200 Alex $200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Cameron 7 correct 0 incorrect
Hillary 3 correct 0 incorrect
Alex 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Cameron watched every Best Picture Oscar winner during the pandemic lockdown.
Hillary has a mother who won 3 days on the Art Fleming version.
Alex browsed J! Archive on his café’s old POS system.
Cameron picked up another six correct responses to continue to lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Cameron 13 correct 1 incorrect
Hillary 5 correct 0 incorrect
Alex 8 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Cameron $9,400
Hillary $2,600
Alex $2,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Art Of The State; The 1300s; Ancient Greek Theater; The Song Of Roland Drum Machines; Plant Lore; ____ Of The ____)
Fans hoping for Alex to make it to 5 wins will get increasingly disappointed watching this round; five incorrect responses kept his score down as he couldn’t find either Daily Double. Meanwhile, Hillary left $2,500 on the table on DD2, went back to the same category immediately afterwards (and didn’t regain control again) and Cameron picked five $400 clues, eventually finding DD3 on clue 29 of the round. He did pick up 14 correct in the round, though—which was enough to give him a runaway going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Cameron 27 correct 2 incorrect
Hillary 9 correct 1 incorrect
Alex 16 correct 8 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Cameron $28,600
Hillary $7,500
Alex $4,000
Alex was the only player correct in Final; Cameron’s runaway makes him the new champion! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Alex $4,000 + $4,000 = $8,000 (What is Lexington?)
Hillary $7,500 – $7,500 = $0 (What)
Cameron $28,600 – $4,000 = $24,600 (What is Charleston?) (1-day total: $24,600)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) 3 MEANINGS, ONE WORD $800 (clue #7)
Cameron 2400 +2400 (Alex -400 Hillary 1400)
2) ANCIENT GREEK THEATER $1200 (clue #19)
Hillary 5000 +2500 (Alex 3200 Cameron 17400)
3) ____ OF THE ____ $800 (clue #29, $400 left on board)
Cameron 24200 +4000 (Alex 4000 Hillary 7500)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 167
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Alex 5 5
Hillary 3 2
Cameron 4 5 4*
DJ! Round:
Alex 5 4 3 5 5 2 5 5 3 4 5
Hillary 4 3 4 3* 2†
Cameron 2 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 3 1 2 2*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Cameron 2.50
Alex 4.31
Hillary 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:
Cameron $23,800 Coryat, 27 correct, 2 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Alex $4,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 8 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Hillary $6,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $34,000
Lach Trash: $8,800 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,200
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Alex DeFrank, career statistics:
125 correct, 24 incorrect
4/7 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
45.96% in first on buzzer (131/285)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $21,800)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,280
Hillary Hess, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,200
Cameron Berry, career statistics:
27 correct, 3 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $23,800
Cameron Berry, to win:
2 games: 68.136%
3: 46.425%
4: 31.632%
5: 21.553%
6: 14.685%
Avg. streak: 3.138 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- For what it’s worth, from a purely economic standpoint, I generally cheer for the defending champion—web traffic generally increases as a contestant’s run gets longer.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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“U.S. Cities” category + “1775 battle” = one of Lexington and Concord, and I knew that John Breckinridge was from Kentucky, so that narrowed it down pretty significantly and I got to Lexington from there.
Not bad for sleep-deprived MasterDoge, huh?
Similarly, as soon as I saw “1775 battle,” I thought of Lexington and Concord. I was familiar with Lexington, Kentucky, but not Concord, Kentucky, so I went with Lexington. It’s also similar to what Andy wrote.
I also got it right, but from Henry Clay rather than the other guy.
Clay County is the name of 18 counties in the United States with 16 of those being named for Henry Clay and I went through elementary and high school in one of those, but I did not remember anything about him. When I catch one, I like to watch these half-hour shows on PBS that are about famous old cemeteries and I think at least one I saw was in Kentucky, so I’m wondering if I’d therefore been shown about those graves in the clue and totally did not recall it.
For “1775 battle,” I could only think of “Lexington and Concord” but I subconsciously thought the necessary response would be a city named for a “battle”, not a city in one place named for a city in another place (that had had a battle there) so I kept trying to think of names of other Revolutionary War battles. 😬
I’m going to use as my excuse that I grew up in Tennessee and was taught Tennessee history, but not only was not taught Kentucky history, but there was (and still is) more of a rivalry than a comradery between the two states, so I imagine that even in our U.S. History classes Kentucky was given short shrift. [Could that date back to Tennessee going Confederate and Kentucky remaining Union? Maybe, but I suspect that it had more to do with the long border between them and them actually being so very much alike.]
I have a strong feeling that we will see Alex in the TOC next year…4 day champ with over $102,000.
Unfortunately, MasterDoge, I wasn’t sleep deprived, and, couldn’t place Clay or Beckinridge as being from Kentucky. I got as far as 1775 being a year from the American Reolution.
I know that this Final Jeopardy answer was written months ago, this game taped before many people realized that NCAA first and second round Men’s (D1 basketball) Tournament games are being played this weekend at Rupp Arena, on the campus of the University of Kentucky, LEXINGTON, KY.
I think ‘Jeopardy!’ [Sony?] knows far enough ahead of time when they plan to air certain episodes such that this episode could be planned (though I would assume that they do not let the contestants know). I’m pretty sure that the dates and locations for the March Madness games are set more than a year before, maybe longer. Also, the Jeopardy! writers would not KNOW what teams would be playing at all, especially when and where, but the Kentucky Wildcats are always a powerhouse basketball team. I don’t think they’ve failed to make it into the tournament in over 50 years and are often in the Final Four.
Hi Lisa! When you go to a taping of Jeopardy, as it’s getting ready to start, Sarah will announce the Jeopardy episode number and the day it will be aired. But, because the wildfires out here, the taping for JIT was done after this show, so Sarah would have been announcing to the crowd and production crew that this was episode TBD and date of airing TBD as well. And that’s because they didn’t know how long JIT would last exactly and truly had no idea when these last 10 regular season games would air. 🙂
Thanks, I had forgotten about most tournaments being variable/unknown lengths, but at the time the writers were writing their clues they would not have anticipated wildfire interruptions and March Madness lasts for 3 weeks so it seems like there is still a chance that it could have been intended to air by at least shortly before MM started (when there is already hype/promotions for it).
I agree Lisa!
The holiday that follows Memorial day is NOT junteenth 6/19 but Flag day 6 /14
Flag Day isn’t a federal holiday.
Here’s the list of 11: https://www.commerce.gov/hr/employees/leave/holidays
What would make Flag Day a holiday?
An act of Congress 🇺🇲.
Andy, aren’t you missing a sentence or so at the very beginning of your write-up [FJ! explanation]?
It’s not a hashtag error; that is to say, the missing sentence isn’t hidden in the source code.
P.S. Bo Horvat
Well, I’m sure the dummy tonight! My brain sees and here’s 1775 and says “Civil War”….so I guessed Gettysburg. I hate when I do that!
Definitely an interesting game tonight. Kind of a weird tour de force win for Cameron, but Alex being in his 5th straight taping game of the day looked pretty tired and I think that’s the reason for so many misses from him today. It was also great to see Hillary make it onto Jeopardy when her mom did so in the 1970’s.
Have a great Friday everyone and we’ll see if Cameron can get win #2! 🙂
We are so frequently almost subconsciously dropping “18th Century” to “1700s”, “17th Century” to “1600s”, etc., that I wonder if you subconsciously did it backward when dealing only with the numeric dates without mention of centuries 😉. [Of course there was an additional 10-or-so years discrepancy, but I’d assume that was from not expecting it to be necessary to zoom in on the exact year when thinking of battles per war.]
I think my brain just fried! LOL
Hey Jeff! I always read your comments very carefully and appreciate your thoughtfulness.
I confused Gettysburg [Civil War] and Valley Forge [Revolutionary War] recently when my girlfriend Bridget and I recently visited the latter for the first time.
I was deeply moved by the inscriptions on the several monuments.
Hi Rick. Thank you for the kind words. And yes, I would think that would be a very moving experience.