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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 21st Century Television) for Wednesday, April 2, 2025 (Season 41, Game 148):
The creator of this series that premiered in 2018 pitched it as “‘The Godfather’ in Montana”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Brina Ratangee, a graduate student from Nashville, Tennessee
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Lee Henry, a high school teacher from Arab, Alabama
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Bryce Wargin, a post market surveillance coordinator from Kansas City, Missouri (2-day total: $39,200)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Bryce Wargin is now a 2-day champion on Jeopardy! following a very strong runaway win on yesterday’s show. Today, he faces off against Lee Henry and Brina Ratangee. This is an important game for Bryce—as things stand now, he is just 45.22% to qualify for Champions Wildcard, assuming an identical postseason as 2025 (and unlike what some other prognosticators think right now, I don’t think we can assume any changes are forthcoming.)
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Correct response: What is Yellowstone?
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Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan originally pitched the series, which aired for five seasons on Paramount, as a film, using the tagline from today’s clue as its pitch. The series, which stars Kevin Costner as John Dutton III, follows the Dutton family and its Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, bordering on the Broken Rock reservation and Yellowstone National Park. It has also spawned spinoffs 1883, 1923, and The Madison.
Thankfully, I was familiar with the existence of Yellowstone as a series, which allowed me to get this Final Jeopardy clue correct. I believe that “knowing that Yellowstone is a thing and this would best fit the clue” is the way to get this Final correct, which might lead me to believe that this might play easier for contestants than it would viewers at home.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Let’S Get Pact; Common Bond Cuisine; 7-Letter Words; Placing The Song; I Love You; To The Moon & Back)
Brina only had 3 correct responses, but one of them was a Daily Double. She led after 15 clues; the scores were Brina $2,800 Bryce $2,400 Lee $1,200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Brina 3 correct 0 incorrect
Bryce 7 correct 1 incorrect
Lee 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Brina ran into the US Olympic bobsled team at a History Bee event.
Lee has been in the contestant pool since Ken was first a contestant.
Bryce moves around the country with his PhD-holding spouse.
All three players kept playing well; Brina led by just $200 after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Brina 6 correct 0 incorrect
Bryce 10 correct 3 incorrect
Lee 6 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Brina $3,800
Bryce $3,600
Lee $2,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: World Geography; Punctuation; Farewell To France; Without A Paddle; British Monarchs On Film; The Dead Never Sleep)
Bryce broke today’s game open by doubling up through DD2. It took a very long time to find DD3—and it went Brina’s way, ensuring Bryce still lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Bryce 17 correct 3 incorrect
Lee 18 correct 7 incorrect
Brina 11 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Bryce $15,600
Lee $10,000
Brina $2,316
Everyone was correct in Final Jeopardy; that makes Bryce a 3-day champion! He’ll go for win #4 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Brina $2,316 + $1,600 = $3,916 (What is… Yellowstone? (Love you mom + dad! + sam))
Lee $10,000 + $9,999 = $19,999 (What is Yellowstone?)
Bryce $15,600 + $4,600 = $20,200 (What is Yellowstone?) (3-day total: $59,400)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) LET’S GET PACT $600 (clue #8)
Brina 1800 +1000 (Bryce 1000 Lee 200)
2) WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1600 (clue #4)
Bryce 4400 +4400 (Lee 3600 Brina 4200)
3) PUNCTUATION $2000 (clue #26, $3600 left on board)
Brina 1000 +916 (Bryce 15200 Lee 8800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 201
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Bryce 5 4 3 2 5
Lee 1
Brina 4 3*
DJ! Round:
Bryce 4* 5† 2† 1† 5 3
Lee 1 2 3 4 5 4 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 2 4 2
Brina 3 5 1 5*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Bryce 3.55
Lee 2.82
Brina 3.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.20 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Bryce $12,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Lee $10,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 7 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Brina $3,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 3 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $25,800
Lach Trash: $13,800 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $14,400
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Bryce Wargin, career statistics:
60 correct, 10 incorrect
7/8 on rebound attempts (on 21 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (54/171)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,733
Lee Henry, career statistics:
19 correct, 7 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Brina Ratangee, career statistics:
12 correct, 3 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,916)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,000
Bryce Wargin, to win:
4 games: 57.100%
5: 32.604%
6: 18.617%
7: 10.630%
8: 6.070%
Avg. streak: 4.331 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- A reminder that in order to go from a correct response to an incorrect one, twice the value of the clue needs to be deducted from the contestants’ score. The fact that the judges went back to the tape—and are willing to do so—are one reason why phrasing complaints are out of bounds here, per the Site Comment Policy.
- Bryce is now 57.28% to qualify for the ToC and 97.70% to qualify for at least Champions Wildcard.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Bryce $15,600 Lee $10,000 Brina $2,316)
Bryce: Standard cover bet if $4,401. (Actual bet: $4,600)
Lee: Bet at least $1,200 to have any hope of victory; if you bet no more than $5,637, you’re guaranteed second place as well. (Actual bet: $9,999)
Brina: You’re basically playing for second here. I would bet between $2,084 and $2,314; while Lee could lock you out, his most likely bets that let you back in for second are $5,601, $9,999, or $10,000, and this defends against those three bets best. (Actual bet: $1,600)
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I don’t watch television, so I knew I was in trouble. I managed to come up with the answer, but not until long after the music ended.
Never watched it, but have seen the advertisements for it many times, so thinking of a show that might take place in Montana, I correctly guessed ‘Yellowstone’.
Jeopardy! Was prempted in Chicago because of ABC News coverage of President Trumps announcement of tariffs.
I have seem ads for Yellowstone, but it was the “Godfather in Montana” proposal line that gave it to me, almost as soon as I read it.
It was pre-empted in Birmingham, AL, because of CBS News coverage of the same event. I had wanted to see if Johnny Gilbert pronounced Lee Henry’s hometown correctly (it’s “Ay-rab”, with a long “A” and has nothing to do with the Arabian Peninsula).
Sorry you were preempted. I hate when that happens.
But you’ll be happy to know that, by my untrained ear, it sounded like Johnny pronounced “Arab” how you described it.
Watched a few episodes but didn’t find it interesting. But it was enough to get me to the correct response
Before I finished reading the FJ clue, I knew the correct response…what TV show was based in Montana and began in 2018…All three should get this correct…how many times has that been said?
Got stuck between Yellowstone and Twin Peaks, having seen neither I went with Twin Peaks :/
Hi, Nick. Didn’t “Twin Peaks” premiere circa 1990 or, at least, the early 90’s? Probably, you were referring to some later iteration of it but that would most likely still put it before 2018 if my memory serves me correctly.
As others have mentioned, without ever having seen even one episode, there have been so many commercials and spinoffs of this show, it was easily identifiable as the correct response. Easily a Triple Get as was proved by the contestants; almost too easy.
I had seen the first season of Yellowstone and guessed it even though it did not seem that “old” (though I realize now that back then I would not have been able to see it until a year or two after it premiered). I was unsure about the “Godfather” aspect, but was sure about “Montana”.
The show I nearly guessed even though I’ve never seen it and do not know its location or premiere year was Animal Kingdom, but since I never remember its title, only “that crime family let by a woman they call Smurf”, I couldn’t choose to guess it.
A TV category is usually an automatic 0 for 5 for me, but just being aware of the existence of Yellowstone was enough here. I’ll take it.
You really did a disservice to the contestant by taking $4,000 away. I don’t understand how your team did understand his response. We clearly understood it at home.
Michael:
You do realize that the deduction was because it wasn’t in the form of a question, right?
You know, the literal most important rule on the show?
I honestly find these complaints online tonight the most baffling thing in the entirety of the 13 years I have been writing for this website, considering what the deduction was for.
You know Andy isn’t the judge? Are you stupid?
1) “Contestants are usually given a warning when they forget to phrase their answer in question form!” Yes – in the Jeopardy round. In Double Jeopardy, no such warning is offered; it’s an automatic wrong answer.
2) You act like the ruling singlehandedly ruined Lee’s odds of winning. Breaking news – it didn’t. Actually, it probably ultimately ended up being more of a disservice to Bryce – who would have walked away from this game with roughly $8,000 more had the response been accepted. The total money Lee lost out on thanks to this ruling is exactly $0.00.
3) This is a fan-run site. Andy is not affiliated with the show; he is just a fan. A longtime fan who has provided years of exceptional, well-researched, and very useful (for former and future contestants) work to the community, yes, but a fan nonetheless.
The ruling was correct, it affected nothing, and you’re just embarrassing yourself. End of story.