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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Images of 2024) for Tuesday, April 22, 2025 (Season 41, Game 162):
Item in common to a January 1889 self-portrait & several of those attending the 2024 Republican National Convention
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Kyle Dunn, an actor & director from New York, New York
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Sara Grady, an instructional coach from Nashville, Tennessee
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Liam Starnes, an undergraduate student from Barrington, Illinois (2-day total: $52,802)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Yesterday’s Jeopardy! saw UChicago undergrad Liam Starnes—younger than Ken Jennings’s original run on the show (Ken wasn’t the only person feeling old upon hearing that statistic)—become a 2-day champion following a come-from-behind victory in Final Jeopardy. Today, he faces off against Nashville’s Sara Grady and New York’s Kyle Dunn.
While two wins likely won’t be enough to see Liam through to the Tournament of Champions—he’ll very likely need a third—there’s a 75% chance we’ll at least see him again in Champions Wildcard, even if he loses today. (Feel free to prove me wrong on this count, Culver City.)
One further thing about today’s game that I am absolutely looking forward to: a BEFORE & AFTER category in Double Jeopardy.
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Correct response: What is a bandaged ear?
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Around Christmas 1888, Vincent Van Gogh removed his own left ear during a period of mental instability. A week after leaving hospital in January 1889, the famous “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear” was painted. Following the assassination attempt against Donald Trump during the 2024 election, many delegates to the 2024 RNC also sported bandaged ears.
This is also clearly going to be a Final Jeopardy clue conveniently forgotten about by most of the American right wing the next time they accuse Jeopardy! of being “too woke”.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Chat, Gps; Fast Food Slogans; Quite A Heist; Sports; “Rth” Day; Secrets Of The Penguins)
Sara and Kyle have their work cut out for them in the rest of this one; Liam picked up 10 correct and the Daily Double. After 15 clues, the scores were Liam $9,200 Sara -$600 Kyle -$800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Liam 10 correct 1 incorrect
Sara 0 correct 1 incorrect
Kyle 2 correct 3 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Kyle owes money to his therapist.
Sara adopted a cat when living in Turkey.
Liam is a big fan of Chicago sports teams.
Sara gave 6 correct after the break to get comfortably out of the red, while Liam picked up another 8 to keep a big lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Liam 18 correct 1 incorrect
Sara 6 correct 2 incorrect
Kyle 3 correct 4 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Liam $11,600
Sara $3,000
Kyle -$1,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Hot Spots; Music On Tv; Ancient Symbols; I’Ll Take That Action; Biographies & Memoirs; Before & After)
Kyle got closer by getting DD2, but Liam found DD3. Despite an incorrect response on DD3 and some impressive correct responses by all three players, Liam cruised to a runaway, clearing the 30 correct response mark by game’s end.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Liam 31 correct 3 incorrect
Kyle 12 correct 5 incorrect
Sara 10 correct 5 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Liam $24,400
Kyle $9,200
Sara $3,000
Sara was the only player correct in Final; Liam is a 3-day champ on the strength of that runaway. He goes for win #4 tomorrow!
Tonight’s results:
Sara $3,000 + $1,500 = $4,500 (What is an ear bandage?)
Kyle $9,200 – $9,200 = $0 (What is)
Liam $24,400 – $5,000 = $19,400 (What is elephant) (3-day total: $72,202)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) QUITE A HEIST $1000 (clue #14)
Liam 5800 +3000 (Sara -600 Kyle -800)
2) HOT SPOTS $1200 (clue #7)
Kyle 2000 +2000 (Liam 16800 Sara 3000)
3) BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS $1200 (clue #10, $20000 left on board)
Liam 18400 -2000 (Sara 3000 Kyle 6000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 141
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Liam 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 5*
Sara
Kyle 5 4 3
DJ! Round:
Liam 4 3 4 3*
Sara
Kyle 5 4 5 3* 5 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Liam 3.80
Sara 0.00
Kyle 4.22
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.19 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Liam $24,400 Coryat, 31 correct, 3 incorrect, 50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Sara $3,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 5 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Kyle $8,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 5 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,800
Lach Trash: $7,400 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,800
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Liam Starnes, career statistics:
66 correct, 9 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
37.43% in first on buzzer (64/171)
3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,390)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,733
Sara Grady, career statistics:
11 correct, 5 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,000
Kyle Dunn, career statistics:
12 correct, 6 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,400
Liam Starnes, to win:
4 games: 63.096%
5: 39.811%
6: 25.119%
7: 15.849%
8: 10.000%
Avg. streak: 4.710 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Due to today’s runaway, no wagering suggestions will be posted.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Liam is now 71.63% to qualify for the Tournament of Champions.
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I still remember the reactions to seeing so many people who clearly didn’t need bandages on their ear wearing them at the RNC last summer. Fastest get in a while, AND I’m at three FJ gets in a row for the first time all season! 😀
Woohoo MasterDoge! Keep running it! I just couldn’t get there today. When I saw the correct answer though, I was….oohh…duh me.
Discussion going on elsewhere: would just “bandage” be acceptable?
I say no, and I can’t imagine a contestant putting only that when FJ has always been about specificity, but the clue does just say “item”…
I don’t see how “bandage” could possibly be rejected. It clearly fits the clue, and there’s nothing pinning it more tightly.
I didn’t watch any of the Republican Convention so I didn’t have a clue to the answer.
Likewise.
I would have said bandange, period, and would have expected that to suffice. Although people online did use “ear diaper”.
Yeah, if you’re batting .500 on the day, there’s not much the other two players can do, eh?
I do not watch political conventions of any stripe, but this was, for me, any easy 2+2 get (with my usual disclaimers).
The reason behind Van Gogh’s missing earlobe appears to be a matter of continuing dispute. The story of my childhood that he mailed it to a woman of affection who had spurned him seems pretty well refuted. Most agree that it resulted from a drunken argument between he and Paul Gauguin. Some say it was the result of a drunken sword fight between the two, while others believe it was self-inflicted, though likely the result of inebriation. Either way, probably not great roommates.