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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Around The World) for Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (Season 41, Game 153):
An online article about this landmark said, “The stones themselves look like they are crying” & mentioned “tears of…pain, hope & joy”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Andrew Hayes, a law student originally from Tupelo, Mississippi
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Courtney Martin, a public defender originally from Cedarburg, Wisconsin
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Mike Dawson, a technology manager from Portland, Oregon (3-day total: $57,000)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Mike Dawson of Portland has three wins under his belt and hopes to get win #4 today against a pair of legally inclined challengers: Wisconsin’s Courtney Martin (a public defender) and Mississippi’s Andrew Hayes (a law student). What makes this an intriguing matchup today is that if Mike lost today, he would pretty much be on the bubble for the Tournament of Champions; a fourth win would be crucial to move him off the projected cut line.
Also, tonight’s Celebrity Jeopardy! matchup, airing at 9:00 (8:00 Central) on ABC and CTV2, features Robin Thede, Natalie Morales, and Roy Wood Jr.; I think that is an intriguing matchup that could go in any direction.
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Correct response: What is the Wailing Wall (Western Wall)
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The article describing Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall, or the Western Wall, from today’s clue can be found at Chabad.org. It is an ancient retaining wall of the Temple Mount of Jerusalem, and one of the holiest sites in Judaism.
I’d say that this is a relatively topical Final Jeopardy clue, being that we are entering Passover season. (This is also a reminder that a number of show alumni put together a Jeopardy!-style Haggadah supplement many years ago for the Passover Seder.)
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: State Facts; A 2000-Era Mall Rat; Biblical Art; In The 3 “G” Network; Specific Potpourri; Clickbait Goes To The Movies)
Mike jumped out to a good-sized lead, but fell back to $0 after a Daily Double miss. After 15 clues, the scores were Andrew $2,400 Courtney $2,200 Mike $0.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Andrew 4 correct 1 incorrect
Courtney 3 correct 0 incorrect
Mike 5 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Andrew got to participate in moot court judged by Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Courtney honeymooned in Mexico where she got to swim with dolphins; the dolphins didn’t like her.
Mike finished second in an NPR pet photo contest.
Mike rebounded well from his miss, but Andrew picked up 8 correct to extend his lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Andrew 12 correct 1 incorrect
Courtney 4 correct 0 incorrect
Mike 11 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Andrew $5,800
Courtney $2,600
Mike $2,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Authors’ Appearances; Long Song Titles; Our Green Planet; 11-Letter Words; Past, The Duchy; On The Left Hand Side)
Double Jeopardy belonged to Andrew; he picked up 15 correct, found both Daily Doubles (going 1-for-2), and had a runaway game sewn up with 12 clues to play.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Andrew 27 correct 2 incorrect
Courtney 7 correct 1 incorrect
Mike 15 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Andrew $25,200
Courtney $4,200
Mike $2,400
Courtney was the only player correct in Final; Andrew is your new champion! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Mike $2,400 – $2,398 = $2 (What is the MLK)
Courtney $4,200 + $601 = $4,801 (What is the wailing wall?)
Andrew $25,200 – $0 = $25,200 (What is Mt. Rushmore) (1-day total: $25,200)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) STATE FACTS $1000 (clue #12)
Mike 4400 -4400 (Courtney 1600 Andrew 2600)
2) OUR GREEN PLANET $2000 (clue #5)
Andrew 9000 -1000 (Mike 2000 Courtney 1000)
3) 11-LETTER WORDS $2000 (clue #11, $17200 left on board)
Andrew 11600 +2000 (Mike 800 Courtney 3800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -94
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Mike 4 5 5 4 4 5*
Courtney 3 3 4
Andrew 4 5 5
DJ! Round:
Mike 4
Courtney 3† 3 4
Andrew 5 5 4 5* 4† 5 5*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Andrew 4.70
Courtney 3.33
Mike 4.43
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:
Andrew $26,200 Coryat, 27 correct, 2 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Courtney $4,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Mike $6,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,200
Lach Trash: $9,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,800
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Mike Dawson, career statistics:
80 correct, 11 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 21 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (80/228)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,400)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,050
Courtney Martin, career statistics:
8 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,200
Andrew Hayes, career statistics:
27 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $26,200
Andrew Hayes, to win:
2 games: 60.237%
3: 36.285%
4: 21.857%
5: 13.166%
6: 7.931%
Avg. streak: 2.515 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s runaway game means that no wagering suggestions will be posted.
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Frustrated with myself because when I saw the answer, it became obvious. The only answer I could come up with in the time crunch was Crazy Horse and I knew that wasn’t a realistic answer given the category.
Were you influenced by the old anti-littering ad where the actual Native American has tears in his eyes. [I’m pretty sure the actor WAS Native, but even if not, by “actual”, I meant it was a person, not a stone statue.]
Got this one right away. Tears were a great clue.
I thought of Stonehenge…so wrong…
Don’t beat youself up too much. I zeroed in on stones, ignoring the part of the answer clue that said the stones themselves looked like they were crying, and, initiallyy said Stonehenge as well, then Easter Island, If I had paid attention to the stones themselves looked like they were crying, MAYBE I would have come up with the Wailing Wall as a response, But since I didn’t we’ll never know.
Not just ‘one of the holiest sites in Judaism’, it is the holiest site in Judaism. Never liked the name ‘wailing wall’, I only refer to it as ‘the western wall’.
Upon reading this clue, I thought this was a gimme and it would be a Triple Get. Stones crying tears of pain, hope and joy practically defines wailing. I didn’t see how it could be anything other than Wailing Wall. Never thought of any other response until I saw the responses and some of the other comments. I can see how people could come up with some alternatives but I didn’t think of any when I responded. Just goes to show that sometimes things aren’t as easy as they seem on first blush.
I would think that some might come up with New Hampshire’s Old Man of the Mountain (which is on their state quarter) since it fell off in 2003 due to erosion so is now just rubble, but I don’t think hope and joy would be mentioned about those stones.
What is the answer to the april 9, 2025 episode what is a 10 digit bank account called?
11-LETTER WORDS $400: If your bank account has 10 figures, you’re in the 3-comma club as this
What is a billionaire?
I immediately thought “What is the Wailing Wall?” and was only not 100% sure because there is a lot of stuff in the world that I don’t know about, thus it might not be a slam dunk, but it was what I stayed with.
One would not have to be Jewish to know this one, but but if one were not Jewish [and I am not], then the chances of not knowing of it would go up.
I wonder if ‘Western’ Wall would have been accepted.
I’m sure it would since that is what it is more properly called.