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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category South American Cities) for Wednesday, May 14, 2025 (Season 41, Game 178):
GPS technology has determined that a popular monument near this capital was built about 800 feet too far to the south
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Brandon Monsman, a bartender originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Jen Johnson, a communications manager from Timonium, Maryland
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Andrew Jones, a graduate student from Queens, New York (2-day total: $26,400)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Andrew Jones is a 2-day champion; however, his winnings are currently just $26,400. With winnings that low, his best chance of postseason qualification right now will likely come if there’s a change in field size between the 2025 and 2026 postseasons. Today, he goes for a very important third victory against bartender Brandon Monsman and communications manager Jen Johnson.
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Correct response: What is Quito, Ecuador?
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There’s a definite advantage on this clue to having been a longtime reader of The Jeopardy! Fan: On April 14, 2020, on a Final Jeopardy clue about Ecuador, I wrote specifically about this phenomenon, stating that the issue with the heavily-promoted Mitad del Mundo monument not actually being on the Equator was the result of a French surveying error. Mitad del Mundo was built as a result of the first Geodesic Mission of the French Academy of Sciences in 1736, which placed the Equator about 240 meters (790 feet) south of its true location. Interestingly, prior civilizations in the era were able to successfully find the Equator–the Catequilla ruins in the area were placed in the proper equatorial location.
Obviously, having written about this exact phenomenon before, this was a very easy Final for me; otherwise, barring actually knowing about this, I think the best way in is to ask the question, “Why would it matter if something is about 800 feet too far south?”—which would hopefully then bring you to the correct response.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: We Are Really Going To Stump You; On Guard; Knives Out; Picture The Hit Song; 2 E Or Not 2 E; That Is The Question)
Brandon doubled up through the Daily Double, but it was Andrew who led at the break after six correct responses. At the interviews, the scores were Andrew $3,800, Jen $2,000, Brandon $2,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Andrew 6 correct 1 incorrect
Brandon 2 correct 0 incorrect
Jen 4 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Brandon is on the show after his grandfather predicted as much.
Jen got dealt a royal flush in video poker in Vegas.
Andrew has a large VHS collection.
Andrew picked up another five correct to continue to lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Andrew 11 correct 2 incorrect
Brandon 7 correct 2 incorrect
Jen 6 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Andrew $4,400
Brandon $3,600
Jen $2,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Trick Or Treaty; Authors’ Homes; Jesus Had A Day; Fun Around The U.S.; Big Box Office Energy; Rhyme Time)
Jen doubled up through DD2, while Andrew fell back to $0 with an incorrect True Daily Double on DD3. However, Andrew had an excellent comeback, re-taking the lead…until an ill-advised incorrect response on the round’s penultimate clue gave Brandon the lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Brandon 12 correct 4 incorrect
Andrew 23 correct 5 incorrect
Jen 11 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Brandon $8,400
Andrew $8,000
Jen $6,000
Both Jen and Brandon were correct in Final, making Andrew’s late incorrect response moot in terms of the ultimate result. Brandon’s your new champ, and he’s back tomorrow to defend!
Tonight’s results:
Jen $6,000 + $2,401 = $8,401 (What is Quito)
Andrew $8,000 – $1,999 = $6,001 (What is Buenos Aires?)
Brandon $8,400 + $8,000 = $16,400 (What is Quito?) (1-day total: $16,400)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) KNIVES OUT $800 (clue #13)
Brandon 1000 +1000 (Andrew 2200 Jen 2000)
2) AUTHORS’ HOMES $1200 (clue #2)
Jen 2400 +2400 (Andrew 4400 Brandon 3600)
3) RHYME TIME $1600 (clue #7, $27200 left on board)
Andrew 5600 -5600 (Jen 4800 Brandon 6400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Andrew 3 4 4 3 4 4 5
Jen 1 2 1 2 3
Brandon 4*
DJ! Round:
Andrew 4*
Jen 1 3* 4†
Brandon 3 4 3
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Brandon 3.50
Jen 2.13
Andrew 3.88
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.17 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Brandon $8,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Jen $4,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Andrew $13,600 Coryat, 23 correct, 5 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 3/5 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $26,600
Lach Trash: $13,600 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,800
Lead Changes: 11
Times Tied: 4
Player Statistics:
Andrew Jones, career statistics:
57 correct, 19 incorrect
4/9 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (60/171)
1/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$7,000)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,733
Jen Johnson, career statistics:
12 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,800
Brandon Monsman, career statistics:
13 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,200
Brandon Monsman, to win:
2 games: 35.909%
3: 12.895%
4: 4.630%
5: 1.663%
6: 0.597%
Avg. streak: 1.560 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Viewers are reminded that in order to go from an incorrect response to a correct one, contestants need to be given double the clue’s value.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Brandon $8,400 Andrew $8,000 Jen $6,000)
Andrew: Standard cover bet is $4,001. (Actual bet: $1,999)
Jen: Bet no more than $2,000 and hope for a Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $2,401)
Brandon: Standard cover bet is $7,601. (Actual bet: $8,000)
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I should have gotten this, but I did not. When I think of Quito I think of ‘the national capital with the second highest elevation’.
Carmen strikes again! I was, and still am, a huge fan of the PBS Carmen Sandiego game show (Greg Lee for Celebrity Jeopardy). The Mitad del Mundo is one of the objects the gang stole during the five-season run!
That was straightforward. “What monuments are expected to have exact positioning per GPS? Those denoting specific latitudes or longitudes. What do we have in South America? … Equator -> Ecuador -> Quito”
I know it wasn’t in the wagering suggestions, but I’d be interested Andy in your thoughts on the $1,999 wager. It does seem to cover a triple stumper but it also seems like you cut your odds of winning significantly.
MY guess is it guards against Jen wagering zero playing for the triple stumper.
I’m not sure how I did it, but after today’s answer clue was revealed, I blinked and said “What is Quito?” Maybe like WWORDuke it came from watching “Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?” Or, maybe from a semester of World Geography Freshman year in High School (oh so many years ago.) Don’t know, don’t really care. Just glad I had the correct response.
Do you watch travel shows on PBS? There have been many for a long time so perhaps you saw it on one of those. Joseph Rosendo now has a new PBS travel show called Steppin’ Out which aired a Quito episode on April 1st this year but I do not know if it mentioned this monument as I did not see that one. I guess you would have remembered how you heard of it if it was so recently, so probably not that way.
Was the Colombia/Panama clue supposed to be “unread”, not “on read”?
No. “On read” is current slang, in reference to read receipts sent on most modern instant messaging platforms, signifying that the other person has read the message but chosen not to reply.