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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category NFL Geography) for Tuesday, May 20, 2025 (Season 41, Game 182):
It’s the state with the lowest population density that’s home to an NFL team
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Wendy Poush, a floor manager from Des Moines, Iowa
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Brendan Liaw, a recent graduate & stay-at-home son from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Mitch Loflin, a set decoration coordinator from Long Beach, California (2-day total: $35,700)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Mitch Loflin had a very strong game yesterday, becoming a 2-day champion in runaway fashion. Today, he faces off against Iowa’s Wendy Poush and Vancouver’s Brendan Liaw. I feel as though Brendan is going to have a good time on the show—he very enthusiastically posted to Reddit encouraging people to watch, and for the last 20-plus years, the community has noticed that contestants tend to have done better than average when they post to discussion groups encouraging people to watch. (Spoiler alert: the people on the subreddit/JBoard/etc. are going to be watching anyway, they don’t need encouragement!)
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Correct response: What is Nevada?
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Today’s Final Jeopardy is a good reminder that trivia fans always need to keep an eye on how sports team relocations can often change the correct responses to trivia questions. In January 2020, the Oakland Raiders moved to Las Vegas, with Nevada supplanting the previous correct response, Colorado (home to the Denver Broncos), as the U.S. state with the lowest population density that’s home to an NFL team.
I suspect that this is going to be a Final Jeopardy playing on the more difficult side—I would venture that contestants or home viewers probably don’t have the list of states ordered by population density in their memory.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Take Me To Your Company Leader; Tv Shows By Episode Titles; 18th Century Aviation; No Time To Say The Whole Word; At The Cemetery; That’s The End Of The Line)
While Mitch and Brendan struggled early with incorrect responses, Wendy doubled up through the Daily Double. After 15 clues, the scores were Wendy $5,200 Brendan $600 Mitch $400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Wendy 4 correct 0 incorrect
Brendan 5 correct 4 incorrect
Mitch 3 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Wendy does a “summer school” with her children every summer.
Brendan is worried about being called a loiterer.
Mitch has a father-in-law who won 3 times on the show.
All three players generally had a good segment as Wendy continued to lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Wendy 8 correct 1 incorrect
Mitch 6 correct 2 incorrect
Brendan 11 correct 5 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Wendy $6,200
Mitch $2,400
Brendan $1,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Alma Maters; Geometry; Starts With “U-N”; Plays & Playwrights; U.S. History; A + (Director’s Name) + (Word For A Movie))
In a very well played round that only saw two Triple Stumpers and just one incorrect response, Mitch and Wendy found the Daily Doubles; Mitch doubling his score, while Wendy, visibly disliking the category on hers, bet nearly the minimum—just $100. However, it was Brendan, who had four $1600 correct and five $2000 correct responses, who took a big lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Brendan 23 correct 6 incorrect
Mitch 16 correct 2 incorrect
Wendy 14 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Brendan $19,200
Mitch $12,400
Wendy $11,900
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Brendan is your new champion as a result of his big lead going into Final. He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Wendy $11,900 – $8,100 = $3,800 (What is Colorado?)
Mitch $12,400 – $6,180 = $6,220 (What is Indiana?)
Brendan $19,200 – $5,601 = $13,599 (What is Wis Minnesota) (1-day total: $13,599)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) AT THE CEMETERY $800 (clue #10)
Wendy 2600 +2600 (Mitch -600 Brendan -1800)
2) GEOMETRY $1200 (clue #9)
Mitch 3600 +3600 (Brendan 8000 Wendy 7400)
3) A + (DIRECTOR’S NAME) + (WORD FOR A MOVIE) $1600 (clue #11, $20400 left on board)
Wendy 8600 +100 (Mitch 7200 Brendan 8000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 201
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Mitch 2 4 5
Brendan 5 4 5
Wendy 3 4 3 4*
DJ! Round:
Mitch 3* 3
Brendan 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Wendy 3 4*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Brendan 4.00
Mitch 3.40
Wendy 3.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.16 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Brendan $19,200 Coryat, 23 correct, 6 incorrect, 50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Mitch $10,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Wendy $11,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,800
Lach Trash: $6,000 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Mitch Loflin, career statistics:
56 correct, 9 incorrect
6/7 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
30.41% in first on buzzer (52/171)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $12,100)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,733
Brendan Liaw, career statistics:
23 correct, 7 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,200
Wendy Poush, career statistics:
14 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,700)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,600
Brendan Liaw, to win:
2 games: 48.902%
3: 23.914%
4: 11.694%
5: 5.719%
6: 2.797%
Avg. streak: 1.957 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Wendy’s bet on the final Daily Double was absolutely correct for someone who appeared to dislike the category as much as she did. While it didn’t really work out for her in this case, I think it was an excellent bet choice.
- I thought this was one of the best-played regular play games of the season in general and all three players should be proud of themselves.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Brendan $19,200 Mitch $12,400 Wendy $11,900)
Mitch: You have to be correct to win, and you should probably cover Wendy, because she also has to be correct to win and could go all in. Bet $11,401. (Actual bet: $6,180)
Brendan: Standard cover bet over Mitch is $5,601. (Actual bet: $5,601)
Wendy: You have to be correct to win. Bet at least $1,700; I’d probably limit my bet to $10,900 here in case Mitch chooses to cover me. (Actual bet: $8,100)
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Andy – thanks for giving the previous correct answer of Colorado. After seeing the correct answer of Nevada, my first thought was, ‘well, what did it used to be?’
I not only had the current NFL state with the lowest density, I still would’ve been wrong BEFORE the Raiders moved to Las Vegas.
I thought the correct response was Arizona.
As soon as I realized I was looking for a state with a major city and a whole lot of nothing, I went to Colorado. Then my mind jumped to Nevada.
FUN FACT: Nevada is the least dense state with any major pro sports team, behind Kansas (Sporting KC plays across the state line), Utah (the Jazz/RSL/Mammoth), and Oregon (the TrailBlazers and Timbers).
The most dense is also interesting, although it still throws people off that the Jets and Giants play their home games in New Jersey.
I guessed Louisiana (New Orleans Saints). Nevada didn’t even cross my mind.
Upon reading the clue, my mind went immediately to the Southwest. In the next 10 seconds, I scanned across Colorado, Arizona and settled on Nevada when I remembered the fairly recent move of the Raiders. Besides Colorado, I think Arizona wouldn’t have been a bad guess either.
I immediately went to Colorado, forgetting that the Raiders recently moved to Vegas.
Honestly, if told that Colorado was incorrect and given a second chance, I would have said Arizona. So I would have been wrong twice.
My mind went immediately to the mid-north, like North or South Dakota, Montana or Wyoming [maybe why Brendan went with Minnesota?], but it didn’t feel like I’d ever heard of an NFL team in any of those states. I guessed Colorado.
I perked up when I saw NFL geography. I got this right away for once. I figured it had to be this or Arizona, but I didn’t even consider Colorado.
I perked up as well, only to be disappointed when my Colorado guess went up in flames!!!
Brendad? 😉
Jeopardy playing a cruel joke on me with what should have been a category made to suit me in FJ. Grr……I said Colorado. Darn Raiders!
Go Pack Go anyway! 🙂
We’ll see tomorrow in Brendan can get win #2!