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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category American History) for Tuesday, May 27, 2025 (Season 41, Game 187):
In 1847, a decade before making national news, he was the plaintiff in a Missouri case against Irene Emerson
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Jackie Yang, a resident physician from New York, New York
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Tyler Griffith, a criminal forensic scientist originally from Sturgis, Michigan
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Judith Friedman, a software engineer from Los Angeles, California (1-day total: $32,001)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Judith Friedman picked up a pair of $5,000 Daily Doubles in yesterday’s game; today, she faces off against Jackie Yang and Tyler Griffith.
One thing that I do wish for is for some sort of resolution to the ongoing court proceedings between Sony and CBS regarding distribution, as this battle is clearly holding up any sort of next-day streaming agreement for Jeopardy!; I’d certainly like to see an expanded postseason in 2026, especially due to all of the strong players we’ve had in 2025, and extra games on this streaming service may be a good solution to make all fans happy here.
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Correct response: Who is Dred Scott?
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Dred Scott, plaintiff in one of the most famous cases in American history (Dred Scott v. Sandford), where the Supreme Court held that the U.S. Constitution did not extend citizenship to Black Americans and therefore could not enjoy the rights of citizens, which directly led to the Civil War four years later, had been attempting to gain freedom for a decade via the courts. His initial suit came in 1847, where he sued Irene Emerson for freedom unsuccessfully, as the courts seemingly ruled that Scott must remain Emerson’s slave as he had been unable to prove that he was previously Emerson’s slave. (America sure has wanted to entrench its racism using any excuse possible.)
This should be a relatively straightforward Final Jeopardy for anyone who remembers 1857 in their American history classes.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Sometime In The Last 300 Years; Bonsai; Facts & The City; You Can Go With This, You Can Go With That; Golf Of America; There’s No I, But There’s “M-E”)
Tyler successfully converted a True Daily Double early and led after 15 clues. At the commercials, the scores were Tyler $2,400 Judith $1,800 Jackie $600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Tyler 6 correct 2 incorrect
Judith 5 correct 2 incorrect
Jackie 1 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Jackie got married on a palindromic date—4/20/2024.
Tyler took up theatre to help with his stutter.
Judith once won a bottle of wine for finishing second-to-last at bar trivia.
Jackie had a strong segment to make this a three-way battle by the end of the round; our players were separated by just $400 after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Tyler 10 correct 4 incorrect
Jackie 8 correct 0 incorrect
Judith 8 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tyler $3,600
Jackie $3,400
Judith $3,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Historic Alaska; Literary Hodgepodge; Their First Top 40 Solo Album; Motivation; What The 20th Century Kids Were Sayin’; You Go, Sister!)
Daily Double bet sizing proved crucial in this one—Jackie bet just $3,000 of her $6,200, while Tyler went all in on his—and it was Tyler who led going into Final Jeopardy by just $400.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Tyler 17 correct 6 incorrect
Jackie 15 correct 1 incorrect
Judith 13 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Tyler $11,200
Jackie $10,800
Judith $6,400
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper—which meant it came down to the betting. Both Judith and Jackie bet too much—which means that Tyler wins today with just $799. He’ll defend his title tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Judith $6,400 – $6,400 = $0 (Who is Gary Powers ??)
Jackie $10,800 – $10,500 = $300 (Who is John Brown)
Tyler $11,200 – $10,401 = $799 (Who is Ferguson?) (1-day total: $799)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) FACTS & THE CITY $800 (clue #5)
Tyler 1600 +1600 (Judith 200 Jackie 0)
2) LITERARY HODGEPODGE $1200 (clue #5)
Jackie 6200 +3000 (Judith 4400 Tyler 3600)
3) HISTORIC ALASKA $1600 (clue #11, $20800 left on board)
Tyler 4800 +4800 (Judith 7600 Jackie 9200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 248
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Judith 4 2
Tyler 3 3 4*
Jackie
DJ! Round:
Judith 3 2 3 4 3 3
Tyler 4*
Jackie 4 5 3* 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Tyler 3.50
Jackie 4.00
Judith 3.00
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:
Tyler $7,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 6 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Jackie $9,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Judith $6,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $22,600
Lach Trash: $20,200 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,200
Lead Changes: 12
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Judith Friedman, career statistics:
36 correct, 6 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
32.46% in first on buzzer (37/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,400)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,700
Tyler Griffith, career statistics:
17 correct, 7 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,200
Jackie Yang, career statistics:
15 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,000
Tyler Griffith, to win:
2 games: 43.859%
3: 19.236%
4: 8.437%
5: 3.700%
6: 1.623%
Avg. streak: 1.781 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Tyler is the first player to win with less than $1,000 since Megan Wachspress, who won with $401 on June 20, 2022.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Tyler $11,200 Jackie $10,800 Judith $6,400)
Judith: I would bet between $2,400 and $5,600 here—this passes Jackie’s minimum cover bet if she’s incorrect and stays ahead of Tyler on a Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $6,400)
Tyler: Standard cover bet is $10,401. (Actual bet: $10,401)
Jackie: All you need to bet here is $2,001 to cover Judith. (Actual bet: $10,500)
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Dred Scott was the only guess I had – growing up in St Louis, we’d take field trips in elementary school to the Old Court House and visit the court room where the Dred Scott case was held.
Oh wow! That’s awesome MarkO! I used to see the Old Court House a lot when I’d go visit a gal in St. Louis. 🙂 I loved visiting her and that city. I didn’t realize that was where the Dred Scott case was held.
This was the only name I could come up with, though I could not remember the facts of the case.
As a sidenote, it was the Missouri Compromise that fired up a certain lawyer to step into the political arena…Abraham Lincoln.
Embarrassingly, I was this close to saying Sanford. Bullet dodged.
Also, never ask Canada about their treatment of First Nations when they’re on their high horse about American racism.
Didn’t know this cold – even though I probably should, seeing how much I studied this in my American History class – but “1847” plus “a decade before” led me to the famous 1857 case, and as such, Dred Scott. 2 for 2 this week… let’s see how long that keeps up for 🙂
Famous court case from the 1850s mints – decade. Only name I came up with was Dred Scott.
The pressure of the stage strikes again! By sheer betting, this was the second-biggest bloodbath of the season, and with so much money left unclaimed I’m sure people will brag about a fourth-podium win.
I felt this round was tricky too. I only got 4/12 in the bottom two rows of DJ, and one of those was the Daily Double so who the heck knows if that counts. I sympathize with Jackie especially; the one shot to be on the show and the randomizer serves up a Sandy Koufax on you.
Hopefully tomorrow is kinder to the participants.
Just as Andy wrote, this was pretty straightforward. 1847 plus 10 gives you 1857 and 1857 equals the Dred Scott Case, even if you didn’t know about the 1847 case.
This was some wild Final Jeopardy betting though. Are those what you call “unforced errors”? Anyone could have won this even though getting final wrong.
It’s just been way too long (since school) for me to be able to remember all the specific details of American History that I only studied, didn’t live through as current events. I guessed John Brown.
I am wondering if Judith came up with Gary Powers by taking “a decade before making national news” as meaning “about 10 years” (because they COULD have specified “10 years”) and while trying to think of someone who made national news about ’57 inadvertently thought “around 1957-60” instead of “around 1857-60”? [Because who thinks of America having “national news” in the 1850s? We didn’t even have the Pony Express until 1860.] And I’m guessing she learned of Gary Powers in history class (not that long ago) whereas for me that was one of those current events that I CAN remember even though it was during the time in which I was studying history in school!
I think she read the clue, as you said, the 1950’s and not the 1850’s.
I guessed Douglas and am embarrassed that I didn’t remember Dred Scott. Horrible by me.
As for tonight’s betting in FJ, what a mess! But that can happen!
And as for this being the lowest winning total score since Megan (one of my faves) in June 2022, Tyler could try to do what Megan did and win 6 games.
We’ll see tomorrow if he gets win #2!
I knew it was Dred Scott immediately.