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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Grammys) for Wednesday, May 7, 2025 (Season 41, Game 173):
Best New Artist at the 7th annual Grammys, this band would be nominated the next 6 years but not again until the 39th & 67th events
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Dan Moren, a writer & podcaster from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Michelle Tsai, a tutor originally from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
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Sarah Gillis, a mortgage loan processor from Asbury Park, New Jersey (1-day total: $7,300)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Sarah Gillis is your new Jeopardy! champion, having picked up $7,300 in a runaway victory yesterday. She’ll very likely need another victory, barring a massive postseason expansion, in order to be able to return for postseason play in 2026, as she defends her title against tutor Michelle Tsai and writer Dan Moren.
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Correct response: Who are The Beatles?
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The first Grammy Awards were held May 4, 1959, recognizing the music of 1958. At the 7th awards in 1965, The Beatles were named Best New Artist of 1964, defeating Petula Clark, Morgana King, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Astrud Gilberto. As the biggest band in the world in the 1960s, they were nominated every year through the 13th awards until their breakup. Following that, “Free As A Bird” received attention in the 1990s and “Now And Then” received attention this past year.
Personally, I think that there were two ways in to this: firstly, there’s knowing that the Grammys started in the late 1950s and being able to do the math to the mid-to-late 1960s; or, there’s the more puzzle route, especially thinking “Why is Jeopardy! making such great pains to not outright give us any years here?” And that’s because this would be much too easy if the actual years were given.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Doctored Television; Events Of 2005; The Instrument Of My Fame; Words That Should Rhyme; They Almost Tore It Down; IYKYK)
Dan got off to the best start, though both challengers had 6 correct before the break. At the interviews, your scores were Dan $4,200 Michelle $3,400 Sarah $800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Dan 6 correct 1 incorrect
Michelle 6 correct 0 incorrect
Sarah 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Dan does a game show via podcast.
Michelle has two pet birds; she taught one the Jeopardy! theme.
Sarah sings in choirs.
Michelle went for a True Daily Double…but appeared to misread the clue, falling back to $0. She recovered to nearly take the lead by the end of the round, though.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Dan 8 correct 2 incorrect
Michelle 14 correct 1 incorrect
Sarah 5 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Dan $3,800
Michelle $3,200
Sarah $1,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Cities Around The World; Stage Names; How About A Little Science?; Coup La La; 21st Century Fiction; All The Way From L To M)
Sarah got DD2 incorrect and then went to a $400 clue. Dan gained control and immediately found DD3; the $3,000 he picked up from it was crucial to his leading going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Dan 18 correct 2 incorrect
Michelle 22 correct 1 incorrect
Sarah 10 correct 6 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Dan $17,200
Michelle $13,600
Sarah $1,200
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper, which would ordinarily mean advantage Michelle. But Dan made the very rare $0 wager in Final Jeopardy and takes today’s victory! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Sarah $1,200 – $1,200 = $0 (Who is The Marine Marching Band)
Michelle $13,600 – $5,000 = $8,600 (Who are Springsteen?)
Dan $17,200 – $0 = $17,200 (Who are the Rolling Stones?) (1-day total: $17,200)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) THEY ALMOST TORE IT DOWN $600 (clue #18)
Michelle 4600 -4600 (Sarah 800 Dan 4200)
2) CITIES AROUND THE WORLD $2000 (clue #11)
Sarah 6400 -2400 (Michelle 8000 Dan 5800)
3) ALL THE WAY FROM L TO M $800 (clue #13, $18800 left on board)
Dan 6200 +3000 (Sarah 4000 Michelle 8000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -89
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Sarah 1 4 2
Michelle 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 3*
Dan 3 5 3 3 3 2
DJ! Round:
Sarah 2 4 5 3 4 5* 1†
Michelle 4 5 3
Dan 3 2 2*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Dan 2.89
Michelle 4.00
Sarah 3.10
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:
Dan $15,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Michelle $18,200 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Sarah $3,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 6 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,800
Lach Trash: $8,600 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,600
Lead Changes: 9
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Sarah Gillis, career statistics:
23 correct, 12 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,200
Michelle Tsai, career statistics:
22 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,600)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,200
Dan Moren, career statistics:
18 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,000
Dan Moren, to win:
2 games: 52.064%
3: 27.107%
4: 14.113%
5: 7.348%
6: 3.825%
Avg. streak: 2.086 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Dan shouldn’t have attempted the clue with the $0 bet; don’t risk America thinking you bet $0 but still knew the correct response.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Dan $17,200 Michelle $13,600 Sarah $1,200)
Sarah: Bet whatever you like; you need two big overbets to have a chance. (Actual bet: $1,200)
Michelle: Bet between $3,601 and $6,400 for the best chance of victory. (Actual bet: $5,000)
Dan: Standard cover bet is $10,001. If you do want to play for a Triple Stumper like it appears you have, I might suggest betting between $2,801 and $3,599, as that still covers Michelle’s range of bets. (Actual bet: $0)
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The exact window of “seven years of dominance” was the key. Ed Sullivan was 1964, the rooftop was 1970.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to watch their “Hey Jude” performance from David Frost on repeat.
I was 9 years old and remember watching The Beatles on that Ed Sullivan show that February of 1964.
When the answer clue was revealed, I figured that ihe correct response would be either the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. But not know the years of the 7th Grammys (or the 39th, 67th editions, either) I couldn’t narrow it down, You knew the years and could.
I never watch the Grammys and had no idea what iteration they are currently on, but I knew that there had been a couple of Beatles releases long after they broke up and not that close together, either, so guessed them.
It seemed to me that since the Rolling Stones have been continuously fairly prolific they either wouldn’t have not had that big a break in Grammy nominations or else they were just being ignored and probably would have continued to be.
I was able to get there similar to your first way Andy, I figured that the only band who could do so many straight Nomns, then none, then some random ones was one that had broken up at some point. The Beatles were the only mega-influential choice that fit the bill.
Wow, this FJ was so easy for me. “Not being nominated again until the 39th and 67th events” nailed it for me. “Now and Then” was nominated for last year for the 67th event. I’m happy for the get…Now I hope that at least one of these players today responds correctly.
Agree to disagree on this one, Andy. I think the only time you should write a gag answer is if your chances of winning are locked (either you can’t win and you know it or you have a runaway). Putting a gag answer and a 0 bet here could be interpreted as haughty. “I knew you wouldn’t know the answer, so I didn’t even try.” At least this way, it’s clear his 0 bet was strategy.
Not attempting doesn’t necessarily mean writing a gag answer; one could also leave it blank. One might even deduce the correct response and cheekily answer with the great “rivals” of that band. I don’t think we can entirely rule that out here.
After a non-runaway $0 bet, even if the correct response comes to mind, it makes sense to write down a plausible incorrect response, and I think this is what Dan has done.
Having lived through and enjoyed the whole of Beatlemania, the correct response came to mind immediately. Once again, I think the advantage of having lived through that era and having experienced it first-hand was a distinct advantage for my generation. I could see that younger generations may have much more difficulty with this clue and response.
Betting zero in final when not in a runaway means you are really banking on your competitors not getting final. The only justification I can see for that is knowing that you are really weak in the given category to the point of not knowing it at all. You’re really depending on it being a triple stumper which in this case it was. On the other hand, if someone from my generation had been in contention, Dan would really have been at risk of losing.
Well, I had a hunch that the time frame for these editions of the Grammy’s was also in the Beatles time frame, so I went with that and yay! I wasn’t born until 1968, so I wasn’t certain and was pleased to see that I got this correct.
Retro congrats to Dan on the win, even if in a non-standard fashion. We’ll see if he can get win #2 tomorrow.
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