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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Broadway Cast Albums) for Thursday, June 12, 2025 (Season 41, Game 199):
In 2024, 21 years after it was first released, the original cast album for this show made the Top 40 for the first time
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Sean Addie, an attorney originally from Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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Josh Prohofsky, a marketer from Jacksonville, Florida
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Matt Massie, an attorney originally from South Charleston, West Virginia (2-day total: $58,000)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Matt Massie has been a very strong player of Jeopardy! over his first two victories, picking up an average of $29,000 an episode. He’s also been in the low 40s in terms of attempts—very strong numbers for 2025. At 2 wins and $58,000, it does seem very likely that we’ll be seeing him in postseason play at the very least, but I’m sure Matt would rather join past West Virginians Bob Fleenor and John Krizel in qualifying for the Tournament of Champions. Today’s challengers are Florida’s Josh Prohofsky and Minnesota’s Sean Addie.
On a more personal note: I received a serious offer a few months back from someone to purchase The Jeopardy! Fan. I decided not to accept the offer, chiefly because I didn’t have an answer to the question of “What’s next?” So, it seems very likely at this point that I am going to continue to operate The Jeopardy! Fan through Season 42 at the very least. But I’d be lying if I wasn’t at least looking for an answer to the question of “What do I do when I am no longer operating this website?” I certainly don’t have enough money to retire!
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Correct response: What is Wicked?
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The original cast album of 2003’s Wicked reached the higher end of the Billboard charts for the first time in 2024 due to the overwhelming interest in the 2024 film version, directed by Jon Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
I thought this was a relatively straightforward Final Jeopardy clue, even as someone who isn’t usually that great on Broadway-related clues. For me, the path in was “What would cause an original cast album to become suddenly popular again?”—and from there, the path was simple.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, June 12, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Devil, You See!; Your Body, In Latin; All 5 Vowels, Just One Word; Hot, To Go; Live Long; Prospero)
While it was Matt who found the Daily Double, it was Sean who led after 15 clues. At the interviews, the scores were Sean $3,800 Josh $2,000 Matt $1,600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Sean 4 correct 0 incorrect
Josh 3 correct 1 incorrect
Matt 5 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Sean has been in 15 different prisons.
Josh was involved in a book trade with a friend with very different tastes.
Matt wants to visit every Presidential resting place.
Matt went on a roll late in the round to pull close to Sean, but Sean still led this one after 30.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Sean 10 correct 1 incorrect
Matt 14 correct 2 incorrect
Josh 3 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Sean $6,400
Matt $5,600
Josh $1,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The English Past; Is There A “D.R.” In The House?; TV Show Mashups; Reservoirs, Dawg; 9-Letter Vocab; Your Friends & Neighbors)
Josh and Sean found the Daily Doubles; while they were both incorrect, Sean still played well enough to make sure Matt didn’t have a runaway going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Matt 25 correct 5 incorrect
Sean 16 correct 2 incorrect
Josh 12 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 40 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Matt $18,800
Sean $9,871
Josh $8,200
Josh and Matt were correct in Final; that makes Matt a 3-day champion! He’ll go for #4 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Josh $8,200 + $3,000 = $11,200 (What is Wicked?)
Sean $9,871 – $9,871 = $0 (What is rent Hi Fiona!)
Matt $18,800 + $3,000 = $21,800 (What Wicked) (3-day total: $79,800)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) HOT, TO GO $1000 (clue #8)
Matt 1000 +1000 (Josh 1000 Sean 1000)
2) THE ENGLISH PAST $1200 (clue #1)
Josh 1800 -2000 (Matt 5600 Sean 6400)
3) RESERVOIRS, DAWG $1200 (clue #3, $32800 left on board)
Sean 7200 -2929 (Matt 5600 Josh -200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -41
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Matt 4 5 4 5*
Josh 5 3
Sean 3 2
DJ! Round:
Matt
Josh 3* 2†
Sean 3*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Matt 4.50
Josh 3.25
Sean 2.67
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 40 (0.20 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Matt $18,800 Coryat, 25 correct, 5 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Josh $10,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Sean $12,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $41,800
Lach Trash: $5,000 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 5
Player Statistics:
Matt Massie, career statistics:
73 correct, 13 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
43.45% in first on buzzer (73/168)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $17,200)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,133
Josh Prohofsky, career statistics:
13 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,200
Sean Addie, career statistics:
16 correct, 3 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,929)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,800
Matt Massie, to win:
4 games: 63.198%
5: 39.940%
6: 25.241%
7: 15.952%
8: 10.081%
Avg. streak: 4.717 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Keith Williams would not be happy with Matt’s Final Jeopardy wager.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Matt $18,800 Sean $9,871 Josh $8,200)
Matt: Standard cover bet is $943. Whatever you do, don’t bet any more than $2,399; that brings Josh back into contention unnecessarily. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Josh: Bet between $0 and $6,315 and hope Sean misses final. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Sean: To have any chance of victory, bet at least $7.987. However, because your score is weird, you could go all in here to force Matt to do the math right. (Actual bet: $9,871)
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Guessed correctly thinking it was probably a Broadway Musical that had a film release in 2024, and Wicked was all that I had. Never seen it on stage or screen, though.
Same thought process. We knew it had to be a Broadway Musical based on the category. So, which Broadway Musical had sort of a revival in popularity in 2024. Why, “Wicked,” of course! The only hard part was that I find it hard to believe that it has already been over 20 years since the original album was released. My, but time sure does fly!
I was similar to you on “time warps”. Instead of thinking of revivals or movie versions, knowing that Phantom of the Opera closed not too long ago made me think maybe hearing that made people nostalgic for the original cast album. So my miss-remembering of time passing was that I didn’t realize it closed in 2023 instead of 2024 and did not realize it started back in the eighties.
Had I realized the film release thing, I might have guessed Cats. The movie still gets so much shade that I didn’t realize it played in 2020, not closer to 2024, but I hope I’d have remembered that the musical dated back way more than 21 years
Ugh. Totally brainlocked on a layup. My mind just couldn’t pull the right answer, or any answer that didn’t seem to make sense. So, yeah, after being 5/5 last week, I’m 1/4 so far this week. I don’t know which one says more.
An easy FJ for me, since I remembered the upset of Wicked by Avenue Q for Best Musical at the 2004 Tony Awards. Haven’t seen the show either, although people keep telling me that I ought to give the movie a try.
I could barely maintain enough interest to finish the movie, but I also did not care much for the book but finished out of curiosity.
The only recent movie musical I could think of was Spielberg’s version of West Side Story but I knew that wasn’t from last year and I knew the original cast recording was considerably longer than 21 years ago.
Got this one with logic similar to what Andy described – from the ease of my home office chair. In the pressure of real game / sound stage I doubt I would have been able to beat the timer.
I said The Producers. Not a strong category for me.
Retro congrats to Matt for win #3!
Will he get win #4 on Friday the 13th? Tune in to see!
Have a great Friday all! 🙂