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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Famous American Homes) for Wednesday, June 18, 2025 (Season 41, Game 203):
The name of this residence completed in 1895 combines part of the owner’s Dutch name with an English word for an open expanse
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Sunny Hwang, a textbook editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Jacob Hale, a nonprofit finance director from Anchorage, Alaska
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Dan Hopkins, a teacher from Hanover, New Hampshire (1-day total: $10,799)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Dan Hopkins continues your carousel of Jeopardy! champions, as the average length of a champion’s run on the show is definitely coming back closer to the long-term historical average of 2. (In my own Tournament of Champions predictions, I have used that long-term historical average, despite more recent years featuring slightly longer runs on average).
Today’s challengers for Dan are Jacob Hale and Sunny Hwang, with Jacob being a relatively rare representative on the show from Alaska—he’s only the second player in the 2020s from the state to appear on this show, after Tim Kelly last season.
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Correct response: What is Biltmore?
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Biltmore is the famous Vanderbilt estate, located in Asheville, North Carolina. It gets its name as a combination of part of the name Vanderbilt with the word “moor”—the Anglo-Saxon word for an open area.
In a bit of personally local flair, the estate gives its name to a hat company in Guelph, Ontario (one of my previous residences)—the Biltmore estate gave its name to New York City’s Biltmore Hotel, which in turn was the inspiration for the name of Guelph’s Biltmore Hat Company. For those with knowledge of junior hockey history, that company was why Guelph’s New York Rangers junior affiliate in the 1950s was known as the Biltmores.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
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Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Action Phrases; Clothes Time; “Yo”!; Rev Up For NASCAR; A River Runs To It; Getting Inventive With Phineas & Ferb)
This opening segment definitely came up Jacob, who seemed happy to see a NASCAR category. He got 4 correct responses in that category, Dan missed the Daily Double, and the scores after 15 clues were Jacob $4,400 Dan $1,700 Sunny $600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Jacob 6 correct 0 incorrect
Dan 4 correct 1 incorrect
Sunny 1 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Sunny was trained as a dinosaur paleontologist.
Jacob worked internationally for 10 years before settling down in Alaska.
Dan was deported from the UK for volunteering without a work visa.
Jacob finished running the NASCAR category after the break; Dan picked up 6 correct, but Jacob still led after 30.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Jacob 10 correct 0 incorrect
Dan 10 correct 2 incorrect
Sunny 5 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jacob $5,400
Dan $4,700
Sunny $2,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: It Was The 1970s; Infrastructure; Early Bloomers; Crossword Clues “F”; Tiger By The Tale; Pop Culture On The Auction Block)
Dan found both Daily Doubles in this round as well, losing a combined $6,000 on them. However, he did pick up 10 correct elsewhere in the round to hold a $900 lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Dan 20 correct 5 incorrect
Jacob 16 correct 1 incorrect
Sunny 9 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 1 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Dan $9,900
Jacob $9,000
Sunny $6,200
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper, which means it came down to the wagering as Sunny’s overbet makes Jacob your new champion! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Sunny $6,200 – $4,000 = $2,200 (What is ?)
Jacob $9,000 – $4,200 = $4,800 (What is Broadmoor) (1-day total: $4,800)
Dan $9,900 – $8,101 = $1,799 (What is Prairie ____ ?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) ACTION PHRASES $1000 (clue #12)
Dan 2200 -1500 (Jacob 3200 Sunny 600)
2) TIGER BY THE TALE $1600 (clue #10)
Dan 10700 -3000 (Jacob 5000 Sunny 3000)
3) IT WAS THE 1970s $800 (clue #15, $14400 left on board)
Dan 12100 -3000 (Jacob 6200 Sunny 3000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -121
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Dan 5 4 3 4 4 4 5*
Jacob 3 5 4 3
Sunny 3
DJ! Round:
Dan 5 4 3 4 3 5 4* 3 4 5 2*
Jacob 4 2
Sunny 3 3
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Jacob 3.50
Sunny 3.00
Dan 3.94
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:
Jacob $9,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Sunny $6,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Dan $17,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 5 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,600
Lach Trash: $13,400 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,000
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Dan Hopkins, career statistics:
41 correct, 9 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
2/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,500)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,800
Jacob Hale, career statistics:
16 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,000
Sunny Hwang, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,200
Jacob Hale, to win:
2 games: 37.891%
3: 14.357%
4: 5.440%
5: 2.061%
6: 0.781%
Avg. streak: 1.610 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I actually appreciated that the NASCAR category required actual knowledge of NASCAR and didn’t have other pathways in.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Dan $9,900 Jacob $9,000 Sunny $6,200)
Dan: Standard cover bet over Jacob is $8,101. (Actual bet: $8,101)
Jacob: Standard cover bet over Sunny is $3,401. (Actual bet: $4,200)
Sunny: If Dan and Jacob make cover bets, you need to stay at $5,600 or above for the best chance of victory. Bet no more than $600. (Actual bet: $4,000)
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(goes to NYT Clue of the Day to check it out)
(sees Category: FAMOUS AMERICAN HOMES)
(bets $0 and preps joke answer)
…hey, a man’s gotta know his limitations.
Agreed. Not a clue.
My guess just from the category was ‘Graceland’, and then once seeing the clue, I couldn’t come up with anything better.
I also try to guess the clue from just the category.
My list of possibilities was Mount Vernon,Monticello, Montpelier, Falling Waters,San Simian,Maralago,the Biltmore, the Breakers. Didn’t think of Graceland.
From the clue it had to be the Biltmore.
Be careful. Had the correct response been the Frank Lloyd Wright house in PA, you would likely have been ruled incorrect. The house is Fallingwater – one word, not plural.
San Simeon
Got it, but if I was playing, I’d have the embarrassment of having to cross out the Vander, since that’s the only way I got it.
The “owner’s Dutch name” part of the clue immediately brought to mind Vanderbilt. From there, it was an easy trip to “Bilt” plus “more” for Biltmore. Also, because I’m originally from Baltimore, I’ve often thought about how similar “Biltmore” is to “Baltimore.” I really thought, at least, one contestant would get this, if not more (see what I did there?). 🙂
Andy, weirdly, after the number of correct and incorrect responses under “Statistics after Double Jeopardy,” it shows, “Total number of unplayed clues this season: 1 (0 today).” We know that can’t be true. That’s kind of odd for a typo; you may want to check that.
Finally a category I knew something about. Glad to see a NASCAR one. Now if they will only have a Shakespeare category that’s about fishing rods.
It was great to see Phineas and Ferb present a category today.
I was sure that I was right in thinking it would be The Biltmore since after I thought of that possibility, I assumed the ‘Van’ in Vanderbilt was from Dutch. [I’ve been very familiar with Vanderbilt this and that for decades, but never thought about the ‘Van’ indicating probably Dutch origin.] There are frequent commercials for The Biltmore House and/or Estate in at least a 500 mile radius of the place, but it was also mentioned in the news quite a bit last September due to Hurricane Helene walloping North Carolina.
I got it right away, especially having been there a couple of times. It’s an amazing place. It’s too bad the guy who built it didn’t live very many years to enjoy it.
My FJ guess was Monticello. Oh well! On to tomorrow. 🙂
Oh, and a NASCAR fan, I also ran the category. 🙂
I only got three of the NASCAR clues, though “white” was immediately what came to mind but I talked myself out of it because it is associated with surrender 🙄. But I only expected to get two as I went into the category expecting them all to be people and planning to say Richard Petty if it seemed to indicate an old guy and Jeff Gordon if a not-old (at least to me) guy 😉. The other one I missed was restrictor plates — I’ve heard of them quite a bit, but couldn’t think of what they’re called, so tried “damper plates”. Hopefully I said “damper” instead of “dampening” due to the “or” at the end of the correct word.
Not too bad Lisa! 😎😎😎