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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Collections) for Monday, June 23, 2025 (Season 41, Game 206):
In 1896 the Vassar-educated wife of this man wrote, “Thousands of dollars may be paid for a copy of Shakespeare”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
David Spelman, a marketing strategist from Livingston, New Jersey
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Emily Croke, a stay-at-home mom from Denver, Colorado
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Andrew Brigger, a social studies teacher from Roseville, Minnesota (1-day total: $16,000)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Andrew Brigger returns today as Jeopardy! champion following his win of $16,000 at the end of last week. Your two challengers to start off the week are Colorado’s Emily Croke and New Jersey’s David Spelman.
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Correct response: Who is (Henry Clay) Folger?
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A man who rose to be the chairman of Standard Oil, Henry Clay Folger was also an avid Shakespeare collector; he and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., which contains the world’s largest collection of the printed works of the Bard.
Something interesting I did realize this morning: the Standard Oil Folger and the coffee Folger (J.A. Folger, the namesake of Folgers Coffee) are two different people. No, I don’t think that the show’s going to require a first name here—that would make a borderline difficult clue impossible, in my opinion.
I’ll be honest, though: I barely was able to get this Final Jeopardy correct, and only because I’ve happened to stumble upon the Folger Shakespeare Library online enough as a source over the years in order to realize that it was a thing. If I barely got this through my own professional work, I’m not entirely sure our players—or our viewers at home—will have much of a chance. As I said on Friday in my Pregame Thoughts section, Jeopardy! needs to dial back the difficulty of Final, otherwise it will have unintended knock-on effects on strategy: contestants will start seeing more conservative bets in Final as an option—a specific thing that Merv Griffin wanted to avoid when this version of the show returned to the airwaves in 1984. Maybe the show should have saved this Final for the later stages of its postseason?
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, June 23, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Historic U.S. Businesses; Found In The Nato Phonetic Alphabet; Read; Yellow; Blue; Salute The Flag Of Ecuador!)
Andrew found the Daily Double, but it was David who led at the break on the strength of some high-value correct responses. At the first break, your score was David $3,400 Andrew $1,800 Emily $400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
David 4 correct 0 incorrect
Andrew 6 correct 2 incorrect
Emily 1 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
David has a two-and-a-half year old son that knows dinosaurs.
Emily had a birthday party where her friends made sure she was able to watch that night’s Jeopardy in 2005.
Andrew may have inspired former Second Chancer Do Park during class.
This segment saw some general struggles in the Ecuador category. David still led after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
David 8 correct 1 incorrect
Andrew 8 correct 4 incorrect
Emily 4 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
David $5,800
Andrew $2,000
Emily $1,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Single-Named Singers; World Cities; Around The Body; Sunrise, Sunset; Before & After; Rip Van Winkle Slept Through It)
The Daily Doubles proved crucial today; both David and Andrew lost significant chunks of their score to them, as Emily led going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Emily 11 correct 1 incorrect
David 16 correct 3 incorrect
Andrew 12 correct 5 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 40 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Emily $12,200
David $6,600
Andrew $2,000
Applause for Emily, your only player correct on a difficult Final Jeopardy today. She’s your new champion and will be back tomorrow to defend!
Tonight’s results:
Andrew $2,000 – $0 = $2,000 (Who is Smith?)
David $6,600 – $5,601 = $999 (Who is Rockefeller?)
Emily $12,200 + $1,001 = $13,201 (Who is Folger?) (1-day total: $13,201)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) HISTORIC U.S. BUSINESSES $1000 (clue #6)
Andrew 800 +1000 (Emily 0 David 0)
2) SUNRISE, SUNSET $1600 (clue #4)
David 8600 -4400 (Andrew 2000 Emily 2200)
3) BEFORE & AFTER $1600 (clue #15, $15200 left on board)
Andrew 7200 -6000 (Emily 7400 David 5800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -34
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Andrew 5 4 3 2 1 5*
Emily
David
DJ! Round:
Andrew 3 5 4*
Emily 2 3 4 2 1 3
David 4 4* 5 3 4 5
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Emily 2.50
Andrew 3.56
David 4.17
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 40 (0.19 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Emily $12,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Andrew $8,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 5 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
David $11,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,200
Lach Trash: $15,400 (on 19 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Andrew Brigger, career statistics:
29 correct, 10 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (32/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,500
Emily Croke, career statistics:
12 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200
David Spelman, career statistics:
16 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000
Emily Croke, to win:
2 games: 36.504%
3: 13.325%
4: 4.864%
5: 1.776%
6: 0.648%
Avg. streak: 1.575 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I’ll be honest: I was pleasantly surprised to see the Daily Double in BEFORE & AFTER. I’d like to see it more often.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Emily $12,200 David $6,600 Andrew $2,000)
Andrew: Bet $0 and hope David bets more than his minimum. (He probably will.) (Actual bet: $0)
Emily: Standard cover bet today is $1,001. (Actual bet: $1,001)
David: If you bet exactly $4,600, you’ll pass Emily by $1 if she covers, is incorrect, and you’re correct, while also winning the tiebreaker for second if Andrew bets $0. (Actual bet: $5,601)
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I guessed that it would be someone who had their name on a library – but unfortunately, this library is not one that I am familiar with.
I’ll take “Obscure Gilded Age Rich Folks” for $2000, Ken.
Although the Folger features a small exhibition space the attached Elizabethan style theater presents several plays yearly, many of which I’ve enjoyed.
The building is an often overlooked gem in DC.
I’m familiar with the Folger Library in D.C., as I lived in Bethesda, MD for years. However, the “Vassar-educated wife” of the clue completely threw this dog off his scent, and I totally missed it.
I agree that this FJ is more appropriate for a tournament.
Yes, the Vassar part of the clue seems designed to point you in the direction of J. P. Morgan, who amassed a great library in NYC. If you’ve lived or worked in DC, however, you should be familiar with the Folger Shakespeare Library. It’s just around the corner from the Supreme Court.
Not a clue, again. What else is new.
Guessed Folger- kinda sorta remembered some Shakespeare books had some kind of Folger imprint.
Way to go Rick! 🙂
Better than coffee stain rings on the cover!
I first learned of the Folger Library when we were doing “Romeo & Juliet” in ninth grade because the books we had at my high school had a little preface about Shakespeare and the Folger Library with a photo of the library. Given the year, the category, and Shakespeare in the clue, it all seemed that Folger was where it was pointing, so that was my 90% certain response. Fortunately this was a case of working from the elements of the clue to an answer that seems reasonable given bits of trivia picked up along the way, and having it be correct.
I don’t know if others have noticed this, but I find that most clues have about three elements between the category and the clue itself, sometimes more, that can be used to point towards a correct response if you have enough general knowledge. So far this season (I only concern myself with regular play FJs), I am 140-66, which is 67.96% correct. I feel like that is too low to feel confident in my skills, but looking at the stats on the site that’s roughly Ken’s FJ%, and better than Amy’s and Mattea’s and slightly lower than Matt’s. Only James, among the big five, has a significantly better FJ% than mine for this season (and I feel like my results this season are lagging others, similar to what Andy posted on Friday about FJ% for contestants overall this season).
The only reasons I was able to get this Final were because the Folger Shakespeare Library is less than 18 miles from my home and I worked less than a mile from the Folger. Those are also the reasons that I knew the oil Folger and the coffee Folger were two different people. When I saw the clue, I did not expect any of the contestants to get this one. Kudos to Emily for getting it from about 1800 miles away.
I agree with others that this was a very difficult clue that is probably more appropriate for tournament play.
I miss a lot of Final Jeopardys but this one was easy for me, a retired library tech and frequent visitor to DC. I couldn’t have told you Mr Folger’s first name, though.
I knew this because I live in the DC area and have walked by the library although I have never visited. This clue is not as hard as one might think because the Folger Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays are pretty common in libraries, bookstores, and probably schools.
I guessed William Jennings Bryan, aka I had no idea.
Retro congrats to Emily on the win, but can she win tomorrow and end the streak of 1 day winners at 6 straight or will someone else win and push us to 7 straight 1 day winners?
Tune it tomorrow to see!
I had no problem getting this Final, but that’s just me, I guess.
I was not pleasantly surprised to see the Daily Double in Before & After (even though I got it right). I was not pleasantly surprised to see Before & After at all. I would not like to see Daily Doubles in that category more often, or any clues in that category, for that matter. My eyes might get stuck from all the rolling.