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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 20th Century Figures) for Thursday, June 26, 2025 (Season 41, Game 209):
Ironic in light of her name, she was remembered in a eulogy as “the most hunted person of the modern age”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Janis Raye, a marketing & publishing professional from St. Johnsbury, Vermont
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Rocco Graziano, a substitute teacher from Staten Island, New York
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Kiley Campbell, a teacher from Salt Lake City, Utah (1-day total: $24,201)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Kiley Campbell is now your ninth champion on Jeopardy! in as many episodes. Today, she hopes to end the carousel of 1-day champions by defeating Janis Raye of St. Johnsbury, Vermont and Rocco Graziano of Staten Island, New York. That being said, Kiley did have eight incorrect responses yesterday; she’ll probably be hoping that number goes down today. (For what it’s worth, one rule of thumb for me when it comes to determining if I think if a player needs to try buzzing in more/less often: a player’s correct responses should be around 9 to 10 times that of their incorrect responses.)
I want to link to an editorial that Kiley wrote in December 2024 in The Salt Lake Tribune, titled “There is no bridge building with those who don’t think you have a right to exist”; I think it is an excellent description of the political situation in the United States right now, and a reiteration that trans rights are human rights.
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Correct response: Who was Diana, Princess of Wales?
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Diana, Princess of Wales, was the first wife of King Charles III (when Charles was still Prince of Wales); perpetually hunted by the paparazzi, she was killed in a 1997 automobile accident in Paris. The irony part of the clue today refers to the fact that in Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt (equated with Artemis in Greek mythology).
The funeral oration/eulogy referred to in the clue was delivered at Diana’s funeral by her younger brother, Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, with his own rebuke of the paparazzi who chased his sister coming as, “My own and only explanation is that genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum. It is a point to remember that of all the ironies about Diana, perhaps the greatest was this – a girl given the name of the ancient goddess of hunting was, in the end, the most hunted person of the modern age.” The full text is still available via the BBC’s website.
This was a relatively straightforward Final Jeopardy clue for me; that said, I am also the age where I still vividly remember hearing the news in 1997 that Diana had passed. (I also think that any potential complaints about usage of the word “ironic” today in the clue can be quashed by the fact that the word was used in the eulogy itself by Earl Spencer.)
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, June 26, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Presidential Births; Let’s “C” The Critter; Literal Answers To Rhetorical Questions; A Couple Of Things; All About Friends; Compound Adjectives)
A couple of incorrect responses kept Kiley’s score down; after 15 clues, the scores were Rocco $1,800 Janis $1,200 Kiley $1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Rocco 3 correct 0 incorrect
Janis 2 correct 0 incorrect
Kiley 6 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Janis has a son who won a game in 2017 and ended up on Fallon.
Rocco accidentally ran into Madeline Albright—literally—when running late for a class.
Kiley had a recent 1,000-foot fall while skiing.
Kiley fell back to $0 after missing a True Daily Double; she recovered back to second place by the end of the round, though.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Rocco 8 correct 0 incorrect
Kiley 11 correct 4 incorrect
Janis 3 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rocco $4,800
Kiley $2,200
Janis $1,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Thinking About The Enlightenment; Nation-al Geographic; Musical Theater; Fictional Clergy; Just The Facts; “Ma*m”)
Rocco found both of the Daily Doubles in a three-clue span, picked up $6,000 from them, and cruised to a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Rocco 18 correct 2 incorrect
Janis 9 correct 2 incorrect
Kiley 20 correct 7 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 40 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Rocco $17,200
Janis $7,800
Kiley $5,800
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Rocco’s runaway makes him the new champion; he’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Kiley $5,800 – $5,800 = $0 (Who is Sanger?)
Janis $7,800 – $3,801 = $3,999 (Who is Found?)
Rocco $17,200 – $0 = $17,200 (Who is) (1-day total: $17,200)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) A COUPLE OF THINGS $600 (clue #20)
Kiley 1800 -1800 (Rocco 3000 Janis 400)
2) MUSICAL THEATER $2000 (clue #6)
Rocco 6000 +2000 (Kiley 5000 Janis 1800)
3) THINKING ABOUT THE ENLIGHTENMENT $1200 (clue #8, $26400 left on board)
Rocco 9600 +4000 (Kiley 5000 Janis 1800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -25
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Kiley 2 3 4 4 1 2 5 4 1 3 4 3*
Rocco 3 4 5 1 4
Janis 2 3 2
DJ! Round:
Kiley 3 2
Rocco 4 5* 4 3*
Janis 2 1
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Rocco 3.67
Janis 2.00
Kiley 2.93
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:
Rocco $14,400 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Janis $7,800 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Kiley $7,600 Coryat, 20 correct, 7 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,800
Lach Trash: $12,600 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,600
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 5
Player Statistics:
Kiley Campbell, career statistics:
44 correct, 16 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
46.49% in first on buzzer (53/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,100
Rocco Graziano, career statistics:
18 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,400
Janis Raye, career statistics:
9 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,800
Rocco Graziano, to win:
2 games: 56.681%
3: 32.127%
4: 18.210%
5: 10.322%
6: 5.850%
Avg. streak: 2.308 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s runaway game means that no wagering suggestions will get posted.
- I’m pretty sure that Janis’s son is Ben Raphel.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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Rocky Graziano was born Thomas Rocco Barbella, so it’s unlikely he and today’s champion are related.
While it is true that Rocky Graziano’s last name was originally Barbella, his grandfather’s surname was Graziano. Rocky Graziano fought under his grandfather’s surname during his professional boxing career. That means it is possible that today’s champion, Rocco Graziano, is related to Rocky Graziano. Maybe, if he continues long enough on the show, the topic will come up so we can get a definitive answer instead of just speculation one way or the other. For now, it is still possible for some relationship to exist despite having different original last names.
I didn’t know the answer to FJ. Though I remember exactly where I was that night when I heard the news about Diana. I was driving back from the beach with a friend of mine and we heard the news on KNX, the local all news radio station here in Los Angeles. We were stunned. I was 29.
I wasn’t able to figure out this Final, shame on me.
Diana’s untimely death was on Labor Day weekend in 1997. When we came back to school on Tuesday, a teacher told us a news crew was coming to interview some of us about it. It turned out to be a ruse, and they were really coming to tell me I was going to be on the show. I still think they could’ve come up with a better lie.
What show was that Enos?
This one. Jeopardy.
Back in the 1990s and into the 2000s, the show would routinely have local news crews go into the schools of the chosen players to give its Teen Tournament contestants “The Call” at their school, in front of their classmates.