Warning: This page contains spoilers for the September 12, 2025, game of Jeopardy! — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that the game airs as early as noon Eastern in some U.S. television markets.
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Famous Buildings) for Friday, September 12, 2025 (Season 42, Game 5):
In 1588 a 10th chapel was added to this building to honor a Yurodivy, or “holy fool”, who was canonized that year
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Jeff Freymann, a retired radio producer & part-time composer from Berkeley, California
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Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley, an assistant professor from Waco, Texas
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Paolo Pasco, a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California (2-day total: $54,197)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
In the decade-plus that I have written for The Jeopardy! Fan, it seems that every great champion has had that one game early in their run where they have just dominated the proceedings. I hope I’m not premature in declaring this, but we may be looking back at yesterday’s game as one of those games after Paolo Pasco picked up 32 correct responses, only missing Final Jeopardy en route to a $34,196 payday. Today, “Papa So Cool” (as Ken anagrammed for us all during yesterday’s opening remarks) goes for victory #3 against Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley and Jeff Freymann.
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Correct response: What is Saint Basil’s Cathedral?
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Located in Central Moscow, Saint Basil’s Cathedral (also known as the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, the Cathedral of the Intercession of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat, or Pokrovsky Cathedral) was built on the direction of Ivan the Terrible. Originally built with 8 chapels around a ninth central chapel, a 10th chapel was built in the late 16th century over the grave of Saint Basil, after whom the entire chapel complex is now named. The cathedral complex is best known worldwide for its nine colorful Onion domes, and is one of the main symbols of the city.
The best way into this one, unless you know the background fact itself, is to realize that “Yurodivy” sounds Russian and then to realize that Saint Basil’s is the major cathedral in Moscow.
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