Below you will see the Final Jeopardy clue for Tuesday, February 18, 2025. The quarterfinals of the Jeopardy Invitational Tournament continues after yesterday’s match, with high-ranked player Matt Amodio getting through in a tight match. Tonight’s episode will feature consultant Jaskaran Singh from Texas, Ph.D student Skyler Hornback from Kentucky, and homemaker Margaret Shelton from Pennsylvania. Statistically, it’s projected that Jaskaran and Margaret will have a fairly close battle. Here is the question and answer for Final Jeopardy on 2/18/2025, plus the wagers and the winner of the game.
Final Jeopardy Question for February 18
The Final Jeopardy question for February 18, 2025 is in the category of “Supreme Court Decisions” and has the following clue:
This landmark case was reported in the N.Y. Times not on the front page but in “News of the Railroads”
The correct response to this clue, per usual, can be found at the end of this article.
Final Jeopardy Wagers and Winner for February 18
Jaskaran won the February 18 match with a runaway lead, as his nearest competitor Margaret risked too much on a Daily Double.
With $21,800, Jaskaran didn’t need to get the Final Jeopardy clue correct, but he did anyway. He risked nothing but still came out on top and becomes a semifinalist.
Skyler had $7,100 and lost $3,500 with his incorrect answer of “Pullman vs. United States.” He ended in second place with $3,600.
Margaret only had $6,200 and risked it all. However, she couldn’t come up with a response and finished in third with $0.
Final Jeopardy Answer for February 18
The correct answer for Final Jeopardy on February 18, 2025 is “What is Plessy v. Ferguson?”
The clue is rather vague with the mention of “railroad” without much else of a hint. However, the case of Plessy v. Ferguson is rather infamous, with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Jim Crow laws that created racial segregation did not violate the Constitution.
In 1892 Plessy entered a whites-only train car (hence, the focus on railroads here) as a mixed-race person and was charged under Louisiana’s Separate Car Act of 1890. Though Plessy appealed to the Supreme Court, it decided against him 7 to 1, effectively legitimizing further segregation laws throughout the country.
It wasn’t until the Brown vs Board of Education case in 1954 that segregation in public education was ruled unconstitutional, making Plessy v. Ferguson dead as a legal precedent.
