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Dumont HS Teacher Narrowly Loses 'Jeopardy!' — Can You Answer His Clues Correctly?

It was a big night on "Jeopardy!" for Paramus resident Eugene Huang, a teacher at Dumont High School, who made a memorable debut during the Tuesday, March 25 episode — coming just shy of a dramatic upset in the game’s final moments.

Eugene Huang

Eugene Huang

Photo Credit: Sony Pictures/Jeopardy!

Huang competed against returning champion Josh Weikert, a politics professor from Collegeville, PA, and Sara Balmuth, an archaeologist from Shasta Lake, CA. Josh came into the night as a two-day champ with $32,800 already under his belt.

Here are some of the hardest questions that Huang got right (but you can click here to see the entire game and the answers). 

  • Q: At an elevation of 8,100 feet, Great St. Bernard Pass through these mountains connects Switzerland & Italy (mountains for $600).
  • Q: South America's highest peak, Mount Aconcagua is found near the border of these 2 countries (mountains for $800)
  • Q: A viral sensation in 2024, Moo Deng is a pygmy hippo at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in this country (Hippo-pourri for $600).
  • Q: It's for the birds: thorny igloo (mix-ology for $400).
  • Q: When it comes to love, this adjective can be used in contrast to erotic (before pleasure for $400).
  • Q: If you don't know the details of a secret government operation, you've given yourself this kind of deniability (before pleasure for $800).

Click here to see Double Jeopardy and Final Jeopardy clues.

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