Final Jeopardy: Medieval Europeans (3-5-25)

The Final Jeopardy question (3/5/2025) in the category “Medieval Europeans” was:

This mathematician of Pisa studied in Algeria & later wrote a book introducing Arabic numerals to a larger audience

Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, NY; Roger Craig, an applied scientist from Arlington, VA; and Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario.

Round 1 Categories: All the Non-Human Book Characters – Notable Names – Feeling Punchy – Spitting Fire – Recent Movies – Add a Letter

Juveria found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Feeling Punchy” under the $600 clue on the 20th pick of the round. She was tied for second place with Matt at $3,400, $600 less than Roger’s lead. Juveria bet it all and went with roundhouse. That was WRONG.

A powerful punch, it’s likely named for the agricultural practice of cutting dried grass show

WHAT IS A HAYMAKER?

Roger finished in the lead with $5,200. Matt was second with $14,600 and Juveria was last with negative $600. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: European Geography – Document Dudes – The Desired Opera Category – Laying Down the Law – Reality TV – Ends in “M”

Matt found the first Daily Double in “European Geography” under the $1,600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in second place with $6,600, $200 less than Roger’s lead. Matt bet it all and he was RIGHT.

Connected to the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Strait of Bonifacio separates these 2 islands show

WHAT ARE CORSICA AND SARDINIA?

Roger found the last Daily Double in “Laying Down the Law” under the $2,000 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in second place with $9,600, $14,800 less than Matt’s lead. Roger bet it and he was RIGHT.

The D.O.J. states that elements of this paired crime involve the “intent to facilitate the commission of a crime by another” show

WHAT IS AIDING AND ABETTING?

Matt finished in the lead with $30,000. Roger was second with $22,800 and Juveria was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.

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ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS FIBONACCI?

Italian mathematician Leonardo di Pisa is commonly known as Fibonacci, sort of a portmanteau of “filius” (Latin for son) and Bonacci (his surname). His father, Guglielmo Bonacci, “ran a Pisan trading post in Bugia in present-day Algeria. It was there that Fibonacci got to know the Indo-Arabic numeral system from an Islamic teacher and became enthusiastic about it.” (ETH.Zurich).

After much travel and study of number systems, Fibonacci returned to Pisa and wrote “Liber abaci” (“Book of arithmetic”), introducing the Hindu–Arabic numeral system to Europe, leading to its eventual adoption by the western world. Many consider that his greatest achievement, although he is better known nowadays for the mathematical sequence explained in the video.

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Juveria bet $500 and finished with $1,500.

Roger bet $7,597 and finished with $30,397.

Matt bet $15,601 and won the game with $45,601. So it’s one down for Matt, who thoroughly dominated Double Jeopardy! If Matt wins tomorrow, the 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament will be over.

A triple stumper from each round:

ALL THE NON-HUMAN BOOK CHARACTERS ($200) In the sci-fi novel “Children of Time”, humans must vie with Portia & Bianca, genetically juiced “jumping” types of this arachnid

EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY ($400) The D’Arcy Concession, which led to the creation of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co., later BP, was signed in this Asian city in 1901

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “GEOGRAPHIC NAME’S THE SAME”

The busiest passenger port in the U.K., it shares its name with a capital of one of the original 13 states show

WHAT IS DOVER?

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