Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Science (10-17-25)
Here are some more clues from the 10/17/2025 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.
The players only missed one clue in MOVIE IMPROVISATIONS:
(200) After her “Bridesmaids” character learned an extra in a scene was single, this actress ad-libbed she’d climb that like a tree
(400) A Variety headline: he “improvised so much on ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ that 2 million feet of film was shot”, with 972 boxes of outtakes
(600) “Jaws” isn’t exactly a laugh riot, but this Roy Scheider improv reaction to seeing the shark for the first time sure was funny
(800) “The Princess Bride” saw Billy Crystal improv-ing about an MLT, a this, lettuce & tomato sandwich “where (the ‘M’) is nice & lean”
(1000) Gotta have a Christopher Guest movie line, like Fred Willard’s in this film: “He went after her like she was made outta ham”
IMPROV ANSWERS: show
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: DADDY, IS THERE REALLY A…
($200) No: This expert British murder-solver, here portrayed by Angela Lansbury
($400) No: A.I. generated the TikTok image of this pig/human eventually killed by Tim Cheese
($600) No: as the representation of the sea; yes, as a singer for the Monkees
($800) Yes: though he passed into folklore by traipsing along in a tin hat planting fruit trees
($1000) No: this man for whom a summer-y gin & lemon juice cocktail is named
ANSWERS: show
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I was 3/3 on DD but missed FJ. I said “photon”. I’m not a nuclear physicist, but I know a bit more than the average bear, so, a little bit of embarrassment – but only a little bit!
Dargan really took it to town. I found it a little funny that, for both his DD, Cynthia picked a $600 clue, he got it right, and the $800 was the DD!
The ladies played well but were no match for the champ. I found the first 2 DDs easy; Cindy, unfortunately did not. (I saw the Eagles in ’72 when they were new and an opening act.) Final had me all over the place: quasar, double helix, quark. The few stumpers listed here stumped me too.
It was another fascinating game, but heavily lopsided in favor of Dargan. As for me, I performed above average during the game, and also went with ‘neutrino’ in FJ.
Congrats on getting FJ! right, Cindy! I wish Ken had just said that instead of “you may have to settle for second today…” OMG! I think you already knew that.
Years ago, someone on Reddit griped about Alex Trebek saying a player with a runaway “could not be caught” at the end of the Double Jeopardy! round, claiming it spoiled the FJ! round. Alex was told to stop doing that so he did. I’m not really sure why it has bugged me ever since, but maybe because it’s one thing not to mention the runaway. It’s another to pretend it won’t make a difference in the outcome.
I wouldn’t be too hard on Alex VJ. After all, Art Fleming never matured into the game as Alex did. Then again, Alex had some ~36 years to develop the game into a more leisurely pace.
I wasn’t being hard on Alex, Rick.
The host should never mention the runaway before Final because there’s always the possibility the leader will err in his/her wager. The gal who beat me took no chances and bet $0, and of course it did me no good to get FJ right and she did not.
What are the odds, Howard? Slim to none, I’d say. I agree that the host doesn’t have to say it’s a runaway. He doesn’t have to say so and so has A BIG LEAD either. Conversely, he always says IT’S NOT A RUNAWAY, when second place can win if the leader gets FJ wrong or screws up the bet.
Just my opinion.