Final Jeopardy: Science Records (10-7-25)

The Final Jeopardy question (10/7/2025) in the category “Science Records” was:

It was introduced in 1992 & the record 43.3 was set in the high Andes, where stratospheric ozone levels are naturally low

3x champ, TJ Fisher, a marketing specialist from San Francisco, CA,, brought his winnings up to $59,924 yesterday. In Game 4, his challengers are: Slade Gilmer, a paint quality team member orig. from Russellville, AL; and Claudine Lewis, an elementary school teacher orig. from St. Louis, MO.

Round 1 Categories: A Blast From the Past – Life is but a TV Stream – Page Boys – Going From Quitting to Retired – Here’s Your Hat… – What’s Your Hurry?

TJ found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Going From Quitting to Retired” under the $800 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. With $600 from the first clue, he was the only one on the board. TJ bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

This adjective describes a quest that’s doomed to fail show

WHAT IS QUIXOTIC?

TJ finished in the lead with $8.200. Claudine was second with $4,600 and Slade was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: The 16th Century – Words From Around the World – U.S. Cities – The Grammy for Best Comedy Album – Famous Women – Isn’t It Romantic?

TJ found the first Daily Double in “U.S. Cities” under the $2,000 clue on the 2nd pick. He was in the lead with $9,800 now, $5,200 more than Claudine in second place. TJ bet $3,500 and guessed Moline. That was WRONG.

This second-most populous Illinois city is nicknamed “City of Lights” because of early street lamps, not a natural phenomenon show

WHAT IS AURORA?

TJ got the last Daily Double in “The 16th Century” under the $1,200 clue, with 10 clues left after it. In the lead with $15,100, he had $11,300 more than Claudine in second place. Not willing to risk a lot, TJ only bet $100 and, as luck would have it, he was RIGHT this time.

Simplifying navigation, this Flemish cartographer made his eponymous 2-dimensional world map. show

WHO IS MERCATOR?

TJ finished in the lead with $16,800. Claudine was next with $5,800 and Slade was in third place with $5,200. All clues were shown.

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NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE UV INDEX?

The UV Index was first developed by Canadian scientists in 1992. The goal was to educate the public on the damage the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation does to human skin. Per accuweather.com, “methods of calculating and reporting a UV index varied across the globe. In order to replace the inconsistencies…a worldwide UV index was later developed, and today it’s standardized by the World Health Organization.” You can check the UV Index in your own area on there. Fill in your location and click on “more details” under the temperature shown. I tried it and just about everything from ‘real feel’ temps in sun and shade to the UV Index in Houston this morning is about the same as it is in Havana, Cuba!

Regarding that 43.3 record, it was set in 2003 atop a volcano in the Bolivian Andes when “a perfect storm of of ozone-destroying chemicals sent cancer-causing UV-B radiation soaring.” Planetary scientist Nathalie Cabrol said that a UV index of 43 is more akin to surface radiation on Mars than on Earth.

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Slade came up with cloud level. He lost $3,200 and finished with $2,000.

Claudine wrote down “lifelong dream” and crossed it off her list with a little check marked box next to it. Losing her $4,300 bet dropped her down to $1,500.

TJ was going for greenhouse cap, only getting so far as the “ca.” He lost a mere $200 and won the game with $16,600. TJ’s 4-day total is $76,524 from 4 runaway games.

2 triple stumpers from ISN’T IT ROMANTIC?

($1200) Caspar David Friedrich’s painting “Wanderer above the Sea of” this has become an emblem of the romantic spirit

($2000) This French composer wrote an opera about the Trojans in which the hero with whom he shares his name appears as a ghost

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “NEW ZEALAND”

Christchurch is the largest city in this New Zealand region that shares its name with an English city known for a church begun in the 6th century show

WHAT IS CANTERBURY?

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