Final Jeopardy: Animation (10-8-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/8/2025) in the category “Animation” was:
Phil Vischer, creator of this show, originally had a candy bar as the lead until his wife nudged him in a healthier direction
4x champ, TJ Fisher, a marketing specialist from San Francisco, CA,, has now won $76,524. He’s going for his 5th win today as he takes on: Chris Turner-Neal, a writer from New Orleans, LA; and Josh Ng, a middle school teacher orig. from West Nyack, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Dating Profiles From the Animal Kingdom – I’ll Be Here All Week – Shift the Stress – Let’s Fix That Car – You Come at the Queen – You Best Not Miss
TJ found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “You Come at the Queen” under the $800 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He had $400 while nobody else was on the board. TJ bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Oops, this royal missed! Already imprisoned, she plotted to kill Elizabeth I, but Liz found out in 1586 & was so not thrilled show
Chris finished in the lead with $7,800. TJ was in second place with $1,600 and Josh was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Rowing on the River – In Decipherable – An Open Question – The Nic Cage Playlist – Accounting, for Taste – Broadway Play Revivals
TJ found the first Daily Double in “An Open Question” under the $1,200 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in second place with $3,600 now, $4,200 less than Chris’ lead. TJ made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
What happened to this man last seen in the parking lot of a Detroit area restaurant July 30, 1975? show
Chris got the last Daily Double in “Rowing on the River” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick of the round. In the lead with $11,000, he had $2,600 more than TJ in second place. Chris bet $1,500 but didn’t have a clue so he was WRONG.
The Hoyas, at the Thompson Boat Center show
Chris finished in the lead with $12,700. TJ was in second place with $12,400 and Josh was last with negative $200 and out of the game at this point. All clues were shown.
BOTH contestants left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHAT ARE “VeggieTales”?
Phil Vischer’s desire to combine filmmaking and Christian storytelling led him to create a simple animated character to share Bible stories. His original idea was a talking candy bar, Vischer said in a podcast interview on PureFlix, but he changed to vegetables after his wife said “Moms are going to be mad if you make their kids fall in love with candy bars.” It took 2 years before VeggieTales took off, but then it blew up in a way Vischer said he could not have imagined “in a million years.”
Visit VeggieTales’ website to watch and listen to episodes and songs.
TJ bet $11,799 and finished with $24,199.
Chris bet $1,500 and finished with $14,200. That not only handed TJ his 5th win, it put him over the $100K mark by $723 and he is now officially qualified for the Tournament of Champions.
A triple stumper from each round:
YOU BEST NOT MISS ($1000) Reacting to winning the U.S. Open by 1 in this sport in 2012, Hall of Famer Pete Weber yelled, “Who do you think you are?! I am!”
ROWING ON THE RIVER ($2000) Gonzaga’s rowers, from the Charlotte Y. Martin Boathouse
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “FINE ART”
An early owner of this 1889 painting full of blue & green noted how well the artist “understood the exquisite nature of flowers!” show
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Missed it all, so it’s recap all the way. Blanked on the final; haven’t watched a cartoon in ages. I guessed SpongeBob Square Pants. Got 3/3 DDs, thanks to knowing what university the Hoyas teams represent.
Knew the Pete Weber and Gonzaga river clues. Can’t believe no one got the FJ from 2 years ago. Pretty sure I know all the lyrics to that Stones classic. Old enough to know both the Moon Unit Zappa and Buddy Holly songs. Surprised no one got the Ricky Roma/Shelley Levene play. Great movie, too, if your ears can handle the language. The Dracula guy’s last name escaped me for the moment. Should have nailed that one; he graduated from my college 13 years before me.
It was another fascinating game, and TJ remained as the champ due to Chris’ small wager in FJ. No, I didn’t get the correct FJ response as I was simply no fan of the ‘Veggie Tales’. Anyways, I didn’t ace the ‘Car’ category (and I should have easily done so), and mostly due to the fact that the show’s writers apparently know little about them. I mean, in at least one clue, I think that they must have derived their information from AI. As for me, I performed well above average in the game.
What was Chris thinking with his wager? He should have gone for the cover bet to win but he didn’t and he made the same mistake as Vickie did on September 26, 2025. Anyway, TJ finally came up with a correct response becoming our second official qualifier this season for the TOC 2026.
I would tend to agree as Chris should have gone for broke in FJ.
To borrow a line from Yogi Berra, it’s déjà vu all over again 🥸