Final Jeopardy: The Nobel Prizes (4-4-25)

The Final Jeopardy question (4/4/2025) in the category “The Nobel Prizes” was:

Only one man & one woman have won Nobel Prizes in 2 different categories, with this category in common

4x champ Bryce Wargin, a post market surveillance coordinator from Kansas City, MO, has now won $70,199. In Game 5, he competes against: Guy Branum, a writer & comedian from West Hollywood, CA; and Mike Dawson, a technology manager from Portland, OR.

Round 1 Categories: Aviation History – Movie & TV Roles – Potpourri – 2-Word U.S. Cities – Annual Events – This Means “War”

Guy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Annual Events” under the $600 clue after the break. He was in second place with $2,400, $2,600 less than Mike’s lead. Guy made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

In 2024 this 3-week competition began in Florence & for the first time in its history, ended in Nice, due to the Olympics show

WHAT IS THE TOUR DE FRANCE?

Guy finished in the lead with $6,800. Mike was second with $5,800 and Bryce was last with $3,400. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: South African History – Literature – Van’s the Man – Albums – Skill Set – Your Verb Form is Most Irregular

Bryce found the first Daily Double in “Literature” under the $1,200 clue on the 1st pick of the round. He was in last place with $3,400, $3,400 less than Guy’s lead. Bryce bet it all and came up with tango. That was WRONG.

“A Simple Habana Melody” by Oscar Hijuelos focuses on the rumba, but this other 5-letter dance is in the title of his best-known novel show

WHAT IS THE MAMBO?

Bryce found the last Daily Double in “South African History” under the $1,600 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in last place with $800, $9,400 less than Mike’s lead. Bryce bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.

A flanking “bullhorn” military technique helped give this leader dominance of his Zulu Empire in the 1820s show

WHO IS SHAKA?

Mike finished in the lead with $15,000. Guy was second with $10,800 and Bryce was last with $5,600. All clues were shown.

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TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS CHEMISTRY?

Marie Curie pulled off a lot of firsts with her Nobel Prize wins. In 1903, she became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. That was in Physics. In 1911, she became the first woman to win the Nobel in Chemistry, as well as the first person to win two Nobel prizes. So far, Madame Curie is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific categories.

Linus Pauling won his first Nobel Prize in 1954 in Chemistry. In 1962, he became the second person to win two Nobels when he won the Peace Prize for his activism in opposition to weapons of mass destruction. So Chemistry is the category that he has in common with Marie Curie.

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Bryce thought it was Physics. He lost $5,599 and finished with $1.00.

Guy got it right. He bet $4,201 and finished with $15,001.

Mike got it right, too. He bet $6,601 and won the game with $21,601. Mike Dawson is the new Jeopardy! champ.

A triple stumper from each round:

AVIATION HISTORY ($1000) In 1933 this Wiley guy became the first aviator to fly solo around the world; it took him about 8 days

LITERATURE ($2000) The prologue of this Colson Whitehead novel mentions a secret graveyard on the north side of the campus

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “GEOGRAPHY”

Of the 13 nations through which the equator passes, it’s the only one whose coastline borders the Caribbean Sea show

WHAT IS COLOMBIA?

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