Final Jeopardy: Chemical Element Names (6-20-25)

The Final Jeopardy question (6/20/2025) in the category “Chemical Element Names” was:

Spanning the alphabet, they are the only 2 chemical element names that end with the letter “C”

New champ Bevin Blaber, a writer orig. from Schenectady, NY, won $600 yesterday. In Game 2, she competes against: Andrew Brigger, a social studies teacher from Roseville, MN; and Liv Markham, a localization producer from Darien, CT.

Round 1 Categories: Law Revue – Famous Names – Also a Spice or Seasoning – Miles Away – Keep It Clean – I’m Worried About My Fish Tank

Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Miles Away” under the $1,000 with 9 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $2,800, $1,200 more than Bevin in second place. Andrew made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

It’s roughly 4,300 miles between this city in Iowa & the same-named battle site in Wallonia show

WHAT IS WATERLOO?

Andrew finished in the lead with $5,600. Bevin was second with $1,800 and Liv was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Losing Veep Candidate – 5-Letter Words – Brit Bits – Ends in Silent “X” – 19th Century Literature – Zombie a-Go-Go

Liv found the first Daily Double in “5-Letter Words” under the $1,600 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,200, $3,400 less than Andrew’s lead. Liv bet $1,200 and she was RIGHT.

From Latin for shade or shadow, it’s the darkest part of a shadow, especially as seen during an eclipse show

WHAT IS UMBRA?

3 clues later, Andrew landed on the last Daily Double in “Losing Veep Candidate” under the $1,200 clue. He was in the lead with $6,400 now, $3,000 more than Liv in second place. Andrew made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

2016: Can you raise the name of this U.S. Senator from Virginia who ran with Hillary Clinton? show

WHO IS TIM KAINE?

Andrew finished in the lead with a runaway $14,000. Bevin was second with $5,400 and Liv was last with $3,400. All clues were shown.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE ARSENIC & ZINC?

Well, you can see that arsenic & zinc fit the A-Z hint in the clue perfectly. This is far from Jeopardy’s only alphabetical foray into the periodic table. Here are a few more:

LETTER PERFECT $1600: The first letter alphabetically to appear alone as a periodic table element symbol
THE PERIODIC TABLE $400: Alphabetically, it’s the first of the noble gases
SCIENCE GRAB BAG $1000: We’re not faking–alphabetically, it’s last among the elements on the periodic table
ANSWERS: show

And this one was a Final Jeopardy! clue. As you will see in the comments, accepting all caps for the answer blew a few minds: THE PERIODIC TABLE: Of the element symbols that don’t match the element’s English name, this element’s symbol is alphabetically 1st

Liv didn’t bet anything so her scored remained $3,400.

Bevin bet $1,401 and finished with $6,801.

Andrew bet $2,000 and won the game with $16,000. Andrew Brigger is the new Jeopardy! champ.

2 triple stumpers from each round:

19th CENTURY LITERATURE ($2000) One of this French author’s “The Human Comedy” series of works was “Cousin Bette”, about a woman who tries to ruin a family

ZOMBIE A-GO-GO ($2000) In Yeon Sang-ho’s epic 2016 thriller, the zombies come fast & furious aboard a train bound for this title South Korean city

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “FEMALE AUTHORS”

At age 9 in 1883 she moved West, where she met Annie Pavelka, a young pioneer on whom she would later model a title character show

WHO IS WILLA CATHER?

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