Final Jeopardy: Awards (7-14-25)
Here are some more clues from the 7/14/2025 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 PREVIOUS WORLD LEADER ($800) He handed the reins to Justin Trudeau
($1000) Preceding Nelson Mandela, he became second Deputy President in the new government
FIZZY DRINKS ($800) R.I.P. this 1-calorie soda, 1963-2020, the Coca-Cola company’s first diet beverage but not its last
($1600) It contains safrole, an aromatic oil banned by the FDA in 1960; before that, it was the “root” in most commercial root beer
BILLBOARD NO. 1 HITS ($800) In 2016 Desiigner hit No. 1 with this song inspired by the resemblance of a white BMW with black wheels to an animal
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($200) $1 U.S. will get you about 500 in the currency of Costa Rica that bears an explorer’s name–not the cristóbal but this
($400) Grab the check for your dinner of méchoui & harira in this largest African nation in area & you’ll be paying in dinars
($600) Prince Mieszko I, who ruled in the 10th century, is on Poland’s note worth 10 of these currency units
($800) 20 E.U. member countries use the euro, including this former Yugoslav republic, the newest one to adopt the currency
($1000) Ask someone to share a few bob in Kenya or Uganda & you might get the currency called this, like an old British coin
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I was 2/3 on DD, but missed FJ. I went with Dan Aykroyd. I thought he won best supporting actor for “Driving Miss Daisy”. Oh well!
Ouch, not only a blowout, but a FJ stumper. I’ve watched SNL since its inception, and have no recollection of RDJr being in the cast. I was disappointed that my neighbor from just across the river didn’t get the quinine DD. He still had an outside shot at the time. I guess he’ll have to hope to make the backgammon ToC. I also got the last DD, but Scott answered the first one before I could even think of the answer.
Wasn’t too tough figuring out the national capital before Hue. I drank way too much of Diet Coke’s predecessor.
Well, gee, Rick, I know that. However, in this game, Scott was still going to win and Paul was still going to come in second even if they let Amanda have a shot at the last 2 $400 clues.
Wow, talk about a runaway! As for me, I did slightly below average in the game, and went for Alec Baldwin for FJ (which wasn’t a bad guess in my opinion).
Congrats to Scott on winning his 8th game.
Our first double stumper in a while.
The challengers needed to take a hint from Scott and not take a swing at clues they weren’t sure of. Scott only missed 2 clues in the whole game, one was $800 and the other was that tough FJ! I must add that I was more than a bit peeved that the guys wouldn’t let Amanda get one of those $400 clues so she could play FJ!
I also have to say that first Coca Cola diet soda was pretty bad but not as bad as Sam’s battery acid 🤣🤣
As for Amanda VJ, this has always been a winner take all game. I mean, a no holds barred competition.
In hindsight, sure. I can tell you that unless things have changed, the running scores are high up, off-camera, and no one looks at them except maybe for when they are in the moment deciding how much to wager on a DD. I looked at it only at the end of DJ and you can see me doing a quick shake of the head, knowing I’d just been put into a lock game. Also, during rehearsal, I was getting trounced on the buzzer, so one of the staff told the incoming champ (who lost before I was chosen to play) to lay off the buzzer. I can’t speak for the 1000s of subsequent players, but you’d have to experience a sudden pang of guilt near the end and let the also-rans have a chance.