Final Jeopardy: U.S.A. (7-16-25)
Here are some more clues from the 7/16/2025 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.
3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW ($800) The comical coinage aibohphobia described the fear of this type of word
($1200) It’s another name for an earthquake
AMERICAN FAMILIES ($2000) The American robin & the mountain bluebird both belong to this bird family
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
($200) “Loop the loop: is Cockney slang for this, maybe a British favorite like cock-a-leekie
($400) Saying “I haven’t a Scooby Doo” mean you haven’t one of these, what Scooby & the gang were often searching for
($600) Sometimes the rhyming part of the name gets dropped, so a Gregory (like the “Roman Holiday” actor) means this body part
($800) “Borrow & beg” means one of these items; in early 2025, high prices for them led many to borrow & beg
($1000) A “can’t keep still” is one of these, like the Peloton one with a textured 59″ running belt
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Ivanna’s score of $13,800 would have given her a chance to win on another day.
2/3 on DD, and missed FJ. I said “Fahrenheit” instead of “Celsius”, and, for the “no brainer” Final, I said Disney World.
EPCOT – “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow”. Opened 1982.
That blank by Ivanna on SETI, I concur, that was an unforced error. Even so, she would have still been $200 behind half.
When Dave finally started answering, then the game became a barn burner. Strong play throughout.
Oh Ivanna, you were right there until you blanked on that easy SETI clue near the end. Ultimately, it made no difference though. Like Pete last night, she stayed in competition without the benefit of a DD. $10K on Scott’s two DD scores enabled him to make it a lock game. Surprised he didn’t go all in on the first one. I can sometimes guess someone’s DD wager right on the nose.
I rarely get to say that I found all 3 DDs and FJ easy. My wife and her sibs are native Angelenos, and visited Disneyland beginning in that opening year. We visited in 1995 when they were giving away a car a day, but we flew home without winning one.
Another couple of seconds and I’d have known that 1953 play. Saw the movie many decades ago. William Holden. Not too many stumpers tonight; good players and relatively easy boards. I did get the earthquake clue.
Wow, it was still another runaway for Scott. In my case, I performed above average in the game, and with a no brainer for FJ.
Regarding the quote, another site found it on the Tomorrowland page of the Walt Disney Family Museum, as a direct quote from Walt Disney.
Steve, near as I can figure out, the Family Museum quote mashes up 2 different quotes attributed to Walt Disney. The first part of this one, “Physically, Disneyland would be a small world in itself – it would encompass the essence of the things that were good and true in American life.”
and the last part of this one, “Disneyland will be the essence of America as we know it…the nostalgia of the past, with exciting glimpses into the future.”
It seems to me that the clue writers knew there were different versions floating around and that’s why the clue says “Its creator imagined” as opposed to “Its creator said”
Scott is now the 18th player to win 10 games. He is also #17 in the all-time winnings. After Isaac failed to win his 10th game exactly one year ago on July 16, 2024, Scott was able to do it on this date on July 16, 2025.
EPCOT would have been my guess too…