Final Jeopardy: Science Words (7-18-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/18/2025) in the category “Science Words” was:
Expanding on a word created by a Czech playwright, Asimov coined this term in 1941 for a branch of science that didn’t exist yet
11x champ Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, NJ, is up to $282,101 now. If he can win Game 12, he’ll have swept 2 weeks and possibly go over the $300K mark. First, he has to defeat: Julia Broussard, a university administrator from New Orleans, LA; and Ameen Ismail, a particle physicist orig. from Ottawa, Ontario.
Round 1 Categories: Warlocks – Around South America – Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary – Feeling Sheepish – At the Airport – The First U.S. President to…
Scott found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary” under the $1,000 clue on the 19th pick of the round. He was in second place with $1,800, $800 less than Ameen’s lead. Scott bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
This group, then of 90 men: “A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties & misdemeanors” show
Scott finished in the lead with $4,000. Ameen was second with $3,600 and Julia was last with $1,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: War Locks – TV Kids – International Commerce – Literature – Don’t Eat the Pictures – “MP”
Scott found the first Daily Double in “‘MP’” under the $1,200 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,800, $5,200 more than Ameen in second place. Scott bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
From Italian, it’s a person who puts on, & often finances, public entertainment, like a concert or theatrical event show
Ameen got the last Daily Double in “War Locks” under the $2,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,200, $8,800 less than Scott’s lead. Ameen bet $5,000 and said road raiders. That was WRONG.
These blue-painted Scottish warriors whose name is from Latin for “paint” are traditionally illustrated with flowing locks show
Scott finished in the lead with a runaway $22,400. Julia was second with $6,200 and Ameen was last with $2,600. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right. Everyone also got a similar FJ! right in December 2014.
WHAT IS ROBOTICS?
Wikipedia says that Asimov coined robotics “without suspecting that it might be an original word; at the time, he believed it was simply the natural analogue of words such as mechanics and hydraulics, but for robots.” The “robots” article says Czech writer Karel Čapek “introduced” that word in his 1920 play “R.U.R.” (Notice that these articles say “coined” for robotics and “introduced” for robot. Wikipedia also has a Robotics Glossary.
I thought they might have some cute school projects on YouTube, but instead found this interesting clip explaining how the 3 Law of Robotics are okay for fiction but not for reality.
Ameen bet $105 and finished with $2,705.
Julia chose to stand pat on $6,200.
Scott bet $8,000 and won the game with $30,400. His 12-day total is $312,501. Scott will be back on Monday to kick off the last week of Season 41.
A triple stumper from each round:
FEELING SHEEPISH ($600) In ads for this company, the county sheep are badly unemployed thanks to comfortable mattresses
($800) This processed skin– largely from sheep, goats or calves–was likely named for the ancient city of Pergamum
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “NUMBERS OLD & NEW”
Expressed in today’s numbers, it’s the sum total if you add the 7 Roman numerals together show
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Yikes. 0/3 on DD, but got FJ. Karel Cåpek and R.U.R.
Scott wasn’t as much of a “heater” today. However, I think that these two weren’t as strong as some others.
As per usual, about half the TS.
Scott’s facial expressions when he gets a clue wrong are a hoot! It’s like his brain is a giant filing cabinet and oops! He can’t believe he filed a wrong answer.
It was game, set and match when Ameen missed that killer DD. (Only one I got was the middle one)
Got FJ right away; we read RUR in high school English class nearly 60 years ago, yikes.
They left a few for the taking on the board: the mattress company; the processed skin; the Rome airport booking with towel, etc.
Hmmmm…..It was another runaway for Scott, but that wasn’t too surprising based on his prior performances. Anyways, I performed above average in the game, and much better than I initially thought. Seriously though, “Robotics”, and in1941 no less? Well heck, I can still remember of a toy robot that my parents bought me for Christmas in 1959, and it was pure junk. I mean, the wired and remote control robot bent down to pick up an object once, but that was the first and last time that it performed that stunt. Well, it still walked on its roller feet (for a short while at least), but that was all. Yeah, Sears sold that piece of junk. Okay, I’m through ranting. No, given the year, I went for ‘Nuclear Science’ in FJ, and which wasn’t a bad guess in my humble opinion.
It was around that time that I got Robert the Robot for the holidays. I think he may have “talked” and said something like “I am Robert the Robot, mechanical man.” It was so long ago, I honestly don’t remember the details.
I remember my brothers getting the Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots
I just have a feeling that Scott will lose in the final week of this season.
Scott is the first player this season to sweep back-to-back weeks. Something that doesn’t happen since Adriana last season. Scott is now #14 in the all-time winnings.