Final Jeopardy: Science Words (7-18-25)
Here are some more clues from the 7/18/2025 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.
WARLOCKS ($600) Idris Elba was a gunslinger & Matthew McConaughey was an evil warlock in this film based on a Stephen King work
($1000) This late actor played the title characters in “Warlock” & its first sequel
AROUND SOUTH AMERICA ($400) Stanley is the capital of this self-governing territory of over 200 islands that is home to one million penguins
($1000) Xingu Indigenous Park is a treasure of this vast region of inland Brazil whose name means “thick forest”
AMBROSE BIERCE’S DEVIL’S DICTIONARY ($600) This event (remember the original title, “The Cynic’s Word Book”): “The first & direst of all disasters”
AT THE AIRPORT ($800) For a layover at Roma Fiumicino, you can book one of these in advance, including a towel, gel, hair dryer & slippers
THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO… ($800) to ride to & from his inauguration in an automobile, a Packard Twin Six
TV KIDS ($1200) Vivien Lyra Blair played this plucky royal opposite Ewan McGregor in a 2022 series from Disney+
($1600) Jamie-Lynn Sigler played her, a mobster’s daughter, who got out of the house & attended Columbia University
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE ($1600) Though not a nation, it would be the fourth-largest economy in the world, having overtaken Japan in 2025
DON’T EAT THE PICTURES ($1200) There’s precious fruit in the Garden of this trio by Frederic Leighton
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($400) In a Christmas carol, it follows “O come all ye faithful, joyful and”
($800) In England tea isn’t complete without one of these, hot off the griddle
($1200) Daily Double: See page 1
($1600) It’s a store that sells all kinds of things, or at Disneyland, all kinds of keepsakes
($2000) Commonly made from turpentine oil, this distinct-smelling chemical is used in vapor rubs, balms & insect repellents
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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.