Final Jeopardy: Slogans (9-19-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (9/19/2025) in the category “Slogans” was:
After adopting “Very Nice” in tourism ads, an official of this country said, its people, “jokes to the contrary, are some of the nicest”
7 champ Paolo Pasco, a puzzle writer orig. from San Diego, CA, has now won $195,717. In Game 8, he’ll go over the $200K mark if he can beat these challengers: Steven Olson, a band director from Princeton, IL; and Hebah Uddin, a social media moderator & PhD candidate orig. from Long Island, NY.
Round 1 Categories: U.S. Territories – Quick Chem – From the Video Game Manual – Ancient Eating – Swap a Letter – Broadway
Steven found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Quick Chem” under the $1,000 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in last place with $800, $3,600 less than Paolo’s lead. Steven bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Atomic number 27, it’s used in EV batteries & when mixed with alumina, it’s a brilliant blue show
Paolo finished in the lead with $5,000. Steven was second with $4,600 and Hebah was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Bronze Age – Villains in Lit – 14-Letter Words – Let’s Go to the Park – Album Title Adjectives – Your Prime Number’s Up
Steven found the first Daily Double in “Let’s Go to the Park” under the $1,600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $7,800, $2,800 more than Paolo in second place. Steven bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.
The world’s tallest animal is so common there that Nyerere National Park has been nicknamed this, punning on a dino-franchise show
Steven got the last Daily Double in “Your Prime Number’s Up” under the $2,000 clue on the 16th pick of the round. In the lead with $13,400 now, he had $7,200 more than Paolo in second place. Steven bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
The highest 2-digit prime, it needs 4 syllables in French & 5 letters in Roman numerals show
Steven finished in the lead with $17,400. Paolo was second with $9,800 and Hebah was last with $4,600. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS KAZAKHSTAN?
Sacha Baron Cohen originated the Borat Sagdiyev character on the “Da Ali G Show” in 2000. The Kazakh government was less than amused by descriptions of Kazakhs as drunks and women-beaters, among other things. In 2005, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry threatened to sue Cohen. In 2006, the first Borat film was banned in Kazakhstan.
By 2020, however, with a new Borat film coming out, the Kazakh government had been convinced that they missed out on a prime publicity opportunity. The country’s tourism board adopted Borat’s catchphrase “Very nice” as a way to show the world that Kazakhstan really is very nice.
Hebah thought it was Canada. She lost $2,000 and finished with $2,600.
Paolo got it right. He bet $7,601 and finished with $17,401.
Steven got it right, too. He bet $2,202 and won the game with $19,602. Steven Olson is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
U.S. TERRITORIES ($1000) Saipan, the capital of these “Northern” islands in Micronesia, was the site of a major 1944 battle
ALBUM TITLE ADJECTIVES ($1600) Hmm… wonder where Anaheim natives No Doubt got the idea to name their major-label debut this “Kingdom”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “COMPOSERS”
A fireworks display followed the April 27, 1749 premiere of a work by this man that had been commissioned by George II show
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I was 3/3 on DD, but missed FJ. As I’m not a Cohen fan, I only thought of Germany.
The first DD, I thought of a “cobalt salted explosive”, from Star Trek. The second, that was easily decoded. The third, even though I speak French, and studied Latin for 4 years, was very easy for me, because I’m a math nerd! Also, I have a savant like gift, where I can look at a number of 3 or 4 digits, and tell you if it is prime or not. I don’t know why, I can just do it!
Impressive. I like the little trick in which you add up the individual digits in a number and that will tell you if it’s evenly divisible by 3. Let’s see how good you are when you’re no longer in your “prime”. (I’m well past mine) 🙂
Very cool, Jason. My youngest grandson is very gifted in math, too. I’m awful at math but I do know my French numbers. I’ve watched beaucoup French videos to try to be able to say the years in conversation as well as I can in English. What the heck for, I don’t know. 🤣
Keep it to yourself, but, if your grandson says how beautiful numbers are, you have a budding scholar there. You’re rightfully proud – not everyone will be a pro athlete or arts person, but brains will get you everywhere!!
And numbers are my bugbear in any language besides English. I got my BA in 1992 – nineteen ninety two. Ou, en Français – Dix neuf cent quatre-vingt douze! You tell me which is simpler!
Jason, Watch this guy rattle off a bunch of years in French. (I found that by putting 1992 in a Youglish search)
Fantastic finish. Hebah was her own worst enemy but rebounded fairly well. Steven, who looked debonair in his black suit, was unfazed throughout and worked his way into a big lead after hesitating his way through those DDs. The 3rd one was easy, you just had to start at 99 and count backwards. He reminded me too much of Matt Amodio with his “What’s” prelude to most of his responses.
I have a beautiful young acquaintance originally from Kazakhstan, but that didn’t help me a bit. I did see the first film but not the 2nd. Surprised no one got the Northern Islands or the Kingdom clues. Definitely knew the home run record total, although I recognize only Aaron Judge’s non-prime 62 as the true record. The others who exceeded that were all juicers.
Oh, and, Howard, my friend, one day late – La Shana Tova!
Well thank you!
It was another great game, and Steven Olson emerged as the new Jeopardy champ. Congratulations! As for the FJ, I went with the Bahamas, but Canada?