Final Jeopardy: Scientists (9-26-25)
Here are some more clues from the 9/26/2025 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 WESTERN HEMISPHERE ($400) With over 20 million in its greater Metro area, this city founded in 1554 has the largest population in South America
HISTORY ($1000) This leader says his country will handle challenges like it handled the Cumans & Pechenegs, nomadic invaders from the Steppes around 1100
ARCHAEOLOGIST’S GLOSSARY ($400) Like the Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, a tumulus is a large earthen mound built over one of these
($2000) Fancy name for a kitchen trash heap built up over time & indicating the former presence of a human settlement
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: 1-“S”YLLABLE WORDS
($200) This thick liquid used as a base for sauces & soup is made by simmering bones in water for 4 to 6 hours
($400) These horizontal strips in Venetian blinds are often made of aluminum in high moisture areas such as a bathroom
($600) From the Latin for “to be wise”, it’s one who is venerated for wisdom
($800) 1 Samuel say this weapon of Goliath’s was like a weaver’s beam & its “head weighed six hundred shekels of iron”
($1000) To growl with a display of the teeth, or a tangle of yarn or hair
ANSWERS: show
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Great battle, even the middle contestant was decent. I knew Final immediately, turned to my son and said, “They’re all going to know it, and one of them will win over $51000.” What a downer their wagers turned out to be.
“Ryanverse” temporarily confused me, otherwise I’d have known who created Jack Ryan. 2nd DD I had 2 choices and picked the wrong one. Last DD kinda obvious.
Knew the South American populous city; guessed the leader with the Steppes and what the tumulus covers. Should have known the alliterative library item, but never thought of it as a bibliography.
I predicted everyone would get this, too. Howard. I said (on Spoiler Talk) “I don’t see who else they could think it is except for who it is.” And, just because of that, I didn’t second guess my prediction.
2/3 on DD and got FJ. Honestly, what other French 19th century scientists can you name?
I got hung up on the Clancy DD; I just could not remember his name. Back in college, around 1990, Tom Clancy visited the Institute, along with Harold Coyle, Stephen Coonts, and Bill Butterworth, who wrote under the name W.E.B. Griffin.
Got the tumulus and the ship captain TS.
Well this game was the best game played this season with two players with over 25,000 heading into Final. Vickie made a reasonable and defensible wager. She didn’t seemed so confident on the FJ! category and was hoping that Prasad would get a difficult Final and her small bet handed the game to Prasad. There were 10 lead changes in this game and it was a back and forth battle between Vickie and Prasad at the end.
I don’t know how you figure that bet was reasonable or defensible, Kevin. I’m no expert on betting, but let’s see… She has $25,800. 2nd place with $25,600 can double up to $51,200. Only a $25,401 bet can prevent Prasad from winning and she really had no reason to think he would be weak in the FJ! category.
Idk what she was thinking but it cost her an over $50K payday!