Final Jeopardy Clues: 10-20 to 10-24-25

Here are the Final Jeopardy clues and correct responses for the week of October 20 through October 24, 2025.

Click on the dates to see the recap for each game.

Mon, Oct 20 – Correct answers: 2
CELEBRITY AUTHORS: A 1984 trip to Normandy inspired this journalist to write a book that popularized a term for an era of Americans show

Tue, Oct 21 – Correct answers: 0
U.S.A.: When area codes were introduced, 3 very populous areas got the ones quickest to dial: these 3 codes show

Wed, Oct 22 – Correct answers: 1
TRAVEL USA: The website for this hotel includes mini-biographies of Harold Ross, Edna Ferber & Alexander Woollcott show

Thu, Oct 23 – Correct answers: 1
SOUTH AMERICA: An airport at this South American city is named for archaeologist Maria Reiche, who was known as the “Lady of the Lines” show

Fri, Oct 24 – Correct answers: 1
RELICS: Missionary William Ellis reported in 1825 that his “bones were preserved… & were considered sacred by the people” of Hawaii show

Boy, oh boy! What a crazy week this was. Two right on Monday’s FJ! clue was the best we were to see. A triple stumper on Tuesday was the worst. The other 3 FJ! clues all came back with only one correct response. That’s 5 correct responses out of a total of 15, which is one less than last week’s 6 out of 15.

This week’s winners:
Mon 10/20/25 $21,601 Dargan Ware
Tue 10/21/25 $22,599 Tom Devlin
Wed 10/22/25 $20,600 Tom Devlin
Thu 10/23/25 $30,000 Tom Devlin
Fri 10/24/25 $15,600 Shaan Mishra

Dargan Ware returned on Monday and won his second game. Expectations that Dargan would go on a long run looked sketchy at the end of the first round of Tuesday’s game, when Dargan had $3,800 to challenger Tom Devlin’s $15,600. Miraculously, Dargan not only caught up, he finished Double Jeopardy with $31,800 to Tom’s $27,200. Tom won the game anyway, with the most money left after a triple stumper. Dargan’s 2-day total was $47,801.

Anticipation of a long run now turned to Tom and he did win 2 more games, generally leaving his opponents in the dust. Tom lost on Friday when he got FJ! wrong and Shaan Mishra got it right! Tom won $73,199 and set 2 Season 42 records: (1) the highest score at the end of the Jeopardy! round; and (2) 33 correct responses in one game. Tom also had the top payday of the week but Shaan will be the returning champ on Monday.

Jeopardy! paid out $110,400 in winnings this week plus $25K in consolation prizes. Dargan and Tom each got $3K to add to their winnings.

Here is the SOME CLOWNS MEAN WELL category from Wednesday’s game.