Final Jeopardy Clues: 9-15 to 9-19-25

Here are the Final Jeopardy clues and correct responses for the week of September 15 through 19, 2025.

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

Mon, Sept 15 – Correct answers: 1
VOCABULARY: Today it’s used as a verb on social media; in previous centuries its meanings included an enemy & not a Quaker show

Tue, Sept 16 – Correct answers: 0
HISTORIC AMERICANS: Upon this man’s re-election, Karl Marx called him “the single-minded son of the working class” show

Wed, Sept 17 – Correct answers: 3
NOVELS: In April 2025 the Empire State Building was lit up in green to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this novel’s publication show

Thu, Sept 18 – Correct answers: 2
AWARD WINNERS: He became the first person to win both an Olympic medal & an Academy Award thanks to a short film he made about his sport show

Fri, Sept 19 – Correct answers: 2
SLOGANS: After adopting “Very Nice” in tourism ads, an official of this country said, its people, “jokes to the contrary, are some of the nicest” show

It’s easy to pick Tuesday’s Historic Americans clue as the week’s hardest. It was the only one no one got. Conversely, the easiest was Wednesday’s, the only clue everyone got. Collectively, the other 3 clues produced 5 correct responses out of 9.

This week’s winners:
Mon 9/15/25 $27,601 Paolo Pasco
Tue 9/16/25 $27,174 Paolo Pasco
Wed 9/17/25 $27,601 Paolo Pasco
Thu 9/18/25 $33,600 Paolo Pasco
Fri 9/19/25 $19,602 Steven Olson

Paolo Pasco reappeared on Monday as a 3x winner with $79,741 to show for it. He went on to win another 4 games. They were worth $115,976. Paolo had a grand total of $195,717 by Friday, when he was defeated by Steven Olson.

Jeopardy! paid out $135,578 in winnings this week. Paolo got $3K of the $15K consolation prizes.

Here is the 80’s WORDS FROM THE OED. from Thursday’s game.