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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Science Fiction) for Friday, March 7, 2025 (Season 41, Game 130):
Name shared by a groundbreaking magazine launched in April 1926 & a TV anthology series that premiered in September 1985
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Roger Ghaman, a TV editor & substitute teacher from Studio City, California
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Omar Abu Realh, an aerospace engineer from Annandale, Virginia
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Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee (7-day total: $87,400)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The exciting 2025 postseason came to an end yesterday, as the syndicated version of Jeopardy! returns to regular play. We return with 7-day champion Laura Faddah defending her title against Virginia engineer Omar Abu Realh and California TV editor Roger Ghaman.
One thing that I find absolutely baffling, though, is so much of the viewer dislike of the new order of Jeopardy!—essentially, the build-up to Jeopardy! Masters and the need to give as many players as possible a shot at that Masters showcase—basically amounts to “how dare ABC, actually wanting to give air time to our favorite program in prime time, the absolute audacity of them!” I will tell you: most fanbases would be absolutely killing for the amount of exposure Jeopardy! gets—just look at how upset Wheel of Fortune superfan Robert Santoli has been over the years at the thought of Jeopardy! getting more exposure than Wheel.
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Correct response: What is Amazing Stories?
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Created by Hugo Gernsback in 1926, Amazing Stories was the first dedicated science fiction magazine; it published the first stories of such later luminaries in the genre as Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin. Its name was licensed to Steven Spielberg in the 1985s to title Spielberg’s science fiction anthology series, that lasted for two seasons in the 1980s.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, March 7, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Nacho Business; Animals In Children’s Books; “G-U” Got Game; Star Wars; Rogue One; Secret Service Protection)
Both challengers had good starts, with Roger leading on the strength of seven correct responses. After 15 clues, the scores were Roger $4,000 Omar $1,400 Laura -$400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Roger 7 correct 0 incorrect
Omar 5 correct 1 incorrect
Laura 1 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Roger was almost in engineer until he took a film class in college.
Omar delivered pizzas while he was getting his Masters.
Laura began watching when very young.
Scores stayed down in a segment littered with incorrect responses as Roger continued to lead.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Roger 9 correct 2 incorrect
Laura 7 correct 2 incorrect
Omar 8 correct 4 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Roger $3,000
Laura $1,800
Omar $800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: European Capitals; Alphanumerics; I’m A Hoosier, Baby; Bible B Boys; Earth Science; A Heart In My Song)
Omar had some struggles early, but played very well in the last two minutes to extricate himself from a very deep hole—he was as low as -$6,000 at one point. Laura got DD3 incorrect but had 7 correct in the round to lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Laura 14 correct 3 incorrect
Roger 13 correct 3 incorrect
Omar 16 correct 9 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (4 today).
Scores going into Final:
Laura $9,200
Roger $6,600
Omar $800
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Roger overbet and that makes Laura an 8-day champion! She’ll be back Monday to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Omar $800 – $0 = $800 (What is Popular Science N Pop Start)
Roger $6,600 – $3,601 = $2,999 (What is Outer Limits? <3 U Krista)
Laura $9,200 – $4,001 = $5,199 (What is Unsolved Mysteries?) (8-day total: $92,599)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) ANIMALS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS $800 (clue #2)
Omar 600 -1000 (Laura 0 Roger 0)
2) EUROPEAN CAPITALS $1600 (clue #2)
Omar 2800 -2800 (Laura 1800 Roger 3000)
3) BIBLE B BOYS $1200 (clue #13, $16800 left on board)
Laura 6200 -1800 (Omar -4000 Roger 3000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -229
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Laura 3
Omar 4*
Roger
DJ! Round:
Laura 3 4 4 3 3 4 3*
Omar 5 4* 3† 5 5
Roger 2
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Laura 3.38
Roger 2.00
Omar 4.33
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: EUROPEAN CAPITALS $400 ALPHANUMERICS $400 BIBLE B BOYS $400 EARTH SCIENCE $400
Total Left On Board: $1,600
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.23 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Laura $11,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.42% in first on buzzer (14/53), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Roger $6,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 30.19% in first on buzzer (16/53), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Omar $4,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 9 incorrect, 35.85% in first on buzzer (19/53), 2/4 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $22,200
Lach Trash: $12,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $18,000
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 4
Player Statistics:
Laura Faddah, career statistics:
138 correct, 28 incorrect
13/13 on rebound attempts (on 39 rebound opportunities)
31.15% in first on buzzer (138/443)
4/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $400)
3/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,775
Omar Abu Realh, career statistics:
16 correct, 10 incorrect
2/4 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
35.85% in first on buzzer (19/53)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,800)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,600
Roger Ghaman, career statistics:
13 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
30.19% in first on buzzer (16/53)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,600
Laura Faddah, to win:
9 games: 38.537%
10: 14.851%
11: 5.723%
12: 2.206%
13: 0.850%
Avg. streak: 8.627 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Laura $9,200 Roger $6,600 Omar $800)
Laura: Standard cover bet over Roger is $4,001. (Actual bet: $4,001)
Omar: You’re going to need two overbets to have a chance. Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $0)
Roger: If Laura bets to cover and is incorrect, she falls to $5,199. Bet no more than $1,399. (Actual bet: $3,601)
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I didn’t get it, but I remember seeing the episode “The Mission” with the aspiring cartoonist who is the gunner in an airplane whose landing gear has been destroyed, and he is trapped in the belly of the plane. I highly recommend it.
I remember that one too. Definitely amazing!
All I could think of in 30 seconds was National Geographic, but that doesn’t really fit the category does it?
It’s great that now we are back to regular Jeopardy! game play—for the final 21 weeks of season 41
Perhaps Laura can win an 8th game today, and finally break $100,000.
She did win an 8th game but, somewhat miraculously, she is still significantly under $100,000. Is that some sort of record for number of wins and still being under $100K? Not criticizing as I think it is phenomenal that she has that many wins with such low totals, just asking out of curiosity. At this rate, she could conceivably squeeze a ninth win in and still be under $100K. Good for Laura, hope she gets a ninth win on Monday.
It is a record. The next lowest winnings total through eight wins of anyone who won that many or more is $138,100 (Drew Horwood in 2013).
I will note in passing that this is likely considered by Andy to be a “negative record” — and accordingly, it’s The Jeopardy! Fan editorial policy not to report or comment on such things.
That is likely true about being designated a negative record, but it is a positive that someone can keep pulling out wins without any really big numbers.
I view Jeopardy! as a fact based activity. And as in other competitions, a win is a win independent of scoring.
The fact is she is now an 8 game winner and two games away from being in the elite and amazing group of superchampions.
I remembered the Spielberg-backed show but misremembered the name and came up with “Astounding Stories”. That’s OK. Also happy to be returning to regular play. Good luck to all.
I wonder if Laura was in a similar situation as you, maybe recalling that the title had a cadence(?) like “Unsolved Mysteries” or “Astounding Stories”, but could not recall it enough to even get as close to “Amazing Stories” as you did.
I don’t believe I would have recalled “Amazing Stories” even with more factors in the clue, though upon finding out the correct response I immediately remembered knowing of it.
My best guess was OMNI, though I strongly suspected it did not date back to 1926 and boy, was I right about that! I’ve had a subscription to OMNI a couple of separate periods, so as it came out in 1978, I may have started my first subscription when it first came out.
Why was Coolidge not accepted in the Secret Service category? There are many times just a last name is okay. She was only First Lady with that last name.
There appears to have been a recent rules adjustment that in the case of First Ladies, you actually need to know her name, so as to differentiate knowledge of her name as opposed to just knowing who her husband was.
That makes sense. I’m glad they are thinking that way.
Found this tougher than any of the J.I.T. FJs.
Me too! Being there I found it hard and just over a month later at home, I still had no idea.
Well, this was the first of the 3 shows that I saw taped on January 27th and I didn’t know FJ in studio and I still didn’t remember it today. LOL
Always great to see someone become an 8 day champ when you’re there. 🙂
Will Laura get that 9th win on Monday? We’ll see! Have a great weekend everyone! 🙂
Oh, I almost forgot. We, the audience at this taping, were quite impressed with Omar’s comeback to make it to FJ.
Re: Nacho Business, $600:
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I had just finished eating exactly that not 15 minutes before the show began. This show scares me sometimes.
LOL!
LOL, again! I was watching an over-air episode of “The Golden Girls” while reading today’s comments and almost as soon as I SENT my first LOL to you, Dorothy said “Jeopardy! is on in 15 minutes”.
I knew FJ right away. I remember the series being underappreciated in its day and that it lasted a second season only because of contractual obligation. I taped every episode, but I don’t remember ever re-watching them, and although I may still have those tapes I doubt they are playable even if I could get my hands on a VHS tape player.