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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Medieval Europeans) for Wednesday, September 3, 2025 (Season 41, Game 128):
This mathematician of Pisa studied in Algeria & later wrote a book introducing Arabic numerals to a larger audience
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada (0 wins)
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Roger Craig, an applied scientist from Arlington, Virginia (0 wins)
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Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, New York (0 wins)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
As we get even closer to the start of Season 42, our encore presentations continue tonight with Game 1 of the 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament finals between Matt Amodio, Juveria Zaheer, and Roger Craig. While future events proved this to not be the case, with all three of these players advancing to Jeopardy! Masters, at the time we thought the first player to two wins would get a coveted Masters invite.
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Correct response: Who is Fibonacci (Leonardo of Pisa)?
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Fibonacci, best known in mathematics today for the sequence of numbers that begins 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, and 13, learned of Arabic numerals (the numbers used today in the Western world) while as a child living in Algeria; his father Guglielmo operated a trading post there. In his Liber Abaci, Fibonacci showed the usefulness of Arabic numerals in improving business calculations—and, because capitalism, Arabic numerals were quickly adopted throughout Europe.
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Game Recap:
While Juveria struggled in this one after getting an early Daily Double incorrect, Matt and Roger had an epic battle. Matt jumped out to a big lead in Double Jeopardy, getting a Daily Double near the start of a run when he gave correct responses on 10 consecutive clues. However, Roger battled back with a True Daily Double of his own midway though Double Jeopardy and ensured that Matt didn’t have a runaway going into Final Jeopardy.
All three of our players today got Final Jeopardy correct as Matt got halfway to the tournament victory.
Scores going into Final:
Matt $30,000
Roger $22,800
Juveria $1,000
Tonight’s results:
Juveria $1,000 + $500 = $1,500 (Who is Fibonacci?)
Roger $22,800 + $7,597 = $30,397 (Who is Fibonacci?)
Matt $30,000 + $15,601 = $45,601 (Who Fibonacci) (1 win)
Game Stats:
Matt $25,000 Coryat, 27 correct, 3 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Roger $15,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Juveria $4,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 6 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $44,600
Lach Trash: $1,400 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,000
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 4
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Late to the party, but…
Aside from DD1 not going well for Juveria and the struggles that ensued from it, this game is pretty much everything that is so great about tournament play. Not just when it comes to gameplay (although I would be doing Matt a disservice if I didn’t highlight his remarkable run early in Double Jeopardy – to get 10 correct responses in a row against new players is already impressive enough, but to do so against two of the greatest players of all time is just unbelievable), but the energy all three had throughout the episode was fantastic – from Juveria’s back-and-forth about being besties with Ken, to Roger totally not keeping track of who surpassed his $77K total over the years, to Matt finding inspiration for his villainy dreams from I, Tonya, to RECENT MOVIES $400 and the Cocaine Bear incident, to everything in between. This was genuinely one of my favorite episodes of the show I’ve ever watched and I would genuinely have not complained if this trio’s showdown got stretched out to a full seven-game first-to-three series. 🙂