Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, September 2, 2025

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47 correct, 6 incorrect
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20. Austin Rogers $493,000
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22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Historic Scientists) for Tuesday, September 2, 2025 (Season 41, Game 127):

A pair of discoveries by him in 1787 are named for stage characters, a new practice in his field

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Ray Lalonde, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Raymond Goslow, a library technology consultant from Marietta, Georgia

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

As we get closer to the start of Season 42, our last of the semifinals from the 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament being run this summer as encore presentations featured Raymond Goslow, Juveria Zaheer, and Ray Lalonde. I noted back in March when this game originally aired that this was only the fourth known instance of two Canadians competing against each other on the Alex Trebek Stage; the ongoing trade war between Canada and the United States during the original airing of this event certainly added further intrigue.

With Juveria playing in today’s encore presentation, it is definitely worth congratulating her, along with the other two of this year’s inductees with ties to the Jeopiverse in Jay Borsom and Stephen Fry, on their respective inductions into the Trivia Hall of Fame this week. I should also note that while I’ve been personally critical of that organization in the recent past, I do want to mention that I am pleased with the fact that Paul Paquet has taken some steps to increase inclusivity within the Trivia Hall of Fame over the past half-decade.

Correct response: Who is William Herschel?

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Back in March, I certainly mentioned that the two discoveries referred to in the clue were the first two moons of Uranus to be discovered, with the discoveries happening by William Herschel six years after the discovery of the planet; eventually, these moons were given the name of Titania and Oberon, the king and queen of the fairies from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

But how did it come about that Uranus deviated from the prior tradition of naming moons after people from mythology? As it turns out, the Folger Shakespeare Library did quite a deep dive into this in 2014. And while it is said that Herschel’s son John eventually oversaw the naming of them in the 19^th century as President of the Royal Astronomical Society, it is not known if the names were given by Herschel himself, or if William Lassell (who discovered the moons named Umbriel and Ariel, named after Alexander Pope characters) did. Certainly, when more moons were discovered in the 20^th century, the tradition of using Shakespeare and Pope characters was firmly enough entrenched that the International Astronomical Union wasn’t going to deviate from that.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Note: If you’d like to see the full statistics from this game, check out the original recap, from March 4, 2025.

Game Recap:

A very close game through the first 43 clues—Raymond found DD2 with just $400 separating him and Juveria—was broken slightly open by the Daily Doubles; Raymond picked up $5,000 on his Daily Double, while Juveria lost $4,000 on hers. Thus, Raymond was in a good position going into Clue #61, but it wasn’t a runaway.

Final Jeopardy certainly had this Canadian writer feeling a great deal of national pride after the two Canadians got Final Jeopardy correct and the American did not. This sent Juveria through to the finals after Raymond made the standard cover bet and Juveria bet $0.

I’m going to do a bit of a deep dive here into Raymond’s Final Jeopardy bet choice. As I said back in March, I can never fault a player for making a cover bet in this position—especially because in order to bet small yourself (between $2 and $5,398 in this case), you have to be extremely sure that second place is going to bet small themselves. Do I think we’ll see a leader in a ToC final, JIT final, or Masters game in 2026, especially since the downside of being incorrect on your read is lessened? I wouldn’t count it out.

Scores going into Final:

Raymond $21,000
Juveria $14,400
Ray $4,200

Tonight’s results:

Ray $4,200 + $4,200 = $8,400 (Who is Herschel?)
Juveria $14,400 + $0 = $14,400 (Who is Herschel? Thank you Jeopardy! <3 ) (Finalist)
Raymond $21,000 – $7,801 = $13,199 (Who is IDK)

Game Stats:

Juveria $18,400 Coryat, 22 correct, 5 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Raymond $20,400 Coryat, 26 correct, 2 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Ray $4,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $43,000
Lach Trash: $1,400 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,600
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 4

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