Here you’ll find the Final Jeopardy clue for Thursday, January 30, 2025. Neilesh Vinjamuri became the third semifinalist for the Jeopardy Tournament of Champions on Wednesday’s match after gaining a runaway lead. Every contestants got the Final Jeopardy question right yesterday, so we’ll see if that happens again in today’s match featuring software engineer Mehal Shah (who is favored to win) from Washington, systems administrator Ryan Manton from Ohio, and political organizer Will Stewart from Tennessee. Here are the question and answer for Final Jeopardy on 1/30/2025, including the wagers and the winner of the episode.

Final Jeopardy Question for January 30

The Final Jeopardy question for January 30, 2025 is in the category of “Latin Phrases” and has the following clue:

After Camillagate, a fire at Windsor Castle & marriage problems in her family, Queen Elizabeth II dubbed 1992 this

The correct answer to this clue is located at the end of this article.

Final Jeopardy Wagers and Winner for January 30

-Ryan became the new semifinalist in the January 30 match after making an interestingly low bet for Final Jeopardy. Some contestants got very close to the right answer, but none of them were accepted by the judges.

Coming into the segment with $14,400, Ryan only lost a wagered $501 with his guess of “annum no grata.” He came out on top with $13,899.

Will was close with his guess of “anno terribilis,” but he risked far more. His $14,900 dropped by a whopping $14,000, leaving him with $900 in second.

Mehal will be kicking himself here with his guess of “annus horriblis,” which was sadly not accepted because it was missing a letter. Ouch. He risked $7,001 of his $7,400 and left in third with $399.

Final Jeopardy Answer for January 30

The correct answer for Final Jeopardy on January 30, 2025 is “What is annus horribilis?”

The phrase “annus horribilis” became an infamous expression after Queen Elizabeth II gave a speech for her Ruby Jubilee in November 1992. The full quote from her speech is “1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.”

The person who told her this phrase was Sir Edward Ford, her former assistant private secretary. Fans of Netflix’s The Crown will remember a scene about the queen’s speech over this exact phrase.

Ben Affleck also used the phrase “annus horribilis” to describe the year 2003 when his films Gigli and Daredevil were released.