Up ahead is the Final Jeopardy clue for today, Thursday, July 17. On top of crossing the quarter-million mark, Scott Riccardi has made a name for himself as a “superchamp” with his tenth Jeopardy victory in Wednesday’s match. He’s now officially made it into the Top 20 for the highest totals in regular play. We’ll see if he can continue to build on his winnings in tonight’s episode featuring PR professional Chad Biele from Georgia and magazine writer Marisa Cohen from New York. Here’s the question and answer for Final Jeopardy for 7/17/2025, along with the wagers and the winner of the match.
Final Jeopardy Question for July 17
The Final Jeopardy question for July 17, 2025 is in the category of “American Novels” and has the following clue:
A critic described this novel as “A man from down South sitting in a manhole up North…& signifying about how he got there”
So that the answer isn’t spoiled right away, we’ve put the correct response to this literary question at the bottom.
Final Jeopardy Wagers and Winner for July 17
No one got the Final Jeopardy clue right in the June 17 match, but Scott still cruised to a solid runaway victory for his eleventh win.
With nearly 60 correct responses from both rounds, Scott amassed $40,000, well past his closest competitor. He still lost $20,000 by not getting the final clue right (he’s really trying to go past that $50,000 mark for a single game), but he still won with the remaining $20,000. His winnings now swell to $282,101.
Marisa only had $5,200 and lost a wagered $712 on her guess of “On the Road?” She dropped to $4,488 for second place.
Sadly for Chad, he was in the negatives, -$2,000, after the second round and didn’t participate in Final Jeopardy.
Final Jeopardy Answer for July 17
The correct answer for Final Jeopardy on July 17, 2025 is “What is Invisible Man?”
This clue will test the contestant’s knowledge of important novels written by African-Americans. Winning the National Book Award for Fiction in 1953, “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison describes how invisible the main character, intentionally unnamed, has felt in society. The quote in the clue comes from critic Jervis Anderson in a 1976 issue of The New Yorker. The article remarks that the book was so significant that it had become “required reading for many college courses in American literature.” Hulu planned to create a TV series based on the novel, but it never came to fruition.
