Jeopardy! is all set to return with a new episode on Monday, January 20, 2025, bringing back another exciting episode from the game show's 41st season, which is in full swing now. We will see yet another exciting round from the Champions Wild Card contest, which will finally start with its semi-finals in the upcoming round. This also means that the stakes are set to go up, and more brilliant players will now fight for a place at the next stage of the contest.
In the upcoming round, Joey DeSena, a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina, will face off against Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, and Jen Feldman, a high school teacher from Brooklyn, New York. As we have already seen the three contestants in action, it is quite clear that it is impossible to separate them ahead of the round.
The final round of Jeopardy! has many elements that make it stand out. This includes its ability to allow viewer participation. Viewers can participate in the game show by guessing the correct answer to the final question ahead of the episode's air time. We have compiled the question, answer, and other relevant details from the upcoming episode below.
January 20, 2025, Monday: Today's Final Jeopardy! question
The final question for the upcoming round of the game show reads:
"A U.S. Navy website says its journey from New London to Norway in 1957 opened up Arctic waters previously ruled by the Soviets."
This question is from the category "Cold War Craft." This is a sufficiently unique topic and does not appear as often in the show.
In the final round of the game show, participants are provided with a solution, and they have to figure out the question. This adds to the intrigue of the round.
Jeopardy! final solution: Monday, January 20, 2025
The clue and solution to the upcoming round's final question read as follows:
Clue: A U.S. Navy website says its journey from New London to Norway in 1957 opened up Arctic waters previously ruled by the Soviets.
Solution: USS Nautilus.
The USS Nautilus was the first nuclear-powered submarine. It was named after Jules Verne’s fictional submarine from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island. It traveled from New London to Norway in 1957.
Jeopardy! contestants today: Monday, January 20, 2025
The three contestants for the upcoming round of the game show are Joey DeSena, a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina; Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi; and Jen Feldman, a high school teacher from Brooklyn, New York.
Catch them in action on the upcoming round of Jeopardy!