Today's Final Jeopardy! answer: Tuesday, August 20, 2024

A still from Jeopardy! (Image via jeopardy.com)
A still from Jeopardy! (Image via jeopardy.com)

Jeopardy! is all set to return with another episode on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. As most fans know, the game show concluded its packed 40th season a couple of weeks ago and the new season will not commence till September. Hence, this period is filled with some of the best episodes from the season that just concluded.

In the upcoming round, Leonard Cooper, a doctoral student from Little Rock, Arkansas, will face off against Jason Zuffranieri, an upper school mathematics faculty member from Carrollton, Texas, and Larissa Kelly, an editor from Richmond, California.

The final round of Jeopardy! is one of the main reasons for its popularity. This is because viewers participate by guessing the correct answer to the final question ahead of the episode's air time. Over the years, this has become one of the most common practices for the fans of the game show while watching it.

We have compiled the question, answer, and other relevant details from the upcoming round of the game show below.


August 20, 2024, Tuesday: Today's Final Jeopardy! question

The final question for the upcoming round of the game show is:

"Virginia Woolf disliked this book that was “cutting out the explanations and putting in the thoughts between dashes.”"

This question is from the category "20th Century Novels." Literature-based topics have always been a trivia favorite, and this one is no different.

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 charm of the final round.


Jeopardy! final solution: Tuesday, August 20, 2024

The clue and solution to the upcoming round's final question read as follows:

Clue: Virginia Woolf disliked this book that was “cutting out the explanations and putting in the thoughts between dashes.”

Solution: Ulysses.

Ulysses, one of the most famous novels of all time, appeals to different people in different ways. Virginia Woolf and her husband, who ran Hogarth Press for about a year, refused to publish the book because it was seemingly cutting out explanations.


Jeopardy! contestants today: Tuesday, August 20, 2024

The three contestants for the upcoming round of the game show are Leonard Cooper, a doctoral student from Little Rock, Arkansas; Jason Zuffranieri, an upper school mathematics faculty member from Carrollton, Texas; and Larissa Kelly, an editor from Richmond, California.

Catch them in action on the upcoming round of Jeopardy!

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