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Jeopardy! is all set to return for a new episode on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, bringing back another encore episode from the game show's 40th season. Since the season concluded a couple of weeks ago, the game show has been re-airing some of its finest moments from the season that just concluded.
In the upcoming round, Terry O’Shea, a software engineer from Brooklyn, New York, Matt Jackson, a grad student in computer science & public policy originally from Washington, D.C., and Alan Lin, a software engineer from Los Angeles, California, will face off against each other. This is the 140th game from the 40th season.
The final round of Jeopardy! has played a huge part in this growing popularity. This is because viewers can participate in the game show by guessing the correct answer to the final question ahead of the episode's air time. Over the years, this has become a common practice for the fans of the game show.
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We have compiled the question, answer, and other relevant details from the upcoming episode below.
August 21, 2024, Wednesday: Today's Final Jeopardy! question
The final question for the upcoming round of the game show is:
"“Captured in Egypt by the British Army 1801” is painted on the side of this artifact named for the city where it was found."
This question is from the category "From The Ancient World." This has appeared in the game show multiple times and remains a classic trivia topic with many avenues to explore.
In the final round, participants are provided with a solution, and they have to figure out the question.
Jeopardy! final solution: Wednesday, August 21, 2024
The clue and solution for the upcoming game show round read as follows.
Clue: “Captured in Egypt by the British Army 1801” is painted on the side of this artifact named for the city where it was found.
Solution: Rosetta Stone.
The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite that was inscribed with a decree from 196 BC. This was by King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. It is one of the reasons that help modern archaeologists decipher the ancient Egyptian language.
Jeopardy! contestants today: Wednesday, August 21, 2024
The three contestants for the upcoming round of the game show are Terry O’Shea, a software engineer from Brooklyn, New York; Matt Jackson, a grad student in computer science & public policy originally from Washington, D.C.; and Alan Lin, a software engineer from Los Angeles, California.
Catch them in action on the upcoming round of Jeopardy!
