Today's Final Jeopardy! answer: Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Jeopardy! is all set to return with a new episode on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, bringing back another exciting round of the popular game show's 40th season. This season saw three great contestants in the past couple of months, with the most recent one, Isaac Hirsch, finally losing a game after a long time last night. This episode will see a new contestant, and it is unlikely that the show will see many more greats before this season ends.

In the upcoming round of the game show, Jay Fisher, a government relations manager from Lisle, Illinois, who also beat Isaac Hirsch after the latter made a mathematical error, will face off against Nella Ballauer, a church secretary from Amarillo, Texas, and Zach Eckstein, a law clerk from New York, New York. Fisher narrowly beat Hirsch and has won $1,799 in the process. Despite the low total on his debut, Fisher will have high expectations to shoulder after beating the player who was dubbed as the best of this season.

Jeopardy! is one of the oldest and most renowned game shows in the history of American television. It began airing in the early 1960s and has since then held a cult status in the market, thanks to its offbeat format and engaging nature, elements that have become pivotal in its ongoing popularity. The game show also benefits a lot from its final round, which happens to be the main crowd-puller.

The final round of the game show has many elements that make it stand out. This includes the ability to allow viewer participation. Viewers can participate 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 cult fanbase of the game show.

However, this can still be a complicated process. We have compiled the question, answer, and other relevant details from the upcoming episode below.

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July 17, 2024, Wednesday: Today's Final Jeopardy!

question

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

"In a 1980 National Book Award Winner, we learn this title character gets his name from the rank of his late Dad–Technical Sergeant."

This question is from the category "Literary Characters." This is among the most common topics in the game show's history and has appeared often.

In the final round of the game show, participants are provided with the solution, and they have to figure out the question.

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Jeopardy! final solution: Wednesday, July 17, 2024

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

Clue: In a 1980 National Book Award Winner, we learn this title character gets his name from the rank of his late Dad–Technical Sergeant.

Solution: T.S. Garp.

John Irving’s The World According to Garp featured the character T.S. Garp, born out of wedlock to a mother who wanted no husband but a child. The letters T.S. had no meaning but only referred to Garp's father's rank.

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Jeopardy! contestants today: Wednesday, July 17, 2024

The three contestants for the upcoming game show round are Jay Fisher, a government relations manager from Lisle, Illinois, Nella Ballauer, a church secretary from Amarillo, Texas, and Zach Eckstein, a law clerk from New York, New York.

Catch them in action on the upcoming round of Jeopardy!