Today's Final Jeopardy Clue (2024)

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Who won Jeopardy Masters 2024 tonight? ›

As the 2024 Jeopardy! Masters champion Victoria has won the $500,000 grand prize and Trebek Trophy. For finishing in second place, Yogesh earned $250,000; while James, who came in third place, received $150,000. All three players will receive automatic entry into next year's Jeopardy!

The third round, Final Jeopardy, consists of one question presented to all players or teams. The question category is revealed, and all teams or players who do not have a negative score must make a wager of at least zero, up to their entire score, based on their confidence in answering the question given the category.

How much did Adriana Harmeyer win on 'Jeopardy!' Wednesday, June 19, 2024?

After knocking off superchampion Adriana Harmeyer, Michigander Drew Basile is now a 2-day champion on Jeopardy.

“Jeopardy!” James can now bow down to Victoria Groce. The winner of spring's inaugural “Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament” clinched ABC's “Jeopardy! Masters” title in Wednesday's finale, besting the 2023 conqueror James Holzhauer and Yogesh Raut, this year's Tournament of Champions winner, who were the other finalists.

The leaderboard at the end of the second episode: First: Groce (6); Second: Holzhauer (4); Third: Raut (4); Fourth: Amodio: (1); Fifth: Roach: (1); and Sixth: Schneider (0).

Kenneth Wayne Jennings III was born on May 23, 1974, in Edmonds, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. His father was a lawyer employed overseas, and Jennings spent 15 years growing up in South Korea and Singapore where his father worked. Upon returning to the United States, Jennings attended the University of Washington.

In 1973 Trebek was lured to the United States by fellow Canadian Alan Thicke to host the NBC game show The Wizard of Odds (1973–74). It was short-lived but led to Trebek's work on such game shows as CBS's Double Dare (1976–77) and The $128,000 Question (1977–78) and NBC's The New High Rollers (1979–80).

According to "Jeopardy!" rules, spelling does not usually matter — but phonetic pronunciation does: "Written responses to the Final Jeopardy! clue do not have to be spelled correctly, but they must be phonetically correct and not add or subtract any extraneous sounds or syllables."

On Thursday, June 27, Jeopardy! champion Drew Basile won yet again. This put his overall winnings at $129,601 with his seventh win in a row. The former Survivor player was always seen as a know-it-all on that reality TV show, and he is proving it on Survivor.

Who won Jeopardy on June 19? ›

Current Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings quoted his predecessor on the June 19 episode after Survivor alum Drew Basile defeated 15-day champ Adriana Harmeyer, who has the 11th longest streak in the show's history.

On March 30, 1964, Jeopardy! made its debut. The host was Art Fleming, a novice MC who was hired because Griffin liked his performance in a commercial for TWA. In what could only be described as “beginner's luck,” Fleming would host 2,900 episodes of Jeopardy!

Drew Basile has now won five consecutive "Jeopardy" episodes. Survivor 45 star Drew Basile just hit a major milestone on Jeopardy. With five wins under his belt, the 23-year-old master's student now qualifies for the game show's Tournament of Champions.

Groce's freelance writing career has included restricted-diet and science features for Gluten Free and More (formerly Living Without Magazine) and Mental Floss. She has also worked as a freelance editor for academic dissertations and university presses.

Point Breeze's Victoria Groce won this year's “Jeopardy! Masters” tournament on ABC on Wednesday night, vanquishing past “Jeopardy!” champs including Yogesh Raut, James Holzhauer, Amy Schneider, Mattea Roach and Matt Amodio.

Initially known for ending the 19-day winning streak of Jeopardy! champion David Madden in 2005, Groce's increasing success in competitive trivia led to becoming a Chaser on the American version of The Chase in 2022. Returning to Jeopardy! after nearly 20 years, Groce won the first Jeopardy!

Coryat score

n. a player's score if all wagering is disregarded. In the Coryat score, there is no penalty for forced incorrect responses on Daily Doubles, but correct responses on Daily Doubles earn only the natural values of the clues, and any gain or loss from the Final Jeopardy!