Final Jeopardy Today July 29, 2024 – Question, Answer, Wages & Winner

Today’s Final Jeopardy clue for July 29, 2024 can be found below. As many Jeopardy fans will notice, the episode for tonight’s match is a repeat. The ongoing season will return in about six weeks in mid-September, where new champion Rachel Bradley from Maryland will defend her title. For now, we have a re-airing of the February 28, 2024 episode, where contestants Yogesh Raut from Washington, Jake DeArruda from Vermont, and Nick Cascone from New York face off against each other. Here are the wages, winner, and the question and answer for Final Jeopardy on 07/29/2024.

Final Jeopardy Question for July 29

The Final Jeopardy question for July 29, 2024 is in the category of “1950s Politics” and has the following clue:

In 1959 Bob Bartlett & Hiram Fong each won a coin flip to gain this alliterative title

The answer to this clue can be found in the final section of this guide, so we recommend scrolling carefully unless you want to know the answer right away.

Final Jeopardy Wagers and Winner for July 29

Yogesh is the Jeopardy winner after today’s Final Jeopardy on July 29, 2024, with no one able to answer the final clue correctly.

Yogesh came into Final Jeopardy with the lead at $26,800, which wasn’t a runaway sum. He wagered $2,001 and came out with a total with $24,799.

Jake had $14,400, but risked $12,401 with the wrong answer of “state senator.” He goes away in second place with $1,999 left over. Nick had $2,400, but answered the same thing as Jake did. He wagered $2,399 and left in third place with only $1.

Final Jeopardy Answer for July 29

The right answer for Final Jeopardy on July 29, 2024 is “What is senior senator?”

The “senior senator” is a term given to the senator who has served in office the longest among the two senators of any given state. The other senator is called the “junior senator.” This title has no official standing, though informally many offices and committee assignments are typically given to the senior senator by default.

In today’s clue, the inclusion of 1959 might help players remember that this is when Alaska and Hawaii became a part of the United States. Given that they were new states, the only way to determine the senior senator between the two was a random coin flip – Bob Barlett for Alaska and Hiram Fong for Hawaii.