Below you’ll find the Final Jeopardy today for July 11, 2024. Isaac Hirsch, who brings a little over $140,000 into tonight’s Jeopardy game after a 6-day winning streak, competes against Liz McKenna from New Jersey and Robert Voyles from New York. The difficulty of the final clue for Game 219 in Season 40 is quite high compared to yesterday’s clue if you’re not particularly confident with geography and languages. Here’s the Final Jeopardy question and answer for Thursday, 7/11/2024, plus the wages and winner of the show.
Final Jeopardy Question and Answer for July 11, 2024
The Final Jeopardy question and answer for July 11, 2024 is in the category of “Countries of the World” and has the following clue:
- “Until 1991 this country named for a river had a capital whose name means “lakes” in Portuguese”
Click here to reveal the correct answer:
The correct answer is “What is Nigeria?”
The original capital of Nigeria was Lagos before it was moved to Abuja on December 12, 1991. The reason for the change was due to Lagos being both the federal and state capital, which burdened the city with too many administrative responsibilities. So in 1976, General Murtala Mohammed announced that Abuja would be the future capital of Nigeria once the city was developed enough.
An alternate route to the answer is knowing that “lakes” in Portuguese is “lagos” and then knowing that the capital of Nigeria was Lagos.
Final Jeopardy Wagers and Winner for July 11, 2024
Once again, Isaac Hirsch ended up being the winner for July 11, 2024, and he was the only one to get the right answer in Final Jeopardy.
Isaac was quite safe heading into the final clue with $18,400, with Robert having $5,800 and Liz having $1,200. Isaac conservatively wagered $1,600 and ended up with an even $20,000, bringing his 7-day total to $161,388.
Both Robert and Liz weren’t able to come up with the right response, with Robert choosing Brazil as his answer and Liz drawing a blank. Robert wagered $3,399 and finished with $2,401 in second place. Liz lost $102 in her wager, landing her in third place with $1,098.
