Below you’ll find the Final Jeopardy clue for Monday, January 20, 2025. The Jeopardy Champions Wild Card continues this week as the semifinalists come back and attempt to become a finalist. Today’s match will see the return of high school teacher Jen Feldman from New York, journalist Drew Goins from Hawii, and development engineer Joey DeSena from North Carlina. Here are the question and answer for Final Jeopardy on 1/20/2025, in addition to wagers and the winner of the match.
Final Jeopardy Question for January 20
The Final Jeopardy question for January 20, 2025 is in the category of “Cold War Craft” and has the following clue:
A U.S. Navy website says its journey from New London to Norway in 1957 opened up Arctic waters previously ruled by the Soviets
The correct response to this clue has been put at the end of this guide, so you have time to figure it out first.
Final Jeopardy Wagers and Winner for January 20
Drew managed to win the January 20 match by earning a runaway lead, which is quite difficult as a semifinalist in a Jeopardy Tournament. He immediately becomes a Finalist for the Champions Wildcard.
With a guess on a Daily Double, Drew came into the segment with $26,800. That give him enough for an outright victory, so despite him not getting the Final Jeopardy, he risked nothing and came out on top.
Jen could almost catch up with him with $12,600. She lost $2,600 with what was essentially a non-answer and left in second with $10,000.
Joey actually did manage to provide the correct response, improving his score of $9,200 by $611 and finishing in third for $9,811.
Final Jeopardy Answer for January 20
The correct answer for Final Jeopardy on January 20, 2025 is “What is the USS Nautilus?”
The USS Nautilus, sharing its name with the fictional submarine from “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” by Jules Verne, is famous for being the first nuclear-powered submarine in the world. In 1958 it also made a submerged transit to the North Pole. As a show of power after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space, President Eisenhower wanted to have the Nautilus make a journey to the North Pole.