Below you’ll find the Final Jeopardy clue for Friday, January 24, 2025. Today marks the second day of the Jeopardy Champions Wild Card finals. From Thursday’s game, Mehal Shah comes in with a strong $9,600 lead over Drew Goins and a $21,600 lead over Will Yancey. That said, it’s not over until it’s over, especially given that Goins and Yancey both won their spots here through the Second Chance Tournament. Here are the question and answer for Final Jeopardy on 1/24/2025, plus the wagers and the winner of the episode.
Final Jeopardy Question for January 24
The Final Jeopardy question for January 24, 2025 is in the category of “Composers” and has the following clue:
“Troll Hill” is the name of his country home, the grounds of which include a concert hall & a lakeside cabin where he worked
To avoid any spoilers on the answer, it has been placed at the end of this guide.
Final Jeopardy Wagers and Winner for January 24
Mehal became the winner of the January 24 match, and given his win yesterday, he becomes the champion and will be heading into the Tournament of Champions.
Coming in with $19,000, Mehal risked nothing given his lead going into Final Jeopardy so his incorrect guess of “Sibelius” didn’t cost him anything. His total stayed the same and with his $27,200 from yesterday, he came out with $46,200.
Drew attempted to make a comeback by risking his entire $10,200 total, but his guess of “Humperdinck” made him lose it all. Over two days, he finished with $17,600. Luckily for him, that’s actually enough for Drew to get an open spot in the Tournament of Champions, given Lisa Ann Walter’s withdrawal.
Will also wagered his entire sum of $3,600, but he answered wrong with “Wagner.” His total of $5,600 for the finals put him in third place.
Final Jeopardy Answer for January 24
The correct answer for Final Jeopardy on January 24, 2025 is “Who is the Edvard Grieg?”
The only real hint in this clue is “Troll Hill,” which might lead to the famous composition “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg. In America, this song is usually played during Halloween, and it’s sometimes paired with scenes that are particularly frantic or spooky.
Grieg is a Norwegian composer and pianist who once wrote in a letter about the song that “it absolutely reeks of cow-pies, exaggerated Norwegian nationalism, and trollish self-satisfaction.” In Norwegian, the name of the song is called “I Dovregubbens Hall,” with Dovregubben referring to a troll king.
