Final Jeopardy Today August 26, 2024 – Question, Answer, Wages & Winner

You can find the Final Jeopardy answer for August 26, 2024 below. If you’ve been following the recent episodes of the game show, you’ll know that we’re in a repeat phase of the 2024 Jeopardy Invitational Tournament. This episode will be a re-airing of Game 143 on March 27, featuring contestants Brandon Blackwell from New York, Alex Jacob from Oklahoma, and Jennifer Quail from Michigan. Here’s the Final Jeopardy question and answer for 8/26/2024, plus the wagers and ultimate winner of the match.

Final Jeopardy Question for August 26

The Final Jeopardy question for August 26, 2024 is in the category of “Old Words” and has the following clue:

First appearing in an English dictionary in 1623, mesonoxian means pertaining to this word

We won’t provide the answer immediately here in case you want to try figuring it out for yourself. As such, it’s at the end of this guide.

Final Jeopardy Wagers and Winner for August 26

Unlike the runaway victories from the past few episodes, Jennifer became the surprise victor of the match after being the only one to crack the Final Jeopardy clue.

Jennifer started in third place with $11,000 before Final Jeopardy, but wagered all of her money to double her total to $22,000. This catapulted her to first place, despite the fact that the leader had more than twice her total going into it.

Meanwhile, Brandon came in with the lead at $23,600 and lost $4,801 on his wager to end up in second place with $18,799. Alex unfortunately lost of all his money after risking his entire total of $14,200 and finished in third place.

Final Jeopardy Answer for August 26

The correct answer for Final Jeopardy on August 26, 2024 is “What is midnight?”

This is yet another Jeopardy clue about figuring out the etymology of a word that you may not know. And “mesonoxian” is one such word. In ancient Greek, the prefix “meso-” usually means middle, intermediate, or moderate. The other part “nox” is associated with sleep. If you can parse this out, then “midnight” is the right solution.