Below is the Final Jeopardy clue for Thursday, August 29, 2024. We are still in the encore presentation for the 2024 Jeopardy Invitational Tournament, with Victoria Groce winning in yesterday’s match. Today’s episode will have three new contestants battling it out: Lilly Chin from Georgia, Colby Burnett from Illinois, and Sam Buttrey from California. This match was aired earlier this year on April 1, 2024, so Jeopardy fans might recognize the final clue. Here’s the question and answer for Final Jeopardy on 8/29/2024, along with the wagers and ultimate winner of the match.
Final Jeopardy Question for August 29
The Final Jeopardy question for August 29, 2024 is in the category of “Novel Title Objects”, which is a rather uncommon category, and has the following clue:
A girl in a 1950 novel walks into this & “got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them”
The right response to this clue has been placed in the last section of this guide, so that you don’t immediately get the answer in case you want to work it out yourself.
Final Jeopardy Wagers and Winner for August 29
Sam became the winner of the August 29 match after being the only one to get the right response for Final Jeopardy. He also had a fairly commending lead heading into the segment, though he could have been caught by Colby.
Final Jeopardy Answer for August 29
The correct answer for Final Jeopardy on August 29, 2024 is “What is a wardrobe?”
The girl referenced in this clue is Lucy Pevensie, one of the characters who enters the wardrobe in C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.” The clue’s description of the girl rubbing against coats should help make players imagine going through a closet or hanging clothes. In the story, Lucy liked “the smell and feel of fur” and left the door open because “she knew that it is very foolish to shut oneself into any wardrobe.”