Final Jeopardy Today January 22, 2025 – Questions, Answers, Pay and Winner

Below you can see Last Jeopardy clue for Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Coming from behind, Will Yancey became the second finalist for the Jeopardy Champions Wild Card Tournament in Tuesday’s game. Three new semifinalists will compete for the final spot in today’s episode: tax analyst Paul Clauson of Michigan, math professor Marko Saric of North Carolina, and software engineer Mehal Shah of Washington. Here’s the question and answer for Final Jeopardy on 1/22/2025, plus the stakes and the winner of the episode.

Final Jeopardy questions for January 22nd

The Final Jeopardy question for January 22, 2025 is in the “From Real Life to Fiction” category and has the following clue:

These 2 British writers based characters – Dikko Henderson & Old Craw – on Richard Hughes, journalist and double agent

The correct answer to the clue above is placed at the end of this guide so you have time to figure it out.

Final Jeopardy bets and winner on January 22nd

Mehal became the winner of the Jeopardy game on January 22, despite not being the contestant who got Final Jeopardy correct.

With $19,800, Mehal had the lead, but lost $6,001 with his “Fleming and Stevenson” answer, which is close to the correct answer. He still managed to win with $13,799 and becomes the third finalist.

Marko was the only contestant to get the answer right, doubling his score from $5,800 to $11,600 for second place.

Paul also guessed wrong with “Fleming and Tokiein”, losing $2,500 and dropping from $12,400 to $9,900.

Final Jeopardy Answer for January 22nd

The correct answer for Final Jeopardy on January 22, 2025 is “Who are Ian Fleming & John le Carré?”

Dikko Henderson, otherwise known as Richard Lovelace Henderson, is a character from 1964 James Bond novel “You Only Live Twice” by Ian Fleming, which was turned into a 1967 spy film. Meanwhile, The Old Craw is a character from the 1977 novel “The Honorable Schoolboy” by John le Carré, another spy novel in which the protagonist George Smiley need to create an intelligence service. Both of these characters were inspired by Richard Hughes, a journalist who was also considered a British spy and double agent during World War II.

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