Jeopardy! December 27, 2024—Winner, clues, and more

Jeopardy! December 27, 2024, episode crowned Laura Faddah as a winner once again, and it came as no shock to the Jeopardy! fans. She has been building a base score for a week now, and this has given her enough advantage to fall back on if things go south.

In a true manager's fashion, Laura has been patient and strategic throughout her participation in the show and has managed to create wealth for herself. The other contestants for this episode were Megan Riddell and Herb Jeong. Despite being formidable rivals, they could not compare to the score that Laura has built all this time.

Contestants on Jeopardy! December 27, 2024

Laura Faddah: Laura is from Memphis, Tennessee, where she works as a manager. She has remained a reigning champion on Jeopardy! December 27, 2024, with a six-day winning streak. Her gameplay style is conservative; she makes strategic wagers, consistently producing results.

Laura is known for her calm demeanor and strong performances across various categories such as literature, history, and pop culture. Her Daily Double track record is impressive as well.

Megan Riddell: Megan comes from Linthicum, Maryland, and works as a human resource manager. She works amidst data, and thus, this professional expertise helped shape her approach to the categories and clues on the show.

Megan started strong during the early clues of the Jeopardy! round. Her overall score was later impacted when she fumbled over some Daily Doubles. Despite not being able to exceed Laura, Megan displayed her talents well.

Herb Jeong: Herb hails from San Francisco, California. He is retired right now but used to work as a pension administrator. He has years of experience in trivia and brings his broad knowledge base to the show.

He has expertise in topics related to finance and administration. Herb was a cautious player and even more conservative than Laura. This meant that he missed out on key opportunities where he could have capitalized on his right answers.

Jeopardy! December 27, 2024 Episode Recap

Jeopardy! Round: Categories for this round were Starts & Ends With “O”; Hodgepodge; Cups & Glasses; F. Scott Fitzgerald; The Last Tycoon; This Side of Parodies.

All three contestants started strong during the initial clues. Megan was in the lead after 15 clues, and Laura was close behind. Here's what the scores looked like before moving on to the next round.

Laura - $1,600 - 8 correct, 2 incorrect
Megan - $1,800 - 8 correct, 1 incorrect
Herb - $1,000 - 4 correct, 2 incorrect

Double Jeopardy! Round: The categories for this round were Shopping for Souvenirs; Science; Minor League Baseball Team Geography; The “D.C.” Universe; The Dreaded Lesser-Known Opera Category; Double Double Letters.

Things were slow at the beginning, but Laura quickly proved to viewers why she was the winner in all these previous episodes. In a clue related to Baseball Geography, which she answered correctly, Laura ended up with $10,000.

Here is what the scores looked like before moving to the final round.

Laura - $10,000 - 18 correct, 5 incorrect
Megan - $1,400 - 18 correct, 5 incorrect
Herb - $3,200 - 9 correct, 3 incorrect

Final Jeopardy! Round: The category for this round was Fictional Characters. The clue was,

"In his very first appearance by name, this character comes downstairs 'bump-bump-bump on the back of his head.'"

The correct answer for this clue was,

"Who is Winnie-the-Pooh? (Edward Bear)"

Despite Laura's incorrect response to this clue, she could fall back on the score that she had obtained till now. As for Herb and Megan, they both also gave a wrong answer, which brought their scores down.

Here is what the final scores and statistics looked like: