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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 21st Century Novels) for Friday, November 14, 2025 (Season 42, Game 50):
Part 1 of this novel is Toronto & Pondicherry; Part 2 is the Pacific Ocean
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Brent Steele, an environmental engineer from Sellersburg, Indiana
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Sarah Khan, a graduate student originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Harrison Whitaker, a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana (3-day total: $91,801)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Harrison Whitaker enters into today’s game as a 3-day champion now averaging over 30 correct responses a game (including Final Jeopardy) and over $30,000 a victory. Today, he faces off against Toronto’s Sarah Khan and Indiana’s Brent Steele.
Yesterday saw Harrison take into account his weakness on Daily Doubles, only making small bets on those three clues. He’s completely dominated the rest of his last two games, though. The good thing for Harrison, though, is that if he keeps winning, he should have a year to work on that part of his game before the Tournament of Champions—and we could well have everyone in the 2027 Tournament of Champions field be compared to Harrison as they enter the field. Of course, Aaron Levine has also been cheering loudly for Harrison, as if Harrison does happen to lose today, Harrison will relegate Aaron Levine from the bubble to Champions Wildcard.
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Correct response: What is Life of Pi?
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Canadian author Yann Martel’s 2001 Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi describes the life of Piscine “Pi” Patel, who ends up on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean after the ship he was on sinks, alongside a tiger named Richard Parker.
As someone whose important years in Canadian high school competitive quizzing came when this book was released, I am of the perfect nationality and age for this to be an instaget. Unfortunately, it’s also very difficult for me to judge how this one’s going to play with a general American audience.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, November 14, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Sources; Duets; Cake; Words In The Preamble To The Constitution; Livres En Francais; Notable Women)
It’s been a few days since this has happened: Harrison didn’t lead at a commercial break. Sarah led after 15 clues (and would have regardless of Harrison being correct on the Daily Double—he was not). At the interviews, the scores were Sarah $4,800 Harrison $2,600 Brent -$200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Sarah 6 correct 0 incorrect
Harrison 5 correct 1 incorrect
Brent 1 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Brent met his wife when she was upset that he’d showed up unexpectedly at a trivia night.
Sarah met her boyfriend playing quiz bowl at the University of Toronto.
Harrison has climbed every peak at Acadia National Park.
Harrison and Brent both pulled closer, but Sarah still led after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Sarah 9 correct 0 incorrect
Harrison 8 correct 1 incorrect
Brent 9 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Sarah $5,800
Harrison $4,600
Brent $2,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Resources; How Did It Get To The Museum?; Trios; Actor-Director Partnerships; Western Europe; Ends With A Doubled Consonant)
Despite another Daily Double miss, Harrison picked up 15 correct in this round, cementing a runaway when Brent found some buzzer timing near the end of the round and keeping Sarah from being able to get in.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Harrison 23 correct 3 incorrect
Sarah 13 correct 1 incorrect
Brent 15 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 6 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Harrison $21,800
Sarah $9,400
Brent $7,000
Sarah and Harrison were correct in Final Jeopardy; Harrison is now into six figures and goes for win #5 on Monday!
Tonight’s results:
Brent $7,000 – $2,401 = $4,599 (What is Eat, Pray, Love?)
Sarah $9,400 + $4,601 = $14,001 (What is Life of Pi?)
Harrison $21,800 + $2,999 = $24,799 (What is The Life of Pi?) (4-day total: $116,600)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) SOURCES $800 (clue #3)
Harrison 1000 -1000 (Sarah 800 Brent 0)
2) WESTERN EUROPE $1200 (clue #9)
Harrison 13800 +4800 (Sarah 4200 Brent 3800)
3) RESOURCES $1200 (clue #18, $7200 left on board)
Harrison 21800 -3200 (Sarah 8200 Brent 5800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -80
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Harrison 4 4*
Sarah 5
Brent
DJ! Round:
Harrison 5 4 3 4 4 4 3* 5 5 5 3 3*
Sarah 5† 5
Brent 4 3 4 3
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Harrison 4.00
Sarah 5.00
Brent 3.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 6 (0.12 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Harrison $22,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Sarah $9,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Brent $7,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,800
Lach Trash: $8,000 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Harrison Whitaker, career statistics:
117 correct, 11 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
46.93% in first on buzzer (107/228)
5/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,200)
4/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,250
Sarah Khan, career statistics:
14 correct, 1 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,400
Brent Steele, career statistics:
15 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,000
Harrison Whitaker, to win:
5 games: 65.162%
6: 42.461%
7: 27.668%
8: 18.029%
9: 11.748%
Avg. streak: 5.870 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I think I could hear the sigh of relief all the way from Seattle.
- I’d be surprised to see Sarah get a Second Chance invite, if only because I think there were too many other good performances ahead of hers.
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Harrison $21,800 Sarah $9,400 Brent $7,000)
Harrison: Bet no more than $2,999. (Actual bet: $2,999)
Sarah: Standard cover bet is $4,601 over Brent in the battle for second. (Actual bet: $4,601)
Brent: Bet no more than $2,199 and take second if Sarah is incorrect. (Actual bet: $2,401)
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Having only seen the movie some time ago(which I thought was wonderful), I wasn’t familiar with (or had forgotten) Toronto and Pondicherry references.
I haven’t read the book or seen the film but I guessed the only 21st century book I remembered as taking place in the Pacific and I was surprisingly correct.
I was thinking maybe Unbroken 🤷♀️ which is a great book I read years ago…never read or saw Life of Pi.
People watched the movie …
I get it, but I am of “Indian” origin – making it easier.
I hope the lady from Toronto gets it.
“I think I could hear the sigh of relief all the way from Seattle.”
And Somerville, and Memphis, and San Diego, and Tupelo, and Barrington, and on and on and on… 🙂
Thank you, Harrison, for making my prognostication come true. As I expected, Harrison made himself ineligible for the upcoming ToC by winning out for the week. Pretty sure we’ll be seeing you in next year’s ToC instead. Good on ya.
The part of the clue referencing the Pacific Ocean led me to get this episode’s final correct. Not sure I would have gotten it from Toronto and Pondicherry alone. Thanks to the writers for including the Pacific Ocean.
I have heard of Life of Pi, but this wasn’t a FJ I’d get.
On to Monday with Harrison going to win #5! 🙂
Can’t wait to watch!
What’s the game rule that allows the superfluous “The” in the FJ answer?
Leading articles (A/An/The) are permitted to be added to or dropped from responses without rendering a response incorrect, unless there are multiple works that require disambiguating. (i.e. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells vs. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison)
Imagine the controversy that would erupt if Jeopardy! starting saying “I’m sorry, Silence of the Lambs or Lord of the Rings is now incorrect, you need to have the leading The in there”. Thus, unless otherwise required to disambiguate, the show considers responses of Life of Pi, The Life of Pi, and A Life of Pi to be equivalent to each other (and thus equivalently correct).