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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Fun & Games) for Thursday, November 6, 2025 (Season 42, Game 44):
A 2022 article titled this “At 50: The Video Game ‘That Changed The World'” also said “it may be ‘the most boring…game of all time'”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Alan Pyke, a communications director originally from Middletown, Connecticut
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Molly Murray, a professor from New York, New York
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Allegra Kuney, a Ph.D. candidate from New Brunswick, New Jersey (1-day total: $26,600)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Allegra Kuney picked up over $25,000 yesterday in a runaway victory; today, she goes for victory #2 against Molly Murray and Alan Pyke. What do I think about Allegra’s postseason chances? A second victory, I think, would put those chances at 100% at coming back for Champions Wildcard; however, I do think her stats already give her a very good chance at seeing a call back for that event even if she were to lose today. I thought she had a wide knowledge base (as most strong crossword puzzle solvers have) and that should only be helpful for her future win chances.
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Correct response: What is Pong?
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Atari’s Pong, basically electronic table tennis, with a dot representing a ball being “hit” back and forth by two lines representing paddles, was the world’s first commercially successful video game and was released in 1972. Atari realized the potential when a test of the game was set up at a local bar and patrons couldn’t stop playing it (the coin box quickly jammed to overflowing). The commercial version eventually got a home version in 1975 and hundreds and thousands of home sets were sold through Sears, proving to be both entertaining and deceptively simple.
That being said: this is a classic “do the math with your years” Final Jeopardy! clue that the show has loved to run over its history; 2022 less 50 brings you to 1972, which in video game terms should be Pavlovian to bring you to Atari’s Pong.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, November 6, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: What A Pleasure; TV Characters; Suiting You To A Middle T; Travels By Twain; Following The Equator; Roughing It)
All three players had a good opening segment; Molly led at the first break, with scores Molly $3,200 Allegra $2,400 Alan $1,600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Molly 5 correct 0 incorrect
Allegra 4 correct 0 incorrect
Alan 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Alan took a 9-day 9-match 9-country soccer trip.
Molly pierced her own nose at “nerd camp”.
Allegra couldn’t try out for Teen Jeopardy because of summer camp.
Allegra got the Daily Double incorrect, leading to her sitting third after 30 clues as Molly still led.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Molly 8 correct 0 incorrect
Alan 7 correct 1 incorrect
Allegra 10 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Molly $5,400
Alan $3,600
Allegra $3,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Great Brits; 1940s Literature; You’re Ruining The Ruins; Go For “Gold”; Stories Behind The Songs; A Little Alliteration)
In a round of two halves, Molly found both Daily Doubles, and built a big lead—however, she bet just $1,200 and $5,000 on the pair of them. This allowed Allegra to storm back, picking up 11 of the last 16 clues of the round to take a $2,200 lead entering Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Allegra 26 correct 1 incorrect
Molly 15 correct 0 incorrect
Alan 9 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 6 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Allegra $21,400
Molly $19,200
Alan $4,400
Had Alan left his response alone, we would have been 3-for-3 in Final. As it was, Ken upped the suspense and Allegra is now a 2-day champion! She’ll go for win #3 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Alan $4,400 – $3,581 = $819 (What is Pong Eva)
Molly $19,200 + $8,000 = $27,200 (What is pong? I <3 Thomas!)
Allegra $21,400 + $17,001 = $38,401 (What is pong?) (2-day total: $65,001)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR $600 (clue #20)
Allegra 4000 -2000 (Molly 4200 Alan 1600)
2) GREAT BRITS $1200 (clue #10)
Molly 11000 +1200 (Allegra 9800 Alan 3600)
3) 1940s LITERATURE $1600 (clue #14, $16400 left on board)
Molly 14200 +5000 (Allegra 9800 Alan 3600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -4
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Allegra 3 4 5 3 4 3 5 5 3*
Molly 3 2 3 4 4 2 1
Alan 4 5 1 2
DJ! Round:
Allegra 3 3 4 5 3 4 5
Molly 4 2 3* 4† 2† 3 4*
Alan
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Allegra 3.88
Molly 2.93
Alan 3.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 6 (0.14 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Allegra $23,400 Coryat, 26 correct, 1 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Molly $15,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 0 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Alan $4,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $43,600
Lach Trash: $9,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $1,200
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Allegra Kuney, career statistics:
54 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
45.61% in first on buzzer (52/114)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $400)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,800
Molly Murray, career statistics:
16 correct, 0 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,800
Alan Pyke, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,400
Allegra Kuney, to win:
3 games: 58.890%
4: 34.680%
5: 20.423%
6: 12.027%
7: 7.083%
Avg. streak: 3.432 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The original version of this article contained an error in the statistics, crediting Alan with one too many correct responses in the Jeopardy! Round and Allegra with one too few. It has since been corrected. The Jeopardy! Fan regrets the error.
- Win or lose tomorrow, I think we can safely say we’ll be seeing Allegra somewhere in the postseason.
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Allegra $21,400 Molly $19,200 Alan $4,400)
Allegra: Standard cover bet over Molly is $17,001. (Actual bet: $17,001)
Molly: Bet between $4,401 (to defend just in case Allegra bets small) and $10,399 (to keep Alan locked out).(Actual bet: $8,000)
Alan: If Allegra bets to cover, she falls to $4,399. Your best chance of winning comes if you bet $0. (Actual bet: $3,581)
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I remember playing it for the first time while waiting for my family to get a table on a busy Sunday night at a restaurant. Easy get for me.
I came up with “Pong” less than a second after I read the clue. I was 18 when I first played this game in 1973. Playing it was addictive to say the least. It would be amazing if this was a triple loss. Hopefully it will be a triple get.
Same for me. The year,”the most boring game” just seemed to scream Pong.
Complete “gets” two of four days this week, one partial, and, one wrong choice. Best I’ve done in a long time.
Hello! I got it also.
I remember playing it in my teens and one of my neighbors has a ‘video game emulator’in front of his house with Pong being one of choices!!
Allegra’s been extremely impressive. Clearly has at least qualified for Champion’s Wildcard, but would like to see her get one of those autobids.
This was easy, as it was the earliest video game I knew of. I was so lousy at it but was able to play it while babysitting, after the kids were asleep.
Knowing nothing, I guessed Pac-Man.
Too old, I am.
I don’t know about that — seems like older people would be MORE likely to know. I knew and I’ve never been “into” video games of any form.
I initially thought Tetris, but was able to self-correct by considering what a more boring old game would be, and realized Pong fit the prompt better.
Wow, this one was so easy I felt it wasn’t going out on a limb to think it would be a triple get. Anyone from my cohort or generation would surely find it easy. I grew up when the state-of-the-art in fun and games was a stick, a ball, and a hoop. Playing Red Light or Statues on a hot summer’s night didn’t require any equipment at all. High tech in my kid years was a slinky or a gyroscope. I don’t think kids today appreciate those things as much as we did back then. That’s progress for ya or is it? What fun we had with simple pleasures. 🙂
For me, it was making mud pies.
Yeah, I think my older sisters tried to get me to eat their mud pies, lol.
For me, in Brooklyn a street game called skelley. A bottle cap filled with wax following a pattern drawn on the sidewalk!!
In Baltimore, we called that skully because we drew a skull in the center box number 13. Instead of wax, we put a penny and some clay to hold the penny in place in the bottle cap. Not sure if that’s played anywhere anymore. Do they still play it in Brooklyn?
Interesting! I’d never heard of that, but just that bit of description sounded kind of boring so I looked it up and now see that there’s more intricacies to it. It actually kind of makes me think of the marbles game “Rolley Hole” which was played “in my neck of the woods”. I never played that, but my father did.
Can’t quite remember how many games an earlier Allegra won but it seems to me that it’s possible we might have two Allegras in postseason play this year. Such a great name.
Lisa and Robert!
Hello!! I knew my description would not convey the details of this AMAZING street [literally] game. We played an advanced version of progressing forward to box #13 and then backwards to box #1.
Don’t know if this game is still played in Brooklyn. I sure hope so – much better than phone app based games!!
The three last categories in the opening round were Twain’s Travels, Following the Equator and Roughing It. The last two of course are titles of two of Twain’s books. This kind of clever erudition is what really separates Jeopardy from other shows. Great job, writers!
This was an insta-get for me! And as for old games played as a kid, I always loved “kick the can.” 🙂