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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 1960s Movies) for Friday, November 7, 2025 (Season 42, Game 45):
Producer Arthur Jacobs told Rod Serling he’d win an Oscar for his script for this; Serling asked instead for a crate of bananas
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Larisa Mount, a doctoral student from Morgantown, West Virginia
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Mason Hendrix, a judicial law clerk originally from Phoenix, Arizona
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Allegra Kuney, a Ph.D. candidate from New Brunswick, New Jersey (2-day total: $65,001)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Allegra Kuney enters into this week-ending game as a 2-game champion and over $60,000 in winnings; by the end of today’s game, we will likely know who will be taking the 19th spot in the Tournament of Champions. If Allegra does not win today, that spot is guaranteed to go to Aaron Levine; If Allegra wins, the spot will be Allegra’s (unless Allegra ends up winning through the entirety of next week’s games—at which point she’d be the first qualifier for the 2027 Tournament of Champions.)
One thing I’d love to see from Jeopardy! when it comes to Jeopardata, though: By-clue granular data in terms of attempts. Because I would absolutely love to see the last 16 clues of yesterday’s Double Jeopardy round, and how much of it was Allegra being locked in and how much of it was Molly maybe taking her foot off the metaphorical gas pedal in the second half of Double Jeopardy.
In other news, I’ve been working on some things that will make it easier to turn around rapid predictions for the 2026 postseason, but I’ve been dealing with some elbow tendinitis as of late that’s hampered my ability to write for extended periods. I’m hoping that I’ll have some solutions to alleviate the pain by the end of the weekend, though.
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Correct response: What is Planet of the Apes?
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This story about Planet of the Apes comes from the July 1994 inaugural issue of Sci-Fi Universe magazine; Serling had been tasked with turning Pierre Boulle’s Planet of the Apes into a movie that would “make an audience believe it and take it seriously.” Serling was still working on the opening at this point; the producers felt that some of the small talk in the opening made the film less believable, while Serling felt “the inclusion of at least some lightness might take it off a single level and give us a little relief”. Still, the producers were generally very happy with the script, feeling it Oscar-worthy. (As it turned out; Serling’s script wasn’t even nominated that year; The Lion in Winter, The Odd Couple, Oliver!, Rachel, Rachel, and Rosemary’s Baby received the nominations in what is now Best Adapted Screenplay.
Not being familiar with this story at all, it was straightforward enough for me to go from “bananas” + “1960s movies” to get to a correct response. While I am extremely reluctant to predict any clue will go 3-for-3, I think today’s Final Jeopardy has as good of a chance as any in the past year of doing so.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, November 7, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Around New York City; That’s A Fact; Crossword Clues “O”; We Are Family; I Wanna Put On My Bougie Shoes; Disco Inferno)
Allegra picked up the Daily Double in a good category for her, picking up $1,200 and leading at the first break. After 15 clues, the scores were Allegra $3,800 Larisa $600 Mason $200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Allegra 8 correct 2 incorrect
Larisa 1 correct 0 incorrect
Mason 3 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Larisa has taught in international schools in both Qatar and China.
Mason took the bar exam three weeks before getting The Call.
Allegra has the compulsion to touch hot grills at hibachi restaurants.
Incorrect responses from both Allegra and Mason kept their scores down, but Allegra still led after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Allegra 15 correct 4 incorrect
Larisa 4 correct 0 incorrect
Mason 4 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Allegra $4,200
Larisa $1,600
Mason -$400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Historic African Figures; The Television Setting; Facts About Classical Composers; It’s Fiction Science; Laying Down The Latin Law Lingo; Triple Rhyme Time)
Mason had a chance to get out of the red with DD2; unfortunately, he was incorrect and finished Double Jeopardy in that state. Allegra found DD3; her correct response was very helpful to cementing a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Allegra 27 correct 6 incorrect
Larisa 7 correct 1 incorrect
Mason 11 correct 6 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 6 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Allegra $15,500
Larisa $4,000
Mason -$400
Allegra was correct in Final Jeopardy; that puts her total over $85,000; she’ll go for win #4 on Monday.
Tonight’s results:
Mason -$400 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Larisa $4,000 – $4,000 = $0 (What is hi mom & dad! <3)
Allegra $15,500 + $4,500 = $20,000 (What is The Planet of the Apes??) (3-day total: $85,001)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) AROUND NEW YORK CITY $800 (clue #7)
Allegra 1200 +1200 (Mason -400 Larisa 0)
2) HISTORIC AFRICAN FIGURES $800 (clue #15)
Mason -1200 -2000 (Allegra 7800 Larisa 4800)
3) IT’S FICTION SCIENCE $1200 (clue #23, $3600 left on board)
Allegra 12200 +2500 (Mason -3200 Larisa 4000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 20
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Allegra 3 5 4 5 3 4*
Mason 4
Larisa
DJ! Round:
Allegra 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 3 4 5 2 4 5 5 5 3*
Mason 3 4 2* 4
Larisa 1 2 2
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Allegra 3.95
Larisa 1.67
Mason 3.40
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 6 (0.13 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Allegra $13,800 Coryat, 27 correct, 6 incorrect, 52.63% in first on buzzer (30/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Larisa $4,000 Coryat, 7 correct, 1 incorrect, 10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Mason $1,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 6 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $19,400
Lach Trash: $18,600 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $16,000
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Allegra Kuney, career statistics:
82 correct, 11 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
47.95% in first on buzzer (82/171)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,100)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,133
Mason Hendrix, career statistics:
11 correct, 6 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $1,600
Larisa Mount, career statistics:
7 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,000
Allegra Kuney, to win:
4 games: 58.016%
5: 33.659%
6: 19.527%
7: 11.329%
8: 6.573%
Avg. streak: 4.382 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
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I’m very familiar with the original set of Planet of the Apes movies, so once I saw Arthur P. Jacobs in the clue, my brain Pavloved into the correct response.
Jacobs’ widow was Natalie Trundy, who had many different roles in the series (played a human and an ape (Caesar’s wife, Lisa)).
Thinking ‘going bananas’ could mean crazy or ‘psycho’, I went with Psycho.
You’re right about the straightforwardness of the clue, Andy! In fact, I would add “science fiction” to “bananas” + “1960s movies” because of the Rod Serling connection to get to the correct response.
Yes! As I said in my comment below, the Serling/science fiction connection was the first thing I did, mentally, before adding 1960’s movies and getting to the correct response, using the bananas as a check of my math.
For me, it was “Serling -> sci-fi film + 1960’s = Planet of the Apes” with an “ah! That explains the crate of bananas…” after getting to the answer. Took a few seconds to think through the sci-fi films of the 60s (and somehow I got to Planet of the Apes before 2001 in my mind…) but not more than 10 seconds, leaving enough time to write down the response.
‘2001’ was my first thought, but I was sure that Stanley Kubrick was its producer.
Even with the “crate of bananas” part of the clue, I still did not get the correct response.
Once I knew the correct response, I understood the “crate of bananas reference. But since I didn’t understand the bananas reference, or,knew that Rod Serling was involved with the Planet of the Apes, I didn’t have the correct response, either. Still, two full “gets” and, a partial this week, I’ll take it as win.
Personal pet peace. Passed by a “click bait” title complaining about some clue. The title made it sound like Ken Jennings was personally responsible for that clue. Only the most ignorant game show viewer would blame the host. The shows have staffs of writers, researchers, and, editors who created the questions, The closest a host comes to writing questions is if he/she asks for clarification, or, help in pronounciation. I know using Ken’s name is supposed to draw us in to the “click bait,” but it still burns when even in the title they try and blame Ken.
I think probably your “Only the most ignorant” hits the nail on the head — they want stupid people to click on the link in order to get their target audience for selling worthless stuff to them via further links as well as introducing them to scamming links.
Today’s FJ was very easy for me since I practically lived in movie theaters in the 1960s.
Allegra is shaping out to be a very dominant and very fun champion to watch. Obviously, let’s not count eggs before they hatch, but she may go on a run here 🙂
The mention of Serling sent me to “Patterns”, but that was the Fifties. I then remembered “Planet of the Apes”, and the “bananas” reference confirmed it.
Anybody else remember a young William Shatner (pre-Star Trek) on Twilight Zone?
Nightmare at 20000 feet. Who could forget it.
Ted – William Shatner starred in another Twilight Zone episode = ‘Nick of Time. About a fortune telling machine in a Diner.
Any mention of Rod Serling immediately brings to mind “The Twilight Zone,” but, of course, that makes no sense in response to the clue. The “crate of bananas” reference makes it an easy pivot to “Planet of The Apes.” Of course, at my age, I was able to see the original first five films (circa 1968-1973) in theaters when they first ran.
Robert!
In Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn, a theater ran a special showing called ‘Go Ape for a Day’… the fifth movie then the first four in order than the fifth movie again!
I knew it made no sense, but I said Twilight Zone just to have an answer. I honestly knew of none of his other works.
Can’t wait to see if Allegra can get win #4 tonight! 🙂