Warning: This page contains spoilers for the December 13-14, 2025, game of Jeopardy! — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that today’s game is an encore presentation of the game that originally aired on April 17, 2025.
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Fictional Characters) for December 13-14, 2025 (Season 41, Game 159):
This character’s efforts in Africa to end an epidemic killing monkeys inspired Jane Goodall to do something similar
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Michelle Dolinski, a physics professor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Steven Hoying, an attorney-at-law from Hilliard, Ohio
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Andrew Hayes, a law student originally from Tupelo, Mississippi (6-day total: $137,804)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
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Correct response: Who is Dr. Dolittle?
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Jane Goodall, not finding many female scientists to serve as an inspiration, instead had to be inspired by fictional stories. One of those stories ended up being Hugh Lofting’s The Story of Doctor Dolittle, where the title doctor was sent to Africa to handle an epidemic in monkeys.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the December 13-14, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Game Recap:
After doubling his score just before the break with the first Daily Double, Steven Hoying picked up another $11,000 from the two Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy to put to rest any hope that Andrew Hayes had of continuing his run, then punctuating his game with a correct response in Final Jeopardy.
Truth be told, though, in looking at the numbers—and no disrespect intended towards Ian Morrison here, who is an excellent person–I still can not understand why Steven was not selected for Champions Wildcard by the show, and Ian was.
Scores going into Final:
Steven $29,200
Michelle $13,400
Andrew $8,800
Tonight’s results:
Andrew $8,800 + $4,610 = $13,410 (Who is Dr. Doolittle? I love you, Kaitlyn!)
Michelle $13,400 – $5,000 = $8,400 (Who is ?)
Steven $29,200 + $203 = $29,403 (Who is Doctor Doolittle?) (1-day total: $29,403)
Game Stats:
Steven $18,200 Coryat, 23 correct, 2 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Andrew $8,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Michelle $13,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 0 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,400
Lach Trash: $7,600 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,000
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 1
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Ian coming back over Steven would have to be due to the attempts I think. Steven only had 25 in his second game while Ian had 46 and 49 in his two games.
It’s possible that Steven received an invitation and had to decline (busy court cases, kid’s championship soccer games, etc.). But, even if that weren’t the case, I respect the process of selecting the contestants, even if I potentially disagree.
From a sporting perspective, I consider it equivalent to the “Why did Alabama get in to the College Football Playoff over Notre Dame?” debate that’s been happening.