Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, November 19, 2025

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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All Time Winnings

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Movie Characters) for Wednesday, November 19, 2025 (Season 42, Game 53):

The novelization of a 1977 movie awarded this character a medal at the end, righting a perceived wrong

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Matylda Urbaniak, a law student from Queens, New York

Josh Chen, a stay-at-home dog dad from Arlington, Virginia

Harrison Whitaker, a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana (6-day total: $182,600)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Harrison Whitaker hit a bit of a speed bump yesterday in his sixth game, being in the minus during the Double Jeopardy round, but he recovered enough to lead going into Final Jeopardy and pull out victory #6. That performance, though, could demonstrate to today’s challengers Josh Chen and Matylda Urbaniak that Harrison is very beatable. One major weakness in Harrison’s game right now is the Daily Double; in six games, he is only 6-for-11 on those clues. On the more positive side for him, he is 6-for-6 in Final Jeopardy, which may require someone to be ahead of Harrison entering Final Jeopardy in order to defeat him.

Correct response: Who is Chewbacca?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2025 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

A long time ago, on a movie screen far, far away, moviegoers saw the end of Star Wars (retconned to be Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), where Chewbacca is the only main character to leave Yavin 4 without a medal of honor. Fans have since been upset with this, even though the novelization of the movie, ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster from the script, lets the Wookiee win a medal. Thus, it does appear as though Chewie’s medal was an oversight that fans picked up on immediately.

With Harrison at 6-for-6, part of me is starting to wonder if this will be the first Final Jeopardy clue for him to be incorrect on. That being said, I am proud to admit that I—who, over the years, has been notorious for getting incredibly easy Star Wars questions incorrect in various competitions and podcasts—was correct on this Final Jeopardy clue.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Greater L.A.: A Cultural Melting Pot; Potpourri; That’s Gotta Be A Myth; The County Line; I Have Friends Everywhere; &/Or)

All three players got off to a good start in this one; after 15 clues, the scores were Josh $3,400 Harrison $3,200 Matylda $2,200.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Josh 5 correct 0 incorrect
Harrison 5 correct 1 incorrect
Matylda 3 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Matylda speaks six languages.
Josh is into Muay Thai.
Harrison is trying to learn bridge.

Despite getting the Daily Double incorrect (he lost just $1,000), Harrison still led after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Harrison 10 correct 2 incorrect
Josh 10 correct 0 incorrect
Matylda 7 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Harrison $5,200
Josh $4,800
Matylda $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Titles In History; 20th Century Novels That Got Filmed; “-Gram” Pics; Organizations; Television; Law School With John Grisham)

Harrison got off to a good start in this round, but Josh pulled back thanks to a True Daily Double. Harrison found DD3 and bet tentatively (understandable, considering his struggles on these clues in his run), but it was enough to still be in control of the game. While Josh tried valiantly to make Final Jeopardy matter, Harrison picked up clues 26 through 30 in the round in order to make sure that Final Jeopardy was moot.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Harrison 25 correct 2 incorrect
Josh 15 correct 1 incorrect
Matylda 10 correct 0 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 6 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Harrison $26,600
Josh $12,800
Matylda $5,200

This Final Jeopardy turned out to be a Triple Stumper, with Harrison starting but crossing out the correct response, but the runaway makes Harrison a 7-day champion! He’ll go for octochamp status tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Matylda $5,200 – $0 = $5,200 (Who is Skywalker Kocham was ABJTL)
Josh $12,800 – $5 = $12,795 (Who is hi mom, dad, + jem)
Harrison $26,600 – $999 = $25,601 (Who is Chewb Princess Leia?) (7-day total: $208,201)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) &/OR $1000 (clue #17)
Harrison 4200 -1000 (Josh 3400 Matylda 2200)
2) TITLES IN HISTORY $800 (clue #11)
Josh 4400 +4400 (Harrison 12800 Matylda 3600)
3) 20th CENTURY NOVELS THAT GOT FILMED $800 (clue #16, $12400 left on board)
Harrison 16400 +5400 (Josh 10400 Matylda 3600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 109

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Harrison 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 5*
Josh 4 5 2 3 4
Matylda 5 4 5 5

DJ! Round:
Harrison 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 2*
Josh 4 2* 5 4 5
Matylda 3

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Harrison 3.61
Josh 3.80
Matylda 4.40

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 6 (0.11 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Harrison $23,000 Coryat, 25 correct, 2 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Josh $9,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Matylda $5,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 0 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,400
Lach Trash: $13,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,200
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Harrison Whitaker, career statistics:

202 correct, 19 incorrect
11/12 on rebound attempts (on 26 rebound opportunities)
46.37% in first on buzzer (185/399)
9/17 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,800)
6/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,600

Josh Chen, career statistics:

15 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,200

Matylda Urbaniak, career statistics:

10 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,200

Harrison Whitaker, to win:

8 games: 68.838%
9: 47.387%
10: 32.620%
11: 22.455%
12: 15.458%
Avg. streak: 9.209 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s double runaway game means no wagering suggestions need to be posted.
• Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

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