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Today’s Final Jeopardy answer (in the category Golden Oldies) and statistics for the Friday, November 13, 2026 game between Yashas Sardesai, Lisa Verwys, and 3-day champion Will Goree.
Today's Final Jeopardy - Friday, November 13, 2026
Current Champion
Will Goree, career statistics:
74 correct, 17 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
45.61% in first on buzzer (78/171)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $19,200)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,267
To win:
4 games: 66.697%
5: 44.485%
6: 29.670%
7: 19.789%
8: 13.199%
Avg. streak: 5.003 games.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations
November 14-15: S42 E181 (May 18, 2026)
November 21-22: S42 E182 (May 19, 2026)
November 28-29: S42 E183 (May 20, 2026)
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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 $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
Warning: This page contains spoilers for the November 13, 2026, game of Jeopardy! — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that the game airs as early as 12:30 PM Eastern in some U.S. television markets.
Here's today's Final Jeopardy (in the category Golden Oldies) for Friday, November 13, 2026 (Season 43, Game 45):
The first pop song produced by Quincy Jones was this No. 1 hit inspired by a fight a songwriter had with his kid about her birthday
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today's Jeopardy! contestants:
Will enters today's game as a 3-day champion with winnings of $63,600.
Andy's Pregame Thoughts:
Our final game of Week 9 of Season 43 of Jeopardy! features Will Goree going for victory number four against Lisa Verwys (another player from Montana!) and Yashas Sardesai of Illinois. Will has still yet to make a wager under any circumstance in the Final Jeopardy Round, which has certainly been polarizing amongst the fan base. Certainly, any opponent needs to take that tendency into account at this point when formulating a strategy.
As someone who relies on a number of Excel spreadsheets—but also knows enough to keep anything mission-critical in the "Always Keep On This Device" folders—I'm finding the recent Microsoft outage to be annoying, but thankfully not crippling.
Also, my next episode of Jeopartalk is going to be recording at 6:00 PM Eastern this coming Sunday. If you're interested in joining me, friends are welcome to contact me via any method you have for me; current contestants who need that information can find my email in the About section.
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Correct response: What is "It's My Party"?
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The lyrics to the song "It's My Party", which turned into the debut single, first #1 hit, and best-known song of Lesley Gore, were written by Seymour Gottlieb, whose daughter Judy was upset at her grandparents being invited to her Sweet Sixteen party. On Gore's death in 2015, Judy Solash was interviewed about being the inspiration for the song. Crossing over from being a jazz producer, Quincy Jones, also then the vice-president of Mercury Records, produced the song, which became Jones's first #1 hit.
This is a reminder, because this always tends to come up when it comes to song titles: as per the rules of the show, if you add the correct lyrics either before or after the correct title of the song, you are still judged to be correct. In terms of how it will play? Probably easier for the home audience than the on-camera cohort. I should also text my parents tonight after they've watched; I wouldn't be surprised if my mother gets Final before my father does tonight, just because my mother might be able to make the lateral thought required, while my father might get too bogged down in the facts to come up with the correct response quickly.
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