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Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Nov. 27

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Paul Wenzel, a songwriter/musician from Lancaster, Pennsylvania;
  • Nicole Haase, a freelance journalist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
  • Harrison Whitaker, a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana. Harrison is a 12-day champ with winnings of $330,000.

Jeopardy!

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR // MILITARY GLOSSARY // NEWS IN 2025 // NFL GRAB BAG // PRIDE // BEFORE FALL

DD1 – $800 – MILITARY GLOSSARY – The Iraq War that began in 2003 brought this initialism for a homemade bomb into common usage (Harrison added $1,000 to his leading score of $5,800.)

Scores at first break: Harrison $5,800, Nicole $1,400, Paul $800.

Scores entering DJ: Harrison $8,800, Nicole $4,000, Paul $1,600.

Double Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICANS // AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN // LOVE IT & LEAF IT // QUOTES FROM THE MAGAZINE // A-HUNTING WE WILL GO // WEIRD WORDS

DD2 – $1,200 – 19th CENTURY AMERICANS – In her final decade, she spent time in a sanitarium, lived briefly in Europe, then returned to Springfield, where she died in 1882 (From third place, Paul dropped $2,500.)

DD3 – $1,600 – WEIRD WORDS – This word for a big burial place such as Giza can become plural when you take away the “S” at the end (With a lead of $9,200, Harrison dropped $3,200 to $10,000.)

In what has become a trend, Harrison found DD3 with a big lead, missed but it didn’t prevent him from recording another runaway into FJ at $18,800 vs. $7,200 for Nicole and $2,700 for Paul.

Final Jeopardy!

NAME’S THE SAME – The title of an absurdist play from 1957, it’s also in the title of Marvel’s highest-grossing film

Harrison and Paul were correct on FJ, with Harrison adding $3,200 to win with $22,000 for a 13-day total of $352,000.

Final scores: Harrison $22,000, Nicole $5,401, Paul $3,603.

Triple Stumpers of the day: No one guessed the three-letter title of a movie with Nicolas Cage as a truffle hunter is “Pig”, or the “outdoorsy Michigan musician” and hunting enthusiast, Ted Nugent.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is IED? DD2 – Who was Mary Todd Lincoln? DD3 – What is necropolis? FJ – What is “Endgame”?