Final Jeopardy: 21st Century Novels (11-14-25)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/14/2025) in the category “21st Century Novels” was:
Part 1 of this novel is Toronto & Pondicherry; Part 2 is the Pacific Ocean
3x champ Harrison Whitaker, a researcher orig. from Terre Haute, IN, has won an impressive $91,801 so far. In Game 4, the competition comes from: Sarah Khan, a grad student orig. from Toronto, Ontario; and Brent Steele, an environmental engineer from Sellersburg, IN.
Round 1 Categories: Sources – Duets – Cake – Words in the Preamble to the Constitution – Livres en Français – Notable Women
Harrison found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Sources” under the $800 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,000, $200 more than Sarah in second place. Harrison made it a true Daily Double but had no idea so he was WRONG.
Warren Buffett said it changed his life to read this biographical dictionary of notables “in America” show
Sarah finished in the lead with $5,800. Harrison was in second place with $4,600 and Brent was last with $2,200.
Round 2 Categories: Resources – How Did It Get to the Museum? – Trios – Actor-director Partnerships – Western Europe – Ends With a Doubled Consonant
Harrison found the first Daily Double in “Western Europe” under the $1200 clue on the 9th pick. He was in the lead with $13,800 now, $9,600 more than Sarah in second place. Harrison bet $4,800 and he was RIGHT.
The cities of Paris Brussels & Cologne form a triangle around this great forest area show
Harrison got the last Daily Double in “Resources” under the $1,200 clue on the 18th pick. In the lead with $21,800, he had $13,600 more than Sarah in second place. Harrison bet $3,200 and thought it was zinc. That was WRONG.
The U.S. has only one operating mine producing ths battery & coin metal in Michigan’s upper peninsula show
Harrison finished in the lead with a runaway $21,800. Sarah was next with $9,400 and Brent was in third place with $7,000. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “LIFE OF PI”?
The 2001 novel “Life of Pi” by Canadian author, Yann Martel, explores themes of survival and faith. It is narrated by the title character as an adult. He was born in Pondicherry, India as Piscine Molitor Patel and symbolically changed his name to “Pi”. His family migrated to Toronto, Canada. The Pacific Ocean part happens when Pi’s whole family drowns at sea while transporting animals from their zoo to Canada. The lone survivors end up being Pi and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, who must find a way to trust each other or perish. “Life of Pi” has been adapted to screen and stage (as a musical).
Former President Barack Obama enjoyed reading “Life of Pi” with his daughter so much that he wrote Yann Martel a letter.
Brent thought it was “Eat, Pray, Love”. That cost him $2,401 and left him with $4,599.
Sarah got it right. She bet $4,601 and finished with $14,001.
Harrison also got it right. He bet $2,999 and won the game with $24,799. Harrison finishes this week with a 4-day total of $116,600.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
RESOURCES ($1600) Climate change has led to devastation of timber resources by the many species of these alliterative insects
HOW DID IT GET TO THE MUSEUM? ($1200) This Abiquiu artist’s 8’x24′ cloud painting toured to Chicago, was too big for its next stop & stayed at the Art Institute
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “LITERARY CHARACTERS”
In his first appearance in 1902, he was described as “betwixt-and-between” a boy & a bird show
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1/3 on DD but got FJ. I told my wife, before the clue was shown, that I wouldn’t get it, because I don’t know anything about 21st Century literature, so that was a nice surprise.
Harrison really poured it on in DJ! Good on him.
Decent challengers, champ blew two DDs and risked his runaway with his wager on the last, but he still coasted to victory. I got both DDs he missed and thought they were kinda easy.. Ni-cad batteries/5 cent coin. Final left me blank; certainly have heard of the novel/movie, and I’m sure my daughter read it.
Knew the Ross-Richie duet; the Gunn/Rookie actor; and Latin for later.
It was another exciting game, and Harrison remained as the Jeopardy champion. Yes, Harrison was as sharp as usual. ‘Life of Pi’ was familiar, and I thought that it was made into a movie. In any case, I thought that the movie had to deal with the Vietnamese boat people after the war.
With that, Harrison has now 4 games and he has qualified for the 2027 Tournament of Champions because remember today is the last day for 2025-26 postseason qualification. This means that Aaron Levine is now officially going to be in the 2026 Tournament of Champions.