'Jeopardy!' champ Will Goree wins fourth straight. Can he make TOC?
'Jeopardy!' champ Will Goree wins fourth straight. Can he make TOC?
John Connolly, NorthJersey.comSat, November 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM UTC
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"Jeopardy!" champion Will Goree won his fourth straight game on Friday, Nov. 13 and will shoot to become the first five-game winner of the new season on Monday's episode.
The long-running game show returned after its summer hiatus back on Sept. 14 with season 43, but has yet to see a contestant win five games and automatically earn a spot in the season-ending 2028 Tournament of Champions.
During last season, seven players won a minimum of six games, including New Jersey's Jamie Ding with a high of 31 games. Four other players also topped the 10-win mark to become super champions.
On Friday's show, Goree, a teacher from Austin, Texas, took on Yashas Sardesai, a student from Naperville, Illinois, and Lisa Verwys, a technical writer from Belgrade, Montana.
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Heading into Final Jeopardy, Goree had the game locked up with a commanding $33,900, compared to Sardesai's $6,200 and Verwys' $3,800, according to TheJeopardyFan.com.
The Final Jeopardy clue was: "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."
Only Verwys knew the correct response: "What is 'It's My Party?' "
With the game well in hand, Goree risked nothing to win $33,900 and bring his four-day total to $97,500.
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