‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant Sets New Record With Stunning Win

[Warning: The following post contains Major spoilers for the Monday, November 17, episode of Jeopardy!] A Jeopardy! contestant set a new record for Season 42 with their stunning win. Did Harrison Whitaker win his fifth game, or did a new champion emerge? Whitaker, from Terre Haute, Indiana, returned for his fifth game with a four-day total of $116,600. On November 17, he played against Lawrence Suba, from Verona, Wisconsin, and Rachel Bernstein, from Los Angeles, California. According to host Ken Jennings at the beginning of the episode, if Whitaker wins his fifth game today, he will qualify for the 2027 Tournament of Champions, since the qualification period for the postseason ended on November 14. Whitaker had $7,400 by the first commercial break, with his opponents in the negatives and $1,000s.