Show #8718 2022-10-12 (taped 2022-08-10) Regular

Cris Pannullo game 9.

Contestants

Fernando Villafuerte — a graduate student from Pasadena, California

Elizabeth Meisenzahl — a student from Lima, New York

Cris Pannullo — a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey (whose 8-day cash winnings total $275,502)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Cris	$4,000	$6,000	$29,600	$37,821 9-day champion: $313,323	$25,800 29 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Elizabeth	$-1,200	$1,000	$8,600	$10,001 2nd place: $2,000	$8,600 13 R, 2 W
Fernando	$-800	$-200	$5,000	$5,615 3rd place: $1,000	$5,000 12 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 17th CENTURY	HAIR	THEY MAKE THAT	WAIST UP, NECK DOWN	WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME	IDINA MENZEL ACTS & SINGS
$200 [20] This mausoleum complex in Agra, India was built by 20,000 workers between 1632 & 1648 the Taj Mahal Fernando	$200 [28] The name of this fairy tale girl who breaks into the home of the 3 bears suggests her hair color Goldilocks Cris	$200 [29] Scotch Adhesive Dots are sticky business 3M Fernando	$200 [27] "Breadbasket" is slang for the midsection or specifically this digestive organ the stomach Cris	$200 [23] A fictional book-length narrative & a digging tool novel & shovel Cris	$200 [30] (Idina Menzel presents the clue.) I originated the Tony-winning role of Elphabain this musical that literally changed me for good Wicked Cris
$400 [19] 1667 saw the completion of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's great curving colonnade enclosing the piazza in front of this building St. Peter's Fernando	$400 [16] What's with hair & fairy tale girls? "Let down your hair" is a line from the story about this fairy tale girl Rapunzel Elizabeth	$400 [24] Get the look with Great Lash waterproof mascara Maybelline Elizabeth	$400 [26] The cecum is part of the large intestine; animals use it to digest this kind of food, so in koalas, it's 3 times body length plants (vegetation) Fernando	$400 [4] Half a quart & a hard mineral used to produce a spark pint & flint Cris	$400 [25] (Idina Menzel presents the clue.) I know all of you parents out there either love me or hate me for it, but I'm thankful this song from "Frozen" has such a lasting, resonating effect on people "Let It Go" Cris
$600 [8] Dutch optician Hans Lippershey invented this in 1608, supposedly after seeing one lens held in front of another the telescope Elizabeth Fernando	$600 [3] One myth says it was Athena who changed this Gorgon's hair into snakes Medusa Cris	$600 [18] Be Delaware about Styrofoam brand XPS insulation DuPont Cris Fernando	$600 [14] Filtering the entire contents of your blood as many as 40 times a day is the job of this pair of organs the kidneys Cris	$600 [7] Something used in a closet & something likely to cause harm hanger & danger Cris	$600 [22] (Idina Menzel presents the clue.) In 2022, I released my first children's book, called"Loud Mouse", about a mouse who finds her big voice; and in 2021, I co-starred with some mice playing Camila Cabello's stepmother in this movie Cinderella Elizabeth
DD $1,000 [1] In 1642 this explorer made landfall at the Australian island now named for him (Abel) Tasman Cris	$800 [10] Members of the Khalsa order of this religion follow a command to never cut their hair Sikhism Cris	$800 [12] Almond Joy & Mounds--the same maker that bought out Peter Paul Hershey Elizabeth Fernando	$800 [13] As part of the body's immune response, the spleen releases these proteins such as IgM that counteract pathogens antibodies Fernando	$800 [6] Pendleton for the Marines & a wetland for the frogs & cypress trees camp & swamp Fernando	$800 [21] (Idina Menzel presents the clue.) In 1996, I made my Broadway debut in "Rent"; my character, a performance artist named Maureen, was based on Musetta in this Puccini opera La bohème Cris Elizabeth
$1,000 [5] In 1673 this one-named dramatist collapsed onstage while performing in his play "The Imaginary Invalid" & died soon after Molière Cris	$1,000 [9] The name of this pouffy hairstyle comes from the French for "to puff" a bouffant Cris	$1,000 [15] Game with its Core X-series processors Intel	$1,000 [2] The formation of solid deposits also called choleliths is a common occurrence in this organ the gallbladder Elizabeth Fernando	$1,000 [11] A country that supports another one & to waste time by lingering an ally & to dally	$1,000 [17] (Idina Menzel presents the clue.) I got towalklike an Egyptian on Broadway as Amneris, princess & fiancée of Radames, in this Elton John/Tim Rice musical Aida Cris

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIRTH OF AN ARTIST	MOVIE STUFF	STEP UP TO THE PLATE	QUICK! NOVELS!	6-SYLLABLE WORDS	"GO"ING PLACES
$400 [30] He was born in 1452 in Anchiano but the name he's known by would give a nearby place lasting fame Leonardo da Vinci Cris	$400 [28] The Doof Warrior shredded on post-apocalyptic guitar in this 2015 "Mad Max" film Fury Road Fernando	$400 [29] Prisoners really do make these; in Michigan, rolls of aluminum are used to produce about 10,000 per day license plates Cris	$400 [2] Go ahead & talk about this 1996 Chuck Palahniuk knockout Fight Club Elizabeth	$400 [22] One definition of this misconduct in the military is the refusal to obey someone of a higher rank insubordination Elizabeth	$400 [1] This arid region occupies 500,000 square miles of northern China & southern Mongolia the Gobi Desert Elizabeth
$800 [24] She was born in Coyoacán in 1907 & sadly, childhood polio was just the start of her medical issues Frida Kahlo Elizabeth	$800 [15] 2 days after Sly Stallone left "Beverly Hills Cop", this man got the starring role (Eddie) Murphy Cris	$800 [26] As tectonic plates collide, a plate can snap up, causing an earthquake; that force transfers to the water, creating one of these a tsunami Fernando	$800 [3] 2005 bestseller about light-fingered Liesel Meminger The Book Thief Cris	$800 [21] In 1520 Martin Luther refused to retract 41 of his 95 Theses; he was later hit with this ecclesiastical censure excommunication Fernando	$800 [17] This island on the U.S. side of Niagara Falls is named for a herd of ruminants that roamed there in the 1700s Goat Island Elizabeth
$1,200 [25] This future star of the graffiti world & beyond was born in 1960 to a Nuyorican mom & a Haitian dad Basquiat Cris	$1,200 [12] Regina George says, "Gretchen, stop trying to make" this "happen. It's not going to happen" fetch Cris	$1,200 [27] This "colorful" phrase referred to cheap diner meals of yore & the item they were served on a blue plate special Cris	$1,200 [6] Pasternak's masterpiece Doctor Zhivago Cris	$1,200 [20] Carl Sagan was a prominent one of these "star life" scientists an astrobiologist Fernando	$1,200 [9] Southeastern Wyoming is the land o' this county that shares its name with an ancient home of the Hebrews Goshen Elizabeth
$2,000 [16] His father a sculptor & his mother a painter, he first became mobile on July 22, 1898 in Pennsylvania Calder Cris	$1,600 [11] This 1972 blaxploitation movie about a drug dealer that was not merely fly was remade in 2018 Superfly Fernando	$2,000 [23] Steel plates were sewn into canvas to make these 4-letter vests worn by American aviators during World War II flak jackets Cris	$1,600 [5] 2003 high flyer from Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner Cris	$1,600 [19] A synonym for "reasonable" begins this psychological term, an attempt to justify a failure or other loss rationalization Elizabeth Fernando	$1,600 [8] Protruding from the Bosphorus like an appendage from an animal's head, this colorful inlet helped bring wealth to Istanbul the Golden Horn
DD $2,800 [7] She was born in what's now part of Pittsburgh in 1844, but Paris would eventually be home (Mary) Cassatt Cris	$2,000 [10] In a 2019 film this actor bet big on basketball; in a 2022 film, he played a pro basketball scout; he likes basketball Adam Sandler Elizabeth	DD $4,000 [13] The first fossils belonging to this dinosaur with bony plates in its back were discovered in the 1870s a Stegosaurus Cris	$2,000 [4] Celeste Ng burned up the bestseller lists with this, her second novel Little Fires Everywhere Cris	$2,000 [18] In 1840 critic & author Margaret Fuller became the first editor of the Dial, a journal of this philosophical movement transcendentalism Fernando	$2,000 [14] It's Sweden's second-biggest city & biggest seaport Gothenburg (Göteborg) Cris

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY LEADERS

In a September 3, 1939 speech, he said, "Everything that I have worked for... has crashed into ruins"

Neville Chamberlain

Fernando "Who is Neville Chamberlain?" — wagered $615

Elizabeth "Who is Neville Chamberlain?" — wagered $1,401

Cris "Who is Chamberlain" — wagered $8,221

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