Cris Pannullo game 16.
Xanni Brown — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
Michael Harten — a dean of academics from Putnam, Connecticut
Cris Pannullo — a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey (whose 15-day cash winnings total $526,544)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cris | $4,200 | $5,400 | $39,800 |
$39,800
16-day champion: $566,344 |
$25,800
27 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Michael | $1,600 | $1,600 | $5,600 |
$3,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
9 R, 1 W |
| Xanni | $4,400 | $8,600 | $19,400 |
$18,286
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| NOVEL NOTES | SLANG | LAWMEN & WOMEN | FOOT, THE BILL | PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT | OF MOVIES |
|
$200
[17]
Keen Kerouac; passing Paradise; country crossing
On the Road
Cris
|
$200
[19]
Sugary, squishy Easter candy, more recently it's become popular for one's friends & followers
Peeps
Xanni
|
$200
[30]
Marshal Thomas Smith of Abilene was famous for keeping order without this, as noted by famed Abilene resident Dwight Eisenhower
a gun
Michael
|
$200
[28]
An average cost at nail salons for this procedure involving only your piggies runs around $35
a pedicure
Michael
|
$200
[21]
This liberating card depicts Mr. Monopoly flying out of a birdcage; you can buy one from another player
Get Out of Jail Free
Cris
|
$200
[24]
"Quantum of Solace" finds this hero battling corporate environmental plundering around the world & in the Bolivian desert
(James) Bond
Xanni
|
|
$400
[16]
Super sub; Atlantis, around; visionary Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Xanni
|
$400
[20]
Back in the day a punch in the face was this type of sandwich
knuckle
Xanni
|
$400
[29]
In 2022 Keechant Sewell of the Nassau County police became this higher-profile department's first female commissioner
the NYPD
Cris
Michael
|
$400
[27]
Bumps on your feet known as "bone" these can be treated by a visit to a foot specialist; costs vary
spurs
Xanni
|
$400
[25]
If you have 2 of the same card to start in blackjack, you can put up twice your wager with this 5-letter bet
split
Cris
|
$400
[23]
1940's "The Grapes of Wrath" starred this actor as Tom Joad
Henry Fonda
|
|
$600
[7]
Harrowing Huxley; funky future; cloned classes
Brave New World
Cris
|
$600
[11]
Popularized in a Vine video, "on" this "f"ive-letter word means stylish or perfectly executed
fleek
Cris
|
$600
[12]
Amy Stewart wrote 7 historical novels about the well-named Constance Kopp, undersheriff of Bergen County in this state
New Jersey
Cris
|
$600
[14]
A Calif. ex-con may have to pay for an ankle monitor to track him, using this technology first developed for the U.S. military
GPS
Xanni
|
$600
[8]
If dissatisfied with their starting hand, Magic the Gathering players may take one of these, like a do-over on a golf course
a mulligan
Cris
|
$600
[22]
This movie introduced the world to Indiana Jones
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Xanni
|
|
$800
[3]
Gripping Golding; seeming savages; Simon sees
Lord of the Flies
Cris
|
$800
[10]
A blend of 2 words & first used in the '90s, it means to calm down, take it easy
chillax
Michael
|
$800
[5]
If you work at FBI HQ on Pennsylvania Avenue, you work in a building named for this G-man
Hoover
Xanni
|
$800
[9]
Christian Louboutin sells Lady Page nail polish for $50 a bottle; Vernis from this other Christian runs $30
(Christian) Dior
Cris
Xanni
|
$800
[2]
Before playing your second-to-last card in this 3-letter game, you must say the name of the game; you draw 4 if you get caught
Uno
Cris
|
$800
[6]
In this classic film police detective Sidney Poitier investigates a murder in the racist town of Sparta, Mississippi
In the Heat of the Night
Michael
|
|
$1,000
[4]
King kills; executing executioners; Coffey coda
The Green Mile
|
DD
$2,200
[15]
Keep some tissues handy because the highest seats in a stadium are called these
the nosebleeds
Xanni
|
$1,000
[13]
The model for Victor Hugo's Inspector Javert, François Vidocq set up this service, from French for "security"
the Sûreté
|
$1,000
[26]
A hundred bucks should get a quality session of this -ology, a variation on acupressure in which the soles are stimulated
reflexology
Xanni
|
$1,000
[1]
In this form of a popular game, some cards are dealt face up & some face down; it used to have "horse" in its name
stud (stud poker)
Cris
|
$1,000
[18]
It's Emma vs. Steve as Billie Jean vs. Bobby on the big screen in this title tennis clash
Battle of the Sexes
Xanni
|
| BRITISH HISTORY | ANIMAL NAMES | ABBREV. TV | 6-LETTER WORDS | THAT'S MAJOR | AROUND THE GLOBE |
|
$400
[26]
This invader's brutal 1069-70 campaign to bring Upper Britain under Norman control was called "The Harrying of the North"
William the Conqueror
Xanni
|
$400
[25]
This name for the animal seenhererefers to its short stubby tail
a bobcat
Cris
|
$400
[29]
Spin to win:"WoF"
Wheel of Fortune
Michael
|
$400
[27]
A quick look at something, perhaps the goose of the same name
a gander
Cris
|
$400
[30]
In a bridge game the 2 major suits are these & hearts
spades
Xanni
|
$400
[28]
In 1712, the capital of Russia was moved from Moscow to this port city; in 1918 after the Bolsheviks took power, it was moved back
St. Petersburg
Cris
|
|
$800
[11]
The Marquess of Salisbury, who retired in 1902, was the last prime minister to lead a government from this body
the House of Lords
|
$800
[21]
From Spanish, the name of this burrowing mammal refers to its protective outer shell of bony plates
the armadillo
Michael
|
$800
[2]
A cook-off:"HK"
Hell's Kitchen
Michael
|
$800
[10]
Long ago important people wore fake hair, which led to this rhyming term for any person of high standing
a bigwig
Cris
|
$800
[13]
In 1780 Major John André was hanged as a spy after scheming with this traitor
Benedict Arnold
Xanni
|
$800
[18]
Carlos Sanchez, a real coffee grower from Antioquia in this country, was an early portrayer of Juan Valdez
Colombia
Michael
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Abbreviated NHS, this government agency created to provide free public medical care began in 1948
the National Health Service
Cris
|
$1,200
[20]
Found only in New Zealand, the name of thetuatarameans "spine on the back" in the language of this people
the Maori
Cris
|
$1,200
[1]
2 Michael J. Fox sitcoms: "FT" &"SC"
Family Ties & Spin City
Michael
|
$1,200
[19]
Yes, Dan, there are 2 "P"s in the middle of this word for the snazzily attired
dapper
Cris
|
$1,200
[17]
Major League Soccer began playing in the U.S. in 1996 with 10 teams, including the N.Y./N.J. Metrostars & this team playing for Los Angeles
the (L.A.) Galaxy
Cris
|
$1,200
[8]
The ECB, the European Central Bank, has its headquarters in this German city on the Main River
Frankfurt
Cris
|
|
$2,000
[16]
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in the Crystal Palace, built to house it in this London park
Hyde (Park)
Cris
|
$1,600
[15]
The name of this fast-flying falcon means "traveling" or "wandering"
peregrine
Cris
|
$1,600
[3]
Bear Grylls takes on the elements:"MvW"
Man vs. Wild
Xanni
|
$1,600
[22]
Named for a French aristocrat, it refers to pleasure felt from inflicting pain
sadism
Xanni
|
$2,000
[24]
A wedding staple, his "Canon in D major", heard here, was composed around 1680 but not published until the 20th century
Pachelbel
Xanni
|
$1,600
[7]
This ancient trade route linking China & the West stretched 4,000 miles from Xi'an in the east to the Mediterranean Sea
the Silk Road
Cris
|
|
DD
$9,000
[6]
Alan Turing devised a method for breaking messages encrypted by this Nazi cypher machine
Enigma
Cris
|
$2,000
[14]
Thishorse with a spotty reputation is believed to be named for a river near where the Nez Perce lived & bred the horse
an Appaloosa
Xanni
|
$2,000
[4]
Teen drama with Katie Holmes & Michelle Williams:"DC"
Dawson's Creek
Cris
|
$2,000
[23]
It sounds Scandinavian, but this synonym for slender comes from the Latin for "to pluck"
svelte
Xanni
|
DD
$7,800
[9]
They're the 2 major constellations with "Major" in their names
Ursa Major & Canis Major
Cris
|
$2,000
[12]
An attraction on this East African island a bit smaller than Maui is the house where Freddie Mercury lived as a child
Zanzibar
Cris
|
Reversing the story of this heroine she created, Patricia MacLachlan was born on the prairie but spent much of her life in New England
Sarah (Wheaton)