Show #8751 2022-11-28 (taped 2022-10-11) Regular

Cris Pannullo game 16.

Contestants

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)

Scores

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

Jeopardy! Round

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

Double Jeopardy! Round

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

Final Jeopardy!

CHILDREN'S AUTHORS

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)

Michael "Who is Anne of Green Gables?" — wagered $2,000
Xanni "Who is Anne of Green Gables" — wagered $1,114
Cris "Who is Ann of Green Gables" — wagered $0

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