Show #8756 2022-12-05 (taped 2022-10-12) Regular

Cris Pannullo game 21.

Contestants

Ben Hebert — a shipping manager from Chicago, Illinois

Steph Martin — an editor, writer, and proofreader from Lakewood, Colorado

Cris Pannullo — a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey (whose 20-day cash winnings total $710,865)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Cris	$9,600	$11,000	$33,200	$37,421 21-day champion: $748,286	$23,000 26 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Steph	$1,600	$1,400	$600	$700 2nd place: $2,000	$600 4 R, 2 W
Ben	$0	$3,200	$12,400	$650 3rd place: $1,000	$12,400 21 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES	ANIMALS IN BOOKS	POINTING OUT DECIMALS	"OO", BOOZE!	ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS	A PACK OF LIES
$200 [16] "The Big Pineapple" Honolulu Ben	$200 [26] In the last line of the book, Dorothy says, "and here is" this pup, "too. And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!" Toto Ben	$200 [29] In 1938 the AMA signed off on a legal limit for blood alcohol concentration of a rather startling .15; today it's this .08 Cris	$200 [19] Bang! Add a few letters to get this other word for a shot of booze like a Kamikaze or a Flaming Dr. Pepper a shooter Ben	$200 [25] He was the recipient of the special 1939 award seen here Walt Disney Ben	$200 [27] "Pulling" this material "over someone's eyes" doesn't require sheep, but does require deception wool Cris
$400 [6] For its growing number of high-tech companies, "The Silicon Peach" Atlanta Cris	$400 [22] A hyena, zebra, orangutan & tiger do not walk into a bar, but are instead on a lifeboat with a teenaged boy in this novel Life of Pi Ben	$400 [28] Start counting zeroes: it's how you say one ten-thousandth, decimal-style .0001 Cris	$400 [18] Merriam-Webster defines it as "intoxicating liquor" & "especially: illegally distilled corn whiskey" moonshine Ben	$400 [23] Angela Lansbury gave the opening speech at this acting union's inaugural awards in 1995 the SAG Awards (Screen Actors Guild) Ben	$400 [21] The Secret Service's USDollars website is for law enforcement & banks to report suspected cases of this counterfeiting Steph
$600 [5] "The Renaissance City" & "PVD" Providence	$600 [8] "The Tale of" him is subtitled "Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, & a Spool of Thread" Despereaux	$600 [30] Ted Williams is the last Major Leaguer to hit more than this fabled average, going .006 above it in 1941 .400 Cris	$600 [17] The 1980s had these fizzy drinks, mixing something like Chardonnay & 7UP; today there are hard seltzers wine coolers Ben	$600 [24] June Foray, voice of Rocky the Squirrel, helped create an award for animation; it was her husband who named them this the Annies Steph	$600 [20] A softball is generally delivered to a batter this way, also a term meaning not entirely honest underhanded Ben
$800 [4] "The Live Music Capital of the World" Austin Steph	$800 [7] Mole says this "Wind in the Willows" guy has been in the hospital 3 times after car crashes; maybe amphibians shouldn't drive (Mr.) Toad Steph	$800 [11] It's easy as pie to take pi to 2 decimal places (there's even a day for it) but take it to 3.these 5 digits 3.14159 Cris	$800 [2] This premium vodka brand is made from French winter wheat & spring water Grey Goose Cris	$800 [10] Jon Stewart was the recipient of the 2022 Kennedy Center Prize named for this other smart & funny man (Mark) Twain Cris	$1,000 [14] One Direction sang of these title 3-word fibs, "you like playing games" "Little White Lies" Cris
$1,000 [3] At the junction of 4 major interstates in the Midwest, "The Crossroads of America" Indianapolis Cris	$1,000 [9] Hazel, Fiver & Blackberry are exceptional rabbits in this 1972 Richard Adams tale Watership Down Cris	$1,000 [13] At Princeton, if you get straight C+es, this is your semester GPA & you might want to do a bit more studying 2.3 Cris Ben	$1,000 [1] This brand of British gin says every batch is made with "labour and patience" Boodles Gin	$1,000 [15] These music awards are named for a chairman of Canada's Radio-Television & Telecommunications Commission & spelled like a Roman goddess a Juno Ben	DD $4,800 [12] Columnist Jimmy Breslin popularized this truth-obscuring idiom that mentions 2 things employed by magicians smoke & mirrors Cris

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY ON THE DOUBLE	MYTH	TREE TIME	LET'S PLAY QUARTERS	MUSICALS BY FEMALE ROLES	STARTS OR ENDS WITH X
$400 [28] Just months after their 1862 battle ended in a draw, these 2 ironclad ships were underwater the Monitor & the Merrimack Cris	$400 [22] His wish that everything he touched turned to gold turned into a royal fiasco Midas Cris	$400 [24] The flowers of the African sausage tree bloom at night for visits by these flying mammals, their principal pollinators bats Cris	$400 [30] "The Big One" was a name under consideration for this creation by 1970s fast food franchisee Al Bernardin a Quarter Pounder Ben	$400 [26] Roxie Hart &Velma Kelly Chicago Cris	$400 [20] A facility or process to recover from drug addiction detox Steph
$800 [17] Henri Bertrand stuck by Napoleon all through his 1814-1821 exiles on these 2 islands Elba & St. Helena Cris	$1,200 [5] 19th century Norwegian artist Peter Nicolai Arbo tried to forge a national identity with works like"The Wild Hunt"of this top god Odin Cris	$800 [27] Screwbean is one type of this tree with wood that makes grill food tasty mesquite Ben	$800 [29] The height of an American quarter horse can reach 16 of these, which is a little over 5 feet hands Ben	$800 [25] Mean-spirited orphanage mistress Miss Hannigan Annie Ben	$800 [21] Rodrigo Santoro played this ancient monarch in the film "300" Xerxes Ben
$1,200 [7] In the 1990s these 2 territories were returned to Chinese control Hong Kong & Macau Cris	$1,600 [4] In Egyptian mythology, Seth, the evil god of disorder, killed this brother, the god of the underworld Osiris Ben	$1,200 [15] Native Americans created an herbal sore throat remedy from the bark of the slippery species of this an (slippery) elm Ben	$1,200 [11] Catch some tunes at Preservation Hall & explore the mysterious at Voodoo Authentica in this neighborhood on the Mississippi the French Quarter Ben	$1,200 [14] Sally Bowles &Fraulein Schneider Cabaret Cris	$1,200 [2] There's a big bovine at the end of this 6-letter word for a big clumsy man lummox Steph Ben
$1,600 [6] These 2 men who explored the Arctic in 1909 are buried next to each other at Arlington Peary & Henson Cris	$2,000 [16] A chief Aztec deity, this feathered serpent helped create the human race by mingling his blood with the bones of the ancient dead Quetzalcoatl Cris	$1,600 [8] Couroupita guianensis is known as this tree, after the type of old-time artillery projectile its fruits resemble cannonball Ben	$1,600 [10] In 1283 England decided this crime of trying to overthrow the king got you drawn & quartered (& maybe beheaded too) treason Ben	$1,600 [9] Lorrell Robinson, Deena Jones, Effie White Dreamgirls Cris	$1,600 [1] 8-letter word meaning to paralyze someone with horror or amazement to transfix Ben
DD $2,000 [19] Prophetically, around 30 B.C., these 2 lovers founded a club called Those Who Will Die Together Antony & Cleopatra Cris	DD $7,000 [18] 7 boys & 7 girls who did not volunteer as tributes were sacrificed to this monster annually until Theseus killed it the Minotaur Cris	$2,000 [23] The endangered Torrey species of this evergreen family is found only in Southern California the pine Cris	$2,000 [13] A quarter minted in this city in 1796, the first year that coin was produced, sold at auction for $1.5 million in 2013 Philadelphia Ben	$2,000 [3] Mimi Marquez &Joanne Jefferson Rent	$2,000 [12] Much in the news in recent years, this largest administrative unit of China is the homeland of the Uyghur people Xinjiang

Final Jeopardy!

LANDMARKS

In 2009, during a 20th anniversary celebration, it was called "an edifice of fear. On November 9, it became a place of joy"

the Berlin Wall

Steph "What is the Berlin Wall?" — wagered $100

Ben "What is The Bastille?" — wagered $11,750

Cris "What is Berlin Wall" — wagered $4,221

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