Show #8757 2022-12-06 (taped 2022-10-12) Regular

Cris Pannullo game 22.

Contestants

Meghan Mello — an athletic trainer from North Smithfield, Rhode Island

Andy Tirrell — a political science and international relations professor from San Diego, California

Cris Pannullo — a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey (whose 21-day cash winnings total $748,286)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Cris	$4,400	$7,600	$12,600	$1,399 3rd place: $1,000	$19,000 27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Andy	$-1,800	$-1,000	$11,900	$15,399 New champion: $15,399	$9,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Meghan	$2,400	$4,200	$4,200	$4,200 2nd place: $2,000	$4,200 9 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE SURPRISINGLY SUCCESSFUL LEAGUE OF NATIONS	KIDS' BOOK TITLES IN LATIN	WOULDN'T IT BE RUBBERY	RADIO, RADIO	AN "ARM"	A LEGO
$200 [30] In the early 1920s the League managed to get more than 400,000 of these from 26 countries repatriated from foreign captivity POWs Cris	$200 [21] Keep it on the down low: "Harrius Potter et Camera Secretorum" Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Andy	$200 [25] Before the floating version was invented & became the subject of a "Sesame Street" song, this toy sank in the tub a rubber duckie Cris	$200 [29] The CB in CB radio stands for this, which extends from 26.965 to 27.405 megahertz citizens band Cris	$200 [19] A spreadable preserve made from the pulp & rind of citrus fruits marmalade Cris	$200 [26] Lego artist Nathan Sawayahas toured with an exhibit called "The Art of" this, what a single Lego is known as the brick Meghan
$400 [28] The League's health section helped standardize vaccines for diphtheria, tuberculosis & this, also known as lockjaw tetanus Cris	$400 [12] The first in a series by Jeff Kinney:"Commentarii de Inepto Puero" Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cris	$400 [24] James Caldwell came up with this snappy "rubber" name that is still on step stools, dishracks... Rubbermaid Meghan	$400 [27] In the 1960s this U.K. service had a "needle time" rule limiting the playing of records, so The Beatles & others played on it live the BBC Cris	$400 [18] This 2-word term for a perfect, idealized suitor is modeled on a royal character in a 17th century fairy tale Prince Charming Meghan	$400 [11] Little Lego people are nicknamed minifigs & the first with multiple facial expressions were some of these Caribbean cutthroats a pirate Cris
$600 [17] The League oversaw the 1925 ban on poison gas & bacteriological warfare, better known as this Swiss city's protocol Geneva Meghan	$600 [7] Hop to it:"Fabella de Petro Cuniculo" The Tale of Peter Rabbit	$600 [16] This civilization of Mexico created an early version of rubber & has a name from the Aztec language meaning "rubber people" the Olmec Andy	$600 [13] In 1924 Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover said the quickest way to kill radio would be to use it for direct this advertising	$600 [15] 12-letter word for the scientific study of drugs used in treating medical conditions pharmacology Meghan	$600 [22] In 2014's Oscar-nominated "Lego Movie", this actor voiced a Lego construction worker named Emmet Chris Pratt Meghan
DD $1,000 [1] In 1925 the League headed off a Balkan war between Bulgaria & this neighbor to the south Greece Cris	$800 [8] I do like it:"Virent Ova! Viret Perna!!" Green Eggs and Ham Meghan	$800 [10] Cultivated rubber trees are "tapped" about once every 2 days, yielding around a cup of this sap each time latex Cris	$800 [20] Beginning in the 1930s, a station in this little grand duchy used huge transmitters to attract half of Europe's listeners Luxembourg Cris	$800 [9] In Hinduism, it's the basic natural law of the universe dharma Cris Andy	$800 [23] 6-year-olds found it awesome when the USA's first of these opened in Carlsbad, California in 1999 Legoland Cris
$1,000 [6] In 1921 the League averted war between Finland & this nation over control of the Åland Islands in the Gulf of Bothnia Sweden Andy	$1,000 [4] A French fable:"Regulus" The Little Prince Andy	$1,000 [14] This process of treating rubber to make it stronger & more resistant involves heating it with sulfur vulcanization Meghan	$1,000 [5] Programs on this international network include "Science in a Minute" & "Press Conference USA" Voice of America Cris Andy	$1,000 [2] Originally denoting a mounted soldier, it's the job title of the person seenherein France a gendarme Cris	$1,000 [3] In 2011 astronauts brought Lego sets to this structure where they tested their performance in microgravity the ISS (the International Space Station) Cris

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY	BIG BOOK ROYALTY	ANIMALS	BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS	THEIR TOP 40 DEBUT ALBUM	7-LETTER "W"ORDS
$400 [30] There are 300 islands in the bay on which this Finnish capital sits & a taxi boat will take you to many Helsinki Cris	$400 [29] This Carroll royal "had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. 'Off with his head!"' the Queen of Hearts Cris	$400 [28] The name antbear is sometimes used for the giant anteater & for this anteater of Africa the aardvark Andy	$400 [6] In 1940 he told the House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" Churchill Cris	$400 [27] 1999's "The Slim Shady LP" Eminem Meghan	$400 [18] An unexpected development, or a sign of aging on the face wrinkle Cris
$800 [4] Pao de Acucar in Portuguese, this "sweet" peak rises over Guanabara Bay Sugarloaf Cris	$800 [16] "The Romanov Empress" details the life of Maria, a Danish princess fated to become the mother of this last Russian czar Czar Nicholas II Andy	$800 [15] Thisflightless bird of New Zealand is the only bird with nostrils at the end of itsbeak a kiwi Cris	$800 [26] The Red Cross says if you have this blood type, you're a universal donor, so come in & donate O negative Cris	$800 [23] "Tragic Kingdom", featuring "Don't Speak" No Doubt Cris	$1,200 [9] This verb can mean to handle livestock on a ranch or extras on a movie set wrangle Andy
$1,200 [1] The Kuril Islands extend south from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to this nation that claims some of them Japan Andy	$1,200 [13] Alison Weir's "Innocent Traitor" is a historical novel of this teen who had a solid week-&-a-bit run as queen in the 1550s Lady Jane Grey Andy	$1,200 [11] Delphinapterus leucas is the scientific name of the marine mammal that also goes by this name from Russian a beluga whale	$1,200 [24] He's the R&B superstar seen here Keith Sweat Andy	$1,200 [25] One of the bestselling debut albums of all time, "Appetite for Destruction" Guns N' Roses Andy	$1,600 [8] Ithas a reputation as one of the feeblest fighters among game fish a walleye Andy
$1,600 [2] Douglas is the capital of this isle about midway between England & Ireland the Isle of Man Cris	$1,600 [5] Look for leaping flames on the cover when you seek out "The Splendor Before the Dark", Margaret George's novel about this Roman emperor Nero Meghan	$1,600 [12] The exotic pet trade is responsible for the Burmese type of this constrictor becoming an invasive species in the Everglades a (Burmese) python Cris Andy	$2,000 [20] "Tears, Idle Tears" is an 1847 poem by this long-lived lord & poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson	$1,600 [22] With help from Timbaland, her "Supa Dupa Fly" (Missy) Elliott Cris	$2,000 [10] In Algonquin lore, this creature depicted here, is a maneater, constantly looking for new victims the wendigo
$2,000 [3] 18 miles wide at its narrowest, the Bab-el Mandeb Straitseparates these two nations, one in Africa & one in Arabia Djibouti & Yemen Andy	$2,000 [14] The American author of this 1889 book wrote it after reading Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" but Malory didn't include time travel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Andy	$2,000 [19] The alpaca's wild ancestor, this smallest member of the camel family is featured on Peru's coat of arms the vicuna Cris Andy Meghan	DD $6,600 [7] Blood, sweat & tears all contain this metallic element, the 6th-most abundant in the Earth's crust sodium Cris	$2,000 [21] From 2014, the Grammy-winning Pop Vocal Album "In the Lonely Hour" Sam Smith	DD $3,700 [17] Part of a famous quote, this word is on the upper left of Karl Marx' gravestone workers Andy

Final Jeopardy!

PLAYS

A 1609 story in which an exiled king of Bulgaria creates a sea palace with his magic may have inspired the plot of this play

The Tempest

Meghan "What is I had fun to" — wagered $0

Andy "What is The Tempest" — wagered $3,499

Cris "What is The little mermaid" — wagered $11,201

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