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Jeopardy! season 39 returned with a new episode on Monday, October 3, 2022. Since Cris Pannullo emerged as the winner last week, he came back on the show tonight to defend his title against two new contestants.
The one-day champion was up against J. Scott Gabrysiak, a paralegal from North Mankato, Minnesota, and Jenny Millat, an artist and thrifter originally from Canton, Ohio.
Cris, a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey, defeated four-day winner David Sibley by a huge margin in the September 30 episode last week. The latter’s total was $4,003, while Cris banked $29,579.
Today’s Jeopardy! winner, Cris Pannullo
The categories for the first round tonight included “What’s In The Box?, 20th Century Pop Music, Plane Talk, Medical Specialties, Chapter, ‘Verse’.”
Cris delivered 18 correct answers and zero incorrect ones, banking $9,600 in the first round. J. Scott Gabrysiak scored $4,000 by correctly answering 13 questions, and Jenny Millat banked $800 by giving 8 correct and 6 incorrect answers. The first round was led by one-day champion Cris.
In the second round, the categories were “When Polk Was President, Geography, The Titans, A Common Category, Film Noir, Alliteration.”
Cris got one clue wrong in the second round but gave the highest number of responses in the Double Jeopardy round compared to the new players. With 26 correct answers, Cris’ score was $30,800. Jenny and Scott, on the other hand, scored $8,800 and $4,400, respectively.
The Final Jeopardy turned unlucky for Scott as he lost all his money due to a time issue. He gave the right answer, but not on time. Unfortunately, he wagered $4,400 (the entire amount he had earned until then) and lost the bet. Thus, he left empty-handed.
Cris and Jenny guessed the correct answer on time and won their wagering amount. Jenny went all in like Scott, the difference being that she won the bet, leaving with double the amount she earned in the first two rounds. Cris played safe and wagered only $3,000. If he had lost the bet, his total would have still been higher than Jenny.
Hence, Cris Pannullo won Jeopardy! today.
Final Jeopardy! results today
The category for the final round in the October 3 episode was “20th Century Poem Endings.” The final clue read:
“These 5 words that end a poem are also a proverb; one citation across the centuries includes a reminder not to make the wall too high.”
The correct answer was, “Good fences make good neighbors.”
All three players guessed the answer right, but Scott couldn’t finish writing on time.
Take a look at the final results of Monday’s episode:
Cris Pannullo: $30,800 + $3,000 = $33,800 (What is good fences make good neighbors) (2-day total: $63,379)
Jenny Millat: $8,800 + $8,800 = $17,600 (What is Good fences make good neighbors? =))
J. Scott Gabrysiak: $4,400 – $4,400 = $0 (What is Good Fences make good neighbo)
With today’s win, Cris became a two-day champion and his total earnings rose to $63,379. He will now return to play the game once again in the next episode and defend his win against two new players.
Hosted by Ken Jennings, a new episode of Jeopardy! season 39 will be released on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. The syndicated game show airs from Monday through Friday.
