These are today's Jeopardy!
Highlights.
From North Smithfield, Rhode Island, Meghan Mello.
From San Diego, California, Andy Tirrell.
From Ocean City, New Jersey, Cris Pannullo.
Good luck to all three of you.
Here are your categories in the Jeopardy!
round. Lego, $1000.
In 2011 astronauts brought Lego sets to this structure
where they tested their performance in microgravity.
Cris. What is the ISS? Yes.
What is “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”? You're correct.
What is Prince Charming? You got it.
Arm, $200.
A spreadable preserve made from the pulp and rind of citrus fruits.
Cris. What is marmalade? Very good.
What is “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”?
That's it.
Who's Chris Pratt? That's right. What are P.O.W.s?
That's correct.
You have $7600 and the lead.
Meghan not that far behind.
Here we go into Double Jeopardy!
with two Daily Doubles available.
They’re somewhere in these categories.
Andy, you start.
World Geography for $1200, please.
The Kuril islands extend south from Russia's Kamchatka
Peninsula to this nation that claims some of them.
Andy. What is Japan?
That's right.
What is Djibouti and Yemen?
That's right.
Who is Churchill? Yes.
Tears, $1600.
Answer there...
the first of the two Daily Doubles in the round.
$6600. All right.
You'll have an even $17,000, if you're correct, in Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Blood, sweat and tears all contain this metallic element,
the sixth most abundant in the Earth's crust.
What is iron?
No, I'm sorry. Sodium.
Sodium, of course, in sweat and tears.
Knocks it down to $3800. You’re in second place.
What is “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”?
Yes and now you have the lead.
What is a Kiwi? Right.
Who is Czar Nicholas the second? Right.
7-Letter “W”ords for $800.
The answer there... the other Daily Double.
What do you want to wager, Andy?
I will wager $3700, please.
All right.
Here's your clue in 7-Letter “W”ords, risking half your money.
Part of a famous quote, this word is on
the upper left of Karl Marx' gravestone.
What is workers?
“Workers of the world unite”. Yes.
You widen your lead.
Okay.
What is a vicuña? Yes for $2000.
That's important. What is O negative? That's correct.
What is the aardvark? That's correct. You're back in the lead.
Who is the Queen of Hearts?
That's correct.
You have the lead. You will go into Final Jeopardy!
with a $700 lead, and no more, over Andy.
Great game.
The closest of games as we head into Final Jeopardy!.
Plays is the category and here's the clue.
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.
Meghan Mello, on the end, had $4200.
Still writing at the last minute.
Did she get a response in?
What is? I had fun and then... Today. Okay.
You could keep writing. It's like a little diary entry for you.
I'm glad you had fun.
You're not going to get any money for that, but you don't lose any either.
You have $4200.
Close game between our champ Cris Pannullo and Andy Tirrell.
Eight lead changes in Double Jeopardy! alone.
We're going to start with you, Andy. $11,900.
What was your response?
What is “The Tempest”? Yes.
An exiled ruler with magical powers may have inspired Shakespeare.
So you're going to add to your $11,900, $3409.
I'm giving you $15,399 and at least for the moment,
you have the lead, a ninth lead change over our champ Cris Pannullo.
21-day champion, $12,600,
had the lead going into Final just on the strength of that last clue.
Was he correct?
Did he know it was “The Tempest”?
What is “The Little Mermaid”?
No, he's going to lose $11,201, leaving him with $1399.
Andy Tirrell, we have a new Jeopardy!
champion. Congratulations, sir.
Well done.
Cris, we'll be seeing you again, of course, in the Tournament of Champions.
Can't wait to have you back on the stage.
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