Jeopardy! fans lose their cool after champ Cris Pannullo misses question by giving 'best possible' w

Publish date: 2024-05-16

JEOPARDY! contestant Cris Pannullo has sent fans into a frenzy after he made a major mix-up on a recent episode.

The game show champ has been on a significant winning streak knocking out his opponents for 20 straight victories, but a recent answer of his turned heads.

The New Jersey native hasn't had a perfect run behind the podium as he recently suffered a major flub on air.

During the November 28th episode, Cris was challenged with an $800 question about fashion.

The question read: "Christian Louboutin sells Lady Page nail polish for $50 a bottle; Vernis from this other Christian runs $30."

Cris was quick on his feet with an answer, replying: "Soriano."

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After host Ken Jennings revealed his answer was incorrect, his opponent, Xianni Brown, immediately buzzed in with the correct answer, "Dior."

Fans were shocked that the Jeopardy! powerhouse mixed up Christian Soriano, the soccer star, with Christian Dior, the fashion icon.

However, the customer success operations manager soon recovered and pulled out another win over Xianni and their other opponent Michael Harten.

Cris raked in nearly $40,000 that episode, while Xianni walked away with $2,000, and Michael earned $1,000.

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THROWING SHADE

Despite his impressive track record, the games haven't always been smooth sailing for the 38-year-old.

Cris played his 19th game on Thursday, and the difficult questions weren't all he had to look out for during the game.

The game show star also faced some shady comments from another contestant.

Rob Lamanna, a new player, celebrated audibly when Cris missed a question during the show, missing the chance to take an even bigger lead by snagging a Daily Double.

Out of all of Cris' many wins, 15 have been runaways, meaning there was no chance other players could catch up to him by the time they reached Final Jeopardy.

NEAR UPSET

Thursday's game, however, was much closer, and Cris struggled in some areas, including a Daily Double he stumbled upon during gameplay.

During the second round, Cris led with $23K while Rob was still in the game with $14K, Jeri with $1.8K

Jeri landed on the last randomly placed "Daily Double" left - meaning Cris couldn't take the W by default getting it correct and betting big.

Before Jeri answered it, Rob turned to her and said, "thank you, Jeri."

Host Ken, 48, heard him and joked: “You kept Cris from finding it!"

Rob nodded sarcastically up and down toward Ken, hinting that was why he was so happy.

Cris made an upset face but didn't say a word.

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Cris' success behind the podium has earned him the fifth-highest regular gameplay winnings in Jeopardy! history and seventh-counting tournaments.

He has even surpassed Jeopardy! legend Amy Schneider's highest single-day total of $71,400 with a shocking amount of $71,821.

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