Ocean City, NJ man becomes new Jeopardy! champion

Cris Pannullo, who works as a customer success operations manager, beat out four-day champ David Sibley to win $29,579.

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Saturday, October 1, 2022
Ocean City man becomes new Jeopardy! champion
Ocean City man becomes new Jeopardy! championAn Ocean City, New Jersey man became the new Jeopardy! champion on Friday night.

OCEAN CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- An Ocean City, New Jersey man became the new Jeopardy! champion on Friday night.

Cris Pannullo, who works as a customer success operations manager, beat out four-day champ David Sibley to win $29,579.

Pannullo went into Final Jeopardy with $29,800.

Cris Pannullo

The question was: "While working for British Naval Intelligence during World War II, he was code-named 17F."

The correct answer was Ian Fleming.

Pannullo didn't guess the correct answer, but he only wagered $221 and secured the win.

Watch Jeopardy! on Monday to see how far the South Jersey native will go.

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