Show #7094 2015-06-18 Regular

Brennan Bushee game 4.

Contestants

Megan Casey — a mechanical engineer from Boulder, Colorado

Ian Giesbrecht — a learning quality specialist originally from Sandspit, British Columbia, Canada

Brennan Bushee — an operations analyst from Malden, Massachusetts (whose 3-day cash winnings total $85,202)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brennan	$2,000	$3,400	$14,800	$17,201 4-day champion: $102,403	$17,000 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Ian	$2,400	$9,000	$6,200	$100 3rd place: $1,000	$4,800 12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Megan	$3,800	$4,200	$8,600	$14,801 2nd place: $2,000	$8,600 11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

LET'S TALK ABOUT NECKS	THE MONEY MAN	EATYMOLOGY	DOUBLE "B"	BEASTLY LIT	NBA ALL-STARS
$200 [13] This animal's 6-foot neck can weigh 600 pounds a giraffe Brennan	$200 [18] An 1892 half-dollar commemorated this explorer Columbus Brennan	$200 [2] The name of this popular picnic side dish is from the Dutch for "cabbage salad" cole slaw Brennan	$200 [3] Careless, hurried writing scribbling Brennan	$200 [20] Christopher Robin reattached this donkey's tail with a nail Eeyore Brennan	$200 [1] A record 19 times:This Buck, Laker & Celebrity "Jeopardy!" contestant Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Megan
$400 [17] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) To avoid "text neck", don'ttilt your headto look at your smartphone; bending your neck increases the weight on the cervical part of this structure; it's better tohold it up the spine Brennan	$400 [19] The note that makes up about 45% of U.S. currency production features this man (George) Washington Megan	$400 [7] Though its name may go back to a Latin word for "turnip", this pasta is usually stuffed with anything but ravioli Megan	$400 [5] Pieces of rock used in masonry, or Fred Flintstone's buddy Barney rubble Ian	$400 [24] Tock in "The Phantom Tollbooth" is this kind of canine, because he has a timepiece in his side a watchdog Ian	$400 [4] 8 times & counting:CP3, him Chris Paul Ian
$600 [28] If you have a 25.5" maple neck, you may be a Fender Telecaster, one of these a guitar Ian	$600 [21] The 1934 $100,000 note featured this president (20 years earlier, one would have more than paid his salary) Wilson Brennan	$600 [8] From the Spanish for "spiced with chili", they're corn tortillas wrapped around a meat or cheese filling & topped with sauce enchiladas Megan	$600 [6] Score is kept in this card game by inserting small pegs into holes cribbage Megan	$800 [26] This Richard Bach seagull lives on in an e-book version & in a tattoo on Justin Bieber Jonathan Livingston Ian	$600 [14] 15 times:This Magic, Lakers, Heat, Suns, Cavs, Celtics & "Kazaam" star Shaquille O'Neal Brennan
$800 [29] The longneck, the U.S. industry standard bottle for this, holds 12 ounces of the delicious stuff beer Ian	$800 [22] A 1934 half-dollar commemorated this frontiersman on the 200th anniversary of his birth Daniel Boone	$800 [9] Not surprisingly, the name of this fruit is from the Latin for "seedy fruit" a pomegranate Ian	$800 [10] A dagger is kept in it a scabbard Ian	$1,000 [27] With "Jaws" he took quite a bite out of his readers' sense of water safety Peter Benchley	$800 [15] 12 times from 1980 to 1992:This "Hick" of a Celtic Larry Bird Brennan
$1,000 [30] Now that's a neck!Thistype of extinct marine reptile had a neck that could reach 25 feet a plesiosaur Ian	$1,000 [23] He's worth 40% of Ulysses S. Grant Andrew Jackson	$1,000 [12] Crabmeat, asparagus & bearnaise sauce are atop Veal this, said to have been named after a king of Sweden Oscar Megan	$1,000 [11] From the Aramaic for "my father", he's the superior of a monastery an abbot Megan	DD $2,000 [25] In a Steinbeck collection of 4 stories, rancher Carl Tiflin gives his son Jody this title pet the Red Pony Ian	$1,000 [16] 11 times, plus 5 in the ABA:What's up, Doc? He was--when he dunked Julius Erving Ian

Double Jeopardy! Round

CUBAN FIVE	TO LIFE!	A TOP 40 HIT 3 TIMES	THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART	"G--OLOGY"	MBA ALL-STARS
$400 [10] The full name of this current Cuban head of state ends in "Ruz", his mother's maiden name Raul Castro Brennan	$400 [22] Promoting reading, the "L" in L.I.F.E. stands for this "Is for Everyone" Literacy Brennan	$400 [6] "Never Can Say Goodbye":These siblings in 1971, Isaac Hayes in 1971 & Gloria Gaynor in 1975 the Jacksons Brennan Ian	$400 [17] Corot's "Forest of Fontainebleau" put Mary Magdalene among rocks & trees to add dignity to this picturesque genre landscape Brennan	$400 [1] It's from the Greek for "woman study" gynecology Brennan	$400 [11] Yale grad Indra Nooyi leads this "co" whose Fritos you can wash down with its sodas PepsiCo Brennan
$800 [26] The name of this bay is a native word meaning "land among rivers", not "land of detainees" Guantanamo Bay Megan	$800 [23] These 3 letters from "life" front "-de-France" in a French region I-L-E	$800 [7] "MacArthur Park":Richard Harris in 1968, the Four Tops in 1971 & this disco diva in 1978 Donna Summer Brennan	$800 [18] Among this New Englander's works in the Gallery is "Incoming Tide, Scarboro, Maine" Winslow Homer Brennan	$800 [2] The science of precious stones gemology Brennan	$800 [13] Stanford alum Mary Barra became the first female CEO to take this company for a test drive GM Brennan
$1,200 [27] Cuba is one of the 4 big islands in this "Greater" group the (Greater) Antilles Ian Megan	$1,200 [24] Between 45 & 65 you may experience this crisis, a term coined by Elliott Jaques a midlife crisis Brennan	$1,200 [8] "Handy Man":Jimmy Jones in 1960, Del Shannon in 1964 & this solo artist in 1977 James Taylor	$1,200 [19] Not Carnegie but this philanthropic Andrew gave $40 million in art & cash to create the gallery, opened in 1941 (Andrew) Mellon Brennan	$1,600 [4] The medical specialty of the digestive system gastroenterology Brennan	$1,600 [15] Forbes called Columbia's Robert Stevens a "savior" of this high-flying company that makes the F-35 Lockheed Martin Ian
$1,600 [28] I don't practice this Afro-Caribbean "way of the saints", but many Cubans do Santería Brennan	$1,600 [25] The 2 elements on the periodic table whose symbols combine to spell "life" lithium & iron Megan	$1,600 [9] "Fever":Little Willie John in 1956, The McCoys in 1965 & this lady in 1958 Peggy Lee Megan	$1,600 [20] This 19th century British painter, a master oflight & atmosphere, was the subject of a 2014 biopic Turner Megan	$2,000 [5] The specific study of geologic time geochronology	$2,000 [16] Harvard MBA Jamie Dimon leads this financial services company that the U.S. helped out with $25 billion in 2008 JPMorgan Chase
$2,000 [29] This "majestic" species of the genus Roystonea is the national tree the royal palm	—	$2,000 [12] "If I Were A Carpenter":Bobby Darin in 1966, the Four Tops in 1968 & this married country duo in 1970 Johnny Cash & June Carter Ian	$2,000 [21] Projects of this Bulgarian-born artist like "Valley Curtain" live on in photos in the NGA's Vogel Collection Christo Brennan	DD $3,000 [3] The study of old age & aging gerontology Brennan	DD $4,000 [14] You could call John Chambers this "Kid" after the company he runs that's big in routers (the) Cisco (Kid) Brennan

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN AUTHORS

Published for the first time in 2014, her "Pioneer Girl" was initially rejected, revised & transformed into a fictional series

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Ian "Who is Alcott?" — wagered $6,100

Megan "Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder" — wagered $6,201

Brennan "Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?" — wagered $2,401

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