Brennan Bushee game 5.
Jennifer Shepherd — a quality improvement specialist originally from Port Orange, Florida
Chad Capule — an I.T. applications director from Cheverly, Maryland
Brennan Bushee — an operations analyst from Malden, Massachusetts (whose 4-day cash winnings total $102,403)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brennan | $2,400 | $1,600 | $12,400 |
$24,001
5-day champion: $126,404 |
$15,000
23 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chad | $1,400 | $2,800 | $9,200 |
$11,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Jennifer | $2,200 | $5,600 | $12,000 |
$23,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| WE SUGGEST BIOGRAPHY TITLES | BEVERAGE BRANDS | MOVIE ROLE, TV ROLE | CLASSICAL MUSIC ADJECTIVES | I SAW IT ON THE INTERNET | SO IT MUST BE "TRU" |
|
$200
[11]
In 1682 he drew up a frame of government for a new American colony:"Quaker State of Mind"
William Penn
Brennan
|
$200
[17]
More than 5.3 billion cans of this energy drink were sold in 2013; that's a lot of wings
Red Bull
Brennan
|
$200
[3]
Lester Burnham in "American Beauty"; Francis Underwood on "House of Cards"
Kevin Spacey
Jennifer
|
$200
[1]
There's this much "Night Music" in a 1787 work
a little
Brennan
|
$200
[6]
This satiric news site reported, "Paleontologists Determine Dinosaurs Were Killed By Someone They Trusted"
The Onion
Brennan
|
$200
[20]
From the German for "whirlpool" comes this treat that's rolled & baked
strudel
Jennifer
|
|
$400
[12]
This Argentine, whose embalmed body was stolen in 1955 & secreted in Italy for 14 years:"On 2nd Thought, Do Cry for Me"
Eva Perón
Brennan
Jennifer
|
$400
[23]
It's still "made from the best stuff on Earth"
Snapple
Brennan
|
$400
[4]
Brick Tamland in "Anchorman"; Michael Scott on "The Office"
Steve Carell
Brennan
|
$400
[2]
Schubert's 8th Sympho
Unfinished Symphony
Chad
|
$400
[7]
Oops! An MI6 agent put his used camera (with undeleted pics of suspected Al-Qaeda agents) on this site; the winning bid--$31
eBay
Brennan
|
$400
[24]
I don't mean to do this, thrust myself without permission or welcome... actually, I do, I totally mean to do this
intrude
Brennan
|
|
$600
[13]
The story of this inventor who was awarded a valuable patent on March 7, 1876:"It's for You"
Alexander Graham Bell
Chad
|
$600
[28]
Appropriately, this root beer came in a family of sizes: Junior, Mama & Papa, which was a half-gallon bottle
Dad's
Jennifer
|
$600
[5]
Maggie in "St. Vincent"; Molly Flynn on "Mike & Molly"
Melissa McCarthy
Brennan
|
$600
[8]
Aaron Copland wrote a "Fanfare for" this "Man"
the Common Man
Chad
|
$600
[15]
I learned more than I needed to know about Tara Reid on this man's website, originally called Page Six Six Six.com
Perez Hilton
Jennifer
|
$600
[25]
Absent from school without permission
truant
Chad
|
|
$800
[14]
This general who was fired by Lincoln for not chasing Lee's army (again!) after Antietam:"Not-So-Curious George"
McClellan
Brennan
|
— |
$800
[9]
Salieri in "Amadeus"; Dar Adal on "Homeland"
F. Murray Abraham
Chad
|
$1,000
[19]
Handel wrote "Music for" these "Fireworks"
Royal
|
$800
[21]
A site called damnyou this function included an unfortunate example where "special" became "suicidal"
autocorrect
Brennan
|
$800
[26]
No lie, it's the 2-word colloquial term for the drug called thiopental
truth serum
Chad
|
|
$1,000
[16]
Only 10 of her nearly 1,800 poems were published in her 19th century lifetime: "Homebody"
Emily Dickinson
Jennifer
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
Aibileen in "The Help"; Annalise Keating on "How to Get Away with Murder"
Viola Davis
Chad
Jennifer
|
DD
$2,600
[18]
An 1804 symphony is "heroic" or this in Italian
Eroica
Brennan
|
$1,000
[22]
Articles at this site: "14 Animals that Have Swagger for Days" & "Which Harry Potter Character Is Your Drunk Alter Ego?"
BuzzFeed
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[27]
Unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others
altruistic
Jennifer
|
| ALSO A MAGAZINE | HISTORY | ANIMAL GROUP PHRASES | 1-WORD SONG TITLES | U.S. PLACE NAME CHANGES | BRONTE-SAURUS |
|
$400
[16]
A hedonistic gent who lives without responsibility
playboy
Brennan
|
$400
[6]
Built in 1354, Firuzabad was the fifth version of this city in India; it still didn't serve pastrami
Delhi
Brennan
|
$400
[21]
There were no rabbits on this official group that looked into President Kennedy's assassination
the Warren Commission
Jennifer
|
$400
[1]
Its lyrics include "I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire"
"Roar"
Brennan
|
$400
[11]
The name of this largest New Mexico city once had a second "R", but it was hard to pronounce that way
Albuquerque
Brennan
|
$400
[26]
When Emily uses the word "bacca", she is talking about this substance
tobacco
Brennan
Chad
|
|
$800
[17]
Luck, or great wealth
fortune
Jennifer
|
$800
[7]
This dictator's last battle was the defeat of Pompey's sons at Munda in 45 B.C.
Julius Caesar
Chad
|
$800
[22]
This 4-word phrase means you can select any puppy from a recently born group
pick of the litter
Jennifer
|
$800
[2]
Look to the Roman deities for this Bananarama hit
"Venus"
Chad
|
$800
[12]
In 2005 Clark, Texas renamed itself for this satellite TV provider in exchange for 10 years free service
Dish
Brennan
Jennifer
|
$800
[27]
Charlotte wrote of a character "almost fleyed out of her wits", fleyed meaning this
scared
|
|
$1,200
[18]
A dark, heavy wood from India
ebony
Brennan
Chad
|
$1,200
[8]
Ignoring a fleet signal at an 1801 battle, this Brit claimed, "I have only one eye. I have a right to be blind sometimes"
(Horatio) Nelson
Brennan
|
$1,200
[23]
Back in the '80s I ran to see Mike Score's distinctive hair in this British band
Flock of Seagulls
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[3]
Ray Parker Jr. went to No. 1 with this movie song that answers a key question
"Ghostbusters"
Chad
|
$1,200
[13]
In 1954 Mauch Chunk, Penn. changed its name to honor this Native American athlete buried there
Jim Thorpe
Chad
|
$1,200
[28]
This grumpy hero of Emily's climbs the cellar stairs with "vexatious phlegm" (one of the 4 humors)
Heathcliff
|
|
$1,600
[19]
A pithily phrased universal principle or truth
maxim
Brennan
|
$1,600
[9]
In 1783 Catherine the Great made this city in the Crimea a base for the Russian navy
Sevastopol
Brennan
|
$1,600
[24]
This bovine group "instinct" causes stock market bubbles & panics
the herd mentality
Brennan
|
$1,600
[4]
"Protective or possessive", sings Nick Jonas in this tune
"Jealous"
Brennan
|
$1,600
[14]
New Archangel, Alaska's name was "spruced" up in 1867 when it was changed to this
Sitka
|
$1,600
[29]
Drop a few letters from what you offer to the bereaved to get this verb Emily uses for "to offer sympathy"
condole
|
|
$2,000
[20]
It can mean "opinion", as in "for my..."
money
Brennan
|
$2,000
[10]
Until annexed by Japan in 1910, this land had been ruled by the Choson Dynasty for more than 500 years
Korea
Brennan
|
$2,000
[25]
Term for a group of people with villainous intent, or a bunch of poisonous snakes
den of vipers
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[5]
"Oh-oh, here she comes, watch out, boy, she'll chew you up"
"Maneater"
Chad
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
This current state capital was once Beverwijck
Albany
Chad
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
This heroine is asked, can't you do better than to devote yourself to "a blind lameter" (cripple)?
Jane Eyre
Jennifer
|
Everything changed in 1924 after he observed, "I have found a Cepheid variable in the Andromeda Nebula"
Edwin Hubble