Final Jeopardy: The Oscars (6-17-15)

The Final Jeopardy question (6/17/2015), in the category “The Oscars” was:

In her 30s, this Texan was up for Best Actress in 2002 and 2003; she won Best Supporting in 2004 in a Civil War drama.

2x champ Brennan Bushee has won $57,202. Today he takes on these two players: Tom Landvatter, from Valparaiso, IN; and Kevin Ruby, from San Diego, CA

Round 1: Brennan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Government Agencies” under the $1,000 clue. He was in the lead with $5,800, $3,800 more than Tom second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

The address atf.gov would be atfe.gov if it accounted for this word found in the full name of the bureau. show

WHAT ARE EXPLOSIVES?

Brennan finished in the lead with $8,200. Kevin and Tom were tied for second place at $1.600 each.

Round 2: Tom found the first Daily Double in “Pulling into the ‘Burg'” under the $1,600 clue. He was now in third place with $3,600, $8,200 less than Brennan’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

A city in Pinellas County, Florida, or one about 7 degrees south of the Arctic Circle. show

WHAT IS ST. PETERSBURG?

Brennan found the last Daily Double in “Better Call Saul” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $12,600, he had $5,400 more than Tom in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

Avoid the topic of these foes now synonymous with the unenlightened; his long struggle with them didn’t end well for him. show

WHO ARE THE PHILISTINES?

Brennan finished in the lead with $28,000, scoring a runaway with the very last $2K clue. Tom was next with $13,200 and Kevin was in third place with $6,400. After the break, Kevin was credited with $1,600 on a clue previously judged wrong so his score went up to $8,000.

*$800 in Puzzlers: In these there are infinite Alex Trebeks. It included an image showing the word “UNIVERSE” 4 times. Kevin got dinged for “multiverse” and Brennan got it with “parallel universes.”

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS RENÉE ZELLWEGER?

A Katy, Texas native, Zellweger’s first Oscar nomination was for her starring role in “Bridget Jones’s Diary” (2001). She lost to Halle Berry (“Monster Ball”). The second Best Actress nomination was for her role as Roxie Hart in the musical “Chicago” (2002). That one went to Nicole Kidman (“The Hours”). Her Supporting Actress Oscar was for her portrayal of Ruby Thewes in “Cold Mountain” (2003), the only Oscar win for the film out of the 7 nominations. See all of Renée Zellweger’s awards on IMDB.

Kevin bet $7,999. He finished with $15,999.

Tom bet $13,000. That brought him up to $26,200.

Brennan didn’t feel the need to bet anything, having already won the game. His impressive 3-day total is $85,202.

During the chat, Brennan talked about a baseball his collector family has that was signed by the 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox. Trebek wanted to know who his favorite was of the most famous players who signed and Brandon said, from what he’s seen, he’d say Yaz.

2 years ago:: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “World Leaders”

Since 1991 this country has had only 3 different presidents; the current one took over in 2012 for the second time. show

WHAT IS RUSSIA?

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