Final Jeopardy: American Authors (6-18-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/18/2015), in the category “American Authors” was:
Published for the first time in 2014, her “Pioneer Girl” was initially rejected, revised and transformed into a fictional series.
3x champ Brennan Bushee is going for his 4th win today. His winnings so far are $85,202. His opponents today are: Megan Casey, from Boulder, CO; and Ian Giesbrecht, originally from Sandspit, BC, Canada.
Round 1: Ian found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Beastly Lit” under the $600 clue. He was in second place with $3,800, $400 less than Megan’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
In a Steinbeck collection of 4 stories, rancher Carl Tiflin gives his son Jody this title pet. show
Ian finished in the lead with $9,000. Megan was second with $4,200 and Brennan was last with $3,400.
Round 2: Brennan found the first Daily Double in “G–ology” under the $1,200 clue, the third pick of the round. He was now in second place with $4,600, $4,400 less than Ian’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
The study of old age & aging. show
Brennan found the last Daily Double in “MBA” under the $1,200 clue. In the lead with $11,200, he now had $4,600 more than Ian in second place. He bet $4,000 and it sounded like he said Reovi. That was WRONG.
You could call John Chambers this “Kid” after the company he runs that’s big in routers. show
Brennan finished in the lead with $14,800. Megan was next with $8,600 and Ian was in third place with $6,200.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“One of the most coveted books of the season is not a thriller or a celebrity tell-all but an oversize, 472-page annotated autobiography with hundreds of detailed notes and several appendixes. It weighs roughly three pounds and is printed on specially cut paper…. The book is ‘Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography,’ an expanded version of a memoir by celebrated ‘Little House on the Prairie’ author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Wilder herself couldn’t find a publisher for the memoir 85 years ago. So, working with her daughter, she used it as the basis for the series of novels still so popular today….” (Washington Post)
Ian thought it was (Louisa May) Alcott. He lost his $6,100 bet and finished with $100.
Megan got it right. She bet $6,201 and finished with $14,801.
Brennan also got it right. He bet $2,401 so he won this match with $17,201. His 4-day total is $102,403.
During the chat, Brennan talked about how his career choice as an operations analyst was inspired by robots, accompanied by a few robotic moves from Alex Trebek.
2 years ago:: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Cartoon Characters”
She first appeared in 1930s “Dizzy Dishes” along with singing cats in flapper outfits. show
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Another big payday for Brennan, its unfortunate that he missed the Cisco answer but still congrats to him for a well played game. its been a while since we had a 4 time champion since Elliot Yates and Cathryn Hardee
Dan Feitel won his 5th game on June 1st. Andrew Haringer won five games in May. Greg Seroka won his 7th game May 1st. Alex Jacob won six games in April.
Seeing pioneer in the clue could have been negative for Willa Cather and O Pioneers.
@vj, I bet you fell out of your chair over the Jackson 5 miss.
I can cut them some slack on the Jamie Dimon and JP Morgan Chase ts though. Not most people are into business news I’ve discovered. I’m in the minority on the zest and zeal for that I’ve learned.
LOL. I was actually hearing the Jackson 5 version in my head when they showed the clue. But then I got my comeuppance when I forgot James Taylor’s Handy Man myself.
Oh, well. Jimmy Jones is my favorite on that, despite Del Shannon’s being the first one I ever heard. (We have a theory that most of the time, you will favor the version of a song you heard first).
Your theory is correct imo. Dolly Parton who wrote and sang “I Will Always Love You” sticks in my mind no matter how many times I heard the late Whitney Houston sing the song.
Dolly was smart not to sell the rights to that song. She’s a smart person and too many underestimate her business acumen.
Same here. I used to watch Dolly’s TV show before she became a megastar and she always sang that song to sign off. It will always be my favorite version.
Here’s an exception I know — my older kids first heard “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany, but they deemed the Tommy James original better when I played it for them.
Lol. VJ, great example, but an easy call. For me, it’s Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen.
You go Brennan! Congrats big time!
Surprised he got Cisco incorrect given he has a Dual Degree in Computer Science and Math. John Chambers and Cisco go hand in hand for 20+ years. John is getting ready to retire soon at age 65.
I think it was just brain fog.
yes I was surprised about that Cisco miss. Before I saw the clue, I was saying don’t throw away your lead, man! Then I saw the clue and thought sure he’d get it…
Wow, that was an up and down game.
@Eric – congrats on the right prediction!
Thank you. It was strictly a percentage play. It did look like a strong candidate for a triple solve, though.