Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

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Monday, October 28

CATEGORY: 19TH CENTURY AMERICA

CLUE: Before its official opening on May 24, 1883 Emily Roebling became the first person to cross it in a carriage

ANSWER:
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What is the Brooklyn Bridge?
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El coasto incorrecto


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he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The

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Brian 13-7
Pruitt 13-7
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L-Jam 11-9
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Giff 8-12
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El coasto incorrecto

Y tu queso tambien

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Brian 13-7
Ryan 12-8
L-Jam 11-9
Syb 10-10
chedda 9-11
Giff 8-12
Duff 8-12
To quote both Bruce Prichard and Tony Schiavone, "Fuck Duff Meltzer."
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Let's finish this one up:

Tuesday, October 29

CATEGORY: 1950s CINEMA

CLUE: Objects of attention in this suspenseful film include a digging dog, a scantily clad dancer & a possible murderer

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is Rear Window? I argue this is Hitchcock's best, although I might change my mind if/when I rewatch Vertigo...

Wednesday, October 30

CATEGORY: WORLD CAPITALS

CLUE: In 1865 this city named for an early 19th century British hero became a British colonial capital

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is Wellington?

Thursday, October 31

CATEGORY: NOVELISTS

CLUE: In a 1952 novel, he wrote, "But there were dry years too, & they put a terror on the valley. The water came in a thirty-year cycle"

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
Who is John Steinbeck? That came from East of Eden, not the Grapes of Wrath.
I got the movie one at least.

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Brian 14-9
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Got the last one.
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Pruitt 15-8
Brian 14-9
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Got the first two.
[+] spoiler
My favourite Hitchcock is North By Northwest, although Rear Window is a classic.
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Pruitt 15-8
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L-Jam 12-11
Duff 10-13

Got the first and last.
To quote both Bruce Prichard and Tony Schiavone, "Fuck Duff Meltzer."
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Pruitt 15-8
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Chedda 10-13
Got the last.
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Pruitt 15-8
Brian 14-9
L-Jam 12-11
Syb 12-11
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Chedda 10-13
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We tend to watch 3-4 at a time on the DVR so I gotta play catch up with you guys and not spoil it.

What was with the mining one?
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Pruitt 15-8
Brian 14-9
Ryan 13-10
L-Jam 12-11
Syb 12-11
Duff 10-13
Chedda 10-13
BSF 10-13
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The

holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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