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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:01 pm
by The Sybian
Brian 5-1
Syb 4-2
L-Jam 3-3
Giff 2-4
Duff 2-4

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:06 pm
by Pruitt
Brian 5-1
Syb 4-2
L-Jam 3-3
Pruitt 3-3
Giff 2-4
Duff 2-4

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:12 pm
by govmentchedda
Brian 5-1
Syb 4-2
L-Jam 3-3
Chedda 3-3
Pruitt 3-3
Giff 2-4
Duff 2-4

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 11:16 pm
by bfj
Brian 5-1
Syb 4-2
L-Jam 3-3
Chedda 3-3
Pruitt 3-3
Giff 2-4
Duff 2-4
Bfj 2-4

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 4:24 pm
by L-Jam3
Wednesday, October 9

CATEGORY: HIT 1980s ALBUMS

CLUE: This American singer-songwriter briefly landed on the U.N.'s apartheid blacklist for his 1986 multi-platinum album

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
Who is Paul Simon?
Pulled that from the reaches of my memory.

L-Jam 4-3

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 4:27 pm
by brian
Brian 6-1
L-Jam 4-3

I barely got that one too. Was coming down to the wire and then some long-dormant weed-addled synapse fired.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 4:29 pm
by L-Jam3
Fantastic album, btw.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:04 pm
by Pruitt
Brian 6-1
L-Jam 4-3
Pruitt 4-3

Being old has its advantages.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:28 pm
by duff
Brian 6-1
L-Jam 4-3
Pruitt 4-3
Duff 3-4

Seemed like the most logical guess to me.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:15 am
by Giff
Brian 6-1
L-Jam 4-3
Pruitt 4-3
Duff 3-4
Giff 2-5

And he sucks. Sorry, in all my attempts in the last few years to listen to a bunch of artists I'd never listened to or not much, my opinion is even worse than it was.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:00 am
by Ryan
Immediately went down the Sun City path and never got on the right track.

Brian 6-1
Ryan 5-2
L-Jam 4-3
Pruitt 4-3
Duff 3-4
Giff 2-5

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:32 am
by The Sybian
Should have gotten this one... 4-0 start down the tubes...


Brian 6-1
Ryan 5-2
Syb 4-3
L-Jam 4-3
Pruitt 4-3
Duff 3-4
Giff 2-5

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:15 pm
by govmentchedda
The Sybian wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:32 am Should have gotten this one... 4-0 start down the tubes...


Brian 6-1
Ryan 5-2
Syb 4-3
L-Jam 4-3
Pruitt 4-3
Chedda 4-3
Duff 3-4
Giff 2-5
[+] spoiler
a- wa, a-wa

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:09 pm
by Pruitt
Giff wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:15 am

And he sucks. Sorry, in all my attempts in the last few years to listen to a bunch of artists I'd never listened to or not much, my opinion is even worse than it was.
[+] spoiler
Not a huge fan, but he did put out some really good tunes. And no, "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" isn't one of them. Man, that song makes me so nauseous.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:12 pm
by L-Jam3
Thursday, October 10

CATEGORY: ENGLISH HISTORY

CLUE: In 1600 a royal charter authorized it to set forth to "parts of Asia and Africa" in search of "trade and traffic"

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is the (British) East India Company?
I don't think mine is correct. I think it's wrong, because I said:
[+] spoiler
What is the East India Tea Company?
Google search doesn't say it was that in any capacity at least on the first page of results, so...

L-Jam 4-4

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:14 pm
by brian
Brian 7-1
L-Jam 4-4

If it were me I'd give it to you, but others can weigh in after their answer.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:17 pm
by Pruitt
brian wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:14 pm Brian 7-1
Pruitt 5-3
L-Jam 4-4

If it were me I'd give it to you, but others can weigh in after their answer.
[+] spoiler
That's the sort of answer that might lead to a stop tape to double check if the company operated under that name. If it did, than it'd probably be allowed

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:05 pm
by The Sybian
brian wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:14 pm

If it were me I'd give it to you, but others can weigh in after their answer.
I'm changing L-Jam's score (and giving myself credit for the same exact answer.) I think it's the same thing...

Brian 7-1
Syb 5-3
L-Jam 5-3
Pruitt 5-3

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:10 pm
by duff
Brian 7-1
Syb 5-3
L-Jam 5-3
Pruitt 5-3
Duff 4-4

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:27 am
by bfj
Brian 7-1
Syb 5-3
L-Jam 5-3
Pruitt 5-3
Duff 4-4
Bfj 3-5

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:14 pm
by L-Jam3
Friday, October 11

CATEGORY: AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS

CLUE: In 1963 the Pulitzer advisory board vetoed his controversial play & gave no award; he would go on to win 3 Pulitzers

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
Who is Edward Albee? The play in question was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nada

L-Jam 5-4

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:28 pm
by brian
Brian 7-2
L-Jam 5-4

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:33 pm
by duff
Brian 7-2
L-Jam 5-4
Duff 4-5

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:44 pm
by Giff
Not sure what happened here.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:45 pm
by Giff
Brian 7-2
L-Jam 5-4
Duff 4-5
Giff 3-6

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:55 pm
by Pruitt
Brian 7-2
Pruitt 6-3
L-Jam 5-4
Duff 4-5
Giff 3-6

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:40 pm
by bfj
Brian 7-2
Pruitt 6-3
L-Jam 5-4
Duff 4-5
Giff 3-6
Bfj 3-6

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:27 pm
by L-Jam3
Monday, October 15

CATEGORY: CHEMICAL SYMBOL WORDPLAY

CLUE: Fittingly, the symbols for the 4 elements in sodium citrate, which can make cheese melt easier, spell this 5-letter food

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
Que es Nacho? (Sodium = Na, Carbon = C, Hydrogen = H, Oxygen = O)
Well, it looks like I remembered at least a couple things from high school chemistry.

L-Jam 6-4

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:38 pm
by brian
Brian 7-3
L-Jam 6-4

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:39 pm
by govmentchedda
L-Jam 6-4
Chedda 5-5

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:06 pm
by Pruitt
L-Jam 6-4
Pruitt 6-4
Chedda 5-5

Fuck science, amirite?

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:23 pm
by The Sybian
Brian 7-3
L-Jam 6-4
Pruitt 6-4
Chedda 5-5
Syb 5-5

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:32 pm
by duff
Brian 7-3
L-Jam 6-4
Pruitt 6-4
Chedda 5-5
Syb 5-5
Duff 5-5

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:51 pm
by bfj
Brian 7-3
L-Jam 6-4
Pruitt 6-4
Chedda 5-5
Syb 5-5
Duff 5-5
Bfj 4-6

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:57 am
by Giff
Brian 7-3
L-Jam 6-4
Pruitt 6-4
Chedda 5-5
Syb 5-5
Duff 5-5
Bfj 4-6
Giff 3-7

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:38 am
by Ryan
Brian 7-3
Ryan 7-3
L-Jam 6-4
Pruitt 6-4
Chedda 5-5
Syb 5-5
Duff 5-5
Bfj 4-6
Giff 3-7

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:24 pm
by L-Jam3
Catching up a few days in a row. Mea culpa.

Tuesday, October 15

CATEGORY: 20th CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN

CLUE: In her only kids' book, she says, "There was Rose, Rose was her name & would she have been Rose if her name had not been Rose"

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
Who is Gertrude Stein?

Wednesday, October 16

CATEGORY: WORLD LEADERS

CLUE: This man who ruled from 1949 to 1976 was sometimes called "The Red Sun"

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
Who is Mao Zedong? Mao, his surname, would've been fine.

Thursday, October 17

CATEGORY: MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

CLUE: The soundtrack of this 2018 film has "Material Girl" & "Money (That's What I Want)" in Chinese & English

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is "Crazy Rich Asians"?
Hit the last two:

L-Jam 8-5

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:32 pm
by brian
Brian 9-4
LJam 8-5

Same.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:34 pm
by govmentchedda
L-Jam 8-5
Chedda 6-7

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, October '19

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:09 pm
by Pruitt
Brian 9-4
Pruitt 9-4
L-Jam 8-5
Chedda 6-7

3 for 3!