Final Jeopardy! Challenge, November and TOC '19

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Is it me, or is this month way harder than most?
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Whoops. Slipped my mind yesterday. Doubling up.

Wednesday, November 20

CATEGORY: MOVIE & BOOK TITLES

CLUE: This title of a 1962 novel & 1975 film refers to the direction the last of 3 geese took in an old nursery rhyme

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

Thursday, November 21

CATEGORY: AMERICAN HISTORY

CLUE: One a Civil War hero and one a U.S. Senator, brothers with this last name were both considered for the 1884 Republican presidential nomination

ANSWER:
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Who is Sherman? William Tecumsah and John, respectively.
Got 'em both.

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L-Jam 10-5
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Nursery Rhyme good, politics bad.
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Pruitt wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:12 am L-Jam 10-5
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Nursery Rhyme good, politics bad.
Same as Pruitt
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L-Jam 10-5
Ryan 10-5
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Pruitt 9-6
Brian 8-7
Giff 5-10
chedda 4-11
Syb 4-11


Fuck, I thought not matter how bad it got, I'd always have Giff behind me.
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Friday, November 22

CATEGORY: HOME & GARDEN

CLUE: In 1847 eccentric horticulturist Sir Charles Isham popularized these when he imported terra cotta ones from Nuremberg

ANSWER:
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What are Garden Gnomes? Apparently ones that claim they were just following orders.
Nope.

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Terra cotta and Germany gave me just enough to guess right.
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It's the "Sir" and "horticulturist" that gave it away. The English love those little buggers.
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Educated guess on my part. Sometimes it's better to be lucky.
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Double up due to someone forgetting to pay the electric bill.

Monday, November 25

CATEGORY: BUSINESS 2019

CLUE: The New York Stock Exchange allowed jeans on the trading floor for the initial public offering of the stock with this 4-letter symbol

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is LEVI?

CATEGORY: POLITICAL PHRASES

CLUE: Speechwriter Samuel Rosenman said FDR "attached no importance to" this phrase, "two monosyllables" in a 1932 speech

ANSWER:
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What is NEW DEAL?
Got 'em both.

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Same.

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L-Jam 12-6
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L-Jam 12-6
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L-Jam 12-6
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The category's inclusion of "2019" confused me, figured Levi's had been a public company for decades.
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L-Jam 12-6
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Ryan 13-5
L-Jam 12-6
Carwash 12-6
Brian 11-7
Pruitt 11-7
Giff 7-11
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he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The

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Ryan 13-5
L-Jam 12-6
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Brian 11-7
Pruitt 11-7
Duff 8-10
Giff 7-11
chedda 6-12

Did they start toddler week or something?

Disclaimer: That statement in no way means that toddler are not smart, but, ah fuck it Asian women can't drive and they most likely are caught up in sex trafficking. Tip you servers and bartender. Try the veal.
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Ryan 13-5
L-Jam 12-6
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Pruitt 11-7
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Let's close out the month.

Wednesday, November 27

CATEGORY: MOVIE QUOTES

CLUE: The 2 single-word quotes on AFI's list of the top 100 movie quotes; 1 is from 1941, the other from 1967

ANSWER:
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What are "Rosebud" and "Plastics"? From Citizen Kane and The Graduate, respectively.
Thursday, November 28

CATEGORY: WORD ORIGINS

CLUE: From a Sanskrit word for "descent", it's the form a god takes upon descending to Earth

ANSWER:
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What is Avatar?

Friday, November 29

CATEGORY: CLASSIC BRITISH NOVELS

CLUE: The title character of this novel says of his home, "The wind breathes cold through the broken battlements and casements"

ANSWER;
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What is "Dracula"?
Ending the month strong, hit all three.

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Fuck this month


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govmentchedda wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:54 pm L-Jam 15-6
Brian 11-10
Giff 7-14
Syb 6-15
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Thanks for keeping me company, Chedds.
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The Sybian wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:17 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:54 pm L-Jam 15-6
Brian 11-10
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Love that for so many reasons. What an amazing show.
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Same. Also, our BU link.
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Poop.
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L-Jam 15-6
Pruitt 12-9
Brian- 11-10]
Duff - 8-13
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1-2 down the stretch.

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Pruitt 12-9
Brian- 11-10]
Duff - 8-13
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L-Jam 15-6
Carwash 15-6
Ryan 14-7
Pruitt 12-9
Brian- 11-10]
Duff - 8-13
Giff 7-14
Syb 6-15
chedda 6-15
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