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Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:02 pm
by L-Jam3
New month, let's clean the slate.

CATEGORY: HISTORIC LISTS

CLUE: "Why does not the Pope...build the Basilica of St. Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers?" is one of these

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What are Martin Luther's 95 Theses? I guess some combination of Luther or 95 plus theses or complaints would've sufficed.
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:10 pm
by brian
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:13 pm
by Giff
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:35 pm
by Johnny Carwash
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:22 pm
by tennbengal
Apparently "What is a hypothetical" would not be correct?

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:25 pm
by The Sybian
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Lets end this month today!

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:20 pm
by Pruitt
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We didn't cover this at Holy Blossom Temple's religious school.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:27 pm
by govmentchedda
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:55 pm
by duff
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:28 pm
by L-Jam3
Double up

Tuesday, December 3

CATEGORY: LITERARY NEW YORK CITY

CLUE: An insider described the scene there: "Just...loudmouths showing off, saving their gags for days, waiting to spring them"

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is the Algonquin Round Table?

Wednesday, December 4

CATEGORY: OPERA TITLE NAMES

CLUE: Before being consumed in flames, he flirts with a bride on her wedding day & a list of his amorous conquests is sung

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
Who is Don Giovanni (Don Juan)?

Nada

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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:45 pm
by Pruitt
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:09 pm
by govmentchedda
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Stop the month now!

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:52 pm
by The Sybian
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:54 pm
by brian
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Got the opera one, amazingly.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 1:58 am
by duff
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:38 pm
by L-Jam3
Thursday, December 6

CATEGORY: HOLIDAY SONGS

CLUE: This song had its beginnings as a book handed out to children at Montgomery Ward

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
Damn.

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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:53 pm
by Giff
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 3:49 pm
by Pruitt
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:29 pm
by duff
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I knew one!

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:02 pm
by govmentchedda
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I thought we agreed to stop the month yesterday?

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 5:24 pm
by L-Jam3
Friday, December 6

CATEGORY: EUROPE

CLUE: A tourism website for this country noted its colorful history "filled with barbarians", royalty, "& even a movie star"

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is Monaco?
Total example of me saying "oh, duh. That's right," after I see the answer.

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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 5:25 pm
by Pruitt
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 5:54 pm
by brian
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 6:26 pm
by Giff
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:59 pm
by Johnny Carwash
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:33 pm
by govmentchedda
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:49 pm
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 12:12 pm
by The Sybian
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:35 pm
by L-Jam3
Monday, December 9

CATEGORY: VICE PRESIDENTS

CLUE: George H.W. Bush in 1988 was the first sitting Vice President to be elected to the top job since this man 152 years before

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
Who is Martin Van Buren?
Ending the schneid.

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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:42 pm
by govmentchedda
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Lucky ass shot in the dark for me. I suppose the date helped eliminate some options, but I should get half a point for this.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:48 pm
by brian
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:52 pm
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:59 pm
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:14 pm
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:12 am
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:46 pm
by L-Jam3
Tuesday, December 10

CATEGORY: OSCAR-WINNING FILMS

CLUE: The first words spoken in this 1970 Best Picture Oscar winner are "Ten-hut!" "Be seated".

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is Patton?
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:52 pm
by brian
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:40 pm
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Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:55 pm
by edwzipper
L-Jam3 wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:46 pm Tuesday, December 10

CATEGORY: OSCAR-WINNING FILMS

CLUE: The first words spoken in this 1970 Best Picture Oscar winner are "Ten-hut!" "Be seated".

ANSWER:
[+] spoiler
What is Patton?
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[+] spoiler
Midnight Cowboy won in 1970, Patton won in 1971. Jeopardy fucked up.

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, Season 36, December '19

Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:57 pm
by L-Jam3
I think when they call something "N-Year Best Picture", it goes by the year of the movie's release date. The 2016 Best Picture, for example, is Moonlight. And a spoiler tag would've been nice.