Final Jeopardy! Challenge January 2016 (SPOILERS re: L-Jam)

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:43 pm

Of the two major branches of Islam, Sunni and Shia, the vast majority are Sunni. Somewhere between 75-90%. The 'over a billion' part of the clue made it an easy get for me.

Table
howard 11-3
Moreta 11-3
Pruitt 10-4
rex 10-4
Ryan 10-4
BSF 7-7
Shirley 6-8
GPJ 6-8
Duff 5-9
_______
AB 9-4
Chedda 5-8
_______
Ljam 7-2
Syb 6-3

Thursday January 21, 2016

Category: FAMOUS BRITS

Clue: GROWING UP, HER FAVORITE LITERARY HEROINE WAS JO MARCH; THEY SHARED A NAME AND A HOT TEMPER & THEY BOTH WANTED TO WRITE

Answer:

[+] spoiler: Who was JK Rowling?

nope
howard 11-4

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:03 pm

Howard 11-4
BSF 8-7

Got it but took the wayyyy roundabout way of getting there and guessed it in the last three seconds.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:08 pm

Howard 11-4
BSF 8-7
Shirley 7-8

I also squeaked that one out. I was between two and chose correctly.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:08 pm

11-4 but can't copy and paste very easily. Sorry.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:44 pm

AB 11-4
Howard 11-4
BSF 8-7
Shirley 7-8

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:14 pm

11-4
Howard 11-4
BSF 8-7
Shirley 7-8
Chedda 6-9

Got the Brit.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:21 pm

11-4
Howard 11-4
Pruitt 10-5
BSF 8-7
Shirley 7-8
Chedda 6-9

duff · Post by **duff** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:18 am

11-4
Howard 11-4
Pruitt 10-5
BSF 8-7
Shirley 7-8
Chedda 6-9
Duff 6-9

Took almost the whole time, but I got the Brit.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:19 am

AB 11-4
Howard 11-4
Ryan 11-4
Pruitt 10-5
BSF 8-7
Shirley 7-8
Chedda 6-9
Duff 6-9

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:48 am

AB 11-4
Howard 11-4
Ryan 11-4
Pruitt 10-5
BSF 8-7
Shirley 7-8
Chedda 6-9
Duff 6-9
GPJ 6-9

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:02 pm

AB 11-4
Howard 11-4
Ryan 11-4
Moreta 11-4
Pruitt 10-5
BSF 8-7
Shirley 7-8
Chedda 6-9
Duff 6-9
GPJ 6-9

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:07 pm

I had no clue. Never read a Potter book or seen any of the films. I knew her name, but no idea what the J.K. stood for.

Table
AB 11-4
Howard 11-4
Ryan 11-4
Moreta 11-4
Pruitt 10-5
BSF 8-7
Shirley 7-8
Chedda 6-9
Duff 6-9
GPJ 6-9
_______
rex 10-4
_______
Ljam 7-2
Syb 6-3

Friday January 22, 2016

Category: ANCIENT HISTORY

Clue: PANTITES, SENT TO RECRUIT TROOPS, & ARISTODEMUS, SENT TO TREAT HIS EYE DISEASE, WERE THE ONLY KNOWN GREEKS TO SURVIVE THIS EVENT

Answer:

[+] spoiler: What is the Battle of Thermopylae?

yep

howard 12-4

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:05 pm

howard 12-4
rex 10-6

read it as "panties", really couldn't get it together within the time limit to even make a guess.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:42 pm

Nailed it still can't copy and paste

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:21 pm

howard 12-4
AB 12-4
rex 10-6

read it as "panties", really couldn't get it together within the time limit to even make a guess.

Read it like that too, but recovered quickly.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:38 pm

howard 12-4
AB 12-4
rex 10-6
Pruitt 10-6

Post by **Shirley** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:38 pm

howard 12-4
AB 12-4
rex 10-6
Pruitt 10-6
Shirley 8-8

Back to .500!

duff · Post by **duff** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:35 pm

howard 12-4
AB 12-4
rex 10-6
Pruitt 10-6
Shirley 8-8
Duff 6-10

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:49 pm

Well, that was pretty basic ancient history. I did not know the two dudes named, but 'all the Greeks died', gotta go with Thermopylae.

Table
howard 12-4
AB 12-4
rex 10-6
Pruitt 10-6
Shirley 8-8
Duff 6-10
_______
Ryan 11-4
Moreta 11-4
BSF 8-7
Chedda 6-9
_______
Ljam 7-2
Syb 6-3

Monday January 25, 2016

Category: FICTIONAL COUPLES

Clue: AMONG THE GUESTS ATTENDING THEIR ANNIVERSARY PARTY IN 2005 CELEBRATING 75 YEARS WERE DICK TRACY, DILBERT & DENNIS THE MENACE

Answer:

[+] spoiler: Who are Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead?

yep

howard 13-4

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:36 pm

howard 13-4
chedda 6-11

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:00 pm

howard 13-4
Moreta 12-5
chedda 6-11

Yes on dead Greeks, no on cartoon anniversaries. Should have gotten that darn it.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:57 pm

howard 13-4
Moreta 12-5
Pruitt 11-6
chedda 6-11

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:44 pm

howard 13-4
Moreta 12-5
Pruitt 11-6
Shirley 9-8
chedda 6-11

If they keep going with trivia that can be answered via comics, I might keep getting them right.

duff · Post by **duff** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:37 pm

howard 13-4
Moreta 12-5
Pruitt 11-6
Shirley 9-8
chedda 6-11
Duff 7-10

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:02 am

howard 13-4
AB 13-4
Moreta 12-5
Pruitt 11-6
Shirley 9-8
chedda 6-11
Duff 7-10

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:46 am

A_B wrote: AB 13-4

wow. that AB dude is really smart.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:04 am

howard 13-4
AB 13-4
Moreta 12-5
Pruitt 11-6
Shirley 9-8
BSF 8-9
chedda 6-11
Duff 7-10

Missed the last 2. Wanted to smash my head against a wall for missing Thermopylae.

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:51 pm

howard wrote:
A_B wrote: AB 13-4
wow. that AB dude is really smart.

We should talk about that.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:27 pm

howard 13-4
AB 13-4
Moreta 12-5
Ryan 12-5
Pruitt 11-6
Shirley 9-8
BSF 8-9
chedda 6-11
Duff 7-10

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:32 pm

I got yesterday's pretty quickly. I focused on the time frame, a couple that was married in 1930; that ruled out a lot of comic strip couples. I first thought of Lil' Abner and Daisy Mae, but he avoided marriage until much later. I also thought of Krazy Kat and Ignatz, but I doubt they ever married.

I had no cable or internet this afternoon/evening, sorry for posting late.
Table
howard 13-4
AB 13-4
Moreta 12-5
Ryan 12-5
Pruitt 11-6
Shirley 9-8
BSF 8-9
chedda 6-11
Duff 7-10
_______
rex 10-6
_______
Ljam 7-2
Syb 6-3

Tuesday January 26, 2016

Category: 20th CENTURY AMERICA

Clue: THE 1970 FOLLOW-UP LINE "WE'VE HAD A MAIN B BUS UNDERVOLT" WAS ADDRESSED TO A LISTENER IN THIS CITY

Answer:

[+] spoiler: Where is Houston? The line was spoken by Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, following the famous line (slightly misquoted), "Houston, we have a problem". Yeah this was a fucked up clue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apol ... roblem.ogg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

yep

howard 14-4

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:43 pm

Online test this week. I signed up to take it for practice tonight, but my internet service was down, so I missed it. Here it is.

Tentative list of answers: http://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?p=202183#p202183" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Jboard discussion and official answers later:
http://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33 ... ee#p202161" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

got a 37, should've scored 40 (three of them I changed away from my first gut reaction.)

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:00 pm

howard 14-4
Shirley 10-8

Had to read that about three times just to parse it.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:11 am

howard 14-4
Pruitt 11-7
Shirley 10-8

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:35 am

howard 14-4
AB 14-4
Pruitt 11-7
Shirley 10-8

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:19 am

Loved that clue, no matter how difficultly it was worded or how much I didn't get it.

howard 14-4
AB 14-4
Ryan 12-6
Pruitt 11-7
Shirley 10-8

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:13 am

howard 14-4
AB 14-4
Ryan 12-6
Pruitt 11-7
Shirley 10-8
GPJ 6-12

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:14 am

Like 16 literature/entertainment questions and 2 capitals. F that s.

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:08 pm

howard 14-4
AB 14-4
Ryan 12-6
Moreta 12-6
Pruitt 11-7
Shirley 10-8
GPJ 6-12

I couldn't logic my way through that random collection of syllables. The quote didn't make sense either.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:00 pm

So, the Apollo 13 clue yesterday was a mess. For starters, Commander Lovell's communications were not made to a single listener, but to a whole bunch of people in Houston. Whether 'addressed to' technically means a single person, I don't care, it is intentionally confusing. I mean, just ask about a more obscure fact, than taking a widely known fact and obscuring it with clever wording. At least for final, use your tricks in the flow of the game.

I recognized it immediately, but I was recently reading the wiki pages about astronauts, so I had it on my brain. Another wagering fail; the dude in second place would've won with the proper bet ($1001).

Table
howard 14-4
AB 14-4
Ryan 12-6
Moreta 12-6
Pruitt 11-7
Shirley 10-8
GPJ 6-12
_______
BSF 8-9
chedda 6-11
_______
rex 10-6
_______
Ljam 7-2
Syb 6-3

Wednesday January 27, 2016

Category: THE EMMYS

Clue: IT'S THE FIRST SHOW NOMINATED FOR BOTH OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES (2014) & OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES (2015)

Answer:

[+] spoiler: What is Orange is the New Black?

nope

howard 14-5

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:35 pm

howard 14-4
rex 11-7

Comedy is tragedy minus time now, I see.

The Tuesday question sounded like a cheesy 70's soul tune or jingle, so I tried thinking of songs for about 5 minutes past the alloted time before I finally decided it was probably that Houston we have a problem thing.