Final Jeopardy! Challenge October 2016

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:27 pm

Congrats to L-Jam, September winner!
Table
everyone tied for first

Monday October 3, 2016

Category: CHRISTIANITY

Clue: A 4TH CENTURY TRAVELER GAVE ONE OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTIONS OF THIS DAY: "ALL THE CHILDREN …ARE CARRIED…BEARING BRANCHES"

[+] spoiler: What is Palm Sunday ? The Sunday before Easter, commemorating the day Jesus entered Jerusalem, for all you heathens.

yep
howard 1-0

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:47 pm

howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0

[+] spoiler: cuz it's Frond Day, I'm in love...

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 7:21 pm

howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0

I've decided to answer until I get one wrong.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:01 pm

howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:33 pm

howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0
Pruitt 1-0

duff · Post by **duff** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 12:04 am

howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
Duff 1-0

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:37 am

Missed that one. I think I need to turn in my Catholicism card.

howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
Duff 1-0
L-Jam 0-1

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:55 am

howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
Duff 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
Giff 0-1

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 10:47 am

howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
Duff 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
Giff 0-1
Shirley 0-1

Man, that wasn't even a hard one.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 10:54 am

howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
Duff 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
Giff 0-1
Shirley 0-1
Carwash 0-1

[+] spoiler: I overthought and guessed St. Nicholas's Day, since that's around the time the actual St. Nicholas lived.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 4:40 pm

howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
Duff 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
Giff 0-1
Shirley 0-1
Carwash 0-1
Syb 0-1

I should have figured that out. Do I get partial credit for answering the day connected to the day? How about for not answering Sukkot?

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:52 pm

Table
howard 1-0
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
Duff 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
Giff 0-1
Shirley 0-1
Carwash 0-1
Syb 0-1

Tuesday October 4, 2016

Category: IN THE NOVEL

Clue: THE 1st SCENE IN THIS BOOK: "WITH THE BRASS NOZZLE IN HIS FISTS, WITH THIS GREAT PYTHON SPITTING ITS VENOMOUS KEROSENE"

[+] spoiler: What is Fahrenheit 451?

yep.
howard 2-0

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:54 pm

Howard 2-0
Ab 2-0

Great book.

duff · Post by **duff** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 7:50 pm

Howard 2-0
Ab 2-0
Duff 1-1

Agree on the book being great. Just been awhile since I read it.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:20 pm

See you guys next month.

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:44 pm

Howard 2-0
Ab 2-0
Duff 1-1
Shirley 1-1

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 10:50 pm

Howard 2-0
Ab 2-0
Duff 1-1
Shirley 1-1
Pruitt 1-1

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:09 am

Howard 2-0
Ab 2-0
Duff 1-1
Shirley 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
Giff 0-2

I should follow chedda's lead.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:17 am

Howard 2-0
Ab 2-0
Duff 1-1
Shirley 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
Ryan 1-1
Giff 0-2

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:15 am

Howard 2-0
Ab 2-0
BSF 2-0
Duff 1-1
Shirley 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
Ryan 1-1
Giff 0-2

Full disclosure, I got the book in time, but It was going to look like "Farit 451!" on the show because it was with about 1.2 seconds left.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:48 pm

Howard 2-0
Ab 2-0
BSF 2-0
Duff 1-1
Shirley 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
Ryan 1-1
Giff 0-2
Syb 0-2

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:28 pm

Table
Howard 2-0
Ab 2-0
BSF 2-0
Duff 1-1
Shirley 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
Ryan 1-1
Giff 0-2
Syb 0-2
___________
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
Carwash 0-1

Wednesday October 5, 2016

Category: THE ECONOMY

Clue: : "SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION" IS AN OFFICIAL STATUS KNOWN MORE INFORMALLY BY THESE 4 WORDS

[+] spoiler: What is "too big to fail?" for fucks sakes, one of the biggest lies of our time, but don't get me fucking started.

yep
howard 3-0.

11 time champ goes down, with weird bad wager in final.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:36 pm

howard 3-0.
Pruitt 2-1

Off to take the online test again!

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:38 pm

howard 3-0
Pruitt 2-1
Carwash 1-2

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:48 pm

Good luck, Pruitt!

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:01 pm

howard 3-0
Pruitt 2-1
Shirley 2-1
Carwash 1-2

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:48 pm

howard 3-0
Pruitt 2-1
Shirley 2-1
Carwash 1-2
Syb 1-2

That was one of the dumbest questions ever.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:59 am

howard wrote:Good luck, Pruitt!

I really don;t think I got more than 3-5 wrong.

But we'll see if the anti-Canadian bias keeps me on the sideline.

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:53 am

howard 3-0
Duff 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
Shirley 2-1
Carwash 1-2
Syb 1-2

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:24 am

howard 3-0
Duff 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
Shirley 2-1
Carwash 1-2
Syb 1-2
Giff 1-2

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:42 am

Pruitt wrote:
howard wrote:Good luck, Pruitt!
I really don;t think I got more than 3-5 wrong.

But we'll see if the anti-Canadian bias keeps me on the sideline.

They said they got that worked out like a week ago!

howard 3-0
BSF 3-0
Duff 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
Shirley 2-1
Carwash 1-2
Syb 1-2
Giff 1-2

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:04 pm

Pruitt wrote:
howard wrote:Good luck, Pruitt!
I really don;t think I got more than 3-5 wrong.

But we'll see if the anti-Canadian bias keeps me on the sideline.

I anticipate the opposite. I bet they take lots of Canadians, to compensate for the past injustice.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:27 pm

Also, with regards to the ep, champ was smart, but largely amassed that streak by way of luck. That was his 3rd or 4th poor wager in FJ! and it finally cost him. I understand being conservative in some areas (for example, I would have bet 5$ on "Brit Monarchy") but there's no excuse for that. He had played that style of "make them beat me but not beat myself" for too long.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:36 pm

His low-risk wager approach on final allowed him to win at least one game during the streak (maybe two, I don't remember exactly), and he was consistent. But 'Economics' is one of those categories very likely to have an easy answer (and usually the answer is Alan Greenspan, Karl Marx or Adam Smith). They aren't gonna ask you to derive the Black-Sholes equation or calculate the percent rise in China GDP over the 90s.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:29 pm

Table
howard 3-0
BSF 3-0
Duff 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
Shirley 2-1
Carwash 1-2
Syb 1-2
Giff 1-2
___________
Ab 2-0
Ryan 1-1
___________
Moreta 1-0
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
Carwash 0-1

Thursday October 6, 2016

Category: SECRETARIES OF STATE

Clue: THE TWO SECRETARIES OF STATE WHO RECEIVED B.A.s IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM WELLESLEY, 10 YEARS APART

[+] spoiler: Who are Madeline Jana Korbel Albright and Hillary Diane Rodham something?

yep
howard 4-0

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:49 pm

howard 4-0
Moreta 3-1

I'm not admitting which one I missed.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:59 pm

howard 4-0
Moreta 3-1
Syb 2-2

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:35 pm

howard 4-0
Moreta 3-1
rex 3-1
Syb 2-2

I'll tell you which one I missed for the right price.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:36 pm

howard 4-0
Moreta 3-1
Syb 2-2
Shirley 2-2

Got half of that one.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:38 pm

howard 4-0
BSF 4-0
Moreta 3-1
Syb 2-2
Shirley 2-2

Unshaken this month and taking the test in 20 minutes. Send good vibes Frogs!