Final Jeopardy! Challenge October 2016

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:40 pm

Best of luck, BSF.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:58 pm

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

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 6:21 am

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

duff · Post by **duff** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:52 am

howard 4-0
BSF 4-0
Moreta 3-1
Pruitt 3-1
Ryan 3-1
Duff 3-1
Syb 2-2
Shirley 2-2

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 9:48 am

Hit the last three.

howard 4-0
BSF 4-0
L-Jam 3-1
Moreta 3-1
Pruitt 3-1
Ryan 3-1
Duff 3-1
Syb 2-2
Shirley 2-2

Some of these wagers these last few weeks have been terrible. There was the one in the Champ's 4th or 5th win where he got it wrong, the 2nd place got it right, but the second place going into Final didn't even bet enough to beat his current value by one. If you're in second, you can only win if the leader gets it wrong, so you have to at very least bet to be higher than his total coming into Final.

Then in the game he lost, the leader has to be to beat twice the 2nd place total. No ifs and or buts. Because if the second place is aggressive and says "fuck it, he's got to get it wrong, but I want to walk away big if I win", he'll bet it all. No excuse for leading into final, getting it right, and fucking up the wager.

Good luck BSF. And Doc, no word yet?

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:41 am

Nope. Odds were against. I'm still in the pool until April, (18 months after the audition) but some damn Canadian will probably get the spot I deserve. I'll try again next year. I am a better player now, I scored 47/50 on the online test last night (but only 41 the night before.)

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:43 am

howard 4-0
BSF 4-0
L-Jam 3-1
Moreta 3-1
Pruitt 3-1
Ryan 3-1
Duff 3-1
Syb 2-2
Shirley 2-2
Giff 2-2

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 11:55 am

howard wrote:Nope. Odds were against. I'm still in the pool until April, (18 months after the audition) but some damn Canadian will probably get the spot I deserve. I'll try again next year. I am a better player now, I scored 47/50 on the online test last night (but only 41 the night before.)

How did you know? did you record your test and look up the answers?

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:08 pm

BSF21 wrote:
howard wrote:Nope. Odds were against. I'm still in the pool until April, (18 months after the audition) but some damn Canadian will probably get the spot I deserve. I'll try again next year. I am a better player now, I scored 47/50 on the online test last night (but only 41 the night before.)
How did you know? did you record your test and look up the answers?

I was gonna post this link for you last night, but it wasn't yet active. On the J!board, they recap all three tests. Here are links for yours:

http://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38 ... 82#p230206
(click the spoilers link)

recap of the questions:
http://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?p=230223#p230223

top of thread:
http://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38 ... 996e54ed82

I used the twitter link above to take it; it runs lightning fast instead of ten seconds per question, and I think I did better at high speed, didn't overthink. And it illustrates how much luck is involved, the categories that I am weak, I happened to know what they asked (Childrens' Books, (recent)Movie Characters, Architechs, and a bunch of literary questions that I happened to hit.)

Also funny, in my commentary above, I named three common answers for the Economics category, and I almost included Paul Krugman, but didn't, and if you missed that one I feel bad that I didn't mention him.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 6:27 pm

Table
howard 4-0
BSF 4-0
L-Jam 3-1
Moreta 3-1
Pruitt 3-1
Ryan 3-1
Duff 3-1
Syb 2-2
Shirley 2-2
Giff 2-2
___________
Carwash 1-2
___________
Ab 2-0
___________
chedda 1-0
rex 1-0

Friday October 7, 2016

Category: TELEVISION

Clue: THE FOCUS OF A 1970s MINISERIES & ITS RECENT REMAKE, HE ARRIVED AT ANNAPOLIS IN 1767 ABOARD THE SHIP THE LORD LIGONIER

[+] spoiler: Who is Kunta Kinte? Played high school hoops against LeVar Burton, so yeah I got this one.

yep.
howard 5-0

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 6:48 pm

Howard 5-0
Ab 4-1

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:10 pm

Howard 5-0
Ab 4-1
rex 4-1

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:22 pm

Howard 5-0
Ab 4-1
rex 4-1
Moreta 4-1

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:36 pm

Howard 5-0
Ab 4-1
rex 4-1
Moreta 4-1
Pruitt 4-1

Post by **Shirley** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:16 pm

Howard 5-0
Ab 4-1
rex 4-1
Moreta 4-1
Pruitt 4-1
Shirley 3-2

duff · Post by **duff** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:31 am

Howard 5-0
Ab 4-1
rex 4-1
Moreta 4-1
Pruitt 4-1
Duff 4-1
Shirley 3-2

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 8:02 am

Howard 5-0
BSF 4-1
Ab 4-1
rex 4-1
Moreta 4-1
Pruitt 4-1
Duff 4-1
Shirley 3-2

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:39 am

Howard 5-0
BSF 4-1
Ab 4-1
rex 4-1
Moreta 4-1
Pruitt 4-1
Duff 4-1
Shirley 3-2
Giff 3-2

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:21 pm

Don't look back, Doc. Something might be gaining on you.

Howard 5-0
L-Jam 4-1
BSF 4-1
Ab 4-1
rex 4-1
Moreta 4-1
Pruitt 4-1
Duff 4-1
Shirley 3-2
Giff 3-2

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:32 pm

Note to Jeopardy!

Please don't send emails that have the subject line "CONGRATULATIONS", then follow it up with the body of "on completing the Jeopardy test. We will contact you if you passed."

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:33 pm

L-Jam3 wrote:Don't look back, Doc. Something might be gaining on you.

Howard 5-0
L-Jam 4-1
BSF 4-1
Ab 4-1
rex 4-1
Moreta 4-1
Pruitt 4-1
Duff 4-1
Shirley 3-2
Giff 3-2

Look people, this isn't fucking 'Nam. There are rules. You put yourself at the BOTTOM of the list of people with same record as you.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:38 pm

So I was just texting with Doc. He's ok, but the election has been getting to him. Either that, or he hasn't slept since Miguel Montero. So I'll pick up the board for now. Here are the current standings, through Friday, October 7,

Howard 5-0
L-Jam 4-1
BSF 4-1
Ab 4-1
rex 4-1
Moreta 4-1
Pruitt 4-1
Duff 4-1
Shirley 3-2
Giff 3-2

This first post will be all last week's:

Monday, 10/10 CATEGORY: INAUGURAL ADDRESSES
CLUE: One of his addresses used the term "security shield" about international affairs as well as "golden years"

[+] spoiler: Who is Ronald Reagan?

Tuesday, 10/11 CATEGORY: GEOGRAPHY & LANGUAGE
CLUE: The world's busiest container port, its name is also an English verb with criminal overtones

[+] spoiler: What is Shanghai?

Wednesday, 10/12 CATEGORY: STATE SONGS
CLUE: The first line of its state song, "Eight stars of gold on a field of blue", refers to the star group on its flag

[+] spoiler: What is Alaska?

Thursday, 10/13 CATEGORY: THE OSCARS
CLUE: In 2005 he lost for Best Actor but won for directing, at 74 becoming the oldest winner ever in that category

[+] spoiler: Who is Clint Eastwood?

Friday, 10/14: 19th CENTURY LITERATURE
CLUE: This character says, "Let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee"

[+] spoiler: Who is Captain Ahab?

Anyway, I missed Monday, but hit the other four, so after last week, the count goes:

L-Jam 8-2

As per Monday, I went

[+] spoiler: "Shield? Sounds like the Monroe Doctrine. But it could also be Star Wars, and golden age. Reagan? No, I'm switching back to Monroe."

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:39 pm

And then for last night:

Monday, 10/17: HISTORIC RELATIVES
Clue: In the same year as Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington’s brother-in-law General Edward Pakenham died in this battle in North America

[+] spoiler: What is the Battle of New Orleans?

Which puts me up to:

L-Jam 9-2

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:54 pm

L-Jam 9-2
BSF 8-3

[+] spoiler: Missed Reagan and last night's. Had the right war, wrong battle.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:57 pm

L-Jam 9-2
BSF 8-3
Pruitt 7-4

[+] spoiler: Should know by now that there's a Moby Dick question every 6 weeks or so...

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:59 pm

L-Jam 9-2
Shirley 8-3

I aced last week - that was fun! - but had no idea on the battle.

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:59 pm

L-Jam 9-2
BSF 8-3
Shirley 8-3
Pruitt 7-4

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:07 pm

L-Jam 9-2
BSF 8-3
Shirley 8-3
Pruitt 7-4
Carwash 7-4

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:21 pm

L-Jam 9-2
BSF 8-3
Shirley 8-3
Pruitt 7-4
Carwash 7-4
Syb 7-4

duff · Post by **duff** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:20 pm

L-Jam 9-2
BSF 8-3
Shirley 8-3
Duff 8-3
Pruitt 7-4
Carwash 7-4
Syb 7-4

Missed the seaport and battle. Kicking myself for the miss last week.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:56 am

L-Jam 9-2
BSF 8-3
Shirley 8-3
Duff 8-3
Pruitt 7-4
Carwash 7-4
Syb 7-4
Giff 6-5

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:44 am

Doubling up.

Table:
L-Jam 9-2
BSF 8-3
Shirley 8-3
Duff 8-3
Pruitt 7-4
Carwash 7-4
Syb 7-4
Giff 6-5

Tuesday, October 18

CATEGORY: FUNNYMEN
CLUE: He’s won 4 Emmys, 3 Grammys, an Oscar & 3 Tonys, & 3 of his films rank on AFI’s list of Funniest Movies of all time

[+] spoiler: Who is Mel Brooks?

Wednesday, October 19

CATEGORY: 1960s SCIENCE BOOKS
CLUE: Keats’ line "The sedge is withered from the lake, and no birds sing" inspired the title of this groundbreaking book

[+] spoiler: What is The Silent Spring?

I ended up missing them both, so:

L-Jam 9-4

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:48 am

L-Jam 9-4
Duff 9-4

Got the funnyman, but missed the book.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:01 am

L-Jam 9-4
Duff 9-4
Pruitt 9-4

[+] spoiler: The fact that "The Producers" won a screenplay Oscar is astounding to me. Richly deserved in my opinion, but considering the content...

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:10 am

L-Jam 9-4
Duff 9-4
Pruitt 9-4
Carwash 9-4

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:47 am

L-Jam 9-4
Duff 9-4
Pruitt 9-4
Carwash 9-4
Giff 6-6

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:26 pm

L-Jam 9-4
Duff 9-4
Pruitt 9-4
Carwash 9-4
Shirley 8-5
Giff 6-6

Yeah, got neither of those.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:42 pm

L-Jam 9-4
Duff 9-4
Pruitt 9-4
Carwash 9-4
rex 9-4
Shirley 8-5
Giff 6-6

[+] spoiler: Isn't Shanghai more a piece of slang than an actual English verb?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:25 pm

L-Jam 9-4
Duff 9-4
Pruitt 9-4
Carwash 9-4
rex 9-4
Shirley 8-5
Syb 8-5
Giff 6-6

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 12:27 pm

I'm sorry for falling so behind. I'll try to catch it. This really makes me appreciate what Doc does:

Current Table:

L-Jam 9-4
Duff 9-4
Pruitt 9-4
Carwash 9-4
rex 9-4
Shirley 8-5
Syb 8-5
Giff 6-6

Week Ending October 21

Thursday, October 20

CATEGORY: QUOATABLE NOTABLES
CLUE: She once said that death "is no more than passing from one room into another" but "in that other room, I shall be able to see"

RESPONSE:

[+] spoiler: Who is Helen Keller?

Friday, October 21

CATEGORY: EUROPEAN ANNIVERSARIES
CLUE: In 2006 for the 500th anniversary of this group, members trekked from the canton of Ticino to St. Peter’s Square

RESPONSE:

[+] spoiler: Who is the Swiss Guard?

Hit Thursday but missed Friday:

L-Jam 10-5