Final Jeopardy! Black History Month Edition

[Giff]

What was up with that wager on Friday?

Not since Cliff Claven. That's the first audible gasp I've heard in 20-some years of Jeopardy watching.

Yeah that was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen on Jeopardy!

Missed it...what happened?

[BSF21]

What was up with that wager on Friday?

Not since Cliff Claven. That's the first audible gasp I've heard in 20-some years of Jeopardy watching.

Yeah that was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen on Jeopardy!

Missed it...what happened?

Woman had a 2900$ lead or something at the end, Everyone missed FJ. 3rd place bet it all, ended with 0, 2nd place bet enough to cover but left a little bit. Something like 1599. Leader just bet it all instead of doing the math and lost.

[The Sybian]

]Ryan 11-5
Bensell 10-6
howard 9-7
Rex 8-8
GPJ 6-10
Syb 6-10
Shirley 5-11

While it's nice to get one right for once, it would be more fun (for me) if EVERYONE didn't get it too.

Fuck it, I'm just happy to finally get one right. I was going to make a joke about the Waikiki Whiskey Festival, but I see one of the contestants beat me to it.

[Pruitt]

]Ryan 11-5
Bensell 10-6
howard 9-7
Pruitt 9-7
Rex 8-8
GPJ 6-10
Syb 6-10
Shirley 5-11

[BSF21]

everyone here will get this one right.

I missed it. Easy question now that I know the answer. Main problem being that I could give a fuck about soccer.

[Bensell]

Monday's answer: The World Cup

Tuesday's category: 1980s Movies

"At his term’s end, Ronald Reagan took an office in an L.A. high-rise, still a mess from the filming of this 1988 thriller."

Yep.

Bensell 11-6

[Rex]

Bensell 11-6
rex 9-8

[Shirley]

Bensell 11-6
rex 9-8
Shirley 6-11


Two in a row!!!

[govmentchedda]

Bensell 11-6
rex 9-8
Shirley 6-11
Chedda 4-13

Watched nearly every game of the World Cup. Missed the question. Did get the Reagan one though.

[howard]

Bensell 11-6
howard 10-7
rex 9-8
Shirley 6-11
Chedda 4-13

[Pruitt]

Bensell 11-6
howard 10-7
Pruitt 10-7
rex 9-8
Shirley 6-11
Chedda 4-13

[Bensell]

Tuesday's answer: Die Hard

Wednesday's category: Languages

"They’re the 2 states with the highest percentage of people who speak French at home."

Yep

Bensell 12-6

[Ryan]

Ryan 13-5
Bensell 12-6

[Giff]

My wife was impressed that I picked a border state for the not so obvious answer.

Ryan 13-5
Bensell 12-6
Giff 4-14

[Shirley]

Ryan 13-5
Bensell 12-6
Shirley 6-12
Giff 4-14


Merde. I was close. I could only think of a couple of possibilities for the second one. I had the right answer in my list, but didn't go with it.

[Pruitt]

Ryan 13-5
Bensell 12-6
Pruitt onze-sept
Shirley 6-12
Giff 4-14

[Gunpowder]

Ryan 13-5
Bensell 12-6
GPJ 7-11
Shirley 6-12
Giff 4-14

[howard]

I can't decide if this was kinda easy, or if I should be proud of myself. I figure a typical reaction after hearing the correct answer if you missed is 'but of course'.

Ryan 13-5
Bensell 12-6
Pruitt onze-sept (I assume that is the same as my score)
howard 11-7
GPJ 7-11
Shirley 6-12
Giff 4-14

[Rex]

Ryan 13-5
Bensell 12-6
Pruitt onze-sept (I assume that is the same as my score)
howard 11-7
rex 10-8
GPJ 7-11
Shirley 6-12
Giff 4-14

[Bensell]

Wednesday's answer: Louisiana and Maine

Thursday's category: World Leaders

"On Feb. 25, 1956, he gave a speech “on the personality cult and its consequences”, seen as an attack on his predecessor."

Bensell 13-6

[Gunpowder]

Bensell 13-6
GPJ 7-12

[Shirley]

Bensell 13-6
GPJ 7-12
Shirley 7-12


Booya

[Ryan]

Bensell 13-6
Ryan 13-6
GPJ 7-12
Shirley 7-12

[Rex]

Bensell 13-6
Ryan 13-6
rex 11-8
GPJ 7-12
Shirley 7-12

[howard]

Bensell 13-6
Ryan 13-6
howard 12-7
rex 11-8
GPJ 7-12
Shirley 7-12

[Pruitt]

Bensell 13-6
Ryan 13-6
howard 12-7
Pruitt 12-7
rex 11-8
GPJ 7-12
Shirley 7-12

[Bensell]

Thursday's answer: Nikita Khrushchev

Friday's Category: Authors & Filmmakers

"This author had a bitter feud with Michael Moore over the title of a 2004 documentary."

Nope and I'm kicking myself for missing it

Bensell 13-7

[howard]

Bensell 13-7
howard 12-8

I couldn't think of the names of some of Moore's films.

[Rex]

Bensell 13-7
howard 12-8
rex 12-8



if only Black History Month was a little longer, I could have finished the comeback.

[Shirley]

Bensell 13-7
howard 12-8
rex 12-8
Shirley 7-13

I had the same problem as Howard. I could only think of two of his documentaries and neither made sense for the answer.

[The Sybian]

Bensell 13-7
howard 12-8
rex 12-8
Syb 10-10
Shirley 7-13

End the month on 5 in a row, after missing 4 in a row.

[Pruitt]

Bensell 13-7
Pruitt 13-7
howard 12-8
rex 12-8
Syb 10-10
Shirley 7-13

[Ryan]

Ryan 14-6
Bensell 13-7
Pruitt 13-7
howard 12-8
rex 12-8
Syb 10-10
Shirley 7-13

[Gunpowder]

Ryan 14-6
Bensell 13-7
Pruitt 13-7
howard 12-8
rex 12-8
Syb 10-10
GPJ 8-12
Shirley 7-13



Even I got this author question, frogz.

[A_B]

I thought everyone knew Rick Reilly was from Columbine.

[L-Jam3]

Finally caught up last weekend, and only one more miss, the Poets questsion - Walt Whitman. Although this is irritating, considering I've crossed a bridge called the Walt Whitman Bridge easily 500 times in my lifetime.

So Mr. New Hampshire. I beleive we have a challenge. En garde, mon ami.

Ryan 14-6
L-Jam 13-7
Bensell 13-7
Pruitt 13-7
howard 12-8
rex 12-8
Syb 10-10
GPJ 8-12
Shirley 7-13