Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:46 am

Ryan 10-2
howard 9-3
Pruitt 8-4
Bensell 8-4
GPJ 5-7
AB 5-7
Duff 3-9
Shirley 3-9
chedda 3-9

I said St. Louis Arch because, West.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:54 pm

Answer
Thursday July 16, 2015
Category: EUROPEAN NOVELISTS
Clue: ALFRED DREYFUS WAS AMONG THE THOUSANDS WHO MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF PARIS IN HIS 1902 FUNERAL PROCESSION

Answer: Who was Emile Zola?

I can't name a single book written by Zola; but his public defense of Dreyfus, accusing the French government of antisemitism, links the two dudes. J'accuse!

Table
Ryan 10-2
howard 9-3
Pruitt 8-4
Bensell 8-4
GPJ 5-7
AB 5-7
Duff 3-9
Shirley 3-9
chedda 3-9

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:26 pm

Friday July 17, 2015

Category: 19th CENTURY AMERICANS

Clue: AN ACCOUNT OF HER HISTORIC TRIAL NOTED, "IT WAS CONCEDED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS, ON THE 5th NOVEMBER 1872, A WOMAN"

Answer: at JBoard.tv

nope.
howard 9-4

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:29 pm

Nope. I had the same answer as the first wrong contestant.

howard 9-4
Bensell 8-5

Post by **Shirley** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:03 pm

howard 9-4
Bensell 8-5
Shirley 4-9

Pulled that one out of my ass.

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:45 am

howard 9-4
Bensell 8-5
Shirley 4-9
Trav 4-9

duff · Post by **duff** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:12 pm

howard 9-4
Bensell 8-5
Shirley 4-9
Trav 4-9
Duff 3-10

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:59 pm

howard 9-4
Bensell 8-5
GPJ 5-8
Shirley 4-9
Trav 4-9
Duff 3-10

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 5:13 pm

howard 9-4
Bensell 8-5
Pruitt 8-5
GPJ 5-8
Shirley 4-9
Trav 4-9
Duff 3-10

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:29 pm

Answer
Friday July 17, 2015
Category: 19th CENTURY AMERICANS
Clue: AN ACCOUNT OF HER HISTORIC TRIAL NOTED, "IT WAS CONCEDED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS, ON THE 5th NOVEMBER 1872, A WOMAN"

Answer: Who was Susan B. Anthony?
The crime was voting while female.

Table
howard 9-4
Bensell 8-5
Pruitt 8-5
GPJ 5-8
Shirley 4-9
Trav 4-9
Duff 3-10

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:33 pm

Monday July 20, 2015

Category: POETRY

Clue: WAGNER'S LINE "OED' UND LEER DAS MEER", MEANING "WASTE AND EMPTY THE SEA", IS QUOTED IN A POEM BY THIS AMERICAN-BORN MAN.

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep.
howard 10-4

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:56 am

poetry sucks.

howard 10-4
Pruitt 8-6

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:16 pm

howard 10-4
Pruitt 8-6
Bensell 8-6

I thought the correct answer wasn't an American so I ruled him out in favor of the wrong answer one of the contestants made even though his was the first name to pop in my head. I'm an idiot.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:21 pm

howard 10-4
Ryan 10-4
Pruitt 8-6
Bensell 8-6

duff · Post by **duff** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:05 pm

howard 10-4
Ryan 10-4
Pruitt 8-6
Bensell 8-6
Duff 3-11

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:12 pm

Ryan wrote:howard 10-4
Ryan 10-4

C'mere, boy. Gonna getcha this month. (Unless there's geography.)

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:57 pm

howard 10-4
Ryan 10-4
Pruitt 8-6
Bensell 8-6
Shirley 4-10
Duff 3-11

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:27 pm

Answer
Monday July 20, 2015
Category: POETRY
Clue: WAGNER'S LINE "OED' UND LEER DAS MEER", MEANING "WASTE AND EMPTY THE SEA", IS QUOTED IN A POEM BY THIS AMERICAN-BORN MAN.

Answer: Who was T. S. Eliot?

My thought process on this one: "What? WTF language is that? What does Wagner have to do with poetry? 'Waste- wait didn't someone write a poem called The Wasteland? Eliot, right? Or was it that Prufrock thing. But TS Eliot was a Brit. What the hell, music is almost finished, I'll guess Eliot." I got a poetry clue last month on similar spurious logic

Table
howard 10-4
Ryan 10-4
Pruitt 8-6
Bensell 8-6
GPJ 5-9
Shirley 4-10
Duff 3-11

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:30 pm

howard 10-4
Ryan 10-4
Pruitt 8-6
Bensell 8-6
GPJ 5-9
Shirley 4-10
Duff 3-11

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:27 pm

Tuesday July 21, 2015

Category: HISTORIC NAMES

Clue: IN 1909 THIS OXFORD STUDENT SURVEYED CRUSADER CASTLES IN THE MIDEAST; A FEW YEARS LATER HE RETURNED FOR LESS PEACEFUL ACTIVITIES

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep.
howard 11-4

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:30 pm

howard 11-4
Shirley 5-10

I was just about to give up when the proper guess came to me.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:56 pm

I won't comment because I might be kind of a spoiler.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:57 pm

howard 11-4
GPJ 6-9
Shirley 5-10

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:28 pm

That Eliza is a moron.

howard 11-4
Pruitt 9-6
GPJ 6-9
Shirley 5-10

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:54 pm

Gunpowder wrote:I won't comment because I might be kind of a spoiler.

Dammed if you do.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:57 pm

I thought Who is Erwin Rommell was an inspired answer. Best of all because North Africa is not really the Middle East.

duff · Post by **duff** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:25 am

howard 11-4
Pruitt 9-6
GPJ 6-9
Shirley 5-10
Duff 3-12

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:56 am

Poopy caca.

howard 11-4
Ryan 10-5
Pruitt 9-6
GPJ 6-9
Shirley 5-10
Duff 3-12

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:11 am

howard 11-4
Ryan 10-5
Pruitt 9-6
AB 7-8
GPJ 6-9
Shirley 5-10
Duff 3-12

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:43 pm

howard 11-4
Ryan 10-5
Pruitt 9-6
Bensell 9-6
AB 7-8
GPJ 6-9
Shirley 5-10
Duff 3-12

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:27 pm

Answer
Tuesday July 21, 2015
Category: HISTORIC NAMES
Clue: IN 1909 THIS OXFORD STUDENT SURVEYED CRUSADER CASTLES IN THE MIDEAST; A FEW YEARS LATER HE RETURNED FOR LESS PEACEFUL ACTIVITIES

Answer: Who was T. E. Lawrence, popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia?
Pretty much instaget, as soon as I counted the approx. age of a 1909 college student in WWI.

Table
howard 11-4
Ryan 10-5
Pruitt 9-6
Bensell 9-6
AB 7-8
GPJ 6-9
Shirley 5-10
Duff 3-12

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:30 pm

Wednesday July 22, 2015

Category: MILITARY HISTORY

Clue: THIS COUNTRY SMALLER THAN ENGLAND WAS A COLONIAL RIVAL WITH WHICH ENGLAND FOUGHT 4 WARS, THE LAST FROM 1780 TO 1784

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep.
howard 12-4

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:26 pm

Howard 12-4
Chedda 4-12

Got this one after three straight misses. Thanks for caring, lomes.

duff · Post by **duff** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:55 pm

Howard 12-4
Chedda 4-12
Duff 4-12

Finally got one. Bad first time effort on my part.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:38 pm

Howard 12-4
Pruitt 10-6
Chedda 4-12
Duff 4-12

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:06 pm

Howard 12-4
Pruitt 10-6
Shirley 6-10
Chedda 4-12
Duff 4-12

Two in a row!

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:34 pm

Howard 12-4
Pruitt 10-6
Shirley 6-10
GPJ 6-10
Chedda 4-12
Duff 4-12

Had to see the answer to realize what they were getting at with that wording.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:34 pm

On the prior question, wasn't TE Lawrence also a correct answer last month?

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:42 pm

In January. http://www.sportsfrog.net/phpbb/viewtop ... 606#p67606" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:23 pm

Howard 12-4
Pruitt 10-6
Bensell 10-6
Shirley 6-10
GPJ 6-10
Chedda 4-12
Duff 4-12