Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January 2015

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:15 pm

L-Jam 15-3
howard 14-4

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:29 pm

L-Jam 15-3
howard 14-4
Bensell 11-7

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:26 pm

I am so pissed off that I missed tonight's Oscars category question.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:36 pm

L-Jam 15-3
howard 14-4
Rex 14-4
Bensell 11-7

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:04 am

L-Jam 15-3
howard 14-4
Rex 14-4
Pruitt 14-4
Bensell 11-7

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:54 am

Without revealing Monday's answer until 1 pm est today, here is Tuesday, January 28

Category: Best Actor Oscars

Clue: 1 of 2 performers to win 2 Best Actor Oscars for films that won Best Picture

Response: on j-archive

Got the first one, all that was necessary. Hopefully a movie question can give a little separation from New Hampshire Boy:

L-Jam 16-3
Doc 14-5

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:24 am

L-Jam 16-3
Doc 14-5
Rex 14-5

Dang it, my second answer was right but the one I would have written down was wrong.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:25 am

L-Jam 16-3
Doc 14-5
Rex 14-5
Chedda 10-9

Missed the Oscar one.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:52 am

L-Jam 16-3
Doc 14-5
Rex 14-5
Chedda 10-9
Giff 9-10 (knew both of the actors!)

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:58 am

L-Jam 16-3
Doc 14-5
Rex 14-5
Chedda 10-9
Giff 9-10
J-Lo 9-10

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:31 am

L-Jam 16-3
Doc 14-5
Rex 14-5
Shirley 10-9
Chedda 10-9
Giff 9-10
J-Lo 9-10

Got the city (duh), but missed the Oscar one. Even my second guess was wrong (although at least a contestant apparently chose the same dude).

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:25 pm

L-Jam 16-3
Doc 14-5
Rex 14-5
Bensell 12-7
Shirley 10-9
Chedda 10-9
Giff 9-10
J-Lo 9-10

Didn't know both, but did have the older actor right.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:04 pm

We gave Ryan and the other guys enough leeway, and they probably would have gotten it anyway.

Monday, January 26

CATEGORY: US Cities

CLUE: In 1846 it had 200 people; 14 years later, thanks to a discovery, it had over 50,000, making it No. 15 in the country

RESPONSE: Take it away, Mr. Bennedetto:

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:07 pm

Also, in 2009 they had zero world series championships; by 2014 thanks to a big head (no, the other big head) they had three.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:35 am

Guessed right on the actor question. Bullet dodged.

L-Jam 16-3
Ryan 16-3
Doc 14-5
Rex 14-5
Bensell 12-7
Shirley 10-9
Chedda 10-9
Giff 9-10
J-Lo 9-10

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:43 pm

Tuesday's answer(s) - Marlon Brando & Dustin Hoffman

Wednesday's category: Medieval Literature "Characters in this epic 4,002-line poem include Count Ogier, Duke Thierry and Archbishop Turpin of Reims."

I had the same wrong answer as the 2 who missed it.

Bensell 12-8

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:53 pm

Ryan 16-4
Bensell 12-8

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:36 pm

Ryan 16-4
Bensell 12-8
Shirley 10-10

Fuck. I got that same wrong answer. I'm not sure I've heard of the correct answer.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:44 pm

Ryan 16-4
Bensell 12-8
Shirley 10-10
Chedda 10-10

Never heard of it.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:49 pm

Bensell wrote:Tuesday's answer(s) - Marlon Brando & Dustin Hoffman

This riles me. First, Kramer vs Kramer? Are you kidding me? Second, the movie Quiz Show poisoned my mind, because the wrong answer that the John Turturro character is instructed to give is On The Waterfront rather than the correct answer Marty for best picture in 1956. So my broken brain internalizes this as Waterfront lost the Oscar to Marty, rather than the true fact that Waterfront won in 1955. Hence, Brando is not a possible answer to my flawed memory. Third, my answer was DeNiro. Godfather II and Raging Bull. But no…Ordinary fucking People is best picture in 1980. Which is just wrong, even 35 years later. Fourth, I have missed this very question on Jeopardy! before.

Like I could name a single piece of medieval lit from that country. Playing for bronze. Which, I am told, is second loser.

Ryan 16-4
howard 14-6
Bensell 12-8
Shirley 10-10
Chedda 10-10

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:47 pm

Ryan 16-4
howard 14-6
Bensell 12-8
Shirley 10-10
Chedda 10-10
Giff 9-11 (I'm OK!!!!!)

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:22 pm

Yeah, I guessed DeNiro too. My second guess was Daniel Day-Lewis. Wrong on both counts.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:07 am

I had Brando in the Actor category. The woman who won on Wednesday I'm two degrees of separation away on LinkedIn. And I missed Wednesday by about, oh... 400 years.

L-Jam 16-4
Ryan 16-4
howard 14-6
Bensell 12-8
Shirley 10-10
Chedda 10-10
Giff 9-11

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:19 am

Blew them both.

L-Jam 16-4
Ryan 16-4
howard 14-6
Pruitt 14-6
Bensell 12-8
Shirley 10-10
Chedda 10-10
Giff 9-11

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:20 am

Pruitt wrote:Blew them both.

Clarification - the questions, not the actors.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:28 am

Wednesday's answer: The Song of Roland (whatever the hell that is)

Thursday's category: Ranks & Titles

"In 1858 rule of India went from the East India Co. to the British Crown and Lord Canning became the first holder of this title."

Nope.

Bensell 12-9

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:02 pm

Bensell 12-9
Shirley 10-11

Damn, it was such a promising month, too.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:20 pm

Bensell 12-9
Shirley 10-11
J-Lo 9-12

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:20 pm

There was a Flintstones question early in the game. I almost answered 'Grand Poobah' for this one. But I didn't.

howard 15-6
Bensell 12-9
Shirley 10-11
J-Lo 9-12

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:53 pm

I reject the very notion of colonialism, so I boycotted this question.

howard 15-6
Pruitt 14-7
Bensell 12-9
Shirley 10-11
J-Lo 9-12

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:15 pm

howard 15-6
Pruitt 14-7
Bensell 12-9
Shirley 10-11
J-Lo 9-12
Giff 9-12

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:23 pm

howard 15-6
Pruitt 14-7
Rex 14-7
Bensell 12-9
Shirley 10-11
J-Lo 9-12
Giff 9-12

I was surprisingly close on that, but no.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:11 pm

Missed Thursday's on Ranks and Titles , so:

L-Jam 16-5
howard 15-6
Pruitt 14-7
Rex 14-7
Bensell 12-9
Shirley 10-11
J-Lo 9-12
Giff 9-12

And to close out the month:

Friday, January 30:

Category: INVENTORS

Clue: In 1702 Thomas Savery wrote of one of his designs, "Such an engine will do the work or labour of ten or twelve" these

Response on j-archive.com

Correct on me

L-Jam 17-5

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:14 pm

yay

L-Jam 17-5
Rex 15-7

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:37 pm

L-Jam 17-5
Rex 15-7
GPJ 11-11

I'm assuming I missed the India question.

Two people actually missed this most recent one on the show. Whaaaaat

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:49 pm

L-Jam 17-5
Rex 15-7
GPJ 11-11
Chedda 10-12

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:03 pm

L-Jam 17-5
howard 16-6
Rex 15-7
GPJ 11-11
Chedda 10-12

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:23 pm

L-Jam 17-5
howard 16-6
Rex 15-7
GPJ 11-11
Chedda 10-12
Shirley 10-12

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:54 pm

L-Jam 17-5
howard 16-6
Rex 15-7
GPJ 11-11
Chedda 10-12
Shirley 10-12
Giff 10-12

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:59 pm

DAMN IT THE ONLINE TEST WAS A MONTH AGO

Was there no heads up in the Swamp?

:(