Final Jeopardy! March Madness Edition

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:21 pm

Monday's category: Literary First Lines

"He wrote the 1971 opener "We were somewhere near Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.""

Bensell 1-0

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:23 pm

may they all be clues with which I have this much familiarity.

Bensell 1-0
howard 1-0

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:46 pm

Bensell 1-0
howard 1-0
rex 1-0

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:03 pm

Bensell 1-0
howard 1-0
rex 1-0
Chedda 1-0

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:06 pm

Bensell 1-0
howard 1-0
rex 1-0
Chedda 1-0
Jerloma - 1-0

Had it between two guys and was swayed to the right answer based on Howard's familiarity.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:38 pm

Jerloma wrote: Had it between two guys and was swayed to the right answer based on Howard's familiarity.

fuck. me and my big fat mouth, and my propensity for trying to be too damn cute.

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:57 pm

tt 1-0
on my phone cant cut and paste the list

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 6:06 pm

Bensell 1-0
howard 1-0
rex 1-0
Chedda 1-0
Jerloma - 1-0
tt 1-0

there you go.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:56 am

Bensell 1-0
howard 1-0
rex 1-0
Chedda 1-0
Jerloma - 1-0
tt 1-0
Pruitt 1-0

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 7:43 am

He was also the subject of a recent (maybe even the same day) NYT crossword.

Ryan 1-0
Bensell 1-0
howard 1-0
rex 1-0
Chedda 1-0
Jerloma - 1-0
tt 1-0
Pruitt 1-0

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:31 am

Ryan 1-0
Bensell 1-0
howard 1-0
rex 1-0
Chedda 1-0
Jerloma - 1-0
tt 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
GPJ 1-0

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:23 pm

Monday's answer: Hunter S. Thompson

Tuesday's category: U.S. States

"It’s the only state name that can be typed using the letters on only one row of the standard keyboard."

Bensell 2-0

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:28 pm

Bensell 2-0
AB 2-0

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:30 pm

Bensell 2-0
AB 2-0
rex 2-0

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:04 pm

Bensell 2-0
AB 2-0
rex 2-0
Chedda 1-1

Didn't get it in time.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:12 pm

Bensell 2-0
AB 2-0
rex 2-0
Chedda 1-1
howard 1-1

Once upon a time I knew that, but it was probably in 8th grade typing class.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:39 pm

Bensell 2-0
AB 2-0
rex 2-0
Chedda 1-1
howard 1-1
J-Lo 1-1

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:40 pm

Bensell 2-0
AB 2-0
rex 2-0
Shirley 2-0
Chedda 1-1
howard 1-1

Not sure how to feel about that keyboard question since I was sitting at one when I read it. I didn't want to cheat, but that's nearly impossible when you're already looking at it. I'd like to think I would have gotten it regardless.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:56 pm

Got it without looking at the keyboard thanks to Dave's warning.

Bensell 2-0
AB 2-0
rex 2-0
Shirley 2-0
GPJ 2-0
Chedda 1-1
howard 1-1

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 3:03 pm

It's really not that difficult to not look at the keyboard.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 3:07 pm

Bensell 2-0
AB 2-0
rex 2-0
Shirley 2-0
GPJ 2-0
Giff 2-0
Chedda 1-1
howard 1-1

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 3:27 pm

Jerloma wrote:It's really not that difficult to not look at the keyboard.

Mine has really big tits, so it kind if is.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 7:45 pm

I just want to get this joke in for the next clue.

How the hell do we know? ain't no one seen his birth certificate.

(see, in the spirit of jeopardy, I give you the punch line, you have to come up with the joke.)

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:40 pm

I spend hours each day banging away at a keyboard and I wasn't even close.

Bensell 2-0
AB 2-0
rex 2-0
Shirley 2-0
GPJ 2-0
Giff 2-0
Chedda 1-1
howard 1-1
Pruitt 1-1

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:48 am

Bensell 2-0
AB 2-0
rex 2-0
Shirley 2-0
GPJ 2-0
Giff 2-0
Chedda 1-1
howard 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
TT 2-0

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:52 pm

Tuesday's answer: Alaska - I just guessed it because it was the only state was 1 vowel in it

Wednesday's category: Presidents in the White House

"When the current presidential occupant of the White House was born, this president was living there."

Nope I was thinking Barry was a little older.

Bensell 2-1

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:02 pm

Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:06 pm

Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 2-1

The first time the president is younger than you, you take note of his age. At least I did.

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:01 am

TT 3-0
Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 2-1

I was wrong about his age, the year he was born, the year my guess was president, and yet somehow my guess was still right. I feel like i should only get half credit

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:44 am

TT 3-0
Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 2-1
Ryan 2-1

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:00 am

TT 3-0
SL 3-0
Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 2-1
Ryan 2-1

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:18 am

TT 3-0
SL 3-0
Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 2-1
Ryan 2-1
chedda 2-1

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:36 am

TT 3-0
SL 3-0
AB 3-0
Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 2-1
Ryan 2-1
chedda 2-1

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:00 am

Syb 3-0
TT 3-0
SL 3-0
AB 3-0
Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 2-1
Ryan 2-1
chedda 2-1

TT2.0 wrote:I was wrong about his age, the year he was born, the year my guess was president, and yet somehow my guess was still right. I feel like i should only get half credit

Fuck that. He is one year older than I thought, but it didn't ask for his age. We just got lucky that he was born in the middle of the term. I am really surprised all of the contestants got it wrong. It just made sense that they would ask this question with the correct answer, but not with the bookend Presidents. I went with the correct answer, then double checked with what I thought Obama's age is.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:15 am

Syb 3-0
TT 3-0
SL 3-0
AB 3-0
Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 2-1
Ryan 2-1
chedda 2-1
Shirley 2-1

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:23 am

Syb 3-0
TT 3-0
SL 3-0
AB 3-0
Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 2-1
Ryan 2-1
chedda 2-1
Shirley 2-1
J-Lo 2-1

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:41 pm

Syb 3-0
TT 3-0
SL 3-0
AB 3-0
Giff 3-0
Bensell 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 2-1
Ryan 2-1
chedda 2-1
Shirley 2-1
J-Lo 2-1

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:44 pm

Wednesday's answer: Dwight David Eisenhower

Thursday's category: Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners

"She was called a “trailblazer for America’s daughters” when she won in 2012, a century after founding an organization."

I knew who it was but couldn't come up with the name

Bensell 2-2

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:02 pm

GPJ 3-1
Bensell 2-2

No idea who this person is

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:03 pm

GPJ 3-1
rex 3-1
Bensell 2-2