Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:28 pm

Wednesday July 1, 2015

Category: DOING BUSINESS INTERNATIONALLY

Clue: THIS U.S. RETAILER'S 133 CANADIAN STORES CLOSED IN 2015; ITS CEO SAID, "WE MISSED THE MARK…BY TAKING ON TOO MUCH TOO FAST"

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep.
howard 1-0

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:07 pm

Howard 1-0
BSF 1-0

I'm back baby!

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:53 pm

Howard 1-0
BSF 1-0
Trav 1-0!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:20 am

A gift on Canada Day.

Howard 1-0
BSF 1-0
Trav 1-0!
Pruitt 1-0

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:55 am

Howard 1-0
BSF 1-0
Trav 1-0!
Pruitt 1-0
GPJ 1-0

I heard often about how much the Canadian versions of this store sucked.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:45 am

Howard 1-0
BSF 1-0
Trav 1-0!
Pruitt 1-0
GPJ 1-0
Chedda 0-1

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:57 am

Howard 1-0
BSF 1-0
Trav 1-0!
Pruitt 1-0
GPJ 1-0
AB 1-0
Chedda 0-1

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:51 am

Gunpowder wrote:Howard 1-0
BSF 1-0
Trav 1-0!
Pruitt 1-0
GPJ 1-0

I heard often about how much the Canadian versions of this store sucked.

They were just atrocious. Sort of thing where you visit once and never again.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:05 pm

Howard 1-0
BSF 1-0
Trav 1-0!
Pruitt 1-0
GPJ 1-0
AB 1-0
Giff 1-0
Chedda 0-1

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:17 pm

Pruitt wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:Howard 1-0
BSF 1-0
Trav 1-0!
Pruitt 1-0
GPJ 1-0

I heard often about how much the Canadian versions of this store sucked.
They were just atrocious. Sort of thing where you visit once and never again.

I find this hilarious because it is pretty typically the absolute opposite in the States. If I had my rathers (and it wasn't 30% more expensive to buy groceries) I would never set foot in a retail store other than Target.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:33 pm

BSF21 wrote:
Pruitt wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:Howard 1-0
BSF 1-0
Trav 1-0!
Pruitt 1-0
GPJ 1-0

I heard often about how much the Canadian versions of this store sucked.
They were just atrocious. Sort of thing where you visit once and never again.
I find this hilarious because it is pretty typically the absolute opposite in the States. If I had my rathers (and it wasn't 30% more expensive to buy groceries) I would never set foot in a retail store other than Target.

I went to one of the big locations in Toronto and it was as if it was a store in Hungary in the early 70s. Huge patches of empty shelves, real low rent merchandise, no real bargains and understaffed.

Not a particularly bright way to open, considering there was a Walmart a quarter of a mile (.45 kilometres) away.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:06 pm

Answer
Wednesday July 1, 2015
Category: DOING BUSINESS INTERNATIONALLY
Clue: THIS U.S. RETAILER'S 133 CANADIAN STORES CLOSED IN 2015; ITS CEO SAID, "WE MISSED THE MARK…BY TAKING ON TOO MUCH TOO FAST"

Answer:
What is Target?

Table
howard 1-0
BSF 1-0
Trav 1-0!
Pruitt 1-0
GPJ 1-0
AB 1-0
Giff 1-0
Chedda 0-1

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:34 pm

Thursday July 2, 2015

Category: EUROPEAN ARTISTS

Clue: IN 1890 A CRITIC SAID THIS ARTIST "DIRECTS HIS BRUSH WITH ENORMOUS DABS OF IMPASTO OF VERY PURE COLOR IN SINUOUS TRAILS"

Answer: at JBoard.tv

nope.
howard 1-1

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:44 pm

howard 1-1
Trav 1-1

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:25 pm

howard 1-1
Trav 1-1
Pruitt 1-1

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:30 pm

howard 1-1
Trav 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
Chedda 0-2

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:57 pm

howard 1-1
Trav 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
Shirley 1-1
Chedda 0-2

Apparently I went against the grain by missing the store and getting the artist.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 6:28 pm

Answer
Thursday July 2, 2015
Category: EUROPEAN ARTISTS
Clue: IN 1890 A CRITIC SAID THIS ARTIST "DIRECTS HIS BRUSH WITH ENORMOUS DABS OF IMPASTO OF VERY PURE COLOR IN SINUOUS TRAILS"

Answer:
Who was Vincent Van Gogh?
I went with Monet; key bit of info is that Van Gogh died in 1890, the year referenced in the clue

Table
howard 1-1
Trav 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
Shirley 1-1
Chedda 0-2

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 6:29 pm

Friday July 3, 2015

Category: NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS

Clue: AT ABOUT 100 MILES IT'S NOT ONE OF CANADA'S 100 LONGEST RIVERS, BUT IN THE 1890S IT BECAME PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS

Answer: at JBoard.tv

nope
howard 1-2

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:18 pm

Bien sur!

Pruitt 2-1
howard 1-2

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:02 pm

Pruitt 2-1
howard 1-2
Shirley 1-2

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:43 am

Pruitt 2-1
howard 1-2
Shirley 1-2
Chedda 0-fer

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:55 pm

Pruitt 2-1
howard 1-2
Shirley 1-2
Bensell 1-2
Chedda 0-fer

I'm with you, Shirley - missed the 2 Canadian questions and got Van Gogh right

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:42 am

Pruitt 2-1
howard 1-2
Shirley 1-2
Bensell 1-2
Giff 1-2
Chedda 0-fer

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:49 am

Pruitt 2-1
howard 1-2
Shirley 1-2
Bensell 1-2
Giff 1-2
GPJ 1-2
Chedda 0-fer

Man that critic burned the shit out of (insert painter, people may be catching up after the long weekend).

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:08 am

Pruitt 2-1
BSF 2-1
howard 1-2
Shirley 1-2
Bensell 1-2
Giff 1-2
GPJ 1-2
Chedda 0-fer

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:41 am

Missed the river.

L-Jam 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
BSF 2-1
howard 1-2
Shirley 1-2
Bensell 1-2
Giff 1-2
GPJ 1-2
Chedda 0-fer

duff · Post by **duff** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 1:07 pm

L-Jam 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
BSF 2-1
howard 1-2
Shirley 1-2
Bensell 1-2
Giff 1-2
GPJ 1-2
Duff 1-2
Chedda 0-fer

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:19 pm

Answer
Friday July 3, 2015
Category: NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS
Clue: AT ABOUT 100 MILES IT'S NOT ONE OF CANADA'S 100 LONGEST RIVERS, BUT IN THE 1890S IT BECAME PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS

Answer:
Where is the Klondike river?
I went with Yukon, although I suspected it was longer than 100 miles, I thought of the event as the Yukon Gold Rush, not the Klondike Gold Rush.

Table
L-Jam 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
BSF 2-1
howard 1-2
Shirley 1-2
Bensell 1-2
Giff 1-2
GPJ 1-2
Duff 1-2
Chedda 0-fer

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:30 pm

Agreed. Klondike is an ice cream bar.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:35 pm

Monday July 6, 2015

Category: THE OSCARS

Clue: "GLADIATOR" IS CLOSE, BUT THIS FILM HAS THE EARLIEST HISTORICAL SETTING OF ANY BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep.
howard 2-2

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:52 pm

howard 2-2
Chedda 0-fer

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:00 pm

Pruitt 3-1
howard 2-2
Chedda 0-fer

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:31 pm

Pruitt 3-1
BSF 3-1
howard 2-2
Chedda 0-Fer

And we've matched last months total

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:24 pm

Pruitt 3-1
BSF 3-1
howard 2-2
Shirley 1-3
Chedda 0-Fer

I went with the same wrong answer as one of the contestants.

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:41 pm

Pruitt 3-1
BSF 3-1
howard 2-2
Shirley 1-3
Trav 1-3
Chedda 0-Fer

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:41 pm

Shirley wrote:I went with the same wrong answer as one of the contestants.

Yeah, they were trying to lure you into that wrong answer. I almost bit, but that movie did not win the Oscar. Nor was the time period of Gladiator 'close' to that movie.

duff · Post by **duff** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:49 am

Pruitt 3-1
BSF 3-1
howard 2-2
Shirley 1-3
Trav 1-3
Duff 1-3
Chedda 0-Fer

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:01 am

Pruitt 3-1
BSF 3-1
howard 2-2
AB 2-2
Shirley 1-3
Trav 1-3
Duff 1-3
Chedda 0-Fer

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:28 am

Pruitt 3-1
BSF 3-1
howard 2-2
AB 2-2
Shirley 1-3
Trav 1-3
Duff 1-3
Chedda 0-Fer
Syb 0-four

Fuck the beginning of months. Do these questions get easier as the months progress or something? Like a revers Times crossword?