The Swamp

Monday September 14, 2015

Category: AMERICAN POEMS

Clue: THE TITLE OF THIS POEM THAT BEGINS THE 1916 BOOK "MOUNTAIN INTERVAL" WAS INSPIRED BY LONG COUNTRY WALKS

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep.
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GPJ 0-1

Was on the right track, but had the title off.

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Pruitt 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
GPJ 0-1

howard 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
GPJ 0-1

howard 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Duff 0-1

Wording was off. Great start.

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Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Duff 0-1
flaco 0-1

howard 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Duff 0-1
flaco 0-1
Giff 0-1

Giff wrote:howard 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
Syb 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Duff 0-1
flaco 0-1
Giff 0-1

This poem came up this weekend, and my wife corrected me on the name of the poem. I just read the poem, and I completely misunderstood it until now.

howard 1-0
Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
Syb 1-0
chedda 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Duff 0-1
flaco 0-1
Giff 0-1

Answer
Monday September 14, 2015
Category: AMERICAN POEMS
Clue: THE TITLE OF THIS POEM THAT BEGINS THE 1916 BOOK "MOUNTAIN INTERVAL" WAS INSPIRED BY LONG COUNTRY WALKS

Answer: What is The Road Not Taken?
I only got this right because not too long ago I got it wrong, taking a similar-sounding line from the poem, 'the road less traveled', a common error.

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AB 1-0
Syb 1-0
chedda 1-0
L-Jam 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Duff 0-1
flaco 0-1
Giff 0-1

Tuesday September 15, 2015

Category: GREAT THINKERS

Clue: 239 YEARS AGO HE WROTE OF "THE ENORMOUS DEBTS WHICH…ALL IN THE LONG RUN PROBABLY RUIN ALL THE GREAT NATIONS OF EUROPE"

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep. lord knows I've been preaching this quote long enough.
howard 2-0

Didn't think that one was that hard yet two of them missed it.

howard 2-0
GPJ 1-1

Doesn't he mean both great nations?

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Rex 2-0
GPJ 1-1

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1
Giff 0-2

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
AB 2-0
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1
Giff 0-2

howard wrote: yep. lord knows I've been preaching this quote long enough.

Way to spoil the answer, dumb-dumb.

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Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
AB 2-0
Syb 1-1
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1
Giff 0-2

howard wrote:
Answer: What is The Road Not Taken?
I only got this right because not too long ago I got it wrong, taking a similar-sounding line from the poem, 'the road less traveled', a common error.

Exactly what I did. And changing those two words made all the difference.

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
AB 2-0
Moreta 2-0
Syb 1-1
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1
Giff 0-2

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
AB 2-0
Moreta 2-0
Syb 1-1
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1
Bensell 1-1
Giff 0-2

Nope on the Frost poem with my answer being what howard said above; got the 2nd easy.

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
AB 2-0
Moreta 2-0
Syb 1-1
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1
Bensell 1-1
Giff 0-2
flaco 1-1

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
AB 2-0
Moreta 2-0
Syb 1-1
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1
Bensell 1-1
Giff 0-2
flaco 1-1
Shirley 1-1


I should have gotten the poem. It was the first thing I thought of, but I immediately thought that was too obvious for Jeopardy and went with some stupid guess.

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
AB 2-0
Moreta 2-0
Syb 1-1
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1
Bensell 1-1
flaco 1-1
Shirley 1-1
Giff 0-2
Ryan 0-2

Answer
Tuesday September 15, 2015
Category: GREAT THINKERS
Clue: 239 YEARS AGO HE WROTE OF "THE ENORMOUS DEBTS WHICH…ALL IN THE LONG RUN PROBABLY RUIN ALL THE GREAT NATIONS OF EUROPE"

Answer: Who was Adam Smith?
Classical economist, author of The Wealth of Nations

Table
howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
AB 2-0
Moreta 2-0
Syb 1-1
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1
Bensell 1-1
flaco 1-1
Shirley 1-1
Giff 0-2
Ryan 0-2

Wednesday September 16, 2015

Category: OSCAR NOMINATED SONGS

Clue: THIS SONG FROM A 1999 ANIMATED FILM ABOUT CENSORSHIP HAD A WORD CENSORED FROM ITS OSCAR PERFORMANCE

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep.
howard 3-0

This clue makes me sad, because the song that should've been nominated and should've won that year is here:

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16 years ago?

**** me.

howard 3-0
Pruitt 3-0

Yeah... no.


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Pruitt 3-0
Moreta 2-1

Whoo! Man I remember being mad at this song before I really understood satire and such.

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Pruitt 3-0
Moreta 2-1
Trav 2-1

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Moreta 2-1
Trav 2-1
Rex 2-1


Indeed, I would have gone with howard's alternative answer (and produced the all time greatest Jeopardy moment in the process).

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Pruitt 3-0
Moreta 2-1
Trav 2-1
Rex 2-1
Shirley 2-1


Shut your fucking face, Alex.

Boner biting bastard.

howard 3-0
Pruitt 3-0
Moreta 2-1
Trav 2-1
Rex 2-1
Shirley 2-1
Duff 1-2

Yeah, that's a big nope.

howard 3-0
Pruitt 3-0
Moreta 2-1
Trav 2-1
Rex 2-1
Shirley 2-1
Duff 1-2
GPJ 1-2

Couldn't remember the name of the song.

Missed Adam Smith because I thought "eh... too easy", but got last night.

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Pruitt 3-0
Moreta 2-1
Trav 2-1
Rex 2-1
Shirley 2-1
L-Jam 1-2
Duff 1-2
GPJ 1-2

howard 3-0
Pruitt 3-0
Moreta 2-1
Trav 2-1
Rex 2-1
Shirley 2-1
Chedda 2-1
Duff 1-2
GPJ 1-2