Final Jeopardy! Challenge October 2015

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:39 am

Howard 11-3
Ryan 8-6
GPJ 7-7
Shirley 7-7
chedda 7-7
Giff 7-7, I figured I was incorrect and didn't even check until I saw Shirley's post. .500!!!
Duff 5-9

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:40 am

Got it. Emerald -> Oz -> too late for Oz - > Wicked

Howard 11-3
Ryan 8-6
GPJ 7-7
Shirley 7-7
chedda 7-7
BSF21 7-7
Giff 7-7
Duff 5-9

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:45 am

Howard 11-3
Ryan 8-6
GPJ 7-7
Shirley 7-7
chedda 7-7
BSF21 7-7
Giff 7-7
Rex 6-8
Duff 5-9

Missed it even with the spoiler!

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:07 am

Howard 11-3
Ryan 8-6
GPJ 7-7
Shirley 7-7
chedda 7-7
BSF21 7-7
Giff 7-7
Rex 6-8
Duff 5-9
Trav 4-10

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 1:15 pm

Moreta 12-2
Howard 11-3
Ryan 8-6
GPJ 7-7
Shirley 7-7
chedda 7-7
BSF21 7-7
Giff 7-7
Rex 6-8
Duff 5-9
Trav 4-10

I even read it.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:45 pm

Moreta 12-2
Howard 11-3
Ryan 8-6
GPJ 7-7
Shirley 7-7
chedda 7-7
BSF21 7-7
Giff 7-7
AB 7-7
Rex 6-8
Duff 5-9
Trav 4-10

Rough month

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:43 pm

Answer
Tuesday October 20, 2015
Category: 20th CENTURY NOVELS
Clue: A LINE FROM THIS 1995 NOVEL IS "THE INFANT GLISTENED A SCANDALOUS SHADE OF PALE EMERALD"
Answer: What is Wicked?
I was trying to think of a pop culture character/creature from around that time who was green colored, and couldn't think of anything except Avatar, which I'm not sure was a novel, and they were blue anyway. Emerald was the key word, as BSF divined.

Table
Moreta 12-2
Howard 11-3
Ryan 8-6
GPJ 7-7
Shirley 7-7
chedda 7-7
BSF21 7-7
Giff 7-7
AB 7-7
Rex 6-8
Duff 5-9
Trav 4-10

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:45 pm

Wednesday October 21, 2015

Category: THE PRIME MERIDIAN

Clue: BESIDES THE U.K., IT'S THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT THE PRIME MERIDIAN TOUCHES THAT STARTS WITH A VOWEL

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep
howard 12-3

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:31 pm

howard 12-3
Moreta 12-3

World Geography. Yuck.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:33 pm

howard 12-3
Moreta 12-3
chedda 8-7

Lucky educated guess, but I got it.

duff · Post by **duff** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:53 pm

howard 12-3
Moreta 12-3
chedda 8-7
Duff 5-10

Couldn't get the other vowel country on that continent out of my head.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:08 pm

howard 12-3
Moreta 12-3
chedda 8-7
GPJ 7-8
Duff 5-10

Actually missed this one.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:23 am

Yeah. I missed it too. I thought England would count.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:46 am

howard 12-3
Moreta 12-3
chedda 8-7
BSF 7-8
GPJ 7-8
Duff 5-10

Same wrong answer as the champ.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:44 am

howard 12-3
Moreta 12-3
chedda 8-7
BSF 7-8
GPJ 7-8
Giff 7-8
Duff 5-10

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:30 pm

howard 12-3
Moreta 12-3
chedda 8-7
Syb 7-8
BSF 7-8
GPJ 7-8
Giff 7-8
Duff 5-10

I don't think I've ever been more surprised to be right than the married actors question. Luckily I helped my son study for his social studies test, and the Prime Meridian was a topic. I'd like to think I still would have gotten it.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:06 pm

howard 12-3
Moreta 12-3
chedda 8-7
Syb 7-8
BSF 7-8
GPJ 7-8
Giff 7-8
Shirley 7-8
Duff 5-10

Nope. The one I picked was close though.

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:48 pm

howard 12-3
Moreta 12-3
chedda 8-7
Syb 7-8
BSF 7-8
GPJ 7-8
Giff 7-8
Shirley 7-8
Duff 5-10
Trav 4-11

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:55 pm

Answer
Wednesday October 21, 2015
Category: THE PRIME MERIDIAN
Clue: BESIDES THE U.K., IT'S THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT THE PRIME MERIDIAN TOUCHES THAT STARTS WITH A VOWEL

Answer: Where is Algeria?
Somehow I fixated on Ivory Coast, but pondered if they would use that country since its name is 'Cote d'Ivorie', but I know Algeria is huge so I went with that. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda and Angola are other nations on the continent beginning with a vowel.

Andorra is officially at 1˚ 31' east latitude. So if the prime meridian was really fat, it could touch.

Table
howard 12-3
Moreta 12-3
chedda 8-7
Syb 7-8
BSF 7-8
GPJ 7-8
Giff 7-8
Shirley 7-8
Duff 5-10
Trav 4-11

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:56 pm

Thursday October 22, 2015

Category: THE CIVIL WAR

Clue: THERE WERE ABOUT 900 CASUALTIES IN THE 1862 BATTLE OF SECESSIONVILLE, FOUGHT IN THIS STATE

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep

Howard 13-3

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:58 pm

howard wrote:Answer: Where is Algeria?
Somehow I fixated on Ivory Coast, but pondered if they would use that country since its name is 'Cote d'Ivorie', but I know Algeria is huge so I went with that. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda and Angola are other nations on the continent beginning with a vowel.

Andorra is officially at 1˚ 31' east latitude. So if the prime meridian was really fat, it could touch.

I guessed Equatorial Guinea after deciding against Andorra. I think both are actually pretty close.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:30 pm

Capital city Malabo lies at 3°45′N/8°47′E.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 8:12 pm

Howard 13-3
Chedda 8-8

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:54 pm

Howard 13-3
Pruitt 11-5 (Meridian and Secessionsville yes, Novel, no)
Chedda 8-8

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 6:10 am

Howard 13-3
Moreta 13-3
Pruitt 11-5
Chedda 8-8

elflaco · Post by **elflaco** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:47 am

Howard 13-3
Moreta 13-3
Pruitt 11-5
Chedda 8-8
flaco 6-10 (i know, i know..)

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:14 am

Howard 13-3
Moreta 13-3
Pruitt 11-5
Chedda 8-8
Giff 7-9
flaco 6-10

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:29 am

Howard 13-3
Moreta 13-3
Pruitt 11-5
Chedda 8-8
Giff 7-9
flaco 6-10
Trav 5-11

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:57 am

howard wrote: Somehow I fixated on Ivory Coast, but pondered if they would use that country since its name is 'Cote d'Ivorie', but I know Algeria is huge so I went with that. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda and Angola are other nations on the continent beginning with a vowel.

Egypt just declared a fatwah on your ass.

Howard 13-3
Moreta 13-3
Pruitt 11-5
Chedda 8-8
Syb 7-9
Giff 7-9
flaco 6-10
Trav 5-11

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:16 am

Man, I always do that, forget Egypt is Africa, not SW Asia.

duff · Post by **duff** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:27 am

Howard 13-3
Moreta 13-3
Pruitt 11-5
Chedda 8-8
Syb 7-9
Giff 7-9
Duff 6-10
flaco 6-10
Trav 5-11

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:03 pm

Howard 13-3
Moreta 13-3
Pruitt 11-5
Chedda 8-8
GPJ 8-8
Syb 7-9
Giff 7-9
Duff 6-10
flaco 6-10
Trav 5-11

Civil War one was a gimme.

I too figured Ivory Coast is probably Cote d'Ivore or however you spell it, but couldn't think of another vowel country in west Africa so I just went with it. I knew Equatorial Guinea/Angola/etc. were too far east but I always get Algeria wrong. In my head for some reason I always put it next to Egypt and put Libya next to Morocco.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:16 pm

Howard 13-3
Moreta 13-3
Pruitt 11-5
Chedda 8-8
Shirley 8-8
GPJ 8-8
Syb 7-9
Giff 7-9
Duff 6-10
flaco 6-10
Trav 5-11

Never heard of that battle, but I guessed the state right anyway.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:57 pm

Answer
Thursday October 22, 2015
Category: THE CIVIL WAR
Clue: THERE WERE ABOUT 900 CASUALTIES IN THE 1862 BATTLE OF SECESSIONVILLE, FOUGHT IN THIS STATE

Answer: Where is South Carolina?
I'd never heard of the battle, just guessed the first state that seceded. Funny that one of the players had serious Civil War expertise, but didn't help her, as all three got it right.

Table
Howard 13-3
Moreta 13-3
Pruitt 11-5
Chedda 8-8
Shirley 8-8
GPJ 8-8
Syb 7-9
Giff 7-9
Duff 6-10
flaco 6-10
Trav 5-11

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:58 pm

Friday October 23, 2015

Category: FLOWERS

Clue: THE FLOWER PICTURED HERE IS CALLED THIS, ALSO A DISPARAGING TERM FOR PEOPLE ON THE POLITICAL LEFT

Answer: at JBoard.tv

yep. Flowers is about my worst category. Fortunately, I have developed a deep vocabulary for insulting the political left. And right.

howard 14-3

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 6:33 pm

howard 14-3
Shirley 8-9

Shit, I should have gotten that one.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:27 pm

howard 14-3
Pruitt 11-6
Shirley 8-9

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:02 am

howard 14-3
Moreta 14-3
Pruitt 11-6
Shirley 8-9

The political slur clue made this too obvious to be worthy of FJ.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 11:18 am

howard 14-3
Moreta 14-3
Pruitt 11-6
GPJ 9-8
Shirley 8-9

I didn't even know it was a flower.

Ballsy bet on the daily double, didn't work for the dude but I agree with his decision.

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 11:27 am

howard 14-3
Moreta 14-3
Pruitt 11-6
GPJ 9-8
Shirley 8-9
Trav 5-12