Final Jeopardy! Challenge March 2016

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 7:00 pm

Tuesday March 1, 2016

Category: 20th CENTURY POETS
Clue: IT WAS SAID "HIS ACCENT WHICH TARTED OUT AS PURE AMERICAN MIDDLE WEST" BECAME "QUITE BRITISH U"

[+] spoiler: Who is T. S. Eliot ?

nope
howard 0-1

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 8:33 pm

howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1

Damnit I hate missing lit questions. I thought he really was British.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 8:45 pm

Moreta wrote:Damnit I hate missing lit questions. I thought he really was British.

I only know a handful of poets, but I had no idea he was from the midwest. I vaguely recalled he was born American and emigrated to London.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:00 pm

Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1

Tied for the lead.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:33 pm

Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1
GPJ 0-1

Cool, someone I've never heard of.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:53 pm

Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Syb 0-1

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:24 am

English degree to the rescue!

Pruitt 1-0
Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Syb 0-1

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:26 am

At least someone scored. All these 0-1s, you'd think March is the cruelest month.

(Pruitt, we'll call you the hyacinth girl)

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:34 am

Pruitt 1-0
Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Syb 0-1
Ryan 0-1

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:54 am

Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Syb 0-1
Ryan 0-1

Come on people. They gave that one away!

duff · Post by **duff** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:18 am

Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
Duff 0-1
Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Syb 0-1
Ryan 0-1

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:43 am

Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
Duff 0-1
Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Syb 0-1
Ryan 0-1
chedda 0-1

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:54 pm

Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
Duff 0-1
Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Syb 0-1
Ryan 0-1
chedda 0-1
Giff 0-1

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:27 pm

Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
Duff 0-1
Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Syb 0-1
Ryan 0-1
chedda 0-1
Giff 0-1
Shirley 0-1

J Alfred Fuckyou

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:01 pm

Table
Pruitt 1-0
AB 1-0
Duff 0-1
Howard 0-1
Moreta 0-1
BSF 0-1
GPJ 0-1
Syb 0-1
Ryan 0-1
chedda 0-1
Giff 0-1
Shirley 0-1

Wednesday March 2, 2016

Category: STATE CAPITALS
Clue: SETTLED IN THE 1780s, IT'S THE ONLY STATE CAPITAL WITHOUT A McDONALD'S

[+] spoiler: Where is Montpelier (VT) ?

nope. I mean, what the freaking fuck.
howard 0-2

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:13 pm

Rex 1-1
howard 0-2

Got the Big Mac haterz

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:19 am

I think I missed the last four.

Rex 1-1
howard 0-2
L-Jam 0-2

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:22 am

Rex 1-1
Ryan 1-1
howard 0-2
L-Jam 0-2

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:27 am

Rex 1-1
Ryan 1-1
AB 1-1
howard 0-2
L-Jam 0-2

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:47 am

Rex 1-1
Ryan 1-1
AB 1-1
Duff 0-2
howard 0-2
L-Jam 0-2

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:43 am

Rex 1-1
Ryan 1-1
AB 1-1
Duff 0-2
howard 0-2
L-Jam 0-2
Giff 0-2

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:31 am

Rex 1-1
Ryan 1-1
AB 1-1
Duff 0-2
howard 0-2
L-Jam 0-2
Giff 0-2
Shirley 0-2

I had the right idea, but guessed the wrong state. BTW, that's one of those pieces of trivia that you only know because you've heard the trivia (given as a trivia question), or you just guess right. There's no other reason to know that.

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:33 am

Rex 1-1
Ryan 1-1
AB 1-1
Moreta 1-1
Duff 0-2
howard 0-2
L-Jam 0-2
Giff 0-2
Shirley 0-2

Wild guess and got lucky.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 11:27 am

Shirley wrote:Rex 1-1
Ryan 1-1
AB 1-1
Duff 0-2
howard 0-2
L-Jam 0-2
Giff 0-2
Shirley 0-2

I had the right idea, but guessed the wrong state. BTW, that's one of those pieces of trivia that you only know because you've heard the trivia (given as a trivia question), or you just guess right. There's no other reason to know that.

I think the 1780s thing is supposed to help you guess the right answer from a "barely post-colonial" angle, but it's not a big help if you haven't already narrowed it down in some other way first.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:43 pm

Rex 1-1
Ryan 1-1
AB 1-1
Moreta 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
Duff 0-2
howard 0-2
L-Jam 0-2
Giff 0-2
Shirley 0-2

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:35 pm

Table
Rex 1-1
Ryan 1-1
AB 1-1
Moreta 1-1
Pruitt 1-1
Duff 0-2
howard 0-2
L-Jam 0-2
Giff 0-2
Shirley 0-2

Thursday March 3, 2016

Category: AMERICAN HISTORY
Clue: IN THE 1690s ITS LEGISLATURE REFERRED TO THIS PLACE AS "HIS MAJESTY'S ANCIENT COLONY AND DOMINION"

[+] spoiler: Where is Virginia ?

Another kinda screwy question.
howard 1-2

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:53 pm

rex 2-1
howard 1-2

It helps if you've been to

[+] spoiler: Kings Dominion

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:58 pm

rex 2-1
howard 1-2
chedda 1-2

got the capital

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:13 pm

rex 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
howard 1-2
chedda 1-2

That Canadian cutey-pie made what might have been the dumbest final wager I have ever seen.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:41 pm

Nope. Tied for the lead, betting it all is the proper bet, unless it is a category you are very weak. You have to assume you will get the final question correct, because the final question is more often than not answered correctly by one or more players.

Betting one dollar less than everything when you are tied for the lead is an incredibly dumb bet.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:45 pm

howard wrote:Nope. Tied for the lead, betting it all is the proper bet, unless it is a category you are very weak. You have to assume you will get the final question correct, because the final question is more often than not answered correctly by one or more players.

Betting one dollar less than everything when you are tied for the lead is an incredibly dumb bet.

That's exactly what I meant. The cutie-pie was the good looking one (she bet one dollar less than the champ)

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 11:51 pm

I'm sorry, I didn't realize the blonde lady was Canadian. The dark skinned lady was Canadian too, and cute. Sorry.

Plus, the only way the blonde lady won yesterday is a really bad bet by someone else.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 6:26 am

howard wrote:I'm sorry, I didn't realize the blonde lady was Canadian. The dark skinned lady was Canadian too, and cute. Sorry.

Plus, the only way the blonde lady won yesterday is a really bad bet by someone else.

And maybe the last Canadian ever...

duff · Post by **duff** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:33 am

rex 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
Duff 1-2
howard 1-2
chedda 1-2

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:36 am

rex 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
Duff 1-2
howard 1-2
chedda 1-2
GPJ 0-3

I think I would have gotten the McD's question if I hadn't read way too far into Howard's reaction.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:39 am

rex 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
AB 2-1
Duff 1-2
howard 1-2
chedda 1-2
GPJ 0-3

[+] spoiler: This one is another one where a single word gives it away, much like Rex said. Old Dominion college is in Virginia is how I got it. The other one was Midwest poet...name me another midwest poet other than Eliot.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:36 am

wrt AB's spoiler:

[+] spoiler: Exactly right about 'Dominion'. Speaking of ODU, I didn't know until yesterday that Justin Verlander is an alumnus; I knew Dave Twardzic and Kent Bazemore, as well as Nancy Lieberman. Oh, and Carl Sandburg, but I remember seeing him on video, and he did not have a Brit affected accent.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:38 am

Gunpowder wrote: I think I would have gotten the McD's question if I hadn't read way too far into Howard's reaction.

Sorry, I figured my regular bitching about stupid final jeopardy clues would be ignored by now, I'll try to keep it to the next day.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:11 am

Exact same thought as AB. Off the schneid.

rex 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
AB 2-1
L-Jam 1-2
Duff 1-2
howard 1-2
chedda 1-2
GPJ 0-3

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:21 pm

rex 2-1
Pruitt 2-1
AB 2-1
Ryan 2-1
L-Jam 1-2
Duff 1-2
howard 1-2
chedda 1-2
GPJ 0-3