The Swamp

I got final jeopardy in the second round!

Sabo 7-3 (2-2)
L-Jam 6-4 (Inlcuding GOATs 1-3)
Pruitt 5-5 (2-2)
Brian 2-8 (0-4)
Duff 2-8 (1-3)
Syb 2-8 (0-4)

My bad. I was really tied up Friday, so four challenges are forthcoming:

Thursday, January 9 Standard Game

CATEGORY: LAW ENFORCEMENT

CLUE: In 1892 Francisca Rojas became the world's first person convicted on the basis of this kind of evidence

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is Fingerprint?

GOAT Game #5

CATEGORY: U.S. POLITICAL HISTORY

CLUE: These 2 now-defunct parties each gave the U.S. 4 presidents in the 19th century

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

Who are the Democratic-Republicans and the Whigs?

GOAT Game #6

CATEGORY: 21st CENTURY OSCAR WINNERS

CLUE: These 2 foreign-born directors have each won 2 Best Director Oscars, but none of their films has won Best Picture

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

Who are Ang Lee and Alfonso Cuaron?

Friday, January 10

CATEGORY: CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD

CLUE: This country's 1979 constitution forbids amendments altering its official ideology or religion

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is Iran? (...so far away, couldn't get away...)

Hit Friday's Regular and GOAT #5

L-Jam 8-6 (2-4 in GOATs)

L-Jam 8-6 (2-4 in GOATs)
Brian 3-11 (0-6)

Sabo 9-5 (2-4)
L-Jam 8-6 (2-4 in GOATs)
Brian 3-11 (0-6)

Sabo 9-5 (2-4)
L-Jam 8-6 (2-4 in GOATs)
Duff 5-9 (2-4)
Brian 3-11 (0-6)

Sabo 9-5 (2-4)
L-Jam 8-6 (2-4 in GOATs)
Ryan 7-7 (2-4)
Duff 5-9 (2-4)
Brian 3-11 (0-6)

Sabo 9-5 (2-4)
L-Jam 8-6 (2-4 in GOATs)
Pruitt 8-6 (4-2)
Ryan 7-7 (2-4)
Duff 5-9 (2-4)
Brian 3-11 (0-6)

I knew the political one based on my studying for my appearance on the show. Literally, the first question that's come up that the studying helped with.

Sabo 9-5 (2-4)
L-Jam 8-6 (2-4 in GOATs)
Pruitt 8-6 (4-2)
Ryan 7-7 (2-4)
Duff 5-9 (2-4)
Syb 5-9 (1-5)
Brian 3-11 (0-6)

Monday, January 13

CATEGORY: THE BIBLE

CLUE: This book of the Bible ends with "Fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys"

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is "Exodus"?

L-Jam 9-6 (2-4)

L-Jam 9-6 (2-4)
Brian 3-12 (0-6)

L-Jam 9-6 (2-4)
Syb 5-10 (1-5)
Brian 3-12 (0-6)

Sabo 10-5 (2-4)
L-Jam 9-6 (2-4)
Syb 5-10 (1-5)
Brian 3-12 (0-6)

Sabo 10-5 (2-4)
L-Jam 9-6 (2-4)
Syb 5-10 (1-5)
Duff 5-10 (2-4)
Brian 3-12 (0-6)

Sabo 10-5 (2-4)
L-Jam 9-6 (2-4)
Pruitt 9-6 (4-2)
Syb 5-10 (1-5)
Duff 5-10 (2-4)
Brian 3-12 (0-6)

In the wheelhouse!

Sabo 10-5 (2-4)
L-Jam 9-6 (2-4)
Pruitt 9-6 (4-2)
Carwash 9-6 (4-2)
Syb 5-10 (1-5)
Duff 5-10 (2-4)
Brian 3-12 (0-6)

Sabo 10-5 (2-4)
L-Jam 9-6 (2-4)
Pruitt 9-6 (4-2)
Carwash 9-6 (4-2)
Syb 5-10 (1-5)
BSF 5-10 (0-6)
Duff 5-10 (2-4)
Brian 3-12 (0-6)

[+] spoiler

Holy shit was that fun TV last night. I'm so angry at James for missing and robbing us of another game for all the marbles.

You truly have to feel bad for Brad. One of the smartest guys out there and just couldn't hang with the buzzer (though he didn't do himself any favors missing every DD

Tuesday, January 14

Standard Game

CATEGORY: WORLD GEOGRAPHY

CLUE: About the size of West Virginia, Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island in the world & a possession of this country

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is Canada?

GOAT Game 7

CATEGORY: IT'S ALL GREECE TO ME

CLUE: This area of Greece, home to Pan, is synonymous with a rural paradise; it's a setting for Virgil's shepherd poems the "Eclogues"

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is Arcadia?

GOAT Game 8

CATEGORY: SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES

CLUE: He has 272 speeches, the most of any non-title character in a Shakespeare tragedy

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

Who is Iago?

L-Jam 9-9 (2-6)

L-Jam 9-9 (2-6)
Brian 4-14 (0-8)

Fuck Shakespeare and ancient Greece.

L-Jam 9-9 (2-6)
6-12 (1-7)
Brian 4-14 (0-8)

Fuck Shakespeare and ancient Greece. (I'll second Brian's expletive)

Pruitt 11-7 (5-3)
L-Jam 9-9 (2-6)
Syb 6-12 (1-7)
Brian 4-14 (0-8)

Fuck Ancient Greece.

Getting that Shakespeare Question last night was one of my prouder achievements.

Sabo 12-6 (3-5)
Pruitt 11-7 (5-3)
L-Jam 9-9 (2-6)
Syb 6-12 (1-7)
Brian 4-14 (0-8)

Sabo 12-6 (3-5)
Pruitt 11-7 (5-3)
L-Jam 9-9 (2-6)
Duff 6-12 (2-6)
Syb 6-12 (1-7)
Brian 4-14 (0-8)

Usually I just say Fuck Brian, but I agree with him on Greece and Shakespeare.

Sabo 12-6 (3-5)
Pruitt 11-7 (5-3)
L-Jam 9-9 (2-6)
Ryan 8-10 (2-6)
Duff 6-12 (2-6)
Syb 6-12 (1-7)
Brian 4-14 (0-8)

Wednesday, January 15

CATEGORY: CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

CLUE: Einstein's theory of relativity & Max Planck's quantum theory inspired this book that won a 1963 Newberry Medal

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is A Winkle in Time?

Missed it. And FWIW, that book annoys me. Not that it isn't a good book; I never read it. Easter 2018 the "Easter Bunny" got my daughter that book, and my son Zelda: Breath of the Wild. And neither of them even opened them up. Especially Zelda. Get off the damn Mario games and play that, or otherwise, the Easter Bunny will repossess that post haste.

L-Jam 9-10 (2-6)

Sabo 12-7 (3-5)
L-Jam 9-10 (2-6)

Sabo 12-7 (3-5)
L-Jam 9-10 (2-6)
Syb 7-12 (1-7)

Sabo 12-7 (3-5)
L-Jam 9-10 (2-6)
Duff 7-12 (2-6)
Syb 7-12 (1-7)

Sabo 12-7 (3-5)
Pruitt 11-8 (5-3)
L-Jam 9-10 (2-6)
Duff 7-12 (2-6)
Syb 7-12 (1-7)

Sorry. Need to Triple-Up

Thursday, January 16

CATEGORY: WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY

CLUE: It's the easternmost capital city in Central America

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is Panama City?

Friday, January 17

CATEGORY: DNA MAKES NEWS

CLUE: In 1993 remains of the Russian royal family killed in 1918 were confirmed by comparing their DNA to this member of the British royal family

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

Who is Prince Philip?

Monday, January 21

CATEGORY: CABINET POSITIONS

CLUE: Of the 4 jobs in George Washington's cabinet, the 2 that have been filled by women in the 230 years since

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is the Secretary of State and the Attorney General?

All 3

L-Jam 12-10 (2-6)

Sabo 15-7 (3-5)
L-Jam 12-10 (2-6)

Sabo 15-7 (3-5)
L-Jam 12-10 (2-6)
Brian 7-15 (0-8)

ETA: Probably gonna seem like I'm skipping out on this because of me sucking, but I'll be on vacation until the end of the month, so I'll either catch up then or just bag the rest of the month. Just assume I get them all right to get back close to .500

Sabo 15-7 (3-5)
Pruitt 13-9 (5-3)
L-Jam 12-10 (2-6)
Brian 7-15 (0-8)

Got 1st and 3rd.

Sabo 15-7 (3-5)
Pruitt 13-9 (5-3)
L-Jam 12-10 (2-6)
Syb 9-13 (1-7)
Brian 7-15 (0-8)

Sabo 15-7 (3-5)
Pruitt 13-9 (5-3)
L-Jam 12-10 (2-6)
Duff 10-12 (2-6)
Syb 9-13 (1-7)
Brian 7-15 (0-8)

Tuesday, January 21

CATEGORY: CLASSIC MOVIES

CLUE: This 1939 film was loosely based on Senator Burton Wheeler, victim of a sham investigation for looking into the Justice Department

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"?

L-Jam 13-10 (2-6)

Sabo 16-7 (3-5)
L-Jam 13-10 (2-6)

Sabo 16-7 (3-5)
L-Jam 13-10 (2-6)
Syb 10-13 (1-7)

Sabo 16-7 (3-5)
Pruitt 14-9 (5-3)
L-Jam 13-10 (2-6)
Syb 10-13 (1-7)