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A Milk Dud? If so, GFY! I said Skittles for the FJ un-round candy. Hey, it sorta kinda fits if you don't really read the clue.

The end of January I will be going to a town in Darkest Iowa that has a Trader Joe's. It's the only TJ's I've ever seen, and I plan to stop after my appointments. Is there something there that is a Must Buy that I need to look for and put in my basket? Note that I love everything so am easy.

Yes, and that accounted for a lot of very tipsy J viewers on this thread. Ken has yet to say one GFY, but once Mayim takes over as host, be prepared for The Awesome Drinking Game.

"GFY!" TM Alex Trebek

Week 14 • Dec. 12, 2022 — ONE asterisk * 61. Latin Phrases. Originally, this 3-word phrase referred to when a doctor or apothecary substituted one medicine for another. * 62. 19th Century Americans. Demonstrating the dignity & humanity of Black Americans, he sat for 160 known photographs, the most of any American in the 19th century. 63. Presidential Facts. Only 3 presidents have married while in office— John Tyler was the first & he was the last. 64. Action Movies. Its last line is “If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year’s.” 65. Countries of the World. It’s home to 58 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country; the sites include a volcano & a lagoon.

I got a laugh that he was twisting during the introductions. More twisting to come Monday, YEAY!

I had a hoot watching Ray become champ because I knew this thread would be full of ... comments. So SCORE for me! Long may Ray twist on that champion podium. The more things contestants do that irritate, the longer I want them to continue winning. Yes, I live in Bizarro World, but it is fun here.

Ken must have really enjoyed this presidential FJ since he wrote a Junior Genius Guide about the presidents and that fact is one of a bazillion nuggets of knowledge in the book. I have several Junior Genius Guides and love them all. They are packed with facts and no, they are not "kids books," all contain plenty of entertainment for "older" readers. Ken is a sly and witty writer just as he is as J host.

Hey! Me too with tit for tat. And, like I've seen Holy Grail a bazillion times, I've also seen Silence of the Lambs a gazillion times. Don't remember coconut horses OR quid pro quo. I do remember lots of other random things from both movies though. Some day, they might be J clues. That just proves different brains remember different things, and for that, I thank the gods!

Sorry I am so late with the clues. But here they are: Week 13 • Dec. 5, 2022 — TWO asterisk 56. Landmarks. In 2009, during a 20th anniversary celebration, it was called “an edifice of fear. On Nov. 9, it became a place of joy.” 57. Plays. A 1609 story in which an exiled king of Bulgaria creates a sea palace with his magic may have inspired the plot of this play. * 58. U.S. Presidents. He was sworn in twice as President within 2 years, first by his father & then later by a former U.S. President. * * 59. Name’s The Same. A cocktail, an island & a WWII venture originally called “Development of Substitute Materials” all bear this name. * 60. 1970s Movies. A 1975 premiere of this comedy advertised free coconuts for the first thousand in the audience.

I've seen all of the Monte Python movies and was a regular watcher of its tv show yet my answer to FJ was Tropic Thunder. Ni!

Close, but no cigar @MrAtoz. The original Quads were Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa and directly across the Mississippi, Rock Island and Moline, Illinois. Trust me, I was born and raised in Moline and live near there now. It's my home stomping grounds. They tried a while to make it Quint Cities as East Moline and Silvis were added to the Illinois side. Iowa stayed the same, even though Pleasant Valley snugs up to Bettendorf but is ignored. Note that ALL of these towns run together and unless you are a native, you don't know when you've left East Moline and are now in Silvis. Or, for that matter, when you are in Rock Island as opposed to East Moline. Only The Shadow knows. Or someone who lives/grew up here. Side note: In the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois is the Rock Island Arsenal military installation. I worked there six years while saving for college. It was originally built as a Confederate prison, and there is a Confederate cemetery there. Excellent place to visit for the military historian. Chief Black Hawk and the Sauk tribe made their home in what is now Rock Island. Moline is the home of Deere & Co., makers of those green and yellow tractors. Both have been J clues in the past. And now you know!

Cris Pannullo or Misha Collins, SN fans?

I thought of Cuba Libre, that tasty and popular rum and coke. Yeah, it was a different era but I remember JKF and the Bay of Pigs! The Berlin Wall FJ I was nowhere close. I did not even consider anything in Europe so said the Muir Building. I also thought the USS Arizona and that J writers had screwed up the years. That, plus it was ALMOST Dec. 7, which I was disappointed to see pretty much no one anywhere, news show or special broadcast, even mentioned. ETA: I REALLY liked the champ wearing coat and tie today and looking professional. I was rooting for him just for that. And yeah, I'm old school. Side note: When showing dogs, it's an unwritten rule you dress as the judge is dressed. If it's a mega-hot day and the judge has taken off his coat, men handlers can do the same. If he leaves it on with his tie, men handlers must show respect and do the same, even if it's a bake oven under outside show tents. That said, Ken is always wearing a suit coat and tie. Just sayin'.

LOL! Your avatar also disagrees!

Yeah, I thought that was way off base too, then wondered if the show's rule about "you only need to give the last name" applied to proper titles and quotes too. That's all I could come up with. That, and agreeing w/you it was ... wrong.

Anyone else get this $1,600 TS: "This large upholstered couch that shares its name with the largest of the Quad Cities along the Iowa-Illinois border." It was a no brainer for me, especially since I was in that city all day today and got home JUST in time to turn on Jeopardy. And no, I watched from a chair, not a DAVENPORT! It also helps I was born in the QC and have lived near there my entire life. I do venture into Darkest Iowa every once in a while. You know, when I can't help it.

I spent the monologue staring at Keke's boobs and wondering the entire time why she chose that outfit and why a woman would need to spotlight boobs when they are an accomplished thespian and artist and don't need cheap exposure. Reading here, I guess I'm the only one. I didn't even hear any monologue as I spent that time thinking WHY boobs, why. And not coming up with an answer.

Donno saying "It's hard out here for a pimp" made me literally LOL. Now all of a sudden the show is writing a Beau/Jenny romance when there hasn't been even the hint of one all season. Alrighty then. Still, Beau continues to be the worst acted character this season. And this is said from a hard-core SN fan. Carla wears skirts while trapsing around Montana. Do any women wear skirts when they aren't at work or going somewhere nice? I mean, my grandmom did but that was 1950. Only more Donna can save this season IMO! Lots more Donno.

Week 12 • Nov. 28, 2022 — ONE asterisk * 51. Children’s Authors. Reversing the story of this heroine she created, Patricia Maclachlan was born on the prairie but spent much of her life in New England. * 52. Names in U.S. History. This father was the only man among the 13 plaintiffs in a class-action case filed in 1951. 53. Flags of Our Hemisphere. The stars on this country’s flag represent states, 26 of them; unlike the USA’s, its “federal district” gets its own 27th star. 54. Language & Its Meanings. Now meaning someone with nocturnal habits, it catches a sleeping dove in Shakespeare’s “…Lucrece.” 55. World Capitals. Among its nicknames are the “City of Classical Music” &, possibly in honor of a famous resident from 1860 to 1938, the “City of Dreams.”

This is just one reason I love Ken as host. He's way up on pop culture from last week and from 30 years ago, like Da Bears.

YES! A big giant WORD to that.

Those are chocolate flakes on top of and a little bit mixed into the very-cherry-mixed DQ ice cream. TOTALLY delicious. While I sat in my van I watched the DQ robo sign outside that promo'd its Peppermint December Blizzard. I love peppermint but man, that very cherry was so good, I'm getting it again next week, XL size this time! Funny, but I am not a chocolate fan. Chocolate ice cream is dead last on my list, or off the list entirely if that's all there is. I'm surprised my appetite is back after not being able to eat all year and losing 80 pounds, I'm at my high-school weight again. My doctor told me back in March all that, including my 24/7 pain, was "depression." I asked her if depression showed up on the CT scan when she finally allowed me to have one, six months after cancer symptoms began, and the tumor on my pancreas was revealed. So, I'm keeping with the Jeopardy theme even w/my cancer diagnosis.

I was gone all day yesterday for my birthday chemo so I am behind here. Got a Pizza Hut melt, as seen on tv, afterward. Would not buy again. BUT! I DEF would buy again and again the DQ blizzard (cherry chipper) I had after that. Delicious and wonderous. I have chemo (in Darkest Iowa) again next week so DQ is my after stop then too, but this time for a XL blizzard, not a medium. Back to the contest: I am accepting Sarah whatever whatever for that answer. Sarah was my mom's name so it's a win for this contest. Add a WIN for whomever said Sarah Anything. It's more than I came up with, having only been familiar w/the Glenn Close movie which I did not watch. And @Clanstarling is the name of today's Very Special Birthday Player. Here is a greeting we other birds left for Clan. Those starlings are such show offs, but it's okay on birthdays to be that way. (It's okay w/me to be that way every day.) Hope your day is a HAPPY one, Clan!

The missed DD of Ball Four was an instaget for me. A baseball fan, I remember when the book came out, it got a ton of press and was all over the news, plus I bought a copy even though I was a hard-core White Sox fan back then. Just goes to show how Jeopardy rocks it with easy if you know it, and total stumpers if you do not. It also helps if one is old enough to remember Jim Bouton being on all the talk and new shows to promo his book. p.s. The book is excellent, BTW.