Season 37 Final Jeopardy Contest

[peeayebee]

I guess it's 4/5 for me, even though I dispute our fair judge's ruling that India is acceptable.

[saber5055]

14 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

I guess it's 4/5 for me, even though I dispute our fair judge's ruling that India is acceptable.

Well, if you answered India, I'm fine with changing your scorer to 3/5. I aim to please!

[secnarf]

2/5 for me this week.

[j5cochran]

Week two:  four of five, 'cause @saber5055 says I can count neutron star.  Can I sit at the cool kids' table, too? Please! Please! Please!

[Prevailing Wind]

3/5 for me. I said Tiger Woods; turns out he's only 44.

[bybrandy]

3/5 for me because I am positive "Gah, what is the name of the guy from the Enbrel commercials" wouldn't count.   

 

[Trey]

3/5, a definite improvement over last week.

[Grundoon59]

Knew I couldn"t carry on from such a good start but still pleased with 2/5.   Siam/Thailand and Alcott were my only correct.  Montessori was obvious after the answer was announced and I said dwarf star as science is not a strong suit.  Finally I said Tiger Woods even though I thought he was too young - just figured it had to be golf but couldn't process other golfers through my brain quick enough.

[Clanstarling]

4/5 thanks to Saber's ruling.

[saber5055]

12 hours ago, j5cochran said:

Can I sit at the cool kids' table, too? Please! Please! Please!

Well, I guess since you WANT to, okay. I've put a chair at that CK table for you. Just know the Nerd Table, where I am sitting, is much more fun.

[Driad]

40 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

Just know the Nerd Table, where I am sitting, is much more fun.

May I join you at the Nerd Table?  I know about pulsars...

[zoey1996]

Week 2: 3/5

YTD: 4/10

[saber5055]

17 minutes ago, Driad said:

May I join you at the Nerd Table?  I know about pulsars...

Sorry, you are stuck at the overly crowded Cool Kids smart table. There is room at the Nerd table though, only four of us here.

[saber5055]

Sure, guilt me with a sad face. Oh, all right. Come on over to the Nerd table @Driad. We're having Gatorade and grape juice later.

[j5cochran]

22 hours ago, j5cochran said:

Can I sit at the cool kids' table, too? Please! Please! Please!

 

10 hours ago, saber5055 said:

Well, I guess since you WANT to, okay. I've put a chair at that CK table for you. Just know the Nerd Table, where I am sitting, is much more fun.

I'm 66 years old, and at family reunions, I still sit at the kids' table.  But it's okay, 'cause I'm the "Cool Aunt"!

Edited September 27, 2020 by j5cochran

[Driad]

7 hours ago, saber5055 said:

We're having Gatorade and grape juice later.

Isn't grape juice bad for the dogs? There are dogs here, right?

[biakbiak]

Thanks to a completely random argument with my dad last week I pulled Phil Mickelson out of my ass for 5/5!  

[DXD526]

2/5. An improvement over last week 😐

[M. Darcy]

3/5!  Perfect week until Thursday.

[peeayebee]

On 9/25/2020 at 7:52 PM, saber5055 said:

Well, if you answered India, I'm fine with changing your scorer to 3/5. I aim to please!

🤔 Well, since others are getting the credit, I'll take it as well. 4/5 for me.

[saber5055]

14 hours ago, biakbiak said:

I pulled Phil Mickelson out of my ass

That must have been terribly uncomfortable, having an adult man up your rear end. Good thing you pulled him out. He is probably glad about it as well.

[Ailianna]

4/5 with 1 *.  Sports is not a strong suit, and while I figured golf, I think Tiger Woods may be the only golfer I can actually name.

[Good Queen Jane]

4/5, 1* (sadly sitting alone at the Golf Fans Table).

[PBnJay]

5/5 and one *. Golf fan here! We watched the US Open plus saw Phil Mickelson selling Enbrel on commercials. Lucky for me this question came up so close to the Open. 

I said Siam instead of Thailand because of the year. I hope that's correct too.

[Mindthinkr]

27 minutes ago, PBnJay said:

I said Siam instead of Thailand because of the year. I hope that's correct too.

I remember Alex saying that either one would have been acceptable, so you’re good. 

[PBnJay]

Thank you Mindthinkr!

[Toothbrush]

On 9/27/2020 at 9:28 AM, M. Darcy said:

3/5!  Perfect week until Thursday.

Me too. I said red dwarf for Thursday, and that guy from the Enbrel ads for Friday. 

Thursday & Friday FJs have not been my friends for season 37 thus far. 

[saber5055]

Yeay @Toothbrush! It's so good to have you back. I hope tomorrow and the next day treat you better this week.

And now, announcing the winner of Week 2 ... @opus. Because it's well deserved and because I can. Congratulations, my friend. Wear your Winner's Mantle with pride. It only lasts a week.

[opus]

13 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

And now, announcing the winner of Week 2 ... @opus. Because it's well deserved and because I can. Congratulations, my friend. Wear your Winner's Mantle with pride. It only lasts a week.

Is it for lowest score? It’s for lowest score, isn’t it?

”First and foremost, I’d like to thank all my teachers, professors, and educators. I’d like to, but I won’t, because they prefer to remain anonymous“

[opus]

1/5

Thats 2/15 for me for the season if you’re scoring at home. But no one’s scoring at home, right?

Oh crap, @saber5055 is scoring at home.

[dgpolo]

1 minute ago, opus said:

1/5

yeah, me too.

[Browncoat]

2/5 this week.

[saber5055]

WEEK 3 • Sept. 28, 2020 — TWO asterisk *
* 11. On The Old Map. On the U.N. website’s map of the world in 1945, these 2 initials of a member state appear 13 times on continental Africa. *
* 12. The Great Lakes. An 1855 poem gives us this Native American name for the 1 Great Lake not known to us today by a Native American word or a tribe’s name.  *
13. Historic Figures. In a 1912 telegram to his wife, he said, “Am feeling fine. Have bullet in chest, but…talked for hour and half after being shot.”
14. Literary Terms. In medieval times it was a long tale of a hero like Gisli or Njall; today it means any story of epic length.
15. Architecture. Begun in the 1170s on former marshland, it has been called a “perfect imperfection” & a “legendary mistake.”

Edited October 3, 2020 by saber5055
Missed removing one answer!

[GrannySmith]

3/5 with 2*!

[Driad]

5/5 with 2 *.  Maybe next week I'll go to Square One TV for Less Than Zero!

[saber5055]

17 minutes ago, Driad said:

Maybe next week I'll go to Square One TV for Less Than Zero!

Well, less is more.
 

Edited October 3, 2020 by saber5055

[Browncoat]

Oh!  I forgot I got an asterisk!  That makes me feel a little better about the 2/5.

[secnarf]

2/5 for me!

[Toothbrush]

4/5 one *

[Trey]

3/5

[helpmerhonda]

1/5

[zoey1996]

Week 3: 4/5, one *

YTD: 7/15, one *

[illdoc]

Week 3:  2/5   Overall:  8/15  (0 asterisks).

[peeayebee]

1/5. 

[dgpolo]

20 minutes ago, illdoc said:

Overall:  8/15  (0 asterisks).

If I have to keep track of overall or year to date scores, I'm in trouble. I barely keep track of TS correct answers and FJs on scraps of paper all over my desk.

[saber5055]

35 minutes ago, dgpolo said:

If I have to keep track of overall or year to date scores, I'm in trouble.

You don't unless you want to. I record the totals on my Season 37 Excel sheet. Anyone who wants to know his/her total as the season goes on can ask me and I will probably tell.

[Trey]

I forgot that I got an asterisk too.  Good for me.

[DXD526]

2/5, again. Was 0-for until Thursday, which I guess is a better way of going 2/5 than getting Monday and Tuesday right and getting all charged up for a big week, then tanking Wed-Fri!

[saber5055]

58 minutes ago, DXD526 said:

Was 0-for until Thursday, which I guess is a better way of going 2/5 than getting Monday and Tuesday right and getting all charged up for a big week, then tanking Wed-Fri!

The title "Monday-Tuesday Correct And All Charged Up For A Big Week" (and then tanking) can be shortened to ""The Saber Playbook."

[zoey1996]

5 hours ago, dgpolo said:

If I have to keep track of overall or year to date scores, I'm in trouble. I barely keep track of TS correct answers and FJs on scraps of paper all over my desk.

 

4 hours ago, saber5055 said:

You don't unless you want to. I record the totals on my Season 37 Excel sheet. Anyone who wants to know his/her total as the season goes on can ask me and I will probably tell.

I do it that way because it's easier for me to track.  Also I'm a control freak, so I like knowing my score.  Also, retired accountant/financial analyst, so keeping score is pretty easy for me.  Doing it the way I do means I don't have to work out yet another damned excel spreadsheet.