Season 38 Final Jeopardy! Contest

[Mindthinkr]

3/5 One of my best weeks so far this season. I’ll bring a nice salad to go with everything. 

[DXD526]

1/5 🤢

[Clanstarling]

On 6/11/2022 at 8:39 AM, ams1001 said:

Just be careful...

Two people rescued after being trapped in a vat of chocolate at an M&M’s factory

This happened in the town where I went to college. On a good day, the air smells like baking brownies. (On a bad day it smells like cows...)

If only you could know when it's a good day before you go out. 😄 Cows aren't that bad, once you've smelled pigs.

2/5. I think I doubled my score from last week. LOL.

The Smother's Brothers! Thanks @Prevailing Wind for reminding me of my childhood/early adulthood favorites. When I was 18 I got to see them in concert with Olivia Newton John (who was new then - she was flawless). I'm going to have to see if I still have my parent's album. If not - YouTube here I come.

Edited June 12, 2022 by Clanstarling

[ams1001]

13 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

If only you could know when it's a good day before you go out. 😄 Cows are that bad, once you've smelled pigs.

The worst was a cow day in the spring right after they redid the mulch beds around all the buildings.....😳

One of my friends grew up on a pig farm. Maybe she didn't mind the cows as much as the rest of us...

[Driad]

Remembering when the Smothers Brothers introduced Harry Belafonte.

[Prevailing Wind]

I've always believed Tommy is my soulmate.

[M. Darcy]

2/5 

[Grundoon59]

2/5 with no *.  My mind was a jumble early in the week.  For Monday, it was "you know, the two dudes not Romulus & Remus and for Tuesday, I was so far down the rabbit hole trying to parse the clue that I never even came close. 

Boston Tea Party and The Little Prince were nearly Instagets but on Friday, I waffled too long between Chile and Peru & didn't listen to my inner Paddington.  As I think I have said before, I do need to brush up on South American geography. 

I made a hot dog & baked bean casserole yesterday to help see me through the week which I am glad to share - only B & M baked beans are used in the Grundoon household so there is at least a Boston theme to it. 

[theartandsound]

Week of June 6th: 3/5, no *.

That clue for INFERNO was one of the worst FJ clues I've ever seen. Poor quality control. And it's not just because I didn't get it.

[Good Queen Jane]

2/5, no *. Even Dry June isn't helping. But remembering the Smothers Brothers is. Mom always liked you best!

Edited June 13, 2022 by Good Queen Jane

[Clanstarling]

Thanks to @Prevailing Wind the mister and I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon listening (and watching) the Smothers Brothers. We each grew up with different albums in our home, so it was a terrific trip down memory lane for both of us.

[Prevailing Wind]

Glad I could help!

[Toothbrush]

4/5 w/*

I missed Monday but 9/10 I’m not going to answer any mythology question correctly. I couldn’t think of any other 14th century poem than “Divine Comedy” and thankfully the only part I can ever remember was the correct response. The rest of the week was relatively easy, although Peru was a quasi-guess that I was pretty sure was correct, thanks to ‘Serra’ in the clue which made me think of the Andes & then Peru. 

[opus]

4/5 (all time high for me I believe)

[illdoc]

Week 40:  3/5  0*   Overall: 100/200    12*   Yay! Hit 50%

[Prevailing Wind]

3/5

[ProudMary]

Week 40:  3/5

[Driad]

Week 40: 4/5, 1 *.
Weeks 1-40: 140/200, 22 * plus some strays.

[Browncoat]

3/5 for me this week, I think.

[shapeshifter]

0/5

From the mother-in-law of Friday’s undisputed loser:   

[ams1001]

2/5 this week

[Trey]

3/5 Monday to Wednesday 0*

[zoey1996]

Week 40 4/5, one*

YTD: 94/200  8*, 2MR*, 6A*, 2M*

Edited June 18, 2022 by zoey1996

[Clanstarling]

3/5 - a marked rise in  my score! Neapolitan ice cream for everyone!

[ams1001]

51 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

3/5 - a marked rise in  my score! Neapolitan ice cream for everyone!

I just bought some hot fudge sauce; I'll share.

[PBnJay]

WEEK 40 • June 13, 2022 — ONE asterisk *  
195. TV Legends. Buster Keaton considered her the tops in her field &, in fact, was one of her early mentors.
196. 1972. In June he said, “Don’t lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is… a comedy of errors.”
197. Brands. Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Evan Strong & Roy Campanella broke barriers representing this brand.
* 198. Debut Novels. Published in 1991, this novel, the first in a series, has been described as “historical fiction with a Moebius twist.”  *
199. 19th Century Contemporaries. Congratulating her on the 1869 release of her biography, Frederick Douglass wrote, “I have wrought in the day –you in the night.”

[secnarf]

2/5

[Mindthinkr]

1/5 plus an * 

[labresq]

3 of 5 this week.  

[DXD526]

3/5, breaking a long under .500 streak!

[Toothbrush]

3/5 no *
My mind went to athletic brands for Wednesday & all I could come up with was Adidas. For Thursday I guessed Game of Thrones which got me an exasperated sigh from Dr Toothbrush because how did I know the the first GOT book came out in the mid-‘90s??? 🙄I knew Moebius was the clue within the clue, but since I suck at mythology that was no help. Not sure even if I knew I would have gotten it, since evidently I am one of the last people on Earth who has not seen Outlander. 

[helpmerhonda]

1/5
Yay, me.

[M. Darcy]

4/5!  

But I’m going to buy an airline ticket, fly to Scotland, go through the stones and make it a 5/5. 

[GrannySmith]

2/5

[j5cochran]

Week forty: four of five, with the asterisk! I had no clue on the brand that all of those athletes represented.

Tomorrow is West Virginia's 160th birthday! So I guess I'll have to make a birthday cake, to go with @Clanstarling's ice cream! My preference -- chocolate cake with peanut butter/buttercream icing.

[SoMuchTV]

22 minutes ago, j5cochran said:

Tomorrow is West Virginia's 160th birthday! So I guess I'll have to make a birthday cake, to go with @Clanstarling's ice cream! My preference -- chocolate cake with peanut butter/buttercream icing.

Throw some pepperoni rolls in there!

[Good Queen Jane]

4/5, no*

I really think my score should be 4 1/2 as I said  "Highlander" instead of "Outlander". Surely getting "lander" is worth half a point.

[Grundoon59]

4/5 with the * (which was a wild guess for me since I am with @Toothbrush in not having seen/read Outlander).  I could not get my mind to focus on enough sporting brands quickly enough to even come up with a guess for Wednesday. 

I can bring a cole slaw/ramen noodle salad to go with the rest of the meal (it is a hot weather go to for Grundoons). 

[Clanstarling]

17 hours ago, j5cochran said:

Week forty: four of five, with the asterisk! I had no clue on the brand that all of those athletes represented.

Tomorrow is West Virginia's 160th birthday! So I guess I'll have to make a birthday cake, to go with @Clanstarling's ice cream! My preference -- chocolate cake with peanut butter/buttercream icing.

I've never had peanut butter butter cream icing - sounds tasty. Our go to at home is dark chocolate with chocolate fudge icing (with raspberry jam in the middle).

4 hours ago, Good Queen Jane said:

4/5, no*

I really think my score should be 4 1/2 as I said  "Highlander" instead of "Outlander". Surely getting "lander" is worth half a point.

Nope. There can be only one. 😉

Edited June 20, 2022 by Clanstarling

[OperaLover1229]

3/5 - I haven’t seen or read Outlander and I thought Buster Keaton was dead before Lucille Ball came on the scene!

[Ailianna]

1/5. Just all around a rough week. Thursday the game didn't record for some reason and I didn't even realize until I saw comments about it here. I wouldn't have gotten it anyway. 

For some reason, I'm in the mood for pickled sausages (which my grocery store is out of!), but we can all enjoy virtual ones, I guess.

[zoey1996]

I’ve never heard of pickled sausages. What are they?

[theartandsound]

Week of Jun 13th: 5/5, one *.

Edited June 21, 2022 by theartandsound

[ams1001]

On 6/20/2022 at 1:24 PM, Clanstarling said:

I've never had peanut butter butter cream icing - sounds tasty. Our go to at home is dark chocolate with chocolate fudge icing (with raspberry jam in the middle).

My college cafeteria did a lot of non-chocolate desserts during Lent (since that's a popular thing to give up, I guess). One of my friends gave up chocolate and her favorite was the cake with peanut butter frosting. She was forever on a quest to find an equivalent frosting that she could buy but I don't think she ever found it.

[Ailianna]

On 6/20/2022 at 8:21 PM, zoey1996 said:

I’ve never heard of pickled sausages. What are they?

They are exactly what they sound like. Polish (usually) sausage pickled in vinegar.

[shapeshifter]

1 hour ago, Ailianna said:

They are exactly what they sound like. Polish (usually) sausage pickled in vinegar.

Are they more digestible because they are fermented?

[Prevailing Wind]

Pickled & fermented are two different things.

https://fermenterskitchen.com/what-is-the-difference-between-pickled-foods-and-fermented-foods/

[Ailianna]

19 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

Are they more digestible because they are fermented?

Just yummier.

[Browncoat]

As I am five hours ahead, and it’s already bedtime (although it is broad daylight outside), I have checked the archive for this past week.  I only missed Tuesday’s FJ, so I have 4/5 for this week.

[ams1001]

Week ending June 24:

2/5

I have caramel popcorn...

Edited June 25, 2022 by ams1001