Season 38 Final Jeopardy! Contest

[Grundoon59]

I am also in the 3/5 Rent/Lizzie Borden/Harvey Milk club.  All three of those fell neatly into my oddly shaped wheel house. 

Central American geography is a weak spot for me (with South America not far behind) so even if you had spotted me the country, I probably would not have gotten the answer. 

I am embarrassed I didn't get Dorothy Parker - thanks to several stays at the Algonquin Hotel with Mother Grundoon, I had a fascination with the Round Tablers.  However in reading the clue, I thought it was saying her death was in the twenties, not the poem and went down other paths trying to come up with an answer.

But in her honor (even though they have nothing to do with her), I will bring Parker House Rolls with plenty of butter for all tables. 

[Clanstarling]

11 minutes ago, Grundoon59 said:

I am embarrassed I didn't get Dorothy Parker - thanks to several stays at the Algonquin Hotel with Mother Grundoon, I had a fascination with the Round Tablers.  However in reading the clue, I thought it was saying her death was in the twenties, not the poem and went down other paths trying to come up with an answer.

Until this moment, that's what I thought rhe clue was saying too - which eliminated her from my guesses. Now I don't feel too badly about my mistake. She died in 1967 - which is closer to what I thought.

[Grundoon59]

@Ailianna - I forgot to add to my post - all happy thoughts and good wishes for a successful procedure and speedy recovery.   Take good care of yourself and I look forward to your future posts. 

[Driad]

1 hour ago, Grundoon59 said:

I will bring Parker House Rolls

A corpulent maiden named Kroll
Had a notion exceedingly droll
At a masquerade ball
Dressed in nothing at all
She backed in as a Parker House roll.

ETA: This sort of idea has been tried in costume competitions in which I have participated, but the rule is "No costume is no costume."

Edited March 14, 2022 by Driad

[theartandsound]

Week of March 14th: 4/5, no *.

[PBnJay]

WEEK 26 • Mar. 7, 2022 — ONE asterisk *  
*126. Central America. A small river connects these 2 lakes that combined form close to 10% of their country’s area.  *
127. Broadway Musicals. Characters Mark, Roger & Maureen in this musical were inspired by Marcello, Rodolfo & Musetta in another work.
128. Epitaphs. Her epitaph, from a 1925 poem by her, ends, “She knows that her dust is very pretty”; “dust” was in another she wrote for herself.
129. Famous Trials. On her acquittal in 1893, a reporter cited nearby events 2 centuries earlier, saying the days of witch trials are over.
130. Symbols. This U.S. politician asked for a multicolored pennant for a parade; demand increased after his death in 1978. 

[secnarf]

1/5 for Harvey Milk...Assuming "Not Sylvia Plath" doesn't count for #128 😂

[j5cochran]

Week twenty-six: three of five without the asterisk. I guessed Lake A and Lake B for Monday and Emily Dickinson for Wednesday. I hadn't a clue for either one!

[labresq]

1 of 5 for me this week.  No *

[ams1001]

2/5 this week ("All right, all right, all right" and lede.)

I'll share the brownie brittle I just bought.

[opus]

1/5

Alright alright alright 

[SoMuchTV]

Alright alright alright, not gonna bury the lede here - 2/5. Two more I almost knew…

[Browncoat]

OMG, I just realized I got 5/5 this week!  Amazing!

[shapeshifter]

1 minute ago, Browncoat said:

OMG, I just realized I got 5/5 this week!  Amazing!

Congratulations, @Browncoat! 👏

 

For the first time this season (Week 27) I finally got 3/5, so I'm pretty pleased too!
(Alright, alright, alright; "Silent Spring;" and lede)

I've been attributing my correct FJs to Daylight Saving Time, assuming it's a good thing for oldsters like myself who seem to be just barely beginning to sundown.

Everyone gets 3 chocolates:

[shapeshifter]

Hoping @Ailianna's surgery went well. 🤞
If Ailianna or anyone else missed the Friday show for any reason (including preempting for BB), at this moment here's a working YouTube video of the game. The only thing missing is the intros:

https://youtu.be/KZdkCPGr874

 

[secnarf]

2/5. Started the week off well at least. Too bad it didn't last.

[Prevailing Wind]

2/5.

 

[Trey]

2/5

Congratulations, @Browncoat!

Edited March 19, 2022 by Trey

[Clanstarling]

13 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

Congratulations, @Browncoat! 👏

For the first time this season (Week 27) I finally got 3/5, so I'm pretty pleased too!
(Alright, alright, alright; "Silent Spring;" and lede)

I've been attributing my correct FJs to Daylight Saving Time, assuming it's a good thing for oldsters like myself who seem to be just barely beginning to sundown.

Everyone gets 3 chocolates:

3/5 for me too - same ones. In keeping with the sweets, I'll bring 3 kinds of Girls Scout Cookies (just got our order).

13 hours ago, Browncoat said:

OMG, I just realized I got 5/5 this week!  Amazing!

Congratulations! It's exciting to get a 5/5 week, I've only done it once, but as I recall you're a better player than me, so you'll be sure to get another.

Edited March 19, 2022 by Clanstarling

[DXD526]

2/5, alrightx3 and lede. Knew Silent Spring, but couldn't come up with the title. I assume 'That famous ecology book' isn't acceptable? 

[Mindthinkr]

Congratulations @Browncoat on your perfect week 🎉

Just 1/5 for me. I’ll bring chocolate mousse since we have a sweet theme. 

[Prevailing Wind]

YAYYYY!!!  for Browncoat!!

[Toothbrush]

3/5 tornado, allright x3, lede 

Hoping @alliana’s surgery went well. All the best for recovery. 

[Driad]

3/5 tornado, Silent Spring, lede.

[bybrandy]

2/5 buy I'm in good company!   

[illdoc]

Week 27: 4/5    Overall:  66/135   9*    (edited because 62 + 4 does not equal 68).

Edited March 19, 2022 by illdoc

[zoey1996]

Week 27: 3/5

YTD: 64/135, 5*, 6A*, 2M*

[ProudMary]

Week 27:  4/5.

I'm delighted to have had such a good week, but I'm still smacking myself upside the head over Monday's miss. I knew the exact location they were looking for but wrote Dardanelles, the name of the bordering strait instead of Gallipoli, the actual name of the peninsula. 🤦‍♀️

[illdoc]

Change of scoring:  2 + 4 does NOT equal 8!!!!   Overall it is 66 (not 68)/135. Changed above.

Edited March 19, 2022 by illdoc

[PBnJay]

WEEK 27 • Mar. 14, 2022 — NO asterisk *  
131. World War I. Suvla Bay & Cape Helles were major landing sites along this peninsula.
132. Meteorology. It was feared this word caused panic, but in 1950 the USWB ended a ban on it in forecasts, saying prediction wasn’t impossible.
133. Movie Stars. Matthew McConaughey said, “‘Dazed & Confused’, the first words I ever said on film were” these.
134. Nonfiction. This 1962 classic was dedicated to Albert Schweitzer, who predicted that man “will end by destroying the earth.”
135. Newspaper Talk. Meaning an important part of a story, this distinctive spelling helped distinguish the word from a substance used in typesetting.

[ams1001]

23 hours ago, ams1001 said:

2/5 this week ("All right, all right, all right" and lede.)

I'll share the brownie brittle I just bought.

32 minutes ago, PBnJay said:

132. Meteorology. It was feared this word caused panic, but in 1950 the USWB ended a ban on it in forecasts, saying prediction wasn’t impossible.

Oops, I got tornado, too! Please update my score to 3/5!

I have toaster strudel...

[Clanstarling]

41 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

Oops, I got tornado, too! Please update my score to 3/5!

I have toaster strudel...

Aw man, I haven't had toaster strudel in years...yum!

[ams1001]

8 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

Aw man, I haven't had toaster strudel in years...yum!

[GrannySmith]

0/5 😢

[PBnJay]

2 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

Aw man, I haven't had toaster strudel in years...yum!

Is it wrong I don't even know what that is?

[ams1001]

13 minutes ago, PBnJay said:

Is it wrong I don't even know what that is?

It's really nothing anyone should be eating...

[Toothbrush]

5 hours ago, ams1001 said:

Oops, I got tornado, too! Please update my score to 3/5!

I have toaster strudel...

This is the 2nd week in a row we’ve gotten the same FJ answers. Kindly stop cheating off of me! 🤪

[labresq]

3 of 5 this week.

[Clanstarling]

10 hours ago, ams1001 said:

It's really nothing anyone should be eating...

True, but oh so tasty - like everything else we shouldn't be eating but do.

[M. Darcy]

3/5

[theartandsound]

Week of March 14th: 3/5.

[OperaLover1229]

3/5 this week.

[j5cochran]

Week twenty-seven: three of five. I could hear the rhythm of Matthew McConaughey's catchphrase, but I couldn't remember the words to save myself! Bum-BUM, bum-BUM, bum-BUM! Argh.

[Good Queen Jane]

3/5.

I always wondered why "lede" is spelled the way it is. Another learning moment from J!

[shapeshifter]

15 minutes ago, Good Queen Jane said:

3/5.

I always wondered why "lede" is spelled the way it is. Another learning moment from J!

Same and same. 
Well, the clue writers sure didn't "bury the lede" with the clue, did they? 😄

• "Meaning an important part of a story, this distinctive spelling helped distinguish the word from a substance used in typesetting"

[Grundoon59]

3/5 this week with embarrassment for missing Monday and Friday.  Should have gotten Gallipoli if only from remembering the movie.  Likewise, have heard the phrase bury the lede but didn't ever realize the spelling difference - I was saying it in a questioning way but since the spelling was integral to the answer, I wouldn't get credit.

Too many tornado watches/warnings in Michigan for that not to be an Instaget.  Knew the catchphrase pretty quickly and Silent Spring came easily (my Grundoon Aunts lived not far from the Rachel Carson National Wildlife area). 

Love the idea of an all sweets table this week - I'll bring a good vanilla ice cream and toppings.

Also if anyone hasn't tried the new Girl Scout cookie Adventurefuls, you should- they are really good.  I bought one box a few weeks ago to try them out - polished it off and bought four more boxes on Friday - one for now, three for the freezer. 

 

[helpmerhonda]

3/5

[Browncoat]

2 hours ago, Grundoon59 said:

Also if anyone hasn't tried the new Girl Scout cookie Adventurefuls, you should- they are really good.

Are those the ones that look sort of like brownies with caramel on top?  Those are good.

[shapeshifter]

2 hours ago, Grundoon59 said:

3/5 this week…   
have heard the phrase bury the lede but didn't ever realize the spelling difference - I was saying it in a questioning way but since the spelling was integral to the answer, I wouldn't get credit.

I’m pretty sure saying it in a questioning way does get you credit on Jeopardy! 🤣

Sounds like 4/5 for you!

[Grundoon59]

Thanks @shapeshifter! And @Browncoat, yes that is a perfect description of the Adventurefuls (btw congrats on your perfect week).