Season 39 Final Jeopardy! Contest

[Prevailing Wind]

9 hours ago, ProudMary said:

Week 3:  2/5*

After 2 weeks of hitting over .500, I've reverted to my subpar Season 38 average. 😒

Same here.

[Trey]

3/5 1*

A definite improvement over last week.

[Mindthinkr]

1/5 I’m bringing these for everyone. 

[ams1001]

Already posted my score last night but it's my birthday today so I'll bring cake.

[zoey1996]

13 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I don't know about asterisks, but I got 2/5.... The Egypt/SA FJ and today's Ian Fleming.

Twinsies!

Week 3: 2/5

YTD: 8/15

[SoMuchTV]

Week 3:  2/5, while managing to avoid all 3 *'s.

[Welshman in Ca]

A good week for me with 4/5, not sure about the * situation but the day I did miss was Wednesday.

Thanks to ams1001 I can now say 4/5 with 2*.

Edited October 1, 2022 by Welshman in Ca

[ams1001]

The asterisks were Monday (Forbes), Wednesday (Uruguay/Paraguay), and Thursday (soccer balls).

[Driad]

Week 3: 4/5 + 2 *.  Bringing sandwiches, your choice of the Friday selection.

[ams1001]

17 minutes ago, Driad said:

Week 3: 4/5 + 2 *.  Bringing sandwiches, your choice of the Friday selection.

I'll take some pinwheels with turkey and provolone. :) 

[Clanstarling]

Looks like the table for two (asterisks and no asterisks) is well attended. Add me to it (no asterisks).

I'll bring double-stuffed Oreos and Twix bars.

[saber5055]

Week 3 • Sept. 26, 2022 — THREE asterisk
* 6. Magazines. A now annual issue of this magazine was inspired by the high-society parties of Caroline Astor, whose ballroom fit about 400 people.  *
7. World Airports. Africa’s 2 busiest passenger airports are in these 2 countries; it’s an 8-hour flight between them.
* 8. World Rivers. These 2 rivers share the names of countries, end with the same 4 letters & both join up with the Parana River. *
* 9. Innovations. Seen by a worldwide audience in 1970, black pentagons were added to these to help viewers follow them better on TV. *
10. Before They Were Authors. While working for British intelligence during World War II, he was codenamed 17F.

[illdoc]

Week 3:  3/5  1*    Overall: 11/15   2*

[ProudMary]

@ams1001 Happy Birthday! I hope you're having a wonderful day!

[helpmerhonda]

After last week's anomalous perfect score, I'm back to normal: 2/5, one *.

I knew last week had to be a fluke!

[saber5055]

I didn't have a clue what day it is today until I went to schedule next week's FJ contest and saw today is 1001. Holy cow, @ams1001, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Here is my contribution to this week's fiesta. Because I prefer pie to cake, and it's all about me, right? so here is a confetti birthday PIE to celebrate ams1001's special day. Party on, my fellow dudes!

Edited October 1, 2022 by saber5055

[ams1001]

1 minute ago, saber5055 said:

I didn't have a clue what day it is today until I went to schedule next week's FJ contest and saw today is 1001. Holy cow, @ams1001, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Here is my contribution to this week's fiesta. Because I prefer pie to cake, and it's all about me, right? so here is a confetti birthday PIE to celebrate ams1001's special day. Party on, my fellow dudes!

I won't turn down pie! Thank you :)

[Toothbrush]

4/5 w/**
I missed soccer balls & guessed weather maps???? Don’t know where that came from But 1970 was before my time anyway haha 

The rivers were a huge guess. I was lucky that my mind went to S America & those were the only countries that I could think of with the same last 4 letters. I had no idea that there are rivers with those names as well, and hopefully I’ll remember if it ever comes up again. 
 

Forbes, Ian Fleming, & Egypt were instagets. South Africa took a second but once I started thinking what countries are in Southern Africa, oh, South Africa, of course. Thank goodness the name was obvious based on my train of thought. 

Happy Birthday @ams1001  My office celebrates birthdays with a cake from Nothing Bundt Cake and of course we have to do the bunk-bonk scene. It’s mandatory. 

Edited October 1, 2022 by Toothbrush

[30 Helens]

1/5 this week. But the 1 was a geography question, so I count that as a small victory.

I’ll bring the birthday candles! 

[Browncoat]

Happy Birthday, @ams1001!

[DXD526]

1/5 with a *. Going backwards after two 2/5 weeks. Yay soccer balls. 😔

[j5cochran]

Week three: four of five, with two asterisks! (Or as a friend of mine used to call them, Nathan Hales -- "I only regret that I have but one ass to risk for my country!"

[saber5055]

10 hours ago, Mindthinkr said:

I’m bringing these for everyone. 

And I want mine just that big. That photo is life-sized, right? I hope so!

[Fex]

Happy birthday @ams1001!!!!

I got 3/5 this week, one asterisk. 

On Monday, I said Fortune... obviously thinking of 500, not 400. Whoops! I don't think "Forbes 400" even rings a bell.

[ams1001]

2 minutes ago, Fex said:

hoops! I don't think "Forbes 400" even rings a bell.

It didn't ring a bell for me, either, but I've seen at least three mentions of Forbes (and at least one was the Forbes 400, specifically) since that clue.

Thanks for the birthday wishes!

[Ailianna]

2/5, no *.

Both were instagets, although for a quick moment I said Cairo and Jo-berg, then realized they wanted countries. Ian Fleming was just something I apparently just knew, but I love true spy materials, especially WWII and Cold War.

[ProudMary]

In the "Magazines" category, I definitely honed in on the wrong part of the clue. Instead of paying attention to the 400, my brain locked on ballroom and I said Architectural Digest. 🤦‍♀️

[ams1001]

12 minutes ago, ProudMary said:

In the "Magazines" category, I definitely honed in on the wrong part of the clue. Instead of paying attention to the 400, my brain locked on ballroom and I said Architectural Digest. 🤦‍♀️

I did the same!

[secnarf]

3/5* though only Ian Fleming was an instaget. 
I am making pumpkin soup tomorrow, so I shall bring some for you all. 

[labresq]

1 for me and no stars.  You'd think with 3 available I'd get at least one but nope 

[dankesean]

2/5 here, but 2*, at least.

[M. Darcy]

3/5 with 1*

[saber5055]

13 hours ago, Ailianna said:

Both were instagets, although for a quick moment I said Cairo and Jo-berg, then realized they wanted countries. Ian Fleming was just something I apparently just knew, but I love true spy materials, especially WWII and Cold War.

Get out of my brain! That was exactly my thinking about Cairo and Jo-Berg first, then I saved myself. And I knew the Ian Fleming answer even w/o the extra clues. Sometimes I do feel smart.

Sometimes.

[Ailianna]

2 hours ago, saber5055 said:

Get out of my brain! That was exactly my thinking about Cairo and Jo-Berg first, then I saved myself. And I knew the Ian Fleming answer even w/o the extra clues. Sometimes I do feel smart.

Sometimes.

Just ride that feeling and enjoy it without too much analysis. It's good for you to feel smart.

[Good Queen Jane]

1/5 no*. I too on Monday said the cities, but didn't realize the clue wanted the countries. I also am embarrassed that I couldn't get an * in a week where there were three. I guess I am not smarter than a Jeopardy! contestant. 

[shapeshifter]

15 minutes ago, Good Queen Jane said:

I guess I am not smarter than a Jeopardy! contestant. 

Nah. We're just smarter about non-Jeopardy! stuff. ✋

[Grundoon59]

2/5 with no *.  The airports and Ian Fleming saved me.  Congratulations to all who did well - I had no clue on the other three.

[theartandsound]

Week of 26 Sept: 3/5, one *.

[saber5055]

Just waiting for @OperaLover1229, then the lucky Week Three Winner will be announced!

[saber5055]

Three cheers and three toots of a unicorn's horn for @ProudMary, winner of Week 3. Old-timey players know I like patterns, and ProudMary was the only one who created a countdown pattern over the three weeks of this contest. For this, she deserves recognition of the highest measure. CONGRATS ProudMary!

[ProudMary]

1 hour ago, saber5055 said:

Three cheers and three toots of a unicorn's horn for @ProudMary, winner of Week 3. Old-timey players know I like patterns, and ProudMary was the only one who created a countdown pattern over the three weeks of this contest. For this, she deserves recognition of the highest measure. CONGRATS ProudMary!

Oh wow, what a nice surprise. Thank you. I love unicorns! 🦄

@saber5055, as a lover of patterns, you'll be pleased to hear that as of tonight I'm right on target to continue the countdown. Incorrect answers for Monday and Tuesday, but I did get tonight's FJ correct, so I'm sitting at 1/3. I'm certainly going to attempt to break the pattern Thursday and Friday, but I wouldn't be surprised to find myself at the T41 at week's end.

[illdoc]

Week 4:  2/5     Overall: 13/20 (65%) and 2*

[ams1001]

Week 4: 2/5 with one *

YTD: 8/20 (40%)
 

[Trey]

3/5 0*

I'm pretty sure I got 0 asterisks but will update if it turns out I did get one.

Updated, I got no asterisks.

Edited October 8, 2022 by Trey

[opus]

2/5 (or in honor of yesterday’s FJ, Tutu/5)

[Browncoat]

Add me to the 2/5 club this week.

[ams1001]

39 minutes ago, Trey said:

3/5

I'm pretty sure I got 0 asterisks but will update if it turns out I did get one.

The only asterisk was Tuesday (Afghanistan).

[Driad]

4/5 + 1 *.

[ProudMary]

Week 4:  2/5.

I broke the pattern @saber5055. 🙃 

Seems our table will have quite a crowd this week. 

[Prevailing Wind]

4/5 !!  (no *)