Season 39 Final Jeopardy! Contest

[theartandsound]

Week of 5 Dec: 4/5, one *.

[Prevailing Wind]

2/5, the Manhattan*

[opus]

0/5

[Fex]

2/5, 1*

I had company a few times while watching Jeopardy this week, and there were two other days that I should have gotten FJ, but didn't. I'm going to have to get used to it bc I HOPE to continue to have this company... ☺️ 

Now the other weeks when I got 2/5 (or 1, or 0), it was all me 🤣 

[Good Queen Jane]

2/5, but 1*.

I knew my drinking habits would be useful sometime. I'll make Manhattans for the table.

[Grundoon59]

What a weirdly shaped group of questions to get me to a 5/5 (with 2*- I think) for last week. 

Holy Grail is one of my favorite movies ever plus I was recently listening to my SPAMALOT CD in which the coconuts are featured at the end of a song; Manhattans were the parental Grundoons' drink of choice for years (plus a recent visit to the island and long ago history papers on the project); Silent Cal popped in my brain at the last possible second by remembering the anecdote that his father was a justice of the peace and swore him in; thanks to Stratford Shakespeare Festival for getting me to the Tempest and the Berlin Wall was just an IG from the dates. 

Since @Good Queen Jane is bringing the drinks, I will bring assorted cocktail nibbles. 

[saber5055]

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.

[j5cochran]

Week thirteen: one of five, no asterisks. I have no excuse but a bad cold. I'll sit at the annex to the Table for One, so I don't pass this bug along to any one else. I think my brains are dripping out of my sinuses!

[ProudMary]

Week 13:  1/5.

[helpmerhonda]

2/5

[Toothbrush]

3/5 with 1 * I had no idea for Tuesday & guessed John Q Adams for Wednesday.

Belated Happy Birthday @Grundoon59 I🥳 I always go for a chocolate chocolate cake too. One month to go for me. 

[labresq]

1 for me this week.  To quote somebody before me, thank goodness the Berlin Wall came down!

[dankesean]

3/5, one *. (The Manhattan was my go-to cocktail for a while...)

[Prevailing Wind]

Week ending 12/16: 2/5. I got Douglass & Die Hard.

[ProudMary]

Week 14:  4/5*

While I certainly can't be disappointed with my score this week, it was accomplished in the most painful manner, as I was 4/4 through Thursday. I was hopeful that I might be able to pull off a perfect week as I usually do fairly well in Geography categories. Alas, 5/5 perfection still eludes me. I guessed Indonesia. 

[Toothbrush]

3/5 no * I got Douglass, Die Hard, & Italy. My dad is a pharmacist and my husband & mother are both doctors, and none had never heard of quid pro quo used that way. No * for them either 😉

[secnarf]

4/5* this week! The only one I missed was the president clue on Wednesday.

[Driad]

3/5 + 1*.  Wednesday's show had a category on pudding, so I'm bringing "fish eye" tapioca pudding.

[shapeshifter]

Week 14: 1/5  (Die Hard)

Candy cane/peppermint sticks for Hanukkah ("it's my party, and I'll cry if I want to")

[opus]

3 (French hens)/ 5 (Golden rings!)

[GrannySmith]

4/5 no *

[ams1001]

Week 14: 2/5
YTD: 30/70 (43%) with 5*

12 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

Week ending 12/16: 2/5. I got Douglass & Die Hard.

Same.

I have some homemade chocolate chip cookies to offer up.
 

Edited December 17, 2022 by ams1001

[Trey]

2/5 0*

Tuesday and Thursday

[saber5055]

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.

Edited December 17, 2022 by saber5055

[Driad]

24 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

Week 14 • Dec. 12, 2022 — NO asterisk

According to J-Archive none of the contestants got "Latin Phrases" correct on Monday.

[Clanstarling]

3/5, no latin, no world heritage sites (chose New Zealand just because)

I'll bring a trio of my homemade chocolate barks - white chocolate candy cane, jelly belly dark chocolate, "craizyturtles" caramel, pecan, and craisins in dark chocolate.

[SoMuchTV]

Another 2/5, no *.  I suspect most of our table will be busy watching Die Hard and admiring photos of Frederick Douglass.

[Prevailing Wind]

I thought the country was probably large, with 58 sites. I chose the good ol USA, figuring we have some volcanoes and surely, there's a lagoon in Hawaii.  Boy, was I wrong.

[illdoc]

Week 14:  4/5  1*   (I thought "Greece" for Friday)   Overall:  38/70 (54%)  7*

[labresq]

3 of 5 this week including Monday's *.  Never saw the movie and never been to Italy!

[DXD526]

2/5. Thursday was an instaget, even though I've never seen the movie. 

[shapeshifter]

7 hours ago, saber5055 said:

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. *

From the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) Online:

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[helpmerhonda]

3/5

[Fex]

6 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I thought the country was probably large, with 58 sites. I chose the good ol USA, figuring we have some volcanoes and surely, there's a lagoon in Hawaii.  Boy, was I wrong.

I said the same thing for the same reason 😆 Glad I wasn't alone!

2/5, no *

[30 Helens]

2/5.
You can find me at the Die Hard Douglass table, sipping a Yippee Ki Yay cocktail.

 
  

[Mindthinkr]

1/5 Thank you Die Hard. I’ll bring a Yule Log cake for everyone to share. 

[Welshman in Ca]

3/5 for me this week, would have been 4 but I missed the show Friday and accidentally read the answer on here before watching it.

[M. Darcy]

3/5

[Browncoat]

I’m in a hotel in Panama City, Panama, and I just finished catching up with FJ for this past week.  I got 4/5, with the asterisk!  I think that means I should travel more and/or not watch the show and just use the archive.

I will freely admit that Wilson was a total guess.

[shapeshifter]

1 hour ago, Browncoat said:

I’m in a hotel in Panama City, Panama, and I just finished catching up with FJ for this past week.  I got 4/5, with the asterisk!  I think that means I should travel more and/or not watch the show and just use the archive.

I will freely admit that Wilson was a total guess.

Cool! 
Er, ah, I mean: Warm!
After Googling, if I were there I'd check out this beach: beachsearcher.com/en/beach/591201077/gorgona-beach

[j5cochran]

Week fourteen: five of five with the asterisk! My first perfect week of the season, despite my lingering cold.

To help clear the cold symptoms, I decided to make chili tonight, but the hamburger in the freezer smelled a bit "off" after thawing. So tonight is experimental chili, with a bunch of canned mushrooms in place of the meat. We shall see how it goes, and if it's worth replicating for the T45!

[Ailianna]

I might have missed week 13, which was 3\5 no *.

week 14 is 3/5, no *.

End of year pattern?

[theartandsound]

Week of 12 Dec: 5/5, one *.

[Prevailing Wind]

3 hours ago, j5cochran said:

Week fourteen: five of five with the asterisk! My first perfect week of the season, despite my lingering cold.

To help clear the cold symptoms, I decided to make chili tonight, but the hamburger in the freezer smelled a bit "off" after thawing. So tonight is experimental chili, with a bunch of canned mushrooms in place of the meat. We shall see how it goes, and if it's worth replicating for the T45!

I have a veg recipe for chili that has beans & corn. It's called (and I didn't name it) Chili Con Corny.

[Good Queen Jane]

5/5 with 1*. It's a Christmas miracle!

[Grundoon59]

5/5 with 1*.  More than one was due to oddly shaped viewing habits of the past year.  I am sure some travel program mentioned the UNESCO fact (Mother Grundoon loved Italy and I have been lucky enough to visit some of the sites), Movies that Made Us on Netflix helped and T. Woodrow Wilson has always been a bit of an interest but I know I watched a documentary somewhere about Edith Wilson and her influence.  Monday and Tuesday were educated guesses.

I am belatedly starting holiday baking so can offer shortbread and nut brittle for all. 

[Clanstarling]

17 hours ago, Browncoat said:

I’m in a hotel in Panama City, Panama, and I just finished catching up with FJ for this past week.  I got 4/5, with the asterisk!  I think that means I should travel more and/or not watch the show and just use the archive.

I will freely admit that Wilson was a total guess.

I think you ought to get another point just because you were in Panama - that's dedication!

Edited December 19, 2022 by Clanstarling

[dankesean]

Week 14: 2/5, no asterisks for me.

[zoey1996]

Week 14: 2/5 no *

YTD: 31/70 two *, two C *

[illdoc]

Week 15: A lump of coal in my stocking!   1/5      Overall: 39/75 (52%)  7*