Season 40 Final Jeopardy Contest

[GrannySmith]

1/5 

[ams1001]

Week 1: 2/5
YTD: 2/5 (40%) with 0*

40 minutes ago, illdoc said:

Week 1: 1/5    In honor of my 1 right this week, I shall be bringing Lucky Charms cereal (Ceres)

Ooh..I'll bring the milk... 💗⭐🌙🍀🌈🎈🥛

[helpmerhonda]

I thought I had said I was in, but maybe I hadn't, so can I still be in?

I mean, I had such a great week.

1/5 - only Oslo for me.

[ProudMary]

Week 1:  2/5. (M, Th)

Not getting Wednesday's really frustrates me. Like many, I realized it was the Statue of Liberty sculptor and I knew the name started with a B. I just couldn't pull it out of my brain. 😒

Tuesday's also bugs because I didn't pay proper attention to the wording of the clue. I realized they were talking about the underworld and wrote down Hades. Re-reading, they were clearly looking for a body of water. 🤦‍♀️

[Prevailing Wind]

It's the World Ceres!

3/5. Besides World Ceres, I got the 4-letter clues - Oslo & Styx.

I'll bring peanuts and Crackerjack; I don't care if I never get back.

[Clanstarling]

Week 1 • September 11 – No Asterisks

1.        BRITISH MONARCHS - The most recent British monarch not to succeed a parent or a sibling was this ruler who succeeded an uncle (Queen Victoria)

2.         MYTHOLOGICAL PLACES - "Paradise Lost" says it's "abhorred" & "the flood of deadly hate" & in Dante's "Inferno" it's fed by a "gloomy brook" (the river Styx)

3.         ARTISTS - On October 26, 1886 he said, "The dream of my life is accomplished... I see the symbol of unity & friendship between 2 nations" (Frederic Auguste Bartholdi – the Statue of Liberty guy)

4.         WORLD CAPITALS - In English, name of 1 of the 2 4-letter capitals with the same first & last letter, one in the N. & one in the S. Hemisphere. (Oslo, Apia)

5.         ASTRONOMY - The only dwarf planet located in the inner Solar System, it's named for an ancient deity of planting & harvests (Ceres)

[Ancaster]

3/5

Average is as average does.

[Clanstarling]

1 hour ago, helpmerhonda said:

I thought I had said I was in, but maybe I hadn't, so can I still be in?

I mean, I had such a great week.

1/5 - only Oslo for me.

Your column was already waiting for you. 😊

[Driad]

4/5.  Still recuperating after last week's surgery. After floundering badly on Monday, I managed to recover.  Will bring something from my freezer.

[secnarf]

3/5 for week one! The ones I missed were Bartholdi (maybe half a point for getting “statue of Liberty guy”?) and Styx (I said Hades). 

[Mindthinkr]

2/5 for the first week. I’m going to bring some alphabet soup. I need to get the letters and words forming better in my brain. 

Edited September 16, 2023 by Mindthinkr
Realized that just getting Oslo was enough. I thought I had to get both.

[Trey]

3/5 for me this week which I consider good.

I got Monday, Thursday and Friday.

I am another who said "Statue of Liberty guy". I'm sure I've heard his name before but it is buried very deep inside my brain cell filing system.

Said Purgatory instead of Styx although even this long lapsed Catholic doesn't think of Purgatory as a "mythical place".

[SoMuchTV]

11 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

It's the World Ceres!

3/5. Besides World Ceres, I got the 4-letter clues - Oslo & Styx.

I'll bring peanuts and Crackerjack; I don't care if I never get back.

Twinsies!  The same 3/5 for me.  Happy to be above .500 to start the season!

[Bliss]

M/T/Th for me = 3/5 (I'm assuming Statue of Liberty guy doesn't count)

I'll bring Smarties for those of us who think they'll help. Even though I don't eat (much) sugar, please don't get mad if I pinch all the blue ones.

[shapeshifter]

12 hours ago, helpmerhonda said:

1/5 - only Oslo for me

Ditto.

1 hour ago, Mindthinkr said:

I’m going to bring some alphabet soup. I need to get the letters and words forming better in my brain. 

I’m imagining little country-shaped pasta/noodles in our 🥣 soup that magically impart geo-political knowledge.

If I find some, I’ll bring it.

[Clanstarling]

3 for me this week!

And sorry folks, no half points - even I'm not getting one for The Statue of Liberty guy.

[Shrek]

Started the new season off with a right answer but normal service was swiftly resumed in the muddy swamp.

1/5 

[DXD526]

1/5. Was happy when Friday's FJ category was revealed, right in my wheelhouse, saving me from starting off the season 0-fer.

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And sorry folks, no half points - even I'm not getting one for The Statue of Liberty guy.

I was going to say, unless 'the Statue of Liberty guy' counts, I'm still 1/5.  

[Good Queen Jane]

3/5.

I feel better now that there are so many here who also answered “the Statue of Liberty Guy.” I came up with Ceres but had no idea that it was lurking in the dark recesses of my mind. I’ll bring Pixy Styxs in honor of another one I missed.

Edited September 16, 2023 by Good Queen Jane

[Ancaster]

12 hours ago, Bliss said:

M/T/Th for me = 3/5 (I'm assuming Statue of Liberty guy doesn't count)

I'll bring Smarties for those of us who think they'll help. Even though I don't eat (much) sugar, please don't get mad if I pinch all the blue ones.

Okay.  I'm feeling left out.  Are you guys having a party that I don't know about?  With Smarties?  (I still mourn the orange ones that actually tasted of orange.  I assume you're talking British Smarties? )  😥

Edited September 17, 2023 by Ancaster

[Clanstarling]

4 hours ago, Ancaster said:

Okay.  I'm feeling left out.  Are you guys having a party that I don't know about?  With Smarties?  (I still mourn the orange ones that actually tasted of orange.  I assume you're talking British Smarties? )  😥

Part of the contest, when the spirit moves us, is offering up our tasty virtual yummies. For everyone, or for those at your table (by score). Often it's themed (like doughnuts for 0 FJs, or smarties...)

You are are part of the group, so you are definitely part of the party!

Edited September 17, 2023 by Clanstarling

[dankesean]

Week 1: 3/5. Because I immediately got the first final jeopardy of the season, in honor of Queen Vicky I offer up that confection specifically created for her granddaughter's wedding: Battenburg cake.

 

[Ancaster]

How about Freedom Fries as an ironic nod to Statue of Liberty Guy?

Edited September 17, 2023 by Ancaster

[zoey1996]

Week 1: 3/5

YTD: 3/5

I'll bring a Victoria sponge. 

[M. Darcy]

I’m in! 3/5. 

[ams1001]

23 hours ago, Ancaster said:

Okay.  I'm feeling left out.  Are you guys having a party that I don't know about?  With Smarties?  (I still mourn the orange ones that actually tasted of orange.  I assume you're talking British Smarties? )  😥

I am also assuming British/Canadian Smarties because the ones I know are little citric acid-flavored chalk pellets. 

We have a virtual dinner party every week with a "table" for each number of correct answers. Feel free to contribute whatever strikes your fancy. Can be something related to a Final Jeopardy clue, a category or story or other happening from the week's games, something related to the number of clues you got right that week (like donuts if you got zero, a three-layer cake if you got 3...) or just whatever you're having for dinner that day (I've been known to post pictures of a dinner salad that turned out especially pretty). The best part is you can't run out of virtual food... ;) 

[Toothbrush]

3/5 I pre-guessed Queen Victoria and, since ‘the Statue of Liberty guy’ doesn’t count, missed Wed & Friday. 
 

Please ladle a bowl of alphabet geo-political soup for me. I need a brain kick lol I’ll bring homemade garlic bread to go with. 

[j5cochran]

Week one: one of five. I got Vicky and went immediately downhill. I need to pay better attention to the clues. Or get some more sleep!

[Grundoon59]

Count me in the 3/5 group - Got Victoria, Styx and Oslo (which was a wild guess after deciphering the clue).  I am also in the "Statue of Liberty guy" group.  Should have known Ceres but couldn't get my brain to work on a Friday.  

Since the desserts seem to be well covered, I will contribute some pork and beef pies from my favorite Scottish bakery.  

Glad to be back with everyone - Happy Season 40!

[Shrek]

3 hours ago, Grundoon59 said:

 

Since the desserts seem to be well covered, I will contribute some pork and beef pies from my favorite Scottish bakery.  

 

Really confuse everyone & bring some mutton pies from a chip shop on Sauchiehall street as well. 

Edited September 18, 2023 by Shrek

[theartandsound]

Week of 11 September: 3/5.

Missing the show. Doing it through J! Archive until the strike is resolved. Without the writers there is no show. Solidarity!

[Ancaster]

On 9/18/2023 at 1:01 PM, Shrek said:

Really confuse everyone & bring some mutton pies from a chip shop on Sauchiehall street as well. 

Please bring some scones and clotted cream from Willow Tea Rooms too.  (That'll cover both the posh and the great unwashed.)

Edited September 20, 2023 by Ancaster

[ams1001]

Week 2: 2/5
YTD: 4/10 (40%)

In honor of yesterday's little visitor, I'll bring a dragonfly cake.

[Browncoat]

3/5 for me this week.

[ProudMary]

Week 2:  3/5 (M, T, W)

I will bring some Chinese almond cookies, as I've been craving them since they were mentioned in Thursday's Chinese Food category!

Season to date: 5/10

Edited September 23, 2023 by ProudMary
Added season to date total, as a way to keep track.

[opus]

2/5 this week 

[Driad]

Week 2: 3/5.  In keeping with the Chinese Food theme, I'll bring a big batch of jiandui (sesame balls or black bean donuts), just out of the fryer because they are best fresh.

[Toothbrush]

3/5 Couldn’t get past Lucy for Thursday even though I knew it was wrong. I remembered Sue just before Deanna’s correct answer was revealed. I guessed Tchaikovsky for Friday thinking of the 1812 Overture, despite 1812 being 60+ years after 1749 lol 

 

[Ancaster]

3/5 - I was about to go with Statue of Liberty Guy before correctly guessing Four Wives Guy, so I'm happy with my score. 

[Mindthinkr]

Don’t faint everyone. This week I got my first ever 5/5. Even I went back to second check I was so surprised. In honor of that I’m bringing Chantilly Cake and

Champagne 🍾 

[Shrek]

Another miserable 1/5 for me.

[shapeshifter]

31 minutes ago, Shrek said:

Another miserable 1/5 for me.

— which translates for me as a relief to have had another 1/5 (Monday’s Hemingway).

But I admit being disappointed that my brain was slowly going for Oppenheimer when the Think Music stopped and it was revealed. (My old brain had gone down the path of pre-2023 movie Oppenheimer.)

I’m the Scarlet O’Hara of this FJ Contest’s Tara. (“Tomorrow is another day.”)

Googling on my phone (my laptop is dead) one preview seems to indicate that Hemingway liked oysters.

I did too when the oysters 🦪  were free at high tide steps away from the cabin where I was staying in the early 1970s. 
I share them with you now, minus their tiny pearls, which I saved, then left behind:

Edited September 23, 2023 by shapeshifter

[zoey1996]

Week 2: 2/5

YTD: 5/10  

In honor of Handel, 

even though I missed it!

[Trey]

Well, here I am, back at my usual spot, the Table for 1.  Hemingway was my only FJ this week - I should have got Oppenheimer but I did not.

We have some leftover moo goo gai pan that I will bring. 

[Ancaster]

1 hour ago, shapeshifter said:

 

But I admit being disappointed that my brain was slowly going for Oppenheimer when the Think Music stopped and it was revealed. (My old brain had gone down the path of pre-2023 movie Oppenheimer.)

 

I initially read this as The Thinky Man Music, which I actually kind of like.  It reminded me of the Melty Man from the original BBC "Coupling", if anyone was lucky enough to see that (available on Prime I think).

[DXD526]

2/5, M&W. Better than last week, anyway 😕

[Clanstarling]

Week 2 •  September 18 – No Asterisks

1.         AUTHORS - He dedicated books to each of his 4 wives, including Hadley Richardson & Martha Gellhorn (Hemingway)

2.         HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY - Of Spain's colonial possessions in the Americas, this 3,400 square mile one in the Antilles never gained independence, but did change hands (Puerto Rico)

3.         20th CENTURY PEOPLE - In 2022 the Dept. of Energy noted "a flawed process" & vacated a 1954 commission's decision "in the matter of" this man (Oppenheimer)

4.         FIRST NAMES IN SCIENCE - First name of the paleontologist who in 1990 noticed some large vertebrae jutting from an eroding bluff in South Dakota (Sue)

5.         COMPOSERS - A fireworks display followed the April 27, 1749 premiere of a work by this man that had been commissioned by George II (Handel)

[shapeshifter]

10 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

4.         FIRST NAMES IN SCIENCE - First name of the paleontologist who in 1990 noticed some large vertebrae jutting from an eroding bluff in South Dakota (Sue)

If Chicago had been in the clue, I might’ve gotten Sue:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_(dinosaur)

[Clanstarling]

12 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

If Chicago had been in the clue, I might’ve gotten Sue:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_(dinosaur)

Thanks, that was an interesting read!

[SoMuchTV]

Week 2 - 2/5.  Hemingheimer - be sure to see it in IMAX!

Overall - 5/10.