Season 40 Final Jeopardy Contest

[ProudMary]

1 hour ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I keep thinking about John Belushi's "Little Chocolate Doughnuts" SNL fake ad.

Oh, here it is...

😄

Thanks for that. 😊 I realize that every generation has its own favorite group of SNL players, but I'm so glad that the original NRFPTP were my group when I was in my late teens/early 20s. 

[Good Queen Jane]

0/5, no * (obviously).

I think I need both doughnuts and doughnut cereal. 

[Grundoon59]

4/5 with 2 * - I think this week just fell into my oddly shaped wheelhouse.  I swear I only got the Lighthouse at Alexandria because of a time management computer game I play once in a while.  On the other hand, I read Heart of Darkness & studied German in college - still missed Kurtz.  🤣

Hope everyone feels better soon - the creeping crud is going around everywhere near me with wild weather swings not helping a bit.  Would a round of hot toddies for all help a bit?

[Clanstarling]

22 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

“Family size’”, heh. That is not a family that makes good choices. I think I’ll stick with my Cheerios.

I don't eat cold cereal for breakfast. I'm not virtuous - but cold cereal just doesn't stick with me as a meal (neither does yogurt).

Instead, I only eat boxed cereal for "dessert" or a snack - even so, I stick to Cheerios (though I might splurge on a Honey Nut version now and again). Cheerios has always been my favorite, though as a child I really liked Cap'n Crunch and Froot Loops.

Edited February 12, 2024 by Clanstarling

[shapeshifter]

2 hours ago, Grundoon59 said:

Hope everyone feels better soon - the creeping crud is going around everywhere near me with wild weather swings not helping a bit.  Would a round of hot toddies for all help a bit?

A round of hot toddies sounds better than a group of hot, feverish, germ-spewing toddlers, but I think I'll just have an advil for now.

My cereal of choice is square:
https://shop.wegmans.com/product/28653/wegmans-bite-size-shredded-wheat-cereal
+ 

 

But occasionally with round banana slices:

[theartandsound]

On 2/11/2024 at 7:35 PM, Prevailing Wind said:

I keep thinking about John Belushi's "Little Chocolate Doughnuts" SNL fake ad.

Oh, here it is...

 

I was just gonna post that! Love that commercial. NOW HE'S GOING FOR THE WORLD RECORD!!! HE'S KICKING IT IN!!!! HE'S DONE IT!!!!

[dankesean]

Week 22: 2/5 (again), but at least with an * (Lighthouse) to salve my pride.

Well, that and donuts. But you gotta get your protein in, too. so...

 

[Clanstarling]

21 hours ago, dankesean said:

Week 22: 2/5 (again), but at least with an * (Lighthouse) to salve my pride.

Well, that and donuts. But you gotta get your protein in, too. so...

 

I cannot bring myself to eat one of those - not because I wouldn't like it, but I'm afraid I'd like it TOO much!

 

[ams1001]

Week 23: 4/5 with one *
YTD: 61/115 (53%) with 5*
 

I've got some leftover Sweethearts from Valentine's Day (bought on clearance the day after).

Edited February 17, 2024 by ams1001

[Browncoat]

4/5 this week, with the asterisk.  I only missed Monday.

[ProudMary]

Week 23:  2/5.

I'm so pissed off at myself for not getting Thursday's and Friday's FJs.

For Thursday, I immediately figured it was an arch, but my mind got stuck in Europe and I said Arc de Triomphe. I've been to St. Louis and have seen the Gateway Arch! 🤦‍♀️

Tonight, I absolutely should have gotten Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, but all I could think of was A Streetcar Named Desire and that didn't fit the clue. 🤦‍♀️

 

[Prevailing Wind]

56 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

Week 23: 4/5 with one *
YTD: 61/115 (53%) with 5*
 

I've got some leftover Sweethearts from Valentine's Day (bought on clearance the day after).

 

[shapeshifter]

Does St. Louis Arch = Gateway Arch?

[Clanstarling]

Week 23 • Feb. 12 – One Asterisk
111.     U.S. STAMPS - This Roman numeral appeared on stamps in a 2022 series for the 50th anniversary of an anti-discrimination law (IX – Title 9)
112.     SOUTHERN POLITICIANS - An article written after his 1935 death asked, "Will some crown prince arise to take his place?" (Huey Long)
113.     BROADWAY PLAYS - Rita Moreno & Sally Struthers were the first to star in the female version of this comedy, their characters becoming Olive & Florence (The Odd Couple)
114.     *LANDMARKS - The distance between its 2 legs at ground level is 630 feet, making it as wide as it is tall (Gateway Arch)
115.     THEATER -A 1955 play review noted "restless Delta folk" & "lives as uncomfortable & insecure as the proverbial" this title (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)

[SoMuchTV]

1 hour ago, shapeshifter said:

Does St. Louis Arch = Gateway Arch?

I’ve seen (here and/or other sites) that there was a similar clue where it was accepted, so I’d say you’re good. 

[secnarf]

Another zero for me - that makes only one single FJ in the last four weeks for me, a new low record!

[opus]

2/5 this week 

[Driad]

Week 23: 4/5 + 1*.

[Browncoat]

Oh, I lied -- I missed Tuesday, not Monday.  Score's still the same, though.

[Trey]

10 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

I’ve seen (here and/or other sites) that there was a similar clue where it was accepted, so I’d say you’re good. 

Good, because I also said St. Louis Arch.

3/5 1* Missed M & T, got Wed through Friday.

[Bliss]

The week started with a bad word #$%&# (missed Mon FJ) and then turned around and ended with 4/5 plus an *.

So, I'm bringing turnovers. ;-)

[shapeshifter]

Week 23: 1/5 Thurs: St. Louis Arch *

I was tempted to claim Monday because of a faint memory of a textbook image from the 1960s when we were taught about Huey Long — whose name eluded me. 
Fortunately, on Thursday the St. Louis ("Gateway") Arch woke me up to the folly of a false win.

After 2 weeks of zeroes, I'm happy with my 1/5.

[Prevailing Wind]

9 hours ago, Driad said:

Week 23: 4/5 + 1*.

Me, too: 4/5, 1*

[Shrek]

Another measly 1/5 for me this week. 

[Clanstarling]

14 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

Does St. Louis Arch = Gateway Arch?

I'll take it.

[Clanstarling]

On 2/10/2024 at 11:50 AM, Prevailing Wind said:

2 asterisks for me!  Yay me, Yay Johnny Cash and the Lighthouse.

 

For  Week 22 I have your asterisks (very exciting) - so I know you have at least 2/5, but I want to make sure your count is right. So let me know if you got more.

[DXD526]

4/5, no *. I don't really think of the Arch as having 'legs', so said Eiffel Tower, even though I knew it was probably wrong. 

When the category was revealed on Tuesday, I yelled out, "Huey Long!" Then a few minutes later when the clue was read, I stuck with my impulse answer!

[Clanstarling]

1 minute ago, DXD526 said:

4/5, no *. I don't really think of the Arch as having 'legs', so said Eiffel Tower, even though I knew it was probably wrong. 

When the category was revealed on Tuesday, I yelled out, "Huey Long!" Then a few minutes later when the clue was read, I stuck with my impulse answer!

He was the first "Southern Politician" I thought of (though the field is much larger - Carter, Clinton, Wallace, Thurmand...and the list goes on to current ones).

[zoey1996]

Week 23: 3/5, no *

YTD: 54/120, six *

[SoMuchTV]

Week 23 - 4/5!  But avoided the *.  (Legs?  Really?)

Overall 53/115, 4/23*.

Contestants:  8/15.

[illdoc]

Week 23:  2/5 0*  Overall:  64/115  8* 

16 hours ago, ProudMary said:

I've been to St. Louis and have seen the Gateway Arch!

Worse for me---I've been in the Gateway Arch!

[Mindthinkr]

4/5 with the asterisk * 

 

[Good Queen Jane]

4/5 no *.

i guess it is obvious which one I missed. I’ll bring Budweiser beer for everyone.

[30 Helens]

The week started so well, I was hoping for a complete reversal of last week’s bagel. Then the arch “legs” confused me and I ended up with 4/5. But no complaints, I’ll take it!!

So this week, I will bring nine-odd pounds of Southern fried chicken (with a little Louisiana hot sauce on the side).

[M. Darcy]

5/5 with 1*!

[shapeshifter]

4 minutes ago, M. Darcy said:

5/5 with 1*!

[helpmerhonda]

3/5 for me

[Grundoon59]

5/5 with one * - Somehow my theater/history/politics loving self got the other four and a "hail mary  cause I can't think of anything else" guess got me the Arch for the full week.  Can't quite believe it.

I will bring iced tea - sweetened, unsweetened and Long Island to complement the food and hopefully suit the taste of any non beer drinkers.   

[theartandsound]

WEEK 23 (12 FEB): 4/5, one *.

[dankesean]

Week 23, 3/5, with the *, since 'St. Louis Arch' seems to be an acceptable answer and that's all I had.

 

Given that, my choice of food contribution seems obvious.

 

[Browncoat]

3/5 with one asterisk this week.

[ProudMary]

Week 24:  1/5

[ams1001]

Week 24: 3/5
YTD: 64/120 (53%) with 5*
 

[Shrek]

1/5 yet again.

[Trey]

1/5 0*

[helpmerhonda]

I am also in the 1/5 club this week.

[Driad]

Week 24: 4/5.  No * because I thought Thursday's FJ meant there was a famous WWII battle in that Italian town.

[Clanstarling]

Week 24 – Feb 19 – One Asterisk
116.     CANADIAN MEDICINE - Nova Scotian William Knapp Buckley devised a widely used antitussive, meaning a drug used against this (cough[ing])
117.     PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - He's the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the victor (Al Gore)
118.     19th CENTURY AMERICANS - In 1896, 15 years after a famous showdown, this man was accused of fixing a championship boxing match (Wyatt Earp)
119.     *ON VACATION IN ITALY - About 30 miles from Florence, a little hill gives this tiny Tuscan town its name, familiar to American visitors (Monticello)
120.     FRENCH AUTHORS - Trained as a priest & a physician, in 1532 he published his first novel under the pen name Alcofribas Nasier ([François] Rabelais)

[Clanstarling]

2 hours ago, Shrek said:

1/5 yet again.

You're in good company this week (myself included). At this particular moment in time, the Table for One is the largest.

[illdoc]

Week 24:  2/5 0*   Overall:   66/120   8*