Season 40 Final Jeopardy Contest

[Clanstarling]

So sorry, busy evening and morning.

Week 34 – April 29 – One Asterisk
166.     NICKNAMES - Surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku has been called by this 2-word nickname that describes any dominant person or expert (Big Kahuna)
167.     FICTIONAL GROUPS - Maybe because he was too Baroque, Bernini was rejected as a name for a member of this group created in 1983 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
168.     *EXECUTIVE ORDERS - On Nov. 15, 1961 JFK suspended the 8-hour workday at this agency, saying its work needed to proceed "with all possible speed" (NASA)
169.     COUNTRIES WITH SPACE PROGRAMS - It launched its first satellite, Asterix, in 1965 (France)
170.     1990s NO. 1 SONGS - This title character of the top song from 1996 can't stand her boyfriend Vitorino & spurns him to be with his 2 friends (Macarena)

 

3/5 plus one * this week. Much better than usual.

[helpmerhonda]

2/5 for me.

[secnarf]

2/5* for me.

[Prevailing Wind]

For some reason, I associate Kahuna with Kahlua, so now I'm craving a White Russian beverage.  Wasn't that what The Dude drinks? I can abide that. hahaha

[Mindthinkr]

2/5 no * 

6 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

Wasn't that what The Dude drinks?

I think so and I agree. It does sound good. 

[ams1001]

7 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

For some reason, I associate Kahuna with Kahlua, so now I'm craving a White Russian beverage.  Wasn't that what The Dude drinks? I can abide that. hahaha

[Good Queen Jane]

1/5, no*.

I feel like an underachiever this week, but good for the rest of you! I’ll bring pizza for the only FJ I got right.

[M. Darcy]

2/5

[SoMuchTV]

2 hours ago, Good Queen Jane said:

1/5, no*.

I feel like an underachiever this week, but good for the rest of you! I’ll bring pizza for the only FJ I got right.

Cowabunga!

[theartandsound]

WEEK 34 (29 APR): 4/5, one *.

G-ddamn Macarena. That shit was so big it became a staple of every DJ/MC, enough so that TWO YEARS LATER in 1998 when I was turning 13 and it was my Bar/Bat Mitzvah season, I couldn't go to a damn one of things w/o the DJ cajoling kids out onto the dance floor to do it. The 90's were a fucking trip.

[30 Helens]

1/5.  Adolescent stealthy turtles.  I'm just slooowly working my way back from the TOC desert.

So, how about some homemade turtle candies?

[illdoc]

Late to the party...Week 34: 2/5 0*  Overall: 82/170 9*    To make up for my tardiness, I'll bring the Omaha Steaks I just picked up (someone will have to cook them, however).

[dankesean]

Nice and simple week. 0/5!

Edited May 7 by dankesean

[illdoc]

Week 35:  4/5    0*  Overall:  86/175  9*  In honor of my 1 miss this week (a TS), I will bring an Opera Cake.

[Browncoat]

2/5 this week.

[ams1001]

Week 35: 3/5
YTD: 87/175 (50%) with 7*

I got some huge potatoes this week. One of them was enough for three servings, even after removing a bad spot from the middle. So I'll bring mashed potatoes.

[ProudMary]

Week 35:  3/5. (M, T, Th)

[shapeshifter]

Oh dear.
I just realized I had "Week 31" twice, which threw off the numbering of weeks 33 and 34 too.
Sorry, @Clanstarling!

Here are my corrections along with this week:

Week 31: 0/5 (the real Week 31)

Week 32: 2/5 

Week 33: 1/5 

Week 34: 3/5 with 1* 

Week 35: 1/5 (Cabbage Patch Kids Dolls)
 

[Clanstarling]

Week 35 – May 6 – One Asterisk
171.     HISTORIC GROUPS - Like their uniform, the flag of this group created in 1506 has stripes of red, blue & yellow, the colors of the Medici family (The Swiss Guard)
172.     FAMOUS CHARACTERS - She's introduced in an 1845 novella in which she wears a short skirt with her mantilla thrown back to show her shoulders (Carmen)
173.     *RHYME TIME: OPERA VERSION -Telling the story of a duke, a jester & the jester's daughter, it was written by poet Francesco Maria Piave (the Rigoletto Libretto)
174.     1980s FADS - A November 29, 1983 N.Y. Times article about these used "near-riot", "adoptable", "waiting for 8 hours" & "my life (is) in danger" (Cabbage Patch Kids)
175.     20th CENTURY BOOKS - A review said this 1966 book about real events "will cause a good deal of myopic squabbling about just what a novel is" (In Cold Blood)

[Driad]

Week 35: 3/5, no *. (Wednesday I had "Rigoletto" but no libretto so no point, but that evening I got the "Pirates of Penzance" FJ in Masters, so not a complete washout opera-wise.)
YTD: 117/175, 16 *.

[Prevailing Wind]

3 for me, no *

My SIL is named Carmen, but for her Auntie, not the character.

[Shrek]

Back to a more normal 2/5 this week.

[Trey]

2/5 0*

I got Swiss Guard and Cabbage Patch Kids.  Should have got In Cold Blood but did not.

[Bliss]

6 minutes ago, Trey said:

2/5 0*

I got Swiss Guard and Cabbage Patch Kids.  Should have got In Cold Blood but did not.

Exactly the same!

I'll join you at the 2/5 table... not sure what to bring this time - maybe some double decker sandwiches?

[Trey]

4 minutes ago, Bliss said:

not sure what to bring this time - maybe some double decker sandwiches?

Sounds good! I'll bring some Strubs kosher dill pickles to accompany the sandwiches.

[shapeshifter]

I've never made these Cabbage Patch Kids Rolls, but I thought the idea of tying them up with green onion tops was both festive and functional. 
Maybe do different kinds of knots for a meeting of a Scouting America troop or a sailing class or a Trivia team. Or bows:

[zoey1996]

May 6

Week 35: 2/5, no *

YTD: 72/175, ten *

[SoMuchTV]

2 hours ago, Trey said:

2/5 0*

I got Swiss Guard and Cabbage Patch Kids.  Should have got In Cold Blood but did not.

 

2 hours ago, Bliss said:

Exactly the same!

I'll join you at the 2/5 table... not sure what to bring this time - maybe some double decker sandwiches?

Same here.  Save me a seat.

[opus]

3 hours ago, Trey said:

I got Swiss Guard and Cabbage Patch Kids.

Same here. 2/5

[DXD526]

Another at the 2/5, zero *, table. 

[Mindthinkr]

3/5 with the *

It helped that my neighbor has a huge poster of this in his garage that I see every time we go somewhere together. 

I’ll bring some strawberry milkshakes. The you pick them place is open and they are really good this year. 

[helpmerhonda]

4/5

Stupid opera.

[secnarf]

1/5, but I should have known In Cold Blood. Sad I missed that one.

[theartandsound]

WEEK 35 (6 MAY): 3/5, no *.

That opera clue was so bad even former contestants were complaining about it!!!!!

[dankesean]

4/5, with the *. Yes, somehow I, a child of the 80's, missed the Cabbage Patch clue but managed to stumble upon Rigoletto Libretto at the last possible second.

[M. Darcy]

4/5!

[Clanstarling]

On 5/10/2024 at 5:58 PM, shapeshifter said:

Oh dear.
I just realized I had "Week 31" twice, which threw off the numbering of weeks 33 and 34 too.
Sorry, @Clanstarling!

Here are my corrections along with this week:

Week 31: 0/5 (the real Week 31)

Week 32: 2/5 

Week 33: 1/5 

Week 34: 3/5 with 1* 

Week 35: 1/5 (Cabbage Patch Kids Dolls)
 

No worries, I'm glad you sent me the corrections - minor though they were.

On 5/11/2024 at 6:35 AM, Trey said:

2/5 0*

I got Swiss Guard and Cabbage Patch Kids.  Should have got In Cold Blood but did not.

I should have too - I read the book when I was a young teen, and it made a huge impact on me. To this day, I keep my doors locked.

20 hours ago, Mindthinkr said:

3/5 with the *

It helped that my neighbor has a huge poster of this in his garage that I see every time we go somewhere together. 

I’ll bring some strawberry milkshakes. The you pick them place is open and they are really good this year. 

That sounds so good. I love strawberries, but the ones in the stores are often not the best. Don't really have the space to grow them here. :(

2/5 this week. No asterisk. I  thought Rigoletto Libretto was pretty hard. Maybe the clue snuck in from the TOC. 😉

[Grundoon59]

Sorry - I just realized I never sent in week 34.  I was 3/5 with the * (which was totally a lucky guess of the "I don't know what to say, so here goes nothing" variety).  For week 35, same score 3/5 but no *. 

[Good Queen Jane]

3/5 with no *.

 

[zoey1996]

All you need is a strawberry pot; they don't take up much room.

57 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

That sounds so good. I love strawberries, but the ones in the stores are often not the best. Don't really have the space to grow them here.

 

[30 Helens]

2/5 this week. 3/5 if you give credit for Pope Posse. Otherwise, it's just those Cold-Blooded Cabbage Patch Kids.

Is anyone else getting some real Motel Hell vibes here?

[shapeshifter]

1 hour ago, 30 Helens said:

Is anyone else getting some real Motel Hell vibes here?

Is this where old Cabbage Patch dolls go to "die" (or be reborn 😳) when their adoptive child-parents grow up?

[Clanstarling]

19 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

2/5 this week. 3/5 if you give credit for Pope Posse. Otherwise, it's just those Cold-Blooded Cabbage Patch Kids.

Is anyone else getting some real Motel Hell vibes here?

As much as I love Pope Posse, I have to say no. Sorry.

[ProudMary]

Week 35:  2/5. (W, Th)

 

[Browncoat]

3/5 for me this week.

[ams1001]

Week 36: 1/5
YTD: 88/180 (49%) with 7*

I will bring one (1) cookie.

[shapeshifter]

Week 36: 1/5
(thanks to the Wednesday gimmee of Ebeneezer Scrooge)

31 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

I will bring one (1) cookie.

In case we're gonna need a lot of these 👆
I brought👇

[ams1001]

42 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

(thanks to the Wednesday gimmee of Ebeneezer Scrooge)

That's the one I got, too.

[opus]

2/5 this week 

[Clanstarling]

Week 36 – May 13 – One Asterisk
176.     CINEMA HISTORY - Films made outside the U.S. in the '50s like "3 Coins in the Fountain" & "Quo Vadis" led to an era dubbed "Hollywood on" this river (the Tiber)
177.     *BUSINESS LOGOS - Early 1900s labels for this beverage brand featured a beaver sitting on a log at the top of a map (Canada Dry)
178.     19th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS - John Elwes, a millionaire Member of Parliament who would go to bed before dusk to save on candles, inspired this character (Scrooge)
179.     THE EARLY 20th CENTURY - Before entering history, this man visited the grave of Bogdan Zerajic, who had died just a few years earlier (Princip)
180.     BOOK & MOVIE TITLE REFERENCES - The title of this 2001 book, also a 2003 film, forms a partial border between Boston, Chelsea, Medford & Everett (Mystic River)