Season 40 Final Jeopardy Contest

[ams1001]

Week 45: 2/5 (Monday/Friday, performative and Sacagawea)
YTD: 112/226 (50%) with 8*

I just had some chocolate-dipped pretzels. I have more chocolate and another bag of pretzels...

Edited July 20 by ams1001

[Browncoat]

3/5 this week, with an asterisk for Timothy Leary.

[shapeshifter]

11 hours ago, Browncoat said:

3/5 this week, with an asterisk for Timothy Leary.

I had pre-guessed Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg for the category of 1960s PEOPLE, but I didn't know Timothy Leary had been in prison.

In 7th grade in 1965, our English teacher wanted us to be prepared for High School, so he assigned us research papers with footnotes. Mom dropped me off at the next town's library with index cards to take notes while she went shopping. My paper was about therapeutic uses of LSD. Wikipedia indicates Leary wasn't imprisoned until the following year. 

 

12 hours ago, ams1001 said:

Week 45: 2/5 (Monday/Friday, performative and Sacagawea)

Same.
Week 45: 2/5

A Wegmans across the street from a medical appointment had wonderful biscottis for dunking. Sadly, the Wegmans in my neighborhood does not have the same. Apparently they are made in a local monastery by monks. I promise to share if I get more.
To paraphrase the old Oprah meme:
Everyone gets 5 biscottis!
(to dunk in decaf, regular, etc.)

 

 

Edited July 20 by shapeshifter

[Clanstarling]

Week 45 – July 15 – Two Asterisks

1.   NEWER WORDS - Philosophers use it for language that accompanies an action, like "I dub thee knight"; it also means done for show or signal (performative)

2.  *1960s PEOPLE - He said that California prison psych tests he took were ones he had designed, so he made himself look docile & unlikely to escape; then he did (Timothy Leary)

3.   * LITERARY CHARACTERS - In a 1980 National Book Award winner, we learn this title character gets his name from the rank of his late dad--technical sergeant (TS Garp)

4.   SHOW BIZ MARRIAGES - Married since 1977, the year of this band's 1st album, 2 members referenced another album with their 2023 "Remain in Love" tour (Talking Heads)

5.  19th CENTURY WOMEN - The National Park Service says there are more statues of her, often with her infant son, than any other American woman (Sacagawea)

Edited July 20 by Clanstarling

[helpmerhonda]

Stellar performance by me this week - 0/5.

[Driad]

Week 45: 3/5 + 2*.  Garp was a total guess but it counts.  It's stone fruit season so I'll bring fruit salad: peaches, plums, cherries, etc.

[ProudMary]

Week 45:  2/5 (Th, F)

[Prevailing Wind]

I got two, one of 'em being the Leary asterisk. I'm bummed.

My cat's bummed, too. It was her birthday yesterday and I had to take her to the vet for her monthly arthritis shot. The dance with the carrier was NOT fun. What a crappy birthday.

I might just go back to bed.and bring Stella with me. We can cuddle.

[SoMuchTV]

Week 45:  2/5, 1/2* (Sacagawea and the T.S. TS)

At least my .40 was better than this week's contestants overall, at .266666667

[Bliss]

1/5

It's a good thing I ace the 1% club show questions and almost always get "perfect" each morning doing Connections because this week's FJ! was embarrassingly demoralizing :-(

[Trey]

1/5 Thank you, Sacagewea! I did also consider Mary Todd Lincoln but stuck with Sacagewea.

Fruit salad sounds lovely. I am picking up nectarines today so will bring some to add to the fruit salad.

[ams1001]

10 hours ago, Driad said:

Week 45: 3/5 + 2*.  Garp was a total guess but it counts.  It's stone fruit season so I'll bring fruit salad: peaches, plums, cherries, etc.

I bought a ton of cherries the other day (seriously, like $17 bucks worth)...but I don't know if I'm inclined to share... 😜

[Trey]

2 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

I bought a ton of cherries the other day (seriously, like $17 bucks worth)...but I don't know if I'm inclined to share... 😜

The cherries have been so good this year, I'm not sure I would share mine either.

[Shrek]

Another 0/5, I just can't do these archive days & there were 4 this last week so that's my excuse & I'm sticking to it.

[DXD526]

2/5, TH/F. TH was an instaget, having been a Talking Heads fan for going on 50 years. But it was an unusual FJ, in that it would be hard to figure out for anyone who isn't a fan, I think. Chris and Tina being married isn't common knowledge, nor do I consider them to be 'showbiz' really, not in the classic sense.

But it was still great to have the Heads be an answer to FJ!

[Clanstarling]

5 hours ago, Bliss said:

1/5

It's a good thing I ace the 1% club show questions and almost always get "perfect" each morning doing Connections because this week's FJ! was embarrassingly demoralizing :-(

I only watched one 1% and I was crap at it. I'm fair at connections, got a perfect this morning, so I feel good about it.

4 hours ago, Trey said:

Fruit salad sounds lovely. I am picking up nectarines today so will bring some to add to the fruit salad.

Nectarines are so good right now.

4 hours ago, ams1001 said:

I bought a ton of cherries the other day (seriously, like $17 bucks worth)...but I don't know if I'm inclined to share... 😜

They are pricey, but we got more than we usually do.

4 hours ago, Trey said:

The cherries have been so good this year, I'm not sure I would share mine either.

They're the best I've had in awhile. The last batch wasn't quite as good, so it's nectarines, grapes and apples for awhile.

[zoey1996]

Week 45: 2/5, one*

YTD: 96/226, 13 *

[secnarf]

On 7/19/2024 at 9:43 PM, helpmerhonda said:

Stellar performance by me this week - 0/5.

Me too :(

[Mindthinkr]

3/5 with two * 

Unusual week for me to do so well, but another Talking Heads fan here. 
I’ll bring some lemon pound cake I made this morning. People can top it if they like with some of the fresh fruit. Real whipped cream upon request. I’ll put the kettle on for tea or coffee as well ☕️

[Good Queen Jane]

2/5, 1*.

I don’t where Timothy Leary came from. Must have had a flashback.

[M. Darcy]

1/5

[theartandsound]

WEEK 45 (15 JUL): 4/5, one *.

[dankesean]

2/5, neither *. More filled with shame that I failed to get the Talking Heads question than anything else; damn, I just rewatched Stop Making Sense in a theater last year!

[illdoc]

Week 45:  2/5  1*  Overall:  112/226  11*   Perhaps I shall bring some of my "special brownies".

[30 Helens]

Oops, forgot to post my pathetic results!

1/5, but at least it was an asterisk (Garp). I was mad at myself for missing Talking Heads, because I listened to them a lot back in the day. But while I knew that Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz were married, I thought the band split up a long time ago so they never occurred to me.

If the Special Brownies are still available I'll take one. 

[Grundoon59]

2/5 with one *.  Got Leary & Sacagawea (who would make interesting dinner party guests).  Mad at myself about Garp but couldn't find the answer anywhere in my brain. Know of the Talking Heads of course but not enough to answer questions about them.  Monday's grammar question stumped me entirely.  

[Shrek]

I have never done well with authors, I do okay with book titles but unless the author was Tolkien I would have no idea who wrote anything.

[Clanstarling]

On 7/21/2024 at 9:10 AM, Mindthinkr said:

3/5 with two * 

Unusual week for me to do so well, but another Talking Heads fan here. 
I’ll bring some lemon pound cake I made this morning. People can top it if they like with some of the fresh fruit. Real whipped cream upon request. I’ll put the kettle on for tea or coffee as well ☕️

Lemon pound cake - yum! I don't need any toppings (which isn't to say I would turn them down...)

[Clanstarling]

2/0 (Talking Heads and Sacajawea).

We're in the final stretch. 😔 Friday's the last day of the season. Keep tuned for contest results (should be sooner than last time, but I do have a vacation upcoming, so it may be longer than I want to get them).

[opus]

0/5 this week.

Which has me currently on an 0/10 streak. But I’m not discouraged. I’m fired up and ready and I’ll get ‘em next wee….oh, right.

[ProudMary]

Week 46:  1/5 (F)

 

Season 40 totals:  91/230.

🤢

In honor of Friday's FJ, I'll bring some wings. 😉

Edited July 27 by ProudMary
Added food for the table.

[Browncoat]

1/5 this, the last week.

[shapeshifter]

Week 46: 0/5
(just to lower the curve one more time)

Croissants can be curved:

[Clanstarling]

Our last week...😪 Here are the answers. Winners and other awards to come sometime in the near(ish) future

Week 46 – July 22 – One Asterisk

1.         AUTHORS - "Love" is within the titles of 3 of his most famous books; a fourth, "The Rainbow", calls love "the flower of life" (D. H. Lawrence)

2.         *HISTORIC SPOTS - Known for a fabled event of 1881, it housed an auto repair shop after the disappearance of the horse & buggy (the OK Corral)

3.         U.S. PLACE NAMES - This name of a national forest means "fool" & may be one Apache group's name for another group; it's also a problematic TV character (Tonto)

4.         FAMOUS WOMEN - Adding to her nickname, one legend claimed that earlier in life, she was saved from drowning by family friend Mark Twain (Molly Brown)

5.         ANCIENT ANIMALS - The first fossils of these creatures with an elongated 4th digit were described in 1784 by naturalist Cosimo Collini (pterodactyls)

[secnarf]

Finishing off the season at 0/5.

I averaged 1.2 per week (down from last year's 1.5) and got a total of 54 correct, down from last year's 69. Also fewer asterisks - 9 this year, 12 last year.

On the plus side, I did get my first perfect week this year!

In celebration - a tiramisu. Shaped like a 0 in honour of my most frequent score (16 weeks this year), but containing lady fingers shaped like a 1 in honour of my second most frequent score (15 weeks this year).

[Driad]

Week 46:  3/5, no *.
Season 40:   154/231 (not 230 because of the June tiebreaker).
For Tuesday's "Flavors," I'll bring marzipan in the shapes of various items that have been in clues this season.

[Bliss]

2/5

No idea of my final tally... not that it matters. Much.

I'll bring homemade brownies with vanilla ice cream for those who need to cool their jets.

Happy summer break, everyone!

[ams1001]

Week 46: 1/5
YTD: 113/231 (49%) with 8*

At least I didn't end with a zero...

I'll bring some fresh Jersey corn (which we had with dinner) with lots of butter.

[Trey]

To finish the season I got 1/5 on Thursday, not impressive but at least not a blank.

I also got my first ever 5/5 this year.

See you all again in September.

Edited July 27 by Trey

[illdoc]

Week 46:  2/5  1*   Overall:  114/231  12*   I also finished almost perfectly symmetrical: 2 weeks of 0 & 5, 5 weeks of 1 & 4, 15 weeks of 3 and 17 weeks of 2 correct!  Overall, my average is 49%. 

[Shrek]

Another 0/5 this week, at least I seem to have some company.

[Prevailing Wind]

Thank you, Molly Brown.

ONE for me, no asterisk.

Maybe next season'll be better...

MMmmmm... Corn & Ladyfingers.  I could enjoy scores of one.

[zoey1996]

Week 46: 1/5, one*

YTD: 97/231, 14 *

'Twas a fun season, as always.

12 hours ago, ams1001 said:

I'll bring some fresh Jersey corn (which we had with dinner) with lots of butter.

Where's the drool emoji when you need it?!!!

[Driad]

13 hours ago, Driad said:

Season 40:   154/231 

Should be: 154/231 and 21 *.

[helpmerhonda]

Ending my year with a 1/5.

Here's hoping to a better perfomance next season.

[illdoc]

1 hour ago, helpmerhonda said:

Here's hoping to a better perfomance next season

I say that every season and I think I do worse each year (I believe the year we started the contest I had a 60%)

[Good Queen Jane]

1/5, no *.

And I only got the one because my high school senior play was The Unsinkable Molly Brown. 

Have a good August, Everyone!
 

 

[zoey1996]

Just for fun, I looked up my totals since the first contest in season 35

35  121/217 14* .558

36 107/190 12* .563

37 104/240 17* .433.

38 103/230 19* .448

39  82/230  12* .357

40  97/231  14* .420

I don't know what happened to me in Season 39, but I'm happy I did better this season.

Huge thanks to Clanstarling for keeping the records and herding us on track this season!

 

[DXD526]

1/5. TH only. I see I'm not alone in that 😁

Hard to believe S40 is over! It was fun. I like the new champ, though I'll probably have forgotten her by the time S41 starts!

C U all in Sept!

[30 Helens]

1/5 (Molly Brown). That should be enough to earn me... another Participation Trophy.

All the trophies and awards to @Clanstarling for keeping us tallied and on track this season.

And as a final food offering, please join me in enjoying this (unsinkable) bread boat, loaded with cheese.