Season 41 Final Jeopardy Contest

[Grundoon59]

3/5 with 2*.  I got Blanche, Falklands (not at all sure where I pulled that from) and Rico.  I have to defend Little Ceasar's pizza since the first one ever is less than five miles from my house.  Have I liked other pizza more?  Sure, but sometimes nothing hits the spot like LC and it is a Detroit area institution. 

Since pizza and cannoli are already covered, I will offer up some red wine and salad.  Happy holidays to all!

[helpmerhonda]

1/5 - only Blanche for me.

[Browncoat]

Gloriosky, Sandy, 5/5 this week!  Not sure how that happened -- maybe being back on solid ground agrees with me?

[ProudMary]

Week 16:  2/5 (Tu, Th)

YTD:  43/80 w.8* (54%)

Not that I had the correct response, but how about some Memphis-style ribs, with dry rub?

 

[ams1001]

Week 16: 2/5 (Smokey Bear and Saturday Night Fever)
YTD: 37/80 (46%) with 5*

Christmas cookies, anyone? I've got my mom's Choc Tops (cookie base made of flour, brown sugar, butter, and vanilla, topped with melted chocolate chips and sprinkles) and chocolate chip.

 

[possibilities]

2/5 (I doubled my score! LOL)

I'm stayin alive and bumping my head.

[Clanstarling]

Week 16 – December 23 – One Asterisk
76.     *WORLD LEADERS - In 2009 this leader gave Barack Obama the book "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent" (Hugo Chavez)
77.     GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC AWARENESS - As individuals, only Santa Claus & this public service ad icon introduced in 1944 have their own ZIP codes (Smoky Bear)
78.     U.S. PLACE NAMES - A trio including Andrew Jackson founded this city with a name that evokes a great city of the ancient world (Memphis)
79.     MOVIES & THEIR SOUNDTRACKS - "Catch It" was a tagline for this 1970s film whose iconic soundtrack became one of the bestselling albums of all time (Saturday Night Fever)
80.     FICTIONAL CHARACTERS - In his very first appearance by name, this character comes downstairs "bump-bump-bump on the back of his head" (Winnie the Pooh, or Pooh Bear)

[secnarf]

1/5 for me - just Winnie the Pooh. Won't give myself credit for Smokey Bear since if I was watching by myself, I wouldn't have got there.

[Prevailing Wind]

22 minutes ago, secnarf said:

1/5 for me - just Winnie the Pooh. Won't give myself credit for Smokey Bear since if I was watching by myself, I wouldn't have got there.

I'm the opposite - I got 4, NOT Pooh. (Spelled backwards is HOOP.) So that includes the Chavez asterisk. YAY me, considering last week was a giant goose egg.

[opus]

2/5. Saturday Night Fever and Smokey The Bear

[Driad]

Week 16:  4/5 + 1 *
Bringing Boston cream pie.

[shapeshifter]

This was my fictional bear week:

Week 16: 2/5 Tues: Smokey Bear; Fri. Winnie the Pooh

🐻 🧸

 

[Bliss]

3/5

Ginger cookies, anyone? Crunchy on the outside; chewy on the inside!

[Trey]

1/5 0* Just Smokey the Bear for me.  I thought I was familiar with all the Winnie the Pooh books but I guess I missed that first one.

[Mindthinkr]

1/5 this week. No*. 
I'm bringing stuffed mushrooms. They are a family favorite. 
I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season 🥰

[Shrek]

A miserable big fat 0, just couldn't get my brain into it this week.

 

[helpmerhonda]

2/5

[DXD526]

1/5. Thursday was an instaget, and that's it.

[30 Helens]

2/5. Smokey the Bear (yeah, I said it!) and Saturday Night Fever. Ha, ha, ha, ha, me and Smokey are stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.

They may not prevent forest fires, but I’ll bring some bear cookies anyway.

l

 

[Prevailing Wind]

Those cookies are adorable. They're making me giggle at their cuteness.

[SoMuchTV]

6 minutes ago, 30 Helens said:

2/5. Smokey the Bear (yeah, I said it!) and Saturday Night Fever. Ha, ha, ha, ha, me and Smokey are stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.

They may not prevent forest fires, but I’ll bring some bear cookies anyway.

l

 

Same here! 2/5. But those cookies just make me feel bad about Pooh’s poor head. 

[30 Helens]

3 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

But those cookies just make me feel bad about Pooh’s poor head. 

I’m not sure what you mean. Because Pooh’s head is delicious, whether or not you want to add a little hunny.

[shapeshifter]

7 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

But those cookies just make me feel bad about Pooh’s poor head. 

3 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

I’m not sure what you mean. Because Pooh’s head is delicious, whether or not you want to add a little hunny.

On the really outside chance that this was not a rhetorical question, the FJ clue was:

• In his very first appearance by name, this character comes downstairs "bump-bump-bump on the back of his head"

 

[Clanstarling]

3/5 - Winnie and Saturday Night Fever were instagets. We actually laughed when the Pooh question came up - it's the mister's favorite childhood book, which he still quotes in his 70s.

Mine was Velveteen Rabbit - Herb's incorrect answer, which made me happy (not the incorrectness, the reference).

On 12/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Browncoat said:

Gloriosky, Sandy, 5/5 this week!  Not sure how that happened -- maybe being back on solid ground agrees with me?

That means you also have an *. I've already recorded it.

On 12/27/2024 at 7:07 PM, secnarf said:

1/5 for me - just Winnie the Pooh. Won't give myself credit for Smokey Bear since if I was watching by myself, I wouldn't have got there.

Don't be so harsh on yourself. Home rules are a bit more relaxed, and we all have different ones. (I mean, there are SOME boundaries, but still...)

[illdoc]

Week 16: 3/5  0*  Overall: 38/80 (47.5%) 7*

[zoey1996]

Week 16 1/5, no*

YTD 27/80, five*

Edited December 29, 2024 by zoey1996

[M. Darcy]

3/5!    Though Winnie the Pooh isn’t fictional- you can visit him at the New York Public Library! 

[Grundoon59]

3/5 with no * I couldn't have pulled Chavez into my brain if someone had offered me a million dollars and Memphis proved elusive as well. 

The rest of the week seemed peculiarly suited to me.  Since I got to meet (and have a picture taken with) Smokey on his 80th birthday, I would have been remiss not to get him.  I remember the advertising for Saturday Night Fever (disco haunted my college years) and all of A.A. Milne's work was a staple of childhood literature in the Grundoon household.  

I will bring champagne to celebrate Jeopardy and the New Year.  Best wishes for health and happiness to all of us in this forum!

[Good Queen Jane]

3/5 with no *.

Saturday Night Fever came easily after a month of commercials of John Travolta recreating his walk as Santa.

[shapeshifter]

Silly question, but my excuse is Paxlovid Brain — even though I'm sure there's no such thing:
Is this "Week 17" here in FJ Contest Land? Or…?

[ams1001]

44 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

Silly question, but my excuse is Paxlovid Brain — even though I'm sure there's no such thing:
Is this "Week 17" here in FJ Contest Land? Or…?

I think so...

Hope you're feeling better soon!

[theartandsound]

Sorry for the tardiness, been a busy month for me!

WEEK 14 (09 DEC): 4/5, 2*

WEEK 15 (16 DEC): 5/5, 3*

WEEK 16 (23 DEC): 3/5, 1*

[Clanstarling]

15 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

Silly question, but my excuse is Paxlovid Brain — even though I'm sure there's no such thing:
Is this "Week 17" here in FJ Contest Land? Or…?

Yes, it is now week 17, and the Second Chance Tournament (as of Dec 30)