Season 41 Final Jeopardy Contest

[illdoc]

13 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

how many participants do we have in the FJ "contest"? 

I think it's 24.

[Grundoon59]

Got 1 which happened to be an *.  First ever cruise I went on stopped at Bergen, Norway where Grieg's home was.  Somehow, I never forgot that even though I was too sick with a cold to go on the planned excursion there.  I will blame the rest of the week on frozen brain cells from the cold snap - although I did get Lecarre but not Fleming (both were among Father Grundoon's favorite authors, but I am more familiar with the former than the latter). 

[possibilities]

I'm annoyed that I didn't get LeCarre. I've read his stuff (some of it! there's a lot!) and I really should have thought of him.

I bring carrots 

and 

T[r]oll House cookies

P.S. my monthly book club meets later today and we never have wine! Everybody seems very serious about talking about the book! And now I'm wondering if we're all just nerd anomalies, oe what!?

[Clanstarling]

On 1/25/2025 at 1:56 PM, DXD526 said:

0/5. At least I'm not the only one! On Monday, got as far as nuclear sub, but couldn't think of the name, like others here. It was a true SMH moment upon seeing the answer. Got Fleming on Wednesday, but couldn't come up with LeCarre. So, a half-point?

Not a good week 😩

Sadly, halves don't count. 

On 1/26/2025 at 1:03 AM, Prevailing Wind said:

Idle curiosity - how many participants do we have in the FJ "contest"?  Because, y'know, some of the food y'all bring - EVERYBODY's gonna want to be at the table. Just how big a table do we need?

We are rocking this week - so far a third of us are zippos.

17 hours ago, illdoc said:

I think it's 24.

Very good! I'd give you a point, but that wouldn't be fair. ;)

On 1/24/2025 at 5:54 PM, SoMuchTV said:

(Unless “what is the first nuclear submarine” counts, but I suspect not.)

You suspect correctly. If that was allowed, I'd have to sort through a lot of answers that were very nearly there (or there, but not the verbiage they want). Which is kind of my specialty - the legitimate, but not what they're looking for answer.

[shapeshifter]

3 hours ago, Grundoon59 said:

I will blame the rest of the week on frozen brain cells from the cold snap -

I could do the same, but are the clues and answers a bit harder during the tournaments? There are a lot of Zeros these last 2 weeks:

2 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

We are rocking this week - so far a third of us are zippos.

 

 

3 hours ago, possibilities said:

P.S. my monthly book club meets later today and we never have wine! Everybody seems very serious about talking about the book! And now I'm wondering if we're all just nerd anomalies, oe what!?

I got to attend my mom's book club with her one time, and it was very focused on the book. It probably helped that my mom was head of it at that time and made sure the local library had several copies each month purchased with the book club's dues. 

Edited Monday at 06:24 PM by shapeshifter

[Good Queen Jane]

2/5 with 1*

Back from Wichita and the skating and finished going through the archives. Missed you all and the food selections.

[helpmerhonda]

Perfect score for the second glorious week in a row - 0/5

[Clanstarling]

On 1/28/2025 at 2:32 PM, helpmerhonda said:

Perfect score for the second glorious week in a row - 0/5

Welcome to the current cool table. 😉