Season 41 Final Jeopardy Contest

[illdoc]

1 hour ago, Clanstarling said:

By my quick and dirty count, we're at 11 0s.

Make it an even dozen! Week 26: 0/5   Overall: 55/130  10*

[30 Helens]

Somehow, I managed to notch a 2/5 (1*).

Who wants some Fibonacci pizza? 

[theartandsound]

WEEK 26 (03 MAR): 2/5, one *.

Horrendous performance. Absolute disgrace.

[SoMuchTV]

3 minutes ago, theartandsound said:

WEEK 26 (03 MAR): 2/5, one *.

Horrendous performance. Absolute disgrace.

Dude, read the room! 🥯 🍩

🙂

 

Edited March 10 by SoMuchTV

[theartandsound]

11 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

Dude, read the room! 🥯 🍩

🙂

 

I know. I know. I apologize.

But when you're trying to get on the show... it's tough.

[Grundoon59]

2/5 with 1* - if you spend enough time in Williamsburg, you learn about the Randolphs, including Edmund.  I also knew Henry II thanks to a period of fascination with his relationship with Becket.

[SoMuchTV]

4 hours ago, theartandsound said:

I know. I know. I apologize.

But when you're trying to get on the show... it's tough.

Oooh, I hope you'll keep us posted!  Do you look like your avatar pic? 😄

[ProudMary]

Week 26:  0/5

"We're gonna need a bigger...table." 

I thought sure I had the correct response for Friday. I said Amazing Mysteries. Close but no cigar.

[Browncoat]

7 hours ago, Grundoon59 said:

if you spend enough time in Williamsburg, you learn about the Randolphs,

But apparently it doesn't always stick!  

[Clanstarling]

On 3/10/2025 at 4:18 PM, ProudMary said:

Week 26:  0/5

"We're gonna need a bigger...table." 

Love the reference, but couldn't come up with a clever quote to add to it. :(

I don't seem to have a score for you for week 25. Please let me know so I can give you the credit (or the donut, whichever it may be). 

[ProudMary]

7 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

I don't seem to have a score for you for week 25. Please let me know so I can give you the credit (or the donut, whichever it may be). 

No problem. Here's my post with my score from 2/28:

On 2/28/2025 at 10:26 PM, ProudMary said:

The correct response was Cleveland/Wilson. (Not that I got it right!)

Week 25:  2/5 (Th, F)

YTD:  59/125, 9* (47%)

 

[ams1001]

Week 27: 4/5 
YTD: 56/135 (41%) with 6*
 

Since today is Pi Day I'll bring a Pi Pie.

[opus]

25 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

Week 27: 4/5 

Joining the 4/5 club 

[Browncoat]

4/5 for me this week, too!

[SoMuchTV]

5/5 for me, but with an asterisk (not the good kind). When we saw the FJ! category before they went to commercial, I pre-called Hamilton and Mr. TV called Book of Mormon. I’m 99% sure I would have come up with it anyway, but even if anyone wants to challenge it, 4/5 would still bring up my average considerably. 

[Clanstarling]

Week 27 – March 10 – No Asterisks
131.     WORLD FLAGS - A dark blue square in the upper left corner of the flag of this country represents the continent of Africa (Liberia)
132.     EXPLORERS - Traveling in 1811 to an elevation of about 12,000 feet, Thomas Manning was the first Englishman to meet this figure (The Dalai Lama)
133.     AUTHORS' OTHER WORKS - In an 1833 story by her, an alchemist's assistant drinks a potion giving eternal life but ends up seeing all he loves die (Mary Shelley)
134.     GAMES - This game inaugurated a craze that "scandalized the puritanical and drove chiropractors wild with delight" (Twister)
135.     21st CENTURY BROADWAY - A review of this musical noted "sacrilege" & said it was "blasphemous" but "its heart is as pure as... a Rodgers & Hammerstein show" (The Book of Mormon)
 

Big week for me - 4/5

[Driad]

4/5.  Bringing a sweet potato pie.

[ProudMary]

Wow, it's quite a week when we have this many at the Table for 4!

Week 27:  4/5.  (Tu, W, Th, F)

YTD:  63/135 w. 9* (47%)

[Good Queen Jane]

4/5.

Once again I’m at the cool kids table. How unusual for me.

[possibilities]

3/5 for me. 

I was confidently saying "Jesus Christ Superstar" tonight....

[Prevailing Wind]

4 for me. I missed the Dalai Lama clue, but got all the others. I had a mini mango Key lime pie yesterday, so I'll bring a full-size version that can be cut into quarters.

[Mindthinkr]

4/5 (Tuesday-Friday) for me as well. I had another dentistry week, so I’m unable to eat. I’ll bring milkshakes in 4 flavors. Vanilla, chocolate, chocolate malted, and strawberry. I’m so happy to see we all had a much better week. 

[Trey]

4/5 for me too, Tuesday to Friday.

Best score I've had in some time.

[Bliss]

4/5

The sap is starting to run, so I'll bring some Cdn maple syrup.

[zoey1996]

Week 27 2/5, no*

YTD 41/135, six*

Better than my last two weeks, at least!

[Shrek]

Looks like I didn't hit submit for last weeks' 0/5.

Butt 2/5 for me this week, at least it's not another zero.

Edited March 15 by Shrek

[Clanstarling]

15 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

5/5 for me, but with an asterisk (not the good kind). When we saw the FJ! category before they went to commercial, I pre-called Hamilton and Mr. TV called Book of Mormon. I’m 99% sure I would have come up with it anyway, but even if anyone wants to challenge it, 4/5 would still bring up my average considerably. 

In general, pre-calls are accepted when the pre-call was the right answer. I hate to be a stickler...but your pre-call was the wrong answer. Still, since you were honest, I'll give you this one just once.

12 hours ago, possibilities said:

3/5 for me. 

I was confidently saying "Jesus Christ Superstar" tonight....

Love that play - but since I saw it first when I was in high school (in the 70s) I knew that despite fitting the description, it wasn't a 21st century play.

So far ten of us are at 4 this week! 

[SoMuchTV]

2 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

In general, pre-calls are accepted when the pre-call was the right answer. I hate to be a stickler...but your pre-call was the wrong answer. Still, since you were honest, I'll give you this one just once.

I know everyone “plays” by their own standards, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard the “rule” that a pre-call has to stand as a final answer! To be clear - maybe we’re talking about different things - I was talking about my “joke answer” based on the category alone, before the clue was revealed. 

My only hesitation about claiming it was that I was wondering if I would have gotten it correct if I hadn't just heard the response, but now that I think more about it, I think it's fair to claim it.  It's not like someone told me the correct response after we heard the clue.  Earlier in the week, I got a FJ! correct at least in part because it had been a response in a different trivia game shortly earlier, and I had no problem claiming that one.  We all have our potential Slumdog Millionaire moments and this was no different.

And that's my essay on my personal ethics on imaginary contests where there are no prizes and the points don't matter. 😉

Edited March 15 by SoMuchTV

[Clanstarling]

1 hour ago, SoMuchTV said:

I know everyone “plays” by their own standards, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard the “rule” that a pre-call has to stand as a final answer! To be clear - maybe we’re talking about different things - I was talking about my “joke answer” based on the category alone, before the clue was revealed. 

My only hesitation about claiming it was that I was wondering if I would have gotten it correct if I hadn't just heard the response, but now that I think more about it, I think it's fair to claim it.  It's not like someone told me the correct response after we heard the clue.  Earlier in the week, I got a FJ! correct at least in part because it had been a response in a different trivia game shortly earlier, and I had no problem claiming that one.  We all have our potential Slumdog Millionaire moments and this was no different.

And that's my essay on my personal ethics on imaginary contests where there are no prizes and the points don't matter. 😉

That's fair. I misunderstood what you were saying/asking in the first post, and yes, whatever rules you use at home are the rules to use. 😊

 

 

[DXD526]

Another 4/5! Quite welcome, after two weeks of goose eggs (have they gone up in value like chicken eggs? Not around here, they were plentiful during the tournaments!). Missed only Monday, so wasn't teased with a 5/5, which is nice. 

[illdoc]

Week 27:  5/5 (first of the season!).   Overall:  60/135   10*

[shapeshifter]

Week 27: 4/5!!! (Mon.-Thu.)

Friday: “That one about the Mormons”
(which would've been a win on Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, but not for Jeopardy!)

Four-Leaf Clover Cookie Cake:

thehoneyblonde.com/cake/2018/03/four-leaf-clover-cookie-cake

[possibilities]

6 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

it wasn't a 21st century play.

Aha! I was not looking at the screen to read the clue, and misheard and thought they asked for a 20th Century play.  

[secnarf]

2/5 for me

 

[30 Helens]

3/5 (Lama, Shelley, Twister)

I could not decide between Twister Daiquiris or Potato Twisters… so I brought both! 

  

 

 

[M. Darcy]

3/5.  
 

Heh for explorers I could only think of a yeti.  I couldn’t think of anything else that would be hanging out on a mountain.

[Clanstarling]

10 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

3/5 (Lama, Shelley, Twister)

I could not decide between Twister Daiquiris or Potato Twisters… so I brought both! 

  

 

 

I'm a potatoes gal, so I'll take the potatoes!

3 hours ago, M. Darcy said:

3/5.  
 

Heh for explorers I could only think of a yeti.  I couldn’t think of anything else that would be hanging out on a mountain.

At least the Yeti can move...before the answer popped into  my head at the last moment, I was thinking some famous statue of Buddha got moved up and down a mountain. 🤣

[helpmerhonda]

3/5 - Hey! That's an improvement for me.

(My next week's results will likely be late as I'll be on my Spring Break Road Trip.)

[theartandsound]

 

On 3/10/2025 at 3:49 PM, SoMuchTV said:

Oooh, I hope you'll keep us posted!  Do you look like your avatar pic? 😄

I will!! And no, that's Patrick McGoohan on THE PRISONER, one of my favorite shows ever.

This is me:

 

And the latest scores:

WEEK 27 (10 MAR): 5/5.

Edited March 16 by theartandsound

[shapeshifter]

4 hours ago, theartandsound said:

…no, that's Patrick McGoohan on THE PRISONER, one of my favorite shows ever.

This is me:

Definitely looks like a Jeopardy! champion to me!

Edited March 16 by shapeshifter

[Grundoon59]

4/5 - African flags is definitely a weak area for me but I am very proud of the rest of the week.  I will contribute some meat pies (not from Mrs. Lovett's shop) as my contribution.

[Hab]

the woman in third didn’t realize the irony in her “question” to the final jeopardy answer

[Browncoat]

4/5 for me this week.

[ams1001]

Week 28: 2/5 (Tues & Thurs)
YTD: 58/140 (41%) with 6*

I've got turkey and provolone if anyone wants a sandwich...

[Prevailing Wind]

Three for me, one asterisk.  Bringing club sandwiches (3 slices of bread!)

[shapeshifter]

Week 28: 1/5 (Monday: Rubik's cube)

[Clanstarling]

Week 28 – March 17 One Asterisk
136.     TOYS & GAMES - Preparing for a course on descriptive geometry & researching the 5 Platonic solids led a professor to invent this (Rubic’s Cube)
137.     *CLASSIC TV SHOWS - Posted over the door of this show's setting was a notice reading, "Maximum room capacity 75 persons" (Cheers)
138.    HISTORICAL HORSES - Named for an 1807 battle & valiant in one 8 years later, Copenhagen was this man's steed; society ladies donned strands of his hair (the Duke of Wellington)
139.     U.S. CITIES - Named for a 1775 battle, this city contains the graves of John Breckinridge & Henry Clay (Lexington, Kentucky)
140.     BESTSELLERS - It begins in the village of Juffure & ends in Arkansas more than 200 years & 7 generations later (Roots)

3/5 and one * for me this week.
 

[ams1001]

Ooh, I didn't mark Cheers as an asterisk!

Update me:

Week 28: 2/5 with 1* 
YTD: 58/140 (41%) with 7*
 

[possibilities]

1/5 for me. 

 

[Driad]

Week 28: 3/5, no *.