Season 41 Final Jeopardy Contest

[ProudMary]

Week 28:  1/5 (F)

YTD:  64/140, 9* (46%)

[possibilities]

In keeping with my only FJ success this week, here's my offering for the feast: Roots

[Browncoat]

I didn't mark Cheers as an asterisk, either!  So, 4/5 this week with an asterisk!

[Trey]

3/5 and 1*

[Shrek]

1/5 with an * for me but it looks like this place is done. 

[shapeshifter]

4 minutes ago, Shrek said:

but it looks like this place is done.

Are you referring to the technical difficulties?👇
forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues

They're working on it.
Don't stick a fork in it yet.😉

 

Edited March 22 by shapeshifter

[SoMuchTV]

Week 28:  3/5, including the *.  Cheers, everyone!

[zoey1996]

Week 28 3/5, one*

YTD 44/140, seven*

 

[Clanstarling]

14 hours ago, ams1001 said:

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

Update me:

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

Done!

I had some trouble with the reaction icons - probably due to the website issues. I did try to react to everyone. It worked fine on this page, but only got one to work on the previous page.

The SSL certificate hasn't been renewed, which I'm sure it will be. There are a number of reasons it could be lagging, having updated a site a time or two in my day.

Edited March 22 by Clanstarling

[illdoc]

Week 28:  4/5  1*    Overall:  64/170  11*    I shall bring Beef Wellington, in honor of my 1 miss this week.

[Good Queen Jane]

3/5, no *.

Thanks to those who have explained the security alert. I’m not really worried about it and hanging out with you all is worth a little computer risk.

[DXD526]

2/5, with the *.

[30 Helens]

2/5, one* 

Since my gets this week were Cheers and Roots, I will raise a mug of Root Beer to toast each one of you.

[Bliss]

3/5 and *

There was a sale on French Vanilla ice cream and I picked up extra for y'all. I also bought really yummy cones. You'll have to bring your own sprinkles (can't stand them).

[ams1001]

26 minutes ago, Bliss said:

There was a sale on French Vanilla ice cream and I picked up extra for y'all. I also bought really yummy cones. You'll have to bring your own sprinkles (can't stand them).

In honor of the first day of Spring this week, how about some cherry blossom ice cream cones?

(Though I don't think I could eat it...it's too pretty!)

[secnarf]

1/5 for me - just Roots.

[Mindthinkr]

3/5 with the * 

I made hazelnut biscotti yesterday so I’ll bring enough for everyone. 

[M. Darcy]

3/5 with 1* 

[Clanstarling]

15 hours ago, Bliss said:

3/5 and *

There was a sale on French Vanilla ice cream and I picked up extra for y'all. I also bought really yummy cones. You'll have to bring your own sprinkles (can't stand them).

I'm with you. It's not that I can't stand them, I just don't see the point. To me, they are fairly tasteless and don't add anything but a little "pretty". 

[Bliss]

2 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

I'm with you. It's not that I can't stand them, I just don't see the point. To me, they are fairly tasteless and don't add anything but a little "pretty". 

Agreed.

Just as glitter is the herpes of the craft world, sprinkles are my herpes of ice cream. I am not a fan of grit in my smooth, creamy, delightful indulgence!

[opus]

14 hours ago, secnarf said:

1/5 for me - just Roots.

Same for me

[Shrek]

9 minutes ago, Bliss said:

Agreed.

Just as glitter is the herpes of the craft world, sprinkles are my herpes of ice cream. I am not a fan of grit in my smooth, creamy, delightful indulgence!

Hate them but I can always go for some crushed nuts as long as they're not mine.

[30 Helens]

My favorite is pistachio, which also tends to have crushed nuts (not Shrek’s).

[ams1001]

13 minutes ago, 30 Helens said:

My favorite is pistachio, which also tends to have crushed nuts (not Shrek’s).

Then why are they green?!?! 🫨

[Grundoon59]

4/5 with 1*. My miss was Wellington - once my brain started singing "Wonderful, Wonderful, Copenhagen" from Hans Christian Anderson, there was no going back to the clue.  

[theartandsound]

WEEK 28 (17 MAR): 4/5, one*.

The CHEERS clue made me so happy. I spent the night watching random episodes of the greatest comedy ever made for television.

[ams1001]

Week 29: 4/5 with 2 ** ! (I got all but Thursday.)
YTD: 62/145 (43%) with 9*

I need Easter to be over...I feel like I've been living on Hershey eggs...please have some!

[Browncoat]

Good thing lucky guesses count -- 5/5 this week!  Three asterisks!

[ProudMary]

Week 29:  2/5, 2* (W, Th)

YTD:  66/145, 11* (45.5%)

[Clanstarling]

Week 29 – March 24 – Three Asterisks
141.     ACTING FAMILIES - After leaving a religious group, John & Arlyn Bottom changed their family's last name to this, to signify a rebirth (Phoenix)
142.     MIGRATIONS - A biosphere reserve in Michoacán is named for these creatures that turn the forests orange & black every November (Monarch Butterflies)
143.     *SEAFARING BRITS - In 1804 an officer of HMS Warrior formally charged this captain with "calling me rascal, scoundrel & shaking his fist in my face" (Captain Bligh)
144.     *LANDMARKS - This landmark features a relief of Agrippa approving the design of an aqueduct as well as Pietro Bracci's statue of Oceanus (the Trevi Fountain)
145.     *GEOGRAPHIC NEIGHBORS  - The "Hermit Nation" & the "Land of the Morning Calm" are nicknames for these 2 neighbors (North Korea and South Korea)

1/5 for me this week.
 

[secnarf]

3/5**

Got Monday, Thursday and Friday. Should have known Tuesday, it was super obvious in retrospect, but oh well. Best week I have had in a while.

[shapeshifter]

On 3/28/2025 at 9:10 PM, Clanstarling said:

142.     MIGRATIONS - A biosphere reserve in Michoacán is named for these creatures that turn the forests orange & black every November (Monarch Butterflies)

Just 1/5 for me.
   

Buttercream Butterfly Cake

Edited Sunday at 01:34 AM by shapeshifter

[Driad]

Week 29: 3/5 + 2 *.

[Prevailing Wind]

Whoo hoo for me!  Four, two of which were asterisks!

[Trey]

1/5 0* Thank goodness for monarch butterflies.

[SoMuchTV]

2/5, 1* for me.  Monarchs and Bligh (who I wasn't 100% sure wasn't fictional, but he was the only seafaring Brit I could come up with who seemed to fit). 🦋 🦋

[Shrek]

3/5 with 2*

[Good Queen Jane]

2/ 5 with 1*.

i knew North Korea was the Hermit Kingdom but I never thought they would match it with South Korea. Oh well, I’ll bring my new fave cuisine, Korean Fried Chicken, which knows neither North nor South.

[zoey1996]

Week 29 2/5, no*

YTD 46/145, seven*

 

[opus]

0/5 🤷‍♂️

[possibilities]

2/5 for me.

 

[DXD526]

2/5 with one *.

[30 Helens]

2/5, 1* (Phoenix, Bligh)

I will bring custom-printed I Hate March Madness t-shirts for anyone who wants to join me at the sulkers’ table.

[helpmerhonda]

Week 28 - 2/5

Week 29 - 2/5

[Clanstarling]

9 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

I will bring custom-printed I Hate March Madness t-shirts for anyone who wants to join me at the sulkers’ table.

I'll hate along with you! My guy has a website he updates daily, so he watches all of the damn games (at least the ones he can get between our streamers and spotty tv reception). To think, in the early days I thought about getting cable so he would be at my place during March Madness. 🤣

Then again, he has to suffer through awards season. 😉

Edited Sunday at 05:01 PM by Clanstarling

[illdoc]

Week 29: 1/5 (thank you butterflies) 0*   Overall: 65/145  11*

[Mindthinkr]

3/5 with one * for the Trevi Fountain 

I’ll bring some Carpaccio as an appetizer for us. 
 

[M. Darcy]

3/5 with 1*

[Grundoon59]

3/5 with 2* - got Monarchs (thanks to a recent viewing of an IMAX/Giant Screen documentary), Trevi & the Koreas (lucky guesses).  

[theartandsound]

WEEK 29 (24 MAR): 3/5, one *.

I thought I was overdue at least one more week's worth of scores, lol. Chalk it up to a heady concoction of the Miami Open in tennis, March Madness, and baseball is back baby!!!!!