Season 41 Final Jeopardy Contest

[Clanstarling]

1 hour ago, Grundoon59 said:

3/5 with an *.  Nixon was the only one I was really sure on - I was in my young teens at the time of Watergate and it/he was a major part of my political history education.

Me too. I even collected political cartoons at the time. I found them years later and only a few made sense anymore. LOL

[opus]

1/5

[M. Darcy]

3/5

[helpmerhonda]

I'm an SEC alum and an English teacher, so Columbia and Gatsby for me.

2/5

[zoey1996]

14 hours ago, helpmerhonda said:

I'm an SEC alum and an English teacher, so Columbia and Gatsby for me.

2/5

When I was in college, Missouri (Columbia) was in the Big Eight, and as a member of the Kansas State marching band, we traveled to the football game. The change to SEC just passed me by!

[ProudMary]

On 10/22/2024 at 9:58 AM, zoey1996 said:

When I was in college, Missouri (Columbia) was in the Big Eight, and as a member of the Kansas State marching band, we traveled to the football game. The change to SEC just passed me by!

All the more reason why it was not a great clue for a "College Towns" clue. It required specific sports knowledge to get to the correct response. The clue itself would have been fine, but the FJ category name should have been "College Sports Geography" or something similar. 

[Clanstarling]

19 minutes ago, ProudMary said:

All the more reason why it was not a great clue for a "College Towns" clue. It required specific sports knowledge to get to the correct response.

Or someone like me, who doesn't know anything about sports, who just picked Columbia because I knew it was in the south east, and figured that name had to have been used elsewhere. I don't know anything about sports. It was a Hail Mary pass - and I was surprised when I was right. (okay, I know a few teeny tiny things about sports)

Edited October 23, 2024 by Clanstarling

[theartandsound]

WEEK 6 (14 OCT): 4/5, one *.

[illdoc]

Week 7: 0/5   Overall: 15/35  3*  Really not my day today: Not only did I not get FJ (earning me my first 0/5 week this season), but I didn't get Wordle (3rd day in a row), only 2 rows in Connections, and 1:33 on the (timed) mini crossword (I often do under 30 seconds and certainly under a minute normally). Sigh.

[Prevailing Wind]

Checking FJ in "thejeopardyfan," I have broken my 3/5 streak and got TWO this week, but one of 'em was the only asterisk!  How the hell I remembered Pentecost from Sunday School, I'll never understand.

I gave up on Connections. I do play Wordle. A few weeks ago, the Wordle was my starting word, so I got ii in one!  LOL

I play four daily games - Wordle, Globle-game, its sister Globle Capitals, and worldledaily.com.  Earlier this week, I got all four games in 5 guesses each.  I think I should've gone out & gotten a Powerball ticket with all numbers ending in 5. LOL

 

[ams1001]

My first perfect week...perfectly round, that is. 

Week 7: 0/5
YTD: 12/35 (34%) with 2*

'Tis the season for apple cider donuts from a local orchard (which also makes the best apple pies). If you go at the right time you can get one hot and fresh out of the fryer...you don't even have to go inside (they have a window that opens onto the walkway leading to the door but it's never open when I'm there).

30 minutes ago, illdoc said:

Week 7: 0/5   Overall: 15/35  3*  Really not my day today: Not only did I not get FJ (earning me my first 0/5 week this season), but I didn't get Wordle (3rd day in a row), only 2 rows in Connections, and 1:33 on the (timed) mini crossword (I often do under 30 seconds and certainly under a minute normally). Sigh.

I used all but one of my chances on today's Wordle, I cheated at Connections (the site Mashable has a page where they give you a hint in the form of the categories in other words, and if you can't get it from that you can scroll further down and get the actual categories, and if even that doesn't help you can scroll to the end and get the answer; I got it from the first set of hints, at least). The Mini took me 2:38 (I am more in line with your times normally; my record is 11 seconds but that was a 4x4 puzzle. My record on a full 5x5 is 12. Both of those were a long time ago). It was a terrible game day.

22 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said:

A few weeks ago, the Wordle was my starting word, so I got ii in one!  LOL

The first time I ever played Wordle, I got it in one. Hasn't happened since. (The word was PANIC, which might give you an idea of my state of mind at the time.)

[Browncoat]

1/5 this week, with a lucky guess on Monday.

[SoMuchTV]

2/5, no *. I was hesitant to take credit for Monday, since it only came to me as the wrong responses were being revealed, but then Friday was a true Hail Mary, so I figure that’s a sign, right? 

[Clanstarling]

Week 7 – October 21 – One Asterisk
31.     ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES - This theme tackled in art by Bellini & Michelangelo isn't explicitly mentioned in the Bible, but is part of the "Seven Sorrows of Mary" (Pieta) (Clan’s note – means “Compassion” according to Google translate. It is obviously a depiction of the sixth sorrow – Mary receives the body of Jesus – so I’m not sure about the translation)
32.     DETECTIVE AUTHORS - For much of the 1920s, he lived on Eddy Street in San Francisco's Tenderloin District  (Dashiell) Hammet
33.     *THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - This day involving the Holy Spirit & the Apostles is sometimes described as the "birthday" of the Church (Pentecost)
34.     ON THE U.K. MUSIC CHARTS - "Candle In The Wind 1997" knocked this song that asked a title question from the top spot as the U.K.'s all-time bestselling song (Do They Know It’s Christmas)
35.     U.S. HISTORY - The largest land deal in U.S. history was formalized in a building at this spot, now named for a military hero & president (Jackson Square)

[shapeshifter]

Week 7: 0/5

Pass the donuts. 

[Driad]

Week 7: 3/5, no *.

Bringing a fruit salad with dates, apples, and cherries.

[ProudMary]

Week 7:  4/5* (M,Tu,W,Th)

[possibilities]

1/5

 

[30 Helens]

Do they know it's... bagel time??

Pizza bagels, that is! 

(0/5, if that wasn't obvious)

I play Wordle, Connections, Strands and NYT crossword every morning. I hate getting up, and I find that puzzles are a great way to procrastinate without feeling bad about it. (Brain health is important, too!) Connections is my favorite.

Edit: Oh! And Spelling Bee! I love Spelling Bee. Although  I usually play that around 3am. (I hate going to bed, too.) I don’t allow myself to sleep until I at least get to Genius.

Edited October 26, 2024 by 30 Helens

[Shrek]

Woohoo, I managed to get one this week thanks to Sir Elton.

[Bliss]

2/5

Add me to the brain gym list. Being a proud Canuck, I also do Canuckle - the Cdn version of Wordle (the creator is a family friend).

I absolutely love the mornings when I'm told I'm "Perfect!" by Connections ;-)

On super-duper-procrastination mornings, I even do Tiles.

Bringing Qwirkle and Codenames (two of my fave games) to the party since I'm on a diet. Too many funeral sandwiches lately.

[Good Queen Jane]

3/5, 1*.

i knew Friday’s  FJ was referring to Jackson Square, but apparently blinded by my knowledge that it was talking about the Louisiana Purchase, I confidently answered Jefferson Square. Sometimes too much knowledge is a bad thing.

[SoMuchTV]

34 minutes ago, Good Queen Jane said:

3/5, 1*.

i knew Friday’s  FJ was referring to Jackson Square, but apparently blinded by my knowledge that it was talking about the Louisiana Purchase, I confidently answered Jefferson Square. Sometimes too much knowledge is a bad thing.

Jefferson went through my mind as well, but between the musical Hamilton and The Jefferson Hour radio show, I was pretty sure he wasn't a military hero.  Jackson Square sounded like a thing that exists, so I got lucky with my wild guess.

[possibilities]

I knew they were talking about the Louisiana Purchase, but I had no idea where it was signed and I hate Jackson and consider him pure evil, so I forgot anyone considered him heroic. I never would have gotten the answer to that one.

 

[Trey]

2/5 Mon. and Tues.  0*

[Prevailing Wind]

51 minutes ago, possibilities said:

I knew they were talking about the Louisiana Purchase, but I had no idea where it was signed and I hate Jackson and consider him pure evil, so I forgot anyone considered him heroic. I never would have gotten the answer to that one.

 

It's like I have a twin!  I abhor him, too.

[Clanstarling]

19 hours ago, illdoc said:

Week 7: 0/5   Overall: 15/35  3*  Really not my day today: Not only did I not get FJ (earning me my first 0/5 week this season), but I didn't get Wordle (3rd day in a row), only 2 rows in Connections, and 1:33 on the (timed) mini crossword (I often do under 30 seconds and certainly under a minute normally). Sigh.

That was a tough Connections!

19 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I gave up on Connections. I do play Wordle. A few weeks ago, the Wordle was my starting word, so I got ii in one!  LOL

That's happened to me  once too. :)

1 hour ago, possibilities said:

I knew they were talking about the Louisiana Purchase, but I had no idea where it was signed and I hate Jackson and consider him pure evil, so I forgot anyone considered him heroic. I never would have gotten the answer to that one.

 

Me too.

44 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said:

It's like I have a twin!  I abhor him, too.

Triplets!

For my brain health (as @30 Helens points out), I play Wordle, Quordle, Octordle, and Connections. I also play Blossom, which I'm really bad at. Connections is the toughest one, imo. My husband and I "compete" with the "ordles" and Connections. I also do DuoLingo each day to keep up my almost, but not quite, near fluent German to communicate with my family.

I ended up with 2/5 no * this week. Pieta and Hammet (by a hair)

[DXD526]

1/5. TH only. I hate that song.

[helpmerhonda]

Absolute garbage week for me - 0/5.

[M. Darcy]

2/5

[opus]

1/5

[secnarf]

1/5

[Grundoon59]

3/5 with no *.  I usually do Wordle, Spelling Bee, Mini Crossword, Connections and Strands on my lunch break to refresh my brain with varying results for success.  

[zoey1996]

Week 7 1/5, no*

YTD 14/35, three*

Late to the party, but our trip was good! I'll post a trip report in off-topic thread.

Edited November 3, 2024 by zoey1996

[ams1001]

Week 8: 5/5

YTD: 17/40 (43%) with 2*

Perfect week!!

How about some cute armadillo cookies?
(First I looked for cakes but everything I found was just too creepily realistic.)

[Browncoat]

Perfect week for me, too!  5/5!

Those armadillo cookies are so cute!  Unlike the groom's cake....

 

[ams1001]

23 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

Perfect week for me, too!  5/5!

Those armadillo cookies are so cute!  Unlike the groom's cake....

Yeah, that was one of the ones that came up...didn't realize what it was from, though. Haven't seen that movie in forever.

[ProudMary]

Week 8:  4/5.

YTD:  24/40 (60%)

[Clanstarling]

Week 8 – October 28 – No Asterisks
36.     STAGE MUSICAL SETTINGS - Turned into a Nazi headquarters in 1933, the nightspot Eldorado is said to have inspired this fictional place (The Kit Kat Club)
37.     NEWS FROM THE STORK - One of the 10 or so babies born at Argentina's Esperanza Base in this place was fittingly named Marisa de las Nieves (Antarctica)
38.     ARTIFACTS - Roughly, 180 of these were made & 50 remain; the man who created them was given a pension by the Archbishop of Mainz in 1465 (Gutenberg Bibles)
39.     ANIMALS - The Aztecs called this animal ayotochtli, meaning a "turtle rabbit" for its rabbit-like ears & its turtle-like shell (armadillo)
40.     HISTORY & THE MOVIES - This 1935 Best Picture Oscar winner tells of a 1789 event near the isolated Pacific volcano of Tofua (Mutiny on the Bounty)

[Prevailing Wind]

Again, three for me.

[opus]

1/5 

Three weeks in a row.

[Mindthinkr]

3/5 for me this week. Last week was 2/5 so I guess an improvement. 

[Trey]

3/5 Wed., Thurs. and Friday

[Good Queen Jane]

4/5.
I was so excited going into Friday thinking I was going to get a perfect score for the week, but the clue made me think it was a movie about some sort of natural disaster and nothing came to mind that worked with the date.

[zoey1996]

Week 8 0/5, no*

YTD 14/40, three*

Edited November 3, 2024 by zoey1996
Thanks @illdoc!

[Shrek]

3/5 for me this week.

[Bliss]

3/5 (again!)

Too friggin busy to make anything - even virtually! - so I'll bring jokes, music and leftover Hallowe'en candy ;-)

[illdoc]

Week 8:  3/5  Overall 18/40 3* 

Oh, and Zoey? 

2 hours ago, zoey1996 said:

YTD 14/50, three*

It's only week 8 so you'd have 14/40 (not 50)--a little better than you thought.

[Driad]

Week 8: 4/5.

[SoMuchTV]

Well, almost a perfect week for me but not in the way some of you mean. Fortunately I was saved by the armadillo. 

1/5