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Season 35 Final Jeopardy Contest

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Brookside

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3 hours ago, biakbiak said:

I seriously don’t get the issue. Hyphenate  used that way is extremely common and was even explained in the clue that though he is an actor he only won  for being a writer and producer and gave the dates to make it even easier.

 

Apologies for not being au fait with everything Hollywood, but judging by the responses in the regular J! thread, I'm not the only one.

3 hours ago, saber5055 said:

It's nice to know you are human, @The Wild Sow. Sorry for your loss. (Heh heh. "Not really," said the person with score of 6.)

Your three asterisks have been added @biakbiak. You are now in the race for Asterisk Master.

Then we'd need one for clues Trebek screws up and ruins by his affected reading. I'd like to use a little dagger for that.

Oh, you mean a FONT dagger. Never mind.

For virtual stabbing, since we can't actually reach through the TV to get our revenge literally.

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A three day cruise to the Greek Islands with a stop in Turkey, then seven days to various spots in Greece, ending in Athens. I'm only going so I can increase my knowledge for FJ.

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I would like to thank my couch for supporting me through most of this competition, lack of pressure for making my brain not freeze, and the Jeopardy writers for limiting the Bible and English Royal hi

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As high scorer in the Season 35 Contest, we* expect @biakbiak to take the Jeopardy test next time it is offered and then let us know when he/she will appear on the show so we can set our DVRs. It's on

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Brookside

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Doug on Reddit:

Hey, Doug here. Yes, we did all think the answer had to be a hyphenated name. I knew the term multi-hyphenate, but I'd never seen it without the "multi-" before. I was certain I was going to lose which is why I did a joke answer, and I couldn't do the math fast enough to realize that I'd won, so I was genuinely surprised when Alex announced me as the winner.

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Toothbrush

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20 hours ago, Brookside said:

Doug on Reddit:

Hey, Doug here. Yes, we did all think the answer had to be a hyphenated name. I knew the term multi-hyphenate, but I'd never seen it without the "multi-" before. I was certain I was going to lose which is why I did a joke answer, and I couldn't do the math fast enough to realize that I'd won, so I was genuinely surprised when Alex announced me as the winner.

Interesting. I wonder if they will invite the 2nd & 3rd place finishers back.

I got FJ Wednesday, so am 2/3 for the week thus far with 1 *

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biakbiak

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1 hour ago, Toothbrush said:

Interesting. I wonder if they will invite the 2nd & 3rd place finishers back.

I got FJ Wednesday, so am 2/3 for the week thus far with 1 *

Probably not since it’s not an uncommon term and at the end of the day they clearly didn’t know who one beat original screenplay in 1998 and Best Picture in 2012.

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48 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

I'm getting worse -- overall after tonight, I'm 9/20 with just one *.

I need weekly totals, not total totals. Please post total correct for each week and asterisks won per week so I can record them at the end of each week. Browncoat, you need to tell me Week 4 total and any asterisks for Week 4 only.

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Final Jeopardy WEEK 4 — A two ** week
*16. World Literature. In a recent poll of 125 authors, this long 1870s novel about a woman ranked as the greatest work of fiction of all time.  
*17. Oscar Hyphenates. This actor has never been nominated for acting–he won, though, as a writer for 1997 & as a producer for 2012. 
18. Cities in History. The Cathedral of St. Pierre was the center of the Calvinist reformation in this lakeside city.
19. International Crime. Italy’s Agromafia enriches itself through counterfeit versions of this “liquid gold” mentioned by Homer & Plato.
20. Military History. Prepared by the Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, the “COSSAC Plan” outlined the details of this.

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Browncoat

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9 hours ago, saber5055 said:

I need weekly totals, not total totals. Please post total correct for each week and asterisks won per week so I can record them at the end of each week. Browncoat, you need to tell me Week 4 total and any asterisks for Week 4 only.

Sorry about that!  I misread the clue and thought we were going for overall scores.  :)

For this week, I was 2/5, with one *.

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DXD526

DXD526

Went 2/5 this week. Last night was my first instaget FJ of the season. And I got Ben Affleck, even though I thought it was wrong because I thought it had to be a hyphenated name. He came to mind pretty quickly, and I discounted it, but kept thinking and came to the conclusion that if I had been on the show, I would have written it down, despite thinking it was wrong, so I went with it (yes, this all took place in 30 seconds!). I've never heard hyphenate used in this way. J! assumed I'm hip to showbiz lingo, but I'm not. 

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9 hours ago, GenerationX said:

2/5 (salvaged after going 0/3 to start the week).  I guessed Matt Damon on Tuesday, when I should have realized it would be Ben Affleck, since Damon is the far better actor and more likely to have had an acting nomination.  Picked Zurich instead of Geneva on Wednesday. 

Yep, Damon's been nominated for acting 3 times. There may be an Emmy nomination coming up next year.

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2 hours ago, opus said:

saber, are we still supposed to get a "like" to denote our score has been registered?

Yes, you do get a "like" once your score is recorded. Thanks for posting this since I not only missed recording you, I missed three others as well. Gah. Ya'll are now in. Like Flynn.

For Week 4 I'm still missing @Brookside, @GrannySmith, @JeezumCrow, @The Wild Sow and @Toothbrush.

Players @SHD, @Mystery Author and @Kathira appear to have given up. You guys can still play catch up though, just ask me which weeks are missing and you can get late totals in. I realize people do have real lives. Well, some of us. There is no deadline. We're all friends here. Well, some of us.

ETA: Brand new players are welcome too! Just jump in and post your past week scores. Great prizes are being awarded. You could "be a contender!"

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opus

2 hours ago, saber5055 said:

Yes, you do get a "like" once your score is recorded. Thanks for posting this since I not only missed recording you, I missed three others as well. Gah. Ya'll are now in. Like Flynn.

Thanks. I know it's a lot of work for you to track all this. I just would've hated to see my awesome 1/5 week go to waste :)

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8 minutes ago, Brookside said:

Unfortunately I'm going to have to ungracefully withdraw from the competition due to last minute, open-ended travel. 

Open-ended travel vs. Final Jeopardy Contest. Ah, let me think about that ... NEVER! Enjoy your travels and stop in to see us so we can "go with" you vicariously, the only way I get to travel these days. You can still play, however, by answering the questions posted here in a late-player catch up. I refuse to "close" your account!

saber5055

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14 hours ago, Driad said:

Saber5055, when you decide on the prizes, please let us know.  If I win a puppy I'll need to find a new place to live.

I hadn't thought of that as a prize, but THANKS! for the idea! Oprah voice: YOU get a puppy, YOU get a puppy, YOU ALL get puppies! Yeay!

I've now increased contest winners to an even dozen. Plus a few "participation" prizes.

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