Season 35 Final Jeopardy Contest

[zoey1996]

Not a good week for me!

Week 21 - 1/5, no *

Season to date - 54/105, 6*

[Clanstarling]

And...back to 2/5.

[Trey]

3/5 for me. 

[DXD526]

3/5 again this week. Tuesday was an instaget, Wednesday an educated guess that panned out. Since I generally do well with anything astronomy related, Friday wasn't quite an instaget, but close. 

[illdoc]

Week 21:  5/5 (woo hoo! only my second).  Overall:  67/105 (6 *)

[Driad]

Saber5055 -- How many of us are playing?  

[saber5055]

3 minutes ago, Driad said:

Saber5055 -- How many of us are playing?  

There are 21 players. Ten others started, then dropped out after a few weeks. I am not counting me, who would be in strong contention for Low Score if I allowed myself to be a real contestant!

Ha, I just noticed ... 21 players have made it to Week 21.

[Driad]

3 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

There are 21 players.

Cool.  Maybe we should do some synchronized buzzer punching drills so we all look good.

[saber5055]

9 minutes ago, Driad said:

Cool.  Maybe we should do some synchronized buzzer punching drills so we all look good.

Only if @Mindthinkr makes us a buffet lunch for after!

[helpmerhonda]

3/5. How perfectly average.

[M. Darcy]

3/5

[Good Queen Jane]

4/5.

[SHD]

Week 22: 1/5

[GrannySmith]

3/5   1*. I haven’t been keeping track of *. 

Edited February 9, 2019 by GrannySmith
Adding *

[Trey]

2/5.  The week started off strong with gets on Monday and Tuesday.  I got all optimistic and thought this might be the week I get 5/5.  Nope.

[DXD526]

3/5 this week, one *!

[illdoc]

Week 22:   3/5 (1 *)   Overall:  70/110  (7 *), 63%

[saber5055]

I am missing Week 21 scores for @GenerationX and @Fex. Don't quit now you guys, we're halfway done!

Will post Week 22 clues shortly.

[zoey1996]

Another less than stellar week for me!

Week 22 - 1/5, no *

Season to date - 55/110, 6*

[saber5055]

WEEK 22 — ONE asterisk  
106. The U.S. Senate. An 1890 resolution by Senator Aldrich was killed by this, the very technique it sought to limit; a 1917 rule set some boundaries on it.
 *107. The 19th Century. In his autobiography, Buffalo Bill Cody remembered this venture as “a relay race against time.” *
108. International Borders. Germany has land borders with 9 countries & only maritime borders with 2 countries, the U.K. & this one across the Baltic.
109. Presidents & The Movies. 3 Presidential films, all directed by Oliver Stone, have a total of only 9 letters in their titles–“Nixon” & these 2.
110. Shakespeare Comedies. At the end of this play: “Why are our bodies soft & weak …but that our …hearts should well agree with our external parts?”

[Driad]

4/5, no *

[GenerationX]

Busy two weeks, and I'm finally caught up.  Had 2/5 in week 21 and 3/5 in week 22.  No asterisks.

[Sharpie66]

4/5 for me this week.

[j5cochran]

5 for 5, with the *! 

[saber5055]

1 hour ago, j5cochran said:

5 for 5, with the *! 

You are the Smartie Pants of Week 22! Congrats!

[opus]

3 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

You are the Smartie Pants of Week 22! Congrats!

Can I be the Dumbie Pants?

Week 1/5

Season 48/110

[peeayebee]

3/5 with an asterisk.

[Fex]

I finally got caught up on all the Jeopardy on my DVR yesterday... when the forum was down! So, 3/5 last week and this week. At least I'm consistent.

No asterisk 

Edited February 9, 2019 by Fex

[M. Darcy]

4/5 with 1 * 

[j5cochran]

1 hour ago, saber5055 said:

You are the Smartie Pants of Week 22! Congrats!

It's all in the categories! If it had been 1990s Female Singers, UK Prime Ministers, or People and Places, I would have been toast.

[Browncoat]

4/5 with one asterisk for me!

[lb60]

Week 22: 2 for 5, 1*.

[Clanstarling]

3/5  one * 

[biakbiak]

5/5 with *! 

[Toothbrush]

5/5!   

[saber5055]

@Toothbrush, I gave you an asterisk since you got all five answers this week. We now have The Battle of Three Brainiacs for high score in Week 22. Congrats. Long may your brain cells live.

20 hours ago, opus said:

Can I be the Dumbie Pants?

I am the honorary captain of The Dunce Cap Crowd. I'm not sure you qualify as a full-time member but we'll let you sit in our meetings. If you bring pastries.

Edited February 10, 2019 by saber5055

[opus]

28 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

but we'll let you sit in our meetings. If you bring pastries.

Is it wrong that I first read that as "pasties"?

[Sharpie66]

Depends on if you mean Cornish pasties or stripper pasties.

[helpmerhonda]

3/5

[Clanstarling]

1 hour ago, Sharpie66 said:

Depends on if you mean Cornish pasties or stripper pasties.

Either meaning works for parties. 😉 Though dullard that I am, I'd prefer the Cornish pasties, please.

Edited February 10, 2019 by Clanstarling

[Good Queen Jane]

2/5, no *.

[Browncoat]

3/5 this week, with 1*.

[j5cochran]

2/5, but at least I got the asterisk on Friday!

[saber5055]

WEEK 23 — TWO asterisks
111. Primetime TV. “Complications” was a suggested title for this ABC drama that was renewed for a 15th season in 2018.
112. Islands. 650 miles off the U.S., it was the site of a 1609 shipwreck of colonists bound for Jamestown that may have inspired “The Tempest.”
 * 113. Poets. He gave his pets names like Wiscus, Pettipaws, George Pushdragon & Jellylorum, the last of which he used in a poem. *
114. Colorful Geography. Named for a soldier killed in 1846 at the start of a war, it was in the news again as a port of entry to the U.S. in 2018.
 * 115. 19th Century Inventors. He spent his life improving a plant-based substance he described as a “vegetable leather” or “elastic metal.”

Edited February 16, 2019 by saber5055

[lb60]

Week 23: 3 for 5, 1*.

[Toothbrush]

1/5 no * 👎

[SHD]

Week 23: 1/5

[biakbiak]

I guess I was on the writers wavelength 5/5 with 2*.

[Abstract]

3/5 this week including the two TS.

[GrannySmith]

3/5. 1*