Season 36 Final Jeopardy Contest

[saber5055]

WEEK 15 • Dec. 16 — NO asterisk
66. TV Theme Music. A short piece for 2 guitars called “Strange No. 3” was the first part of the theme music for this drama series that debuted in 1959.
67. Milestones In U.S. History. Congress declared September 6, 2008 Louisa Swain Day because Louisa did this in Wyoming on that date in 1870.
68. Plants & Trees. One of Britain’s few native evergreen trees, it’s prized for bringing color to winter, & its foliage is often hung in homes.
69. Science & Innovation. In her 20+ years working for this company, Audrey Sherman of Saint Paul has been granted more than 130 patents.
70. Classic Fiction. A 1902 work says of a riverboat journey, “We penetrated deeper and deeper into” this, the work’s title.

[Minaboo]

5/5 !!!

Never thought I’d see the day!

[Sharpie66]

4/5. Had no idea TZ had guitars in its theme! And I even watch the show, so I had no excuse. (Dressed as a chef one Halloween carrying the cookbook “To Serve Man.” No one got the reference, sad to say.)

[biakbiak]

4/5.

[GrannySmith]

2/5

[Trey]

3/5

[suebee12]

Proud to say I  had 4/5 this week. I wish I had read me some Conrad! Heck, haven't even seen the movie...don't do many war movies!

[Driad]

5/5.  Never read "Heart of Darkness" either, but knowing about it is enough.

[zoey1996]

Week 15: 4/5

YTD: 38/75, 6*

Edited December 21, 2019 by zoey1996

[Clanstarling]

3/5

[opus]

4/5

[Fex]

4/5

[illdoc]

Week 15:  3/5    Overall: 36/75 (3 *)

[j5cochran]

Week 15: 3 of 5.

[DXD526]

3/5.

[PBnJay]

5/5. What an amazing early Christmas present. Thank you Santa.

[peeayebee]

3/5

[M. Darcy]

3/5

[saber5055]

On 12/21/2019 at 2:35 AM, Sharpie66 said:

(Dressed as a chef one Halloween carrying the cookbook “To Serve Man.” No one got the reference, sad to say.)

 

Edited December 22, 2019 by saber5055

[lb60]

Week 15: 2 for 5.

Praying for a Christmas miracle next week.

[Good Queen Jane]

3/5 and surprised I did that well.

[helpmerhonda]

3 of 5

[illdoc]

Ho-Ho-No!!!!    Week 16:  0/5     Overall: 36/80  (3 *)

[Browncoat]

4/5.  Was Tuesday an asterisk?  If so, then one asterisk.

[suebee12]

Pretty good week! 4/5 and one *.

@Browncoat, yes Tuesday was an *, no one got St. Augustine!

[j5cochran]

Week 16: four for five, with one asterisk! I could not have come up with Roald Dahl if you gave the rest of the week.

[Clanstarling]

Crap week - 1/5 - but at least the one I got was on Christmas.

[Trey]

2/5

[zoey1996]

Week 16: 2/5, 0*

YTD: 40/80, 6*

[peeayebee]

1/5

[opus]

1/5

[saber5055]

WEEK 16 • Dec. 23 — ONE asterisk *
71. British Authors. In 2016 the OED celebrated his 100th birthday by adding words connected to his writings, including scrumdiddlyumptious.
* 72. Historic American Cities. Damage from Hurricane Matthew in this city in 2016 revealed a plot of colonist graves from perhaps as long as 430 years ago.  *
73. Organizations. Founded by students at W&M in 1776, its members include 17 U.S. Presidents, 41 Supreme Court Justices & more than 140 Nobel laureates.
74. 19th Century History. Wanting more French influence in the area he called Latin America, Napoleon III installed an emperor in this country.
75. Art Firsts. The first French museum to buy this type of painting was the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, in 1901.

[biakbiak]

3/5z

[GrannySmith]

2/5, 1*

Edited January 4, 2020 by GrannySmith
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[lb60]

Week 16: 2 for 5.

[Sharpie66]

3/5, no asterisk.

[DXD526]

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Crap week - 1/5 - but at least the one I got was on Christmas.

Ditto. 1/5. Crap week. 

[Driad]

Week 16:  3/5, one *

[helpmerhonda]

3 of 5, one *

[Good Queen Jane]

1/5. Egg nog hangover.

[PBnJay]

2/5. And three lumps of coal in my stocking. I blame it on being naughty this year.

[Fex]

2/5

Felt like a hard week, I think because I had no idea three days in a row (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)

[M. Darcy]

3/5!

[Minaboo]

2/5

[peeayebee]

1/5 😞

[Browncoat]

4/5!

[GrannySmith]

4/5!  

Edited January 4, 2020 by GrannySmith
Never mind.

[zoey1996]

Week 17: 4/5, 0*

YTD: 44/85, 6*

Edited January 4, 2020 by zoey1996

[Trey]

1/5

[Clanstarling]

4/5!