Season 36 Final Jeopardy Contest

[PBnJay]

5/5 one *. One lucky guess.

[Fex]

On 10/20/2019 at 1:53 PM, saber5055 said:

I've been remiss in not mentioning @Fex's new face lift, which happened a while back. I hardly recognize you any more!

Ooh, I'm pleased you noticed! It's a castle in Wales, and I even took the picture myself. Typically, my trivia skills are far greater than my photography skills....

[saber5055]

On 10/22/2019 at 7:55 PM, Fex said:

Ooh, I'm pleased you noticed! It's a castle in Wales, and I even took the picture myself. Typically, my trivia skills are far greater than my photography skills....

Thanks for clarifying! I had looked closer a while back to see what it was and THOUGHT if was castle turrets (or whatever they are called). Glad to know I was sort of correct. Lucky you having been to Wales. I can only go there vicariously through your avatar, if you don't mind me trespassing. (And your photo skillz are just fine!)

[Browncoat]

A sad 2/5 this week, with no asterisks.

[opus]

1/5

[GrannySmith]

2/5. One *. 

[peeayebee]

Ditto -- 2/5, one *

[Trey]

My week didn't start well but I ended up with 4/5, a pretty good score for me.

[Clanstarling]

2/5 one *

[saber5055]

WEEK 7 — THREE asterisks ***
* 31. U.S. Cities. Named for the ore once mined there, this city at an altitude of 10,152 feet is home to the National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum.  *
32. Female Music Superstars. With more than 30 top 10 albums since 1963, this singer-actress ranks no. 1 among the Billboard 200’s Greatest Women Artists of All Time.
*33. 1930s Novel Characters. Prior to a murder in a 1934 book, he says he hasn’t been a detective since 1927 & that his wife inherited a lumber mill.  *
*34. The History of France. This modern regime that lasted 4 years changed the national motto to “travail, famille, patrie”—”work, family, fatherland.” *
35. British History. In 2018 Parliament Square got its first statue of a woman, Millicent Fawcett, a founding member of the London Society for Women’s this.

[biakbiak]

5/5 +3.

[saber5055]

@opus, I have to say, your avatar cheers me and brightens my day when I see it, so thank you for that.

[illdoc]

What a bad week for me!  1/5   0*     Overall:  18/35   (2*)

[opus]

13 minutes ago, illdoc said:

What a bad week for me!  1/5   0*     Overall:  18/35   (2*)

I always think of 1/5 as a good week ("I got one!!")

[zoey1996]

Week 7:  4/5, 2*

YTD: 21/35, 3*

[DXD526]

2/5, again. Was in danger of 1/5, but an educated guess on Friday saved me from that fate!

[Toothbrush]

4/5 **

[lb60]

Week 7: 3 for 5, 1*.

Looks like someone, me, might be starting a new streak!

;-)

[saber5055]

19 minutes ago, lb60 said:

Looks like someone, me, might be starting a new streak!

Not to put the pressure on, but get three more 3s in a row and you'll have raised the bar and set a new standard in Contest Consistency.

[Fex]

7 hours ago, illdoc said:

What a bad week for me!  1/5   0*     Overall:  18/35   (2*)

At least you're not alone! 1/5 and 0* for me, too.

[lb60]

2 hours ago, saber5055 said:

Not to put the pressure on, but get three more 3s in a row and you'll have raised the bar and set a new standard in Contest Consistency.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

Okay, probably not, but I always say, it's good to have a goal.

[Minaboo]

2/5

As for Nick and Nora Charles, I am unofficially giving myself half a point.  I “knew” the answer, just couldn’t come up with the names in time. Sometimes it takes a long time to retrieve names from the files in my brain. 

[M. Darcy]

2/5.   

[peeayebee]

8 hours ago, Minaboo said:

As for Nick and Nora Charles, I am unofficially giving myself half a point.  I “knew” the answer, just couldn’t come up with the names in time. Sometimes it takes a long time to retrieve names from the files in my brain. 

Boy, if I could add up all my half-points.... 😄

[saber5055]

On 10/27/2019 at 2:07 AM, Minaboo said:

As for Nick and Nora Charles, I am unofficially giving myself half a point.

On 10/27/2019 at 10:13 AM, peeayebee said:

Boy, if I could add up all my half-points

Go ahead and give yourself a full point for all those half points. I did for Mao and I won't even put here how I mangled the spelling of the rest of his name, and I did again for "right to vote" even though the answer was suffrage.

Of course, my weekly totals look like computers conversing in binary so I'm not exactly a threat to anyone.

Edited November 2, 2019 by saber5055

[Driad]

If "Who was the husband in the Thin Man series?" counts, 5/5, 3*.  Otherwise 4/5. 2*.

Was this week 7 or week 8?

[saber5055]

19 minutes ago, Driad said:

If "Who was the husband in the Thin Man series?" counts, 5/5, 3*.  Otherwise 4/5. 2*.

@Driad my friend, I asked the Contest Commander and was told it counts. Your score is 5+3*. Anyone else, feel free to update your one-half points to a full one and I'll fix on the tally sheet.

That was week 7. Tomorrow starts week 8. Ugh. Time is flying even if I'm not.

[Good Queen Jane]

3/5, 2*

[PBnJay]

5/5***

[Minaboo]

On 10/27/2019 at 3:40 PM, saber5055 said:

On 10/27/2019 at 3:17 PM, Driad said:

If "Who was the husband in the Thin Man series?" counts, 5/5, 3*.  Otherwise 4/5. 2*.

@Driad my friend, I asked the Contest Commander and was told it counts. Your score is 5+3*. Anyone else, feel free to update your one-half points to a full one and I'll fix on the tally sheet

Yay! My updated score is now 3/5, 1*

[saber5055]

13 minutes ago, Minaboo said:

Yay! My updated score is now 3/5, 1*

Good For You, @Minaboo! (TM Trebek) Heh, it rhymes. Change so noted.

Still missing @helpmerhonda, @j5cochran, @Sharpie66 and @suebee12. Check in when you can, the contest line is always open.

Edited October 30, 2019 by saber5055

[suebee12]

3/5 and 1*

Sorry @saber5055, I forgot to hit enter....oops!!

[helpmerhonda]

Shit! Sorry!

I mean, 1 of 5, so it doesn't really matter anyway.

[Sharpie66]

Another 1/5 here, too. Ugh.

[j5cochran]

Week seven: 3 of 5 with one asterisk.

[saber5055]

On 10/30/2019 at 4:25 PM, helpmerhonda said:

I mean, 1 of 5, so it doesn't really matter anyway.

Yes, it absolutely DOES matter. Prizes will be awarded this season a bit differently than the last, so everyone, including you, are in contention. Keep up the good fight!

[Browncoat]

Another sad week with 2/5 and no asterisks.

[saber5055]

WEEK 8 — ONE asterisk *
36. 19th Century America. Before its official opening on May 24, 1883 Emily Roebling became the first person to cross it in a carriage.
37. 1950s Cinema. Objects of attention in this suspenseful film include a digging dog, a scantily clad dancer & a possible murderer.
38. World Capitals. In 1865 this city named for an early 19th century British hero became a British colonial capital. Wellington,
39. Novelists. In a 1952 novel, he wrote, “But there were dry years too, & they put a terror on the valley. The water came in a thirty-year cycle.”
* 40. Religion. This denomination takes its name from the day, as told in the New Testament, when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles.*

[GrannySmith]

1/5 no*

[suebee12]

4/5 no * I was doing so well 'til Friday...

[Driad]

4/5, no *

[peeayebee]

3/5

[biakbiak]

3/5 my dual nemeses of British History and the Bible came to play this week!

Edited November 2, 2019 by biakbiak

[Minaboo]

3/5, 1*

[Toothbrush]

5/5 * 

[Trey]

1/5

[zoey1996]

Week 8:  3/5, 1*

YTD: 24/40, 4*

[Clanstarling]

4/5, no *  Good week for me. Damn my lack of religious knowledge (or rather, my stalled brain - which stuck until Alex revealed the answer)

[saber5055]

2 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

Damn my lack of religious knowledge (or rather, my stalled brain - which stuck until Alex revealed the answer)

New Jeopardy category: "Those Darned Pentecostals"

[illdoc]

Week 8:  2/5  (0*)   Overall:  20/40  (2*). So much for "want to do better this season".