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This was a good FJ. I looked at first to Voltaire, then The French Revolution, and got to Emile Zola. Was wondering what was up w/ Pepin the Short getting negged.. I could challenge Iron horse for being the most non-movie person on the board, and I knew "Born on the Fourth of July". That movie was h...

RTFC! Missed the law school part, went off track.
Didn't know about the movie & John Muir seems to be a blind spot for me. I've heard of him, but can't seem to associate him w/Sierra Club. 9/10

Xu Donym wrote: ↑

Sat May 18, 2019 11:35 am

. OTOH, if Francois had bet more than $0 to surpass Sara's potential $45,600, we'd find out whether "Geog." was sufficiently correct with two syllables missing.

How is this even an issue? National Geographic's own promos refer to themselves as Nat Geo, which can be found on YouTube.

Peachbox wrote: ↑

Fri May 17, 2019 7:13 am

Grumpy Cat (given name Tardar Sauce), has died at age 7.

The face that launched a thousand memes

Something I never expected to see again...a Daily Double on the last clue of the round.
If I ever see a Celebrity tweets category again, it'll be too soon. WGAF?
Wasn't too sure about Nat Geo but had nothing else, so I got FJ.

RTFC! I skipped over "college of law" and looked in the astronaut field.

Female Greek poet? Pure WECIB :o Belgium and Norway border this arm of the Atlantic? Double WECIB. :shock: FJ not quite WECIB but instaget for me. classical music * pagan ritual = Rite of Spring. Done. 8-) The math teachers at their schools should be giving them all kinds of hell after that dismal p...

NHO Radziwell. Is a madman's connection with the OED supposed to be well known? 'Cause it's not.
OTOH, Miles Standish was an easy FJ.
Parts of Speech was definitely lulz-worthy.

Any coincidence that my first perfecto in months comes during the Teachers' Tournament?

1820 was one way to go, another was to thing of breakaway states. Got Maine but was not an instaget.

Was I the only one who instagot FJ?
Looks like they don't hang out with any typing teachers.
Appropriate that one of the DJ categories was " Angry Words", because I was ready to exchange some with the writers on the Bismuth clue.

Went with Orange River, thinking of the Orange Free State.
Ready to pull the plug after the triple whiff on Uranus.
Disappointed they didn't have a particular song by Blue Oyster Cult in the Parenthetical Songs category.
Robert Frost was a gimme.

misread first clue, answered Order of De Molay.
answered Mitterand. Who picked this garbage?

I have done some calculating. According to my numbers, through 22 games, in locked games, if James had bet the maximum he could and still be guaranteed to win, instead of betting meaningful numbers, he would have acquired an additional $46,687. That is a lot to leave on the table.. Not when you've ...

hbomb1947 wrote: ↑

Fri May 03, 2019 3:03 pm

The best I could come up with in the 30 seconds was "kickstarting."

Same for me in FJ.
OK, James neutralized the DD by picking it first, & was still running away with it at the end of SJ.

. Also didn't know that Peyton Manning sold insurance. . Lach Trash: sabbath ==== Picked up 24 Hours of LeMans. And come to Denver, you can't get away from his insurance ads. Josh runs the category which IMO was questionable strategy instead of DD hunting, then he starts at the top. Arrrrrgh! When ...

One of my favorite paintings, and one of the first bits of trivia a rock fan learns about Queen.

https://news.avclub.com/jeopardy-producers-have-stripped-contestants-of-their-1834356162 Dear readers, please steel yourselves: We regret to inform you that both Kennings and Holzhauer have confirmed that contestants are no longer allowed to wager $69 as their Final Jeopardy bets. (Direct link to t...

Monty Python? More, please! :mrgreen: I really thought Robin had a chance there. She was doing well in plays & the DD had a good chance of being there. Then she waived the white flag on the Monty Python DD which she didn't get anyway. :( Read my share of JFC in high school. Easy FJ. 8-) At least the...

They just said "geographic" name, not specifically a continent, right? Needed both parts for the clue,. Element 63 put it in the Lanthanide series, & geographic name = Europium.

If you grew up in the '80s, it was impossible not to know Sixteen Candles.