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by cheezguyty
Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:28 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, July 29, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 37
Views: 5835

Re: Futility

Category 13 wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:53 pm Was Bryan's 57 (consecutive) clues in the red a record at least for non-Celebrity Tournament games?
Nope.
by cheezguyty
Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:57 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, July 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 38
Views: 4951

Re: Thursday, July 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

First two games: - Garrett Simpson: $18,300 + $25,500 (pre-doubling) - Bob Blake: $13,000 + $27,800 (pre-doubling) - Mark Born: $14,999 + $29,400 (pre-doubling) - Jerome Vered: $24,000 + $16,401 (pre-doubling) - Matt Handel: $23,400 + $17,001 (pre-doubling) - Karl Coryat: $16,300 + $26,100 (pre-dou...
by cheezguyty
Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:42 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

BRITISH "P"LACES

For many years, a pub in this East Sussex village featured the figure seen here on its signage


Spoiler
Where is Piltdown? (the pub was called "Piltdown Man")
by cheezguyty
Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:04 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 56
Views: 7107

Re: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Is $8,600 the highest score ever for second place at the end of the J! round? Tom Baker had $8,600 at the end of the first round in his debut and was still trailing the returning champ by $1,000. Second place had $4,600 in this pre-doubled game (note that this was thanks to a double credit on clue ...
by cheezguyty
Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:30 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

COLLEGE SPORTS Of the eight men's basketball head coaches the Kansas Jayhawks have had in 123 years, this 1st coach is the only one with an overall losing record Who is James Naismith? [ETA: Five days after posting this clue I finally got around to listening to the May 6th episode of the Recreationa...
by cheezguyty
Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:38 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 38
Views: 4579

Re: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

$19,201 is among the top ten most common winning scores in the doubled era, and the only one of those ten under $20,000 (which is the most common by far).
by cheezguyty
Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:25 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 38
Views: 5097

Re: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Golf wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:52 pm Sarah very possibly made the FJ wager that shows the absolute worst winning chances. So of course she wins.
At least it was on a clue involving Buzz Aldrin, who made a questionable FJ wager himself when he appeared on the show in 1994.
by cheezguyty
Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:55 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Reretaken Down
Replies: 5469
Views: 1453104

Re: Reretaken Down

Here is a simple recipe for grilled peaches on the cooking website Food52. These are the only ingredients: peaches butter brown sugar honey What else do these items have in common? Hint: This particular fact became true for half of the items within the last three months. Answer: Each of those ingred...
by cheezguyty
Fri May 28, 2021 7:29 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

This year saw the first pair to be re-elected president and vice president since Monroe and Tompkins in 1820
Spoiler
When was 1916? (Wilson and Marshall; Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, and McKinley were all re-elected with a new VP)
by cheezguyty
Thu May 27, 2021 3:43 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

SCIENCE & NATURE

Found only in a small area of the U.S., this plant is the sole member of the genus Dionaea, Greek for "daughter of Dione" (according to Homer)
Spoiler
What is the Venus flytrap? (Dione is the mother of Aphrodite in the Iliad)
by cheezguyty
Wed May 26, 2021 10:18 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

RULERS

Name and number shared by the pope who gave his blessing to William I's conquest of England and the tsar who ruled Russia 800 years later
Spoiler
What is Alexander II? (Tsar Alexander II is most notable for his emancipation of the serfs in 1861 and the selling of Alaska in 1867)
by cheezguyty
Tue May 25, 2021 11:15 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

TOUGH GEOGRAPHY

This country shares land borders with two different member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
Spoiler
What is Zambia? (Angola and Mozambique)
by cheezguyty
Mon May 24, 2021 4:34 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

SHAKESPEARE & OPERA

An unfinished Smetana opera was based on this comedy -- the opera was named after one of its characters, not something heard during the piece
Spoiler
What is Twelfth Night? (the opera was titled Viola)
by cheezguyty
Fri May 21, 2021 5:36 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

SOUTH AMERICAN POLITICS

In 2016, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was elected president over the daughter of this man who beat out a future Nobel Prize-winning author for the same office 26 years prior
Spoiler
Who is Alberto Fujimori? (who won against Mario Vargas Llosa)
by cheezguyty
Thu May 20, 2021 10:20 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

COLLEGE SPORTS

The Platypus Trophy is awarded unofficially to the winner of the annual college football game between these two in-state rivals
Spoiler
Who are the Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers?
by cheezguyty
Wed May 19, 2021 12:55 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY

Remove the first & last letter of Ireland's northernmost county or anagram Italy's chief seaport to get the name of this 2nd-largest lake in Europe
Spoiler
What is Onega? (Donegal, Genoa)
by cheezguyty
Tue May 18, 2021 2:31 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

FAMOUS NAMES

Sentenced to Fort Jefferson military prison for life, this man later received a pardon due to his efforts during an 1867 yellow fever outbreak
Spoiler
Who is Dr. Samuel Mudd?
by cheezguyty
Mon May 17, 2021 4:09 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

ANIMATED FILM CHARACTERS A trio of Disney characters who were originally called Chaney, Laughton, & Quinn were instead named for one of the Andrews Sisters & this author Who is Victor Hugo? Victor, Hugo, and Laverne are the talking gargoyles in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame , and Lon ...
by cheezguyty
Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:11 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

UNUSUAL OBJECTS

Related to a similar tool for observing stars, this 8-letter device is an instrument for indicating the positions of Jupiter's satellites
Spoiler
What is a jovilabe?
by cheezguyty
Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:15 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, March 26, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 41
Views: 5234

Re: Friday, March 26, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

During the interviews, when Oz said Susan's hometown of Portland, Maine was "a stone's throw" from Paul's hometown of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, I wondered if he was confusing it with the much-closer Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I got FJ but am a little surprised nobody guessed John C. Fremo...