A similar one, from an extra-credit question on a LONG, long-ago class final:
The only country with a town that has four elemental names based on the town's name.
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A similar one, from an extra-credit question on a LONG, long-ago class final:
Good one, but probably too hard for Jeopardy.AFRET CMS wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:21 pm A similar one, from an extra-credit question on a LONG, long-ago class final:
The only country with a town that has four elemental names based on the town's name.
Spoiler
What is Sweden? (yttrium, terbium, erbium, ytterbium, all based on the town of Ytterby where they were first found)Spoiler
.... and I still remember I missed the question by answering "Switzerland." At least I got as far as the "Sw" without going to Swaziland.
Good one, but probably too hard for Jeopardy.AFRET CMS wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:21 pm A similar one, from an extra-credit question on a LONG, long-ago class final:
The only country with a town that has four elemental names based on the town's name.
Spoiler
What is Sweden? (yttrium, terbium, erbium, ytterbium, all based on the town of Ytterby where they were first found)Spoiler
.... and I still remember I missed the question by answering "Switzerland." At least I got as far as the "Sw" without going to Swaziland.
Nice! There's an impossible FJ to be crafted around those four. Something about two place names associated with each other and two surnames associated with those places.mas3cf wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:47 pmSpoiler
Glenn Seaborg (seaborgium) worked at Berkeley, so there's your fourth element...opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:41 pmGood one, but probably too hard for Jeopardy.AFRET CMS wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:21 pm A similar one, from an extra-credit question on a LONG, long-ago class final:
The only country with a town that has four elemental names based on the town's name.
Spoiler
What is Sweden? (yttrium, terbium, erbium, ytterbium, all based on the town of Ytterby where they were first found)Spoiler
.... and I still remember I missed the question by answering "Switzerland." At least I got as far as the "Sw" without going to Swaziland.Spoiler
I kept trying to make Berkelium, Lawrencium, Livermorium, and an element to be named later work somehow.
Which one did the celebrity pick?jeff6286 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:54 pm This was a million dollar question on Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire last week: On the periodic table, there are four different elements named after what?
A. Antoine Lavoisier's pet cat
B. A moon of Neptune
C. Marie Curie's maiden name
D. A Swedish mining village
She balked, took the 500K, and guessed A when it was safe after the lights came up.Cat Hammarskjold wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:47 amWhich one did the celebrity pick?jeff6286 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:54 pm This was a million dollar question on Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire last week: On the periodic table, there are four different elements named after what?
A. Antoine Lavoisier's pet cat
B. A moon of Neptune
C. Marie Curie's maiden name
D. A Swedish mining village
nserven wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:46 pm CLASSIC TV ACTORS
On his death in 1982 this actor was buried with full police honors in Los Angeles and LAPD badge No. 714 was retired.
correct response
Who is Jack Webb?comment
Perhaps easier for older generations. Webb has only one mention in the J-archive in the last 8 years and his last as the correct response was in 2007.
Born in '65. This one was a gimme. But I can imagine someone even a year or two younger not knowing the name at all.nserven wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:46 pm CLASSIC TV ACTORS
On his death in 1982 this actor was buried with full police honors in Los Angeles and LAPD badge No. 714 was retired.
correct response
Who is Jack Webb?comment
Perhaps easier for older generations. Webb has only one mention in the J-archive in the last 8 years and his last as the correct response was in 2007.
'66. Still a gimme.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:34 pm Born in '65. This one was a gimme. But I can imagine someone even a year or two younger not knowing the name at all.
Born in '80. Didn't have any trouble with it.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:34 pmBorn in '65. This one was a gimme. But I can imagine someone even a year or two younger not knowing the name at all.nserven wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:46 pm CLASSIC TV ACTORS
On his death in 1982 this actor was buried with full police honors in Los Angeles and LAPD badge No. 714 was retired.
correct response
Who is Jack Webb?comment
Perhaps easier for older generations. Webb has only one mention in the J-archive in the last 8 years and his last as the correct response was in 2007.
Didn’t know for sure, but got it without hintsVolante wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:11 am I might need a flame retardant suit for this one...
With Hint 1 feels like how I'd run with it, but since I can't take -away- information, you get hard mode first.
TOYS
This English girl first appeared on a coin purse between a milk bottle and a bowl with a goldfish
Hint 1
...first appeared in 1974...Hint 2
...coin purse by Sanrio...Answer
Hello Kitty. Yes, in her official bio, she's a girl, not a cat, and she lives outside London.
Volante wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:11 am I might need a flame retardant suit for this one...
With Hint 1 feels like how I'd run with it, but since I can't take -away- information, you get hard mode first.
TOYS
This English girl first appeared on a coin purse between a milk bottle and a bowl with a goldfish
Hint 1
...first appeared in 1974...Hint 2
...coin purse by Sanrio...Answer
Hello Kitty. Yes, in her official bio, she's a girl, not a cat, and she lives outside London.
Good one!cheezguyty wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:46 pm BILLBOARD CHARTS
These two artists with the same first and last initials have each had eleven #1 albums on the Billboard 200
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Who are Barbra Streisand and Bruce Springsteen?
I went Mariah Carey and Madonna (Ciccone).cheezguyty wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:46 pm BILLBOARD CHARTS
These two artists with the same first and last initials have each had eleven #1 albums on the Billboard 200
Spoiler
Who are Barbra Streisand and Bruce Springsteen?
I settled on the first artist right away but had trouble matching with a second. The best I came up with wascheezguyty wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:46 pm BILLBOARD CHARTS
These two artists with the same first and last initials have each had eleven #1 albums on the Billboard 200
Spoiler
Who are Barbra Streisand and Bruce Springsteen?