FJs for the 5/19/14 week

[MarkBarrett]

5/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
BOARD GAMES

5/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In the classic version of Monopoly, the only 2 improvable properties without avenue or place in their names

5/20 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
BRITISH NOVELS

5/20 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Stephen King borrowed the name of his fictional town Castle Rock from this 1950s novel that greatly influenced him

5/21 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
ORGANIZATIONS

5/21 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The full name of this scholarly group founded after a lecture in 1660 includes "of London for Improving Natural Knowledge"

5/22 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
TECHNOLOGY

5/22 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
When Apple sued for iPad patent infringement, Samsung cited this 1968 movie as the originator of the design

5/23 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
THE 1960s

5/23 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In his last speech, he mentioned local newsmakers of the day, including his friend Cesar Chavez & Don Drysdale

Correct responses in spoiler box:

Spoiler

Boardwalk & Marvin Gardens
Lord of the Flies
the Royal Society
2001: A Space Odyssey
Robert Kennedy

The players were 5/14 (35.71%) with a 1-0-0-3-1 success pattern.

The extra clues have one correct by the players followed by two triple stumpers.

THE MUSEUMS OF EUROPE $1200: In 1764 Empress Catherine II purchased Johann Gotzkowski's art collection, the first collection in this museum

THE SECRETARY OF WAR $2000: Secretary during the Civil War, he died 4 days after Grant appointed him to the Supreme Court

FAMOUS GEMSTONES $1200: The 3,107-carat Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem diamond ever known, was presented to this British king in 1907

Correct responses in spoiler box:

Spoiler

The Hermitage
Edwin Stanton
Edward VII

[MarkBarrett]

Marvin Gardens then Boardwalk
Never seen or read LOTF

[Volante]

Mon - Boardwalk then Marvin
Tue - And Then There Were None. But if I had 5-10 more seconds I probably would've settled on LotF
Wed - Royal Academy (despite all my Cosmos watching)

[TenPoundHammer]

Got Boardwalk first. NHO any of the royal academies, no guess Friday.

[TheyCallMeMrKid]

Should've/could've been much better in FJ
Got Boardwalk, blanked on Marvin Gardens, even though I have played Monopoly within the past year with my kids
Read LOTF in HS about 30 years ago, but didn't get that one either

[Leander]

Had Boardwalk, couldn't come up the Marvin Gardens in 30 seconds.
Never read or seen Lord of the Flies

[The Talking Mime]

First 5/5 week of the season, I believe. Combined with the week of 4/28, I'm now at nine consecutive gets in regular games.

[seaborgium]

Monday: Boardwalk was instant; not really sure how I managed to pull up Marvin Gardens.
Tuesday: Pre-called LotF moments before the clue reveal; still took me half of the think music to actually consider it as a response.
Wednesday: Almost went Royal Academy of Science, but was given pause by not being sure whether to say Science or Sciences. Then "Royal Academy of Science(s) of London for Improving Natural Knowledge" seemed like too much, which is to say nothing of the redundancy of "Science" and "Natural Knowledge." Landed on "Society" and liked that a lot better.
Thursday: Easiest of the week (evidenced by the triple get). Tiny leap to get from 1968 to 2001.
Friday: Tried to think of a retiring politico or news pundit first, no luck. Then somehow took "friend Cesar Chavez" and got to RFK from there. The Los Angeles connection never occurred to me.

Hermitage: Standard Pavlovian fare.
Stanton: News to me. I'll probably have to clam on it one more time before it's solidified in my mind.
Edward VII: The date seemed too early for George V, so I named the previous guy.

[nserven]

Tues: The Outsiders, not British.
Wed: Phi Beta Kappa, again not British.

Friday's clue was spoiled due to a weather alert pre-emption that cut back in right as Julia's response was revealed. I think I would have gotten it right.

Neither seen nor read Lord of the Flies.

[davey]

Peter Brook's 1963 film of Lord of the Flies was a Saturday-afternoon TV staple when I was a kid (no "Viewer discretion advised" back in those days either, and it's pretty intense) - I remember the conch, and Piggy and his glasses, but not Castle Rock from movie or book...

English monarchs of the 20th C. I really should study...

[heelsrule1988]

Monopoly saved me from a third straight week of Tweety (although the last two Tweetys were quite understandable)!

[karoliner]

Fairly good week for me. I’m surprised LOTF get rate is so low. Never read it but it’s the only sort-of-scary 50s novel I know of. What else could it be? Though I was sure I got it wrong when Alex said if you hadn’t read the book it’d be very hard to get.

[Kevin B]

I got M/W/Th/F correct. I'm surprised I didn't get Lord of the Flies, I have both read the book and seen the movie.

[Plactus]

Monday – Boardwalk immediately. Then thought it was Baltic Square for some reason.
Tuesday – Read Lord of the Flies, but wasn't going to connect Castle Rock with it. Said The Lord of the Rings; I wasn't happy with that, though.
Wednesday – Not even a guess.
Friday – Wrong Kennedy (in a coinflip with King); Robert didn't cross my mind.

[Linear Gnome]

(got close--thought of the right guy but said Edward VIII. Oops!)

Boardwalk first. Had no idea Castle Rock had to do with LotF (which I have never read). Wednesday I guessed National Geographic Society--thought maybe the UK had one, too. Friday I knew they were referencing Los Angeles, but I have somehow managed to go all these years without knowing that RFK was assassinated there.

[jkbrat]

M: When I was a kid, we played board games all summer long (unlike my kids, who called them bored games -- and, yes, I can hear the difference in the way they say it !!). A little rusty now, but there was a time when I could have told you the rent for every single property around the board in order (including those with houses or a hotel). My first exposure to probability and statistics was empirically noticing the pattern that sevens came up the most when throwing 2 dice (and then using this knowledge to plan housing placements based on where my opponents were on the board).

T: Skipped precalls because BRITISH NOVELS was too broad of a category. Then, when it was narrowed to the 1950s, I couldn't think of a single one. (Too late for Orwell and Huxley, didn't think it could be just one of a trilogy without more TOM.) The dreaded Blank Screen of Death ....

W: Royal Geographic Society. You know, it's not so much that I mind not getting FJ! correct, but is it too much to ask to at least get my wrong response correct?
(NB: The correct name is the Royal Geographical Society.)

Th: Instaguess

F: NHO Don Drysdale, but Cesar Chavaz -> California + "last speech" + 1960s got me there with confidence and time to spare.

I got Stanton via the Johnson impeachment route.

[Bamaman]

For the season:
97-83
Longest FJ winning streak: 6 (active 2)
Longest FJ losing streak: 6
Teacher tournament: 6-4
Decades: 8-17
College Tournament: 8-2
5/5: 0
4/5: 9
3/5: 10
2/5: 14
1/5: 3
0/5: 0

I don't recall which one I got first on Monday. I wrote down Boardwalk first on my sheet but that doesn't mean anything and I didn't say in the game thread which one came to me first.

I read the book in high school but have never seen a movie version.

I said "Royal Academy" on Wednesday, costing me my first 5/5 week of the season.

2001 was a lucky guess and Drysdale took me to LA and RFK.

I missed the museum as that one always eludes me for some reason. I should have gotten Stanton but I focused too much on the part about him dying and ignored the Civil War part.

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[Carpe Diem]

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[reddpen]

A Clockwork Orange (but knew the year was off), Phi Beta Kappa, Mario... (well, couldn't pull Savio, so scribbled Puzo)
Read Lord of the Flies and saw the movie in 8th grade, but didn't remember Castle Rock.
Should have had RFK and Stanton. Impressed 41% of you got Royal Society.

[OrangeSAM]

After 135 respondents:

15 got all 5 FJ!s
29 got 4 FJ!s
42 got 3 FJ!s
33 got 2 FJ!s
14 got 1 FJ!
2 got 0 FJ!s

Average: 2.94 FJ!s correct.

My responses went: /

Having read or seen LoTF was helpful on the Tuesday FJ!
24 of the 78 respondents who checked the "read it or seen it" box got FJ! right. (30.8%)
11 of the remaining 57 got FJ! right. (19.3%)