FJs for the 4/24/17 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 4/24/17 week?

Poll ended at Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:50 pm

Though he graduated from high school in 1901 & later graduated to the presidency, he never graduated from college
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71%
This numeric group was the subject of an April 20, 1959 Time magazine article titled "Rendezvous with Destiny"
75
57%
While the White House was being built, George Washington’s executive mansion was in this city
54
41%
When it was first marketed in the late 1970s, this toy was given the Hungarian name “Buvos Kocka”
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89%
“The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life”
74
56%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
23
18%
:( :( :( :( :( I missed all the FJ! clues.
2
2%
THE 16th CENTURY $1000: Matteo da Bascio wasn't monkeying around when he founded this order of friars in 1525
75
57%
POETS & POETRY $1600: "The Song of Hiawatha" says, "From the water-fall he named her" this, "Laughing Water"
79
60%
A TV GUIDE $2000: "All Hail" this lemur king on Netflix; he likes to move it, move it
15
11%
I am counting my response of other than "Mercury Seven" as correct for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
4
3%
New York City was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
47
36%
When he wrote the "Golliwog's Cakewalk", Debussy was hep to this piano style, a forerunner of jazz - I correctly guessed "ragtime" even if the music did not sound like that style.
75
57%
I have played with a Rubik's Cube (or counterfeit, fake, knock-off etc.).
123
94%
"Das Kapital" was my incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue.
22
17%
"The Communist Manifesto" was my incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue.
24
18%
 
Total votes: 131

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FJs for the 4/24/17 week

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4/24 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
U.S. PRESIDENTS

4/24 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Though he graduated from high school in 1901 & later graduated to the presidency, he never graduated from college

4/25 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
NUMERIC GROUPS

4/25 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This numeric group was the subject of an April 20, 1959 Time magazine article titled "Rendezvous with Destiny"

4/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
HISTORIC HOMES

4/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
While the White House was being built, George Washington’s executive mansion was in this city

4/27 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
TOYS

4/27 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
When it was first marketed in the late 1970s, this toy was given the Hungarian name “Buvos Kocka”

4/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
HISTORIC WORKS' FIRST LINES

4/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
“The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life”

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Harry Truman
Mercury Seven
Philadelphia
Rubik's Cube
The Wealth of Nations
The players were 6/15 (40.00%) with a 1-0-1-2-2 success pattern.

The extra clues have two correct by Alan Lin followed by a requested triple stumper.

THE 16th CENTURY $1000: Matteo da Bascio wasn't monkeying around when he founded this order of friars in 1525

POETS & POETRY $1600: "The Song of Hiawatha" says, "From the water-fall he named her" this, "Laughing Water"

A TV GUIDE $2000: "All Hail" this lemur king on Netflix; he likes to move it, move it

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Capuchin
Minnehaha
Julien (XIII) DNA: Julien XII
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
New York City
guessed ragtime although music was not quite what I expected after thinking ragtime from wording of clue alone
Blanked on recalling King Julien's name from the Madagascar movie. Knew nothing about the TV show.
Yes, played with Rubik's Cube (and a knock-off) (I was alive in the 1980s.)
Das Kapital
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:( :( :( :( :(
:( :( :mrgreen:

I don't even remember the Golliwog's Cakewalk clue.
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:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

Coolidge; thought high school in 1900 was too old for Truman, too young for Coolidge, but "graduated to the presidency" made those two the best options, and lost the coin flip.
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Piano style + forerunner of jazz = ragtime, and I thought it sounded ragtimey enough.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

After a few lean weeks recently, it's nice to have a 5/5 week for the first time in a while.

I can't remember if I blurted out ragtime in time, but I'm counting it anyway since I was leaning towards it.
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:mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Fab Four; NYC; and Communist Manifesto.

Got the ragtime DD despite the non-ragtimey sound of the audio clip.
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Yet another 4/5 week; would have gotten my first 5/5 if not for my complete lack of knowledge of space exploration. "Rendezvous" briefly had me thinking of Rendezvous with Rama by Clarke, so space-related, but that was little help when I couldn't name any of the expeditions, anyways.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Had Mercury 7
Guessed Alexandria on Wednesday
Guessed Das Kapital
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

No guess on the Netflix lemur
I did not hear the audio clue when I watched it (watched that day's episode on a bike at the gym)
I have played with a Rubik's Cube, but never solved it
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:mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
Never heard of the Netflix show...
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I so should have gotten Wealth Of Nations...I'm often quite good for pinpointing when they want that and/or Adam Smith. But alas, my getting hung up on thinking the excerpt was from a diplomatic document made it a 3/5 FJ week instead of a 4/5 one. :oops:

I didn't know King Julien had landed a Netflix show...pure and simply knew him and his "I Like To Move It" song (an admitted guilty pleasure semi-staple on a playlist or two) from the Madagascar franchise.

I'll agree that the Debussy ragtime clue audio didn't sound like ragtime (maybe I'm too used to Scott Joplin's (and Marvin Hamlisch's) brand of it, given it's practically the only ragtime to which I've ever listened, thanks most particularly to The Sting soundtrack), but I said ragtime anyway because that was/is far and away THE music considered the predecessor to jazz AND "Golliwog's Cakewalk" is certainly a ragtime-ish title.

Edited to fixed an apparent typo.
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:mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :(
:?: :?: :(

NHO the lemur thing. The other two were blurted out, and I don't know whether I would have known them on my own. Probably not the monk(ey)s, but maybe Minnehaha.
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:mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :? NHOI
guess NYC
clammed on ragtime, didn't sound like it to me
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:mrgreen: :?: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Minnehaha was instaget after living in Minneapolis for eight years, where everything is named Minnehaha or Hiawatha.

Due to my careless use control of the DVR, I saw the answer to Mercury 7 before I read the clue. I'm not sure whether I would have answered it correctly.

Julien was never going to surface for me, despite watching the movies and the tv shows with my kids.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

I guessed New York City and Das Kapital.
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Count me among the "nation"-in-the-clue-pushed-me-away-from-Wealth-of-Nations people.
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I was not expecting quite that low on the King Julien clue.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Perfecta. All hail King Julian! Thanks kids for watching Madagascar et alii over 400 times! :lol:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :(

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Got all but the lemur clue. I have heard that "move it move it" thing a million times, so I felt somewhat in the loop, but had no idea of who did it first or who did it second or what else to associate it with. All considered, it was beyond my grasp and near the limit of my reach.

I clicked that I got ragtime, but I didn't watch so did not have a chance to be misled by the audio.
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