FJs for the 9/18/17 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 9/18/17 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:48 pm

Consisting of 21 verses, the book of this minor prophet, whose name means “Servant of God”, is the shortest
23
18%
Reverse the 2 words in the name of this Canadian whisky brand & you get the name of a cola
100
77%
In 1969 the “B” in this state’s abbreviation was changed to an “E” to avoid confusion with a Canadian province
113
87%
Told to create a character called this, Len Wein learned the real animal is short, hairy & will attack an enemy 10 times its size
101
78%
In an 1855 poem he wrote, “I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven”
88
68%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
17
13%
:( :( :( :( :( I missed all the FJ! clues.
0
No votes
LET’S STAY HOME $2000: This singer pulled out of Union Station with her first solo album since 1999—I can’t wait to hear her “Gentle on my Mind”
50
38%
SONNETS $1000: This 14th century Italian poet mastered the art of the sonnet writing about his love for Laura
61
47%
OPUS DAY $1600: Performed at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 16, 1893, this piece by a Czech was inspired by American music
70
54%
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah or Malachi was my incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue.
45
35%
My incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue was not one of the minor prophets listed above, but is a book of the Bible.
32
25%
My incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue is not one of the 66 books of the Bible.
10
8%
I have tasted Crown Royal whisky.
48
37%
I have tasted Royal Crown cola.
104
80%
Learning about Len Wein from his passing earlier this month may have been the first time I became familiar with his name and his work.
43
33%
 
Total votes: 130

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FJs for the 9/18/17 week

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9/18 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
THE OLD TESTAMENT

9/18 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Consisting of 21 verses, the book of this minor prophet, whose name means “Servant of God”, is the shortest

9/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
POTENT & NONPOTENT POTABLES

9/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Reverse the 2 words in the name of this Canadian whisky brand & you get the name of a cola

9/20 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
U.S. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS

9/20 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 1969 the “B” in this state’s abbreviation was changed to an “E” to avoid confusion with a Canadian province

9/21 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
COMIC BOOKS

9/21 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Told to create a character called this, Len Wein learned the real animal is short, hairy & will attack an enemy 10 times its size

9/22 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
POETS

9/22 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In an 1855 poem he wrote, “I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven”

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Obadiah
Crown Royal or Royal Crown
Nebraska
Wolverine
Walt Whitman
The players were 7/14 (50.00%) with a 0-3-1-1-2 success pattern.

The extra clues have a requested triple stumper followed by one the players had correct and another triple stumper.

LET’S STAY HOME $2000: This singer pulled out of Union Station with her first solo album since 1999—I can’t wait to hear her “Gentle on my Mind”

SONNETS $1000: This 14th century Italian poet mastered the art of the sonnet writing about his love for Laura

OPUS DAY $1600: Performed at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 16, 1893, this piece by a Czech was inspired by American music

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Alison Krauss
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Symphony from the New World (New World Symphony)
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :mrgreen:
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RC only
I knew about Len Wein prior to this month.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Jonah; no response (got stuck thinking of literal flags and that got me nowhere and ran out of time).
Should have gotten From the New World.
Have tasted both Royal Crown and Crown Royal. As of the latest time for both, I like neither.
I may not have been able to come up with Wein's name a month ago, but that was something I knew.
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:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

Said Amos on Monday, just to have something.
No idea Tuesday. Tried to solve by thinking of whiskeys first and should have done the reverse, however I always thought of the cola as RC. Never tasted Crown Royal

NHO Len Wein before the thread here, but think I probably would have got the FJ anyway.
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Interesting that so far 4 people (including me! :mrgreen: ) got the prophet and 3 got 5/5. So if you got the prophet, there’s a good chance you swept the week!
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Said Joel and would have bet it was right. "-el" names mean something of God, and Daniel can't have been the shortest book.

Have drunk both, and I carry my chess pieces in a Crown Royal bag.

Alison Krauss rang no bells, but I am gratified to see that my Bobbie Gentry notion (which I would not have rung in with) was not completely absurd.

I read a lot of comic books as a kid so I knew Len Wein.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :( :(

I have had a couple different types of whiskey/whisky, but not Crown Royal. I have had RC Cola.

No guess Monday or Friday.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

That's more like it.

I was unresolved between Joel and Daniel when time ran out, so I voted both the minor prophet and other book options.

I didn't make the Leaves of Grass connection on Friday, but Whitman was the only plausible 1855 poet I could think of.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :(
:( :( :(

Hey, at least there are some Mr. Greens this week, Christ.

Bungled the "minor prophet" clue.

Crown Royal (and by extension, whisk[e]y) is disgusting. Royal Crown is palatable, if a little difficult to find near me.
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:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :mrgreen:

Elijah for the prophet.
Have tasted RC Cola, but I don't drink alcohol.
I owned Wein's GS X-Men #1 and X-Men 94 and 95 at one point, so I've known of him for decades.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :mrgreen: Never heard of Wein, but Wolverine was a gimme.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:( :( :(

Only got New World Symphony on the rebound.
Swamp Thing would have been a funny answer Thursday.
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:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

Malachi on Monday, complete blank on Tuesday.
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:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(

Bible books...why did it have to be Bible books? Same for 14th century Italian poets. Yeah, need to study those.

Knew the comic book clue even though I'm on record favoring the taxi medallion solution for too many comic book movies - start at $1 billion each.

Alison Krauss was an instaget.
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My incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue is not one of the 66 73 books of the Bible.
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:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(
Job on Monday (misunderstood the clue and picked the book with the shortest name)
have tried both Crown Royal and Royal Crown
didn't know Len Wein before his obituary
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:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Monday's clue is polling at 17%. Last week, Monday's clue got 15%. Once again, I'm bucking the trend by getting 4/5 the hard way. I had almost no chance on Wolverine. I mean, if I'd thought of it, I'd definitely have written it down. I know of the character. But he wasn't going to come to mind in 30 seconds.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I knew about Len Wein from Learned League.
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