FJs for the 1/15/18 week

[MarkBarrett]

1/15 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
THE THEATER

1/15 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 1915 this play opened for the last time on Broadway, ironically at the Booth Theatre

1/16 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
NOVELS OF THE 1960s

1/16 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The line "Once when you are born & once when you look death in the face" follows this title of a 1964 novel & an action-packed 1967 film

1/17 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SPECIAL DAYS

1/17 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A 1954 act amended a 1938 one by striking out this word & replacing it with “Veterans”

1/18 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SNACK FOODS

1/18 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The name of this cracker that’s been around since 1903 suggests that it was baked 3 times

1/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WORLD CAPITALS

1/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
It’s the only world capital whose name is derived from an Algonquin word

Correct responses in spoiler box:

Spoiler

Our American Cousin
You Only Live Twice
Armistice
Triscuit
Ottawa

The players were 10/15 (66.67%) with a 1-2-2-2-3 success pattern.

The extra clues have two triple stumpers followed by a requested triple stumper.

A WOOLLY CATEGORY $1000: Many moisturizers contain this fatty substance extracted from sheep wool

THE FLOOR IS LAVA $2000: Mount Pelee, on this French territory of the West Indies

CROSSWORD CLUES "S" $800: Jack-Tar (6)

Correct responses in spoiler box:

Spoiler

lanolin
Martinique
sailor (seaman)

[MarkBarrett]

 

Bonnie & Clyde
Never read or seen the Fleming/Bond work
No guess for jack-tar as I was thinking hotel
I've eaten a Triscuit cracker, but probably not more than five. Not a fan.

[Ironhorse]

[seaborgium]

I said Tahiti instead of Martinique. No guess for jack-tar.

I feel like I learned the Armistice Day -> Veterans Day fact on "Double Dare" in the early '90s; it's definitely something I've known for a long time, but it hadn't come to much use till this week.

I thought about posting in Tuesday's discussion thread that Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice, but I didn't, and then the next day HQ had a question saying, "The author of 'Matilda' also wrote the screenplay for a film in what series?"

[Volante]

Wed - Remembrance

Read and seen YOLT.

[DBear]

[Leander]

Have seen You Only Live Twice several times, have not read the book.

Have eaten lots of Triscuits.

[Plactus]

Have both read the book and seen the movie. I thought it would be harder (for people who don't recognize the quote) to puzzle out than it seems to have been.
Considered Remembrance but ruled it out.
I have almost certainly eaten at least one Triscuit, although I can't point to any particular time when I would have.

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

[davey]

Should have been a 5/5 week. So far I'm the only person who's had to mark "Decoration," I should have known better...
"Jack Tar" seems vaguely familiar, like something from H.M.S. Pinafore, but only after the fact...
Saw YOLT when I was a kid. They used to have Bond double features Saturday afternoons at the local movie theater.

[threearruda]

Not very familiar with You Only Live Twice. I think I had Catch-22.

[TenPoundHammer]

Not a single guess. Can't believe I missed Triscuit since I eat them all the time.

I knew Lanolin because of US Acres.

[twelvefootboy]

Guessed "The Great Escape" as a possible double meme, knowing the book was actually Seven Samurai written earlier.
I picked the wrong possessive pronoun, back when we used to call them that.

I knew Lanolin because as a young Ceramic Engineering Tech was told that Sheep Shearers lose their fingernails because of excess exposure to lanolin, which we used as a binder. (I cannot confirm this online).

Not a fan of the triscuit and thought they were recently introduced to coincide with the rising popularity of dips.

[davey]

...Guessed "The Great Escape" as a possible double meme, knowing the book was actually Seven Samurai written earlier...

?? Are you thinking of The Magnificent Seven? The Great Escape is based on real events from World War 2.

[This Is Kirk!]

How are there people who have never eaten a Triscuit?

Seems like there are lots of people who aren't fans of Triscuits, but I think they're pretty good--assuming you don't choke on one.

[dinghammer]

Undone by wheat, once again.

[ElendilPickle]

Mmmm, Triscuits...

[Lefty]

My grandmother practically lived on Triscuits and tea (that is, she did live, but perhaps those were not quite the whole of her diet). I like them well enough on their own, and certainly with cheese.

I've read several James Bonds, but not this one. Nor seen the film. I have heard the song, and read the MAD spoof.

"On Armistice Day, the Philharmonic will play. But the songs that they sing will be sad".

[Peter the accountant]

Very frustrating week.
Monday: wrong word in front of American Cousin. Technically, no word, but no word was the wrong word.
Tuesday: tip-of-the-tounge syndrome. Saw the movie.
Wednesday: finally right
Thursday: another TOTT day. Got no further than "tri". Almost always have a box of Triscuits on the shelf. A bit of summer sausage and cheese on a triscuit is a staple of our household snacking.
Friday: solved the riddle, picked the wrong city. Ottawa really needs a MLB or NFL team so Americans can remember it. It's NHL team isn't quite enough.

I could have been 5 for 5, as I am familiar with all of these. I'm at the multiple-choice stage of knowledge on these - I can pick these right answers out when listed with some good alternatives, but the cold recall of J! is just enough harder. That's in contrast to literature and a few other topics, where I probably wouldn't know the right answer if it had flashing lights around it.

[seaborgium]

Monday: wrong word in front of American Cousin. Technically, no word, but no word was the wrong word.

Well, you might have had "is" in front of it.