FJs for the 7/9/18 week

[MarkBarrett]

7/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
PRESIDENTS

7/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Of the presidents who served more than 4 years, but less than 2 full terms, he served the longest:
7 years, 9 months, 8 days

7/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AGRICULTURE

7/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Turkey is the world's largest producer of these fruits; its town of Cerasus was famous for them

7/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FROM BOOKS TO BROADWAY

7/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
“Son of a Witch” & “A Lion Among Men” are sequels to the book that inspired this musical

7/12 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
1970s BESTSELLERS

7/12 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The author of this novel thought of calling it "Silence in the Water"

7/13 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MODERN LANGUAGE

7/13 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This slang term for an environmentalist is literally true of groups that used passive resistance vs. deforestation, as in India in 1973

Correct responses in spoiler box:

Spoiler

Harry Truman
cherries
Wicked
Jaws
tree hugger

The players were 6/15 (40.00%) with a 0-0-2-2-2 success pattern.

The players were correct on each of the extra clues.

OPERA HEROINES $800: In "La Boheme" this seamstress who suffers from tuberculosis tells Rodolfo that her real name is Lucia

GREEK MYTHOLOGY $2000: She is both the mother & the wife of Oedipus

COLORFUL PLACES $2000 box Daily Double: An HBO film & a Broadway musical both bear the name of this Long Island estate owned by Jackie Kennedy's aunt

Correct responses in spoiler box:

Spoiler

Mimi
Jocasta
Grey Gardens

[MarkBarrett]

TR after crossing out LBJ
Blanked on recalling Jocasta
Seen Jaws only

[9021amyers]

I guessed Deliverance on Thursday, which was published in 1970, so I can’t check the box. I’ve seen Jaws, but I momentarily forgot it was adapted from a novel.

[Ironhorse]

Rutherford B. Hayes, apples, The Wiz

[Saturnalia]

Miriam instead of Mimi; NHO Grey Gardens...

[Volante]

Tue - Dates

I knew the Puccini name started with an 'M'...

Seen Jaws

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

[TenPoundHammer]

No idea, said olives.

[OrangeSAM]

I guessed Deliverance on Thursday, which was published in 1970, so I can’t check the box. I’ve seen Jaws, but I momentarily forgot it was adapted from a novel.

Sure you can. It meets the first part of the "or" statement.

[Plactus]

Stuck with Truman instead of switching to (Teddy) Roosevelt; switched from The Hunt for Red October to Jaws at the last second.
Have seen the movie Jaws but not read the book.

[davey]

So close! Just a momentary hesitation on Mimi...
Of course I've read Jaws - I didn't want to miss the sex scenes they cut for the movie...- spoiler below (That's the best reason to read The Godfather, too...)

Spoiler

In the book, the Richard Dreyfuss character has an affair with Chief Brody's wife...

[AFRET CMS]

Went with olives on the Turkish fruit.
Got Mimi from "Rent;" have only seen a few excerpts from La Boheme.

Re the Spielberg blockbuster -- I hope no one will be offended if I tell an absolutely true story about it. It may or may not be deemed politically incorrect, since it pertains to the accent of a non-native English speaker. I don't write dialect well, but I'll do my best to convey the flavor of a confusing conversation.

I was visiting Amsterdam in the mid-70s with a buddy, and stayed at a B&B with several other visitors, including an Israeli couple visiting from Tel Aviv. One evening the Israeli gentlemen turned to us and said, "Vat you boyss do tonight? You vant come viss my vife and me? Vee go see jews tonight." We were a little nonplussed, and weren't sure how to answer that question from an Israeli, so we simply said, "Excuse me?" He repeated it just about word for word, and again we asked for a repeat. After about three iterations, he got a little impatient, made biting motions like he was operating a hand puppet, and practically shouted, "Vee go see jews tonight -- jews! You know, de moofie viss de charks." With huge relief we agreed it would be a nice evening to accompany them.

So I saw Jaws for the first time with an Israeli couple in Amsterdam, in English with Dutch subtitles. It was fun listening to everyone scream "Walfish! Walfish!" at the screen.

[dinghammer]

I've seen the original Grey Gardens.

[DBear]

50/50 between dates and figs, chose figs
NHO Grey Gardens and likely never will again.

[twelvefootboy]

Teddy
Figs
Hunt for Red October.
Carl Sagan Tree Hugger (just kidding). Amazing Vincent went out on a 97% get clue. What's the record (easiest clue for the boardies, not the easiest to knock out a leader)?

Saw the movie Jaws - most memorable part is the Indianapolis story.

[ElendilPickle]

[Lefty]

Camelot was my only thought for the Jackie question. "The first recorded use of camel as a color name in English was in 1916", says Wikipedia. I think I've heard of Grey Gardens, but not as anything in particular.

I clicked "read Jaws" but I guess only browsed it. I don't think I could have spent as much as 41 minutes. But while I'm on the subject, another message board, a few years back, invited posters to summarize a novel in a limerick. I submitted this:

The Amity beach crowd withdrew
As the water turned redder than blue.
The season's a dud.
Though the red's only blood,
They think it's red dye #2.

[Leander]

TR and apricots Monday and Tuesday.

Saw Jaws, more than once. Might have read the book, but I can’t remember.

[cthulhu]

I didn’t get tree-hugger; best I could get was eco-warrior.

[Carpe Diem]

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