FJs for the 1/28/19 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 1/28/19 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:50 pm

Ambrose Bierce, a Civil War veteran, said of this 1895 book, the author "knows nothing of war, yet he is drenched in blood"
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81%
On the radio in 1937 this 3-word exclamation came after "the smoke and the flames now...not quite to the mooring mast"
97
91%
One of her circle described her as "a lacy sleeve with a bottle of vitriol concealed in its folds"
59
55%
In the 1990s this New York native had 8 of her first 10 Billboard Top 40 hits reach No. 1
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66%
For a while in the 1840s, the French wanted to name this new discovery "Le Verrier" & the British wanted "Oceanus"
98
92%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
35
33%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
0
No votes
RUSSIAN LITERATURE $1200: Dr. Zhivago falls in love with this woman, but oops! They're both married
62
58%
1960s AMERICA $1200 box Daily Double: He formed a Harvard psychedelic drug research program; he was dismissed by Harvard in 1963
84
79%
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $1000: This Finger Lakes city shares a name with the home of Odysseus
59
55%
I knew the Tuesday FJ! clue was about the Hindenburg, but I had no chance to get the phrase.
6
6%
I had two words right for the Tuesday clue, but not a third one.
2
2%
I missed the Wednesday FJ! clue with a woman who wrote in the 1800s.
17
16%
Jennifer Lopez was my incorrect guess for the Thursday FJ! clue.
10
9%
The $5 blackjack tables are a lower-budget option at this double-talk casino opened in 1968 on the Vegas Strip - I was correct with Circus Circus.
72
67%
The $5 blackjack tables are a lower-budget option at this double-talk casino opened in 1968 on the Vegas Strip - I negged with New York New York.
7
7%
 
Total votes: 107

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FJs for the 1/28/19 week

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1/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
19th CENTURY NOVELS

1/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Ambrose Bierce, a Civil War veteran, said of this 1895 book, the author "knows nothing of war, yet he is drenched in blood"

1/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
20th CENTURY DISASTERS

1/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
On the radio in 1937 this 3-word exclamation came after "the smoke and the flames now...not quite to the mooring mast"

1/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WOMEN WRITERS

1/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
One of her circle described her as "a lacy sleeve with a bottle of vitriol concealed in its folds"

1/31 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FEMALE SINGERS

1/31 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In the 1990s this New York native had 8 of her first 10 Billboard Top 40 hits reach No. 1

2/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
THE SOLAR SYSTEM

2/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
For a while in the 1840s, the French wanted to name this new discovery "Le Verrier" & the British wanted "Oceanus"

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
The Red Badge of Courage
"Oh, the humanity!"
Dorothy Parker
Mariah Carey
Neptune
The players were 11/15 (73.33%) with a 3-2-1-2-3 success pattern.
 
The extra clues have a triple stumper, a correct DD, and a clue rebounded correctly.
 
RUSSIAN LITERATURE $1200: Dr. Zhivago falls in love with this woman, but oops! They're both married
 
1960s AMERICA $1200 box Daily Double: He formed a Harvard psychedelic drug research program; he was dismissed by Harvard in 1963
 
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $1000: This Finger Lakes city shares a name with the home of Odysseus

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Lara
Timothy Leary
Ithaca
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Negged with Utica for Ithaca.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Thu - JLo

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

Blanked on humanity Tuesday, went with “Oh the horror”

Did not see the casino clue, probably would have gone with New York, New York.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :oops:
Circus Circus - if I'd thought of NY NY I would have figured it was too new...

No clue on Thursday...
For some unknown reason came up with Syracuse in place of Ithaka...on another night probably not... :roll:
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:( :mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Had no idea on the woman writer or #1 hitmaker, had no guess on Circus Circus.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Haven't missed FJ since January 16, and I totally should've gotten that one.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(

Got Circus Circus.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: 
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I was thrown off by mention of New York for the Mariah Carey clue, and I said Natasha instead of Lara (probably thinking of Boris Badenov).
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :x :mrgreen:
They had to ruin the week with a pop culture FJ...
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
all I know about Dr. Chicago :P is the author.
[edit] Spoilered on Circus Circus, no vote.
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:( :mrgreen: :( :( :(

I whiffed on Monday even though I read the Crane book in high school (or a short story version?)
Easy to get the nursing home friendly clue about the airship.

The writer and the singer were never going to happen for me.

Another whiff on Friday - I knew Neptune was found mathematically - we had telescopes and calculus and Newton's laws since 1700's so the date seemed way too late. I just guessed "The Milky Way", thinking it was our first epiphany about existing in a galaxy (that would wait for Hubble in the early 20th century). But yah, read the category :oops:

I knew all three extra clues, but only got Leary in real time. I know Ithaca, New York from a the opening of the Three Stooges Meet Hercules movie at the drive-in theater.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :cry: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :cry:

Had no chance with Mariah Carey; didn't listen to much pop music in the 90s and couldn't name a single song of hers. Initial thought was Celine Dion but I knew she wasn't born in New York, so I wound up blanking.

Couldn't pull Ithaca in time.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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

Lara didn't come to me in time.

Answered Circus Circus.
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2/5 (last two)

Didn't know Mariah was from NY, but with a process of elimination, and knowing enough music from the 90s, thought she was a good guess.

Guessed a Bronte for the writer one. I don't even know which one. Let's just say Emily.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen:

I feel as if I would have gotten Monday's about half of the time--cost me a perfect week. Made a lucky guess on Thursday.

My ex and I stayed at Circus Circus several time in the late '80's and early '90's, and I definitely associate it with the low-limit blackjack tables. I also had the sense that New York New York was too new to fit the question (turns out that it opened in 1997).

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