FJs for the 6/1/20 week

[MarkBarrett]

6/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
EUROPEAN HISTORY

6/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Once Europe's leading military power & later the largest state in Germany, it was abolished by the Allies in 1947

6/2 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AMERICAN FIRSTS

6/2 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
John Ledyard, sailing on Captain Cook's last voyage in search of the NW Passage, was the 1st American to land at what are now these 2 states

6/3 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
EUROPEAN LANDMARKS

6/3 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
As described in an 1831 book, it has "three recessed and pointed doorways... immense central rose window...two dark and massive towers"

6/4 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
NOTABLE BRITS

6/4 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
On this man's death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his "pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary"

6/5 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
18th CENTURY NOVELS

6/5 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The title character of this 1726 novel reaches 4 different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny

Correct responses in spoiler box:

Spoiler

Prussia
Hawaii & Alaska
Notre-Dame
Lawrence of Arabia
Gulliver's Travels

The players were 9/15 (60.00%) with a 2-2-3-0-2 success pattern.

The extra clues have a triple stumper followed by two the players got correct.

IN THE YEAR 2000 $1000: After 136 years underwater, this Confederate submarine was raised intact to the surface in August

THE HUMAN BODY $1600: Erythrocytes are your red blood cells & these are your white blood cells

ASIA $800: The language called Filipino is based on this one

Correct responses in spoiler box:

Spoiler

the Hunley
leukocytes
Tagalog

  

[MarkBarrett]

slake
Alaska & Washington

9/10 (Well, 9.5/10)

[BrigadierSolo13]

Overthought Monday, said Weimar

Quench

7/10 for the tourney

[MinnesotaMyron]

I also said Weimar on Monday. 2 Monday misses (at least) in a row. 8/10 for the tourney.

[Volante]

Ruddy finally...

Sate

[DBear]

Had Alaska but not Hawaii.
Had slake

[ilcap]

On Friday my mind immediately went to Gulliver's Travels, but then I outsmarted myself and went with Candide.

[TenPoundHammer]

This should not have been a goose egg. All five were gettable but they just slipped through my hands.

[Plactus]

Getting better on the Confederate sub. Knew it was something like Hunsley, but couldn't convince myself it was Hunley in time.
Slake.
10/10 for the tournament.

[seaborgium]

I said Weimar Republic on Monday; Prussia didn't cross my mind as a possibility until my dad said it (and even then I didn't find it plausible). Speaking of which...

I first thought of Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday, and then when my dad said Alaska and Washington I reluctantly switched. I'm claiming prerogative to call it a get within in-game circumstances.

I said "slake."

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

[alietr]

Weimar ruined my perfecto.

[Leander]

Couldn’t pull Hunley

Went with quench

10 for 10 in tournament FJ.

[davey]

Would have gotten Tues if I'd remembered where Cook died...
Tend to blank on the name of that sub...

[mas3cf]

Never heard about Lawrence of Arabia/motorcycle accident. Not missing that one ever again.

Have always guessed Merrimack for Confederate sub and gotten stung every time. Put some extra effort into knowing the difference, now I think I've got it.

Said quench and was stunned there was any other answer.

[Philliesfan02]

[AFRET CMS]

Coulda, shoulda had a third consecutive five-for-five FJ week, but I outthought myself on the Capt Cook clue by having the right answer to start with and then crossing it out when I got sidetracked.

Hunley was instant. Monitor was a reasonable guess for someone familiar with the appearance, since it resembled a submersible with decks awash and the bulk of the ship was below waterline, but Merrimack did surprise me.

Side note -- it's listed in the poll as a $2000 clue, but was a $1000 clue in the Jeopardy round.

[econgator]

Have always guessed Merrimack for Confederate sub and gotten stung every time.

The easiest thing to remember is that the Merrimac was not a sub, it was an ironclad.

[mas3cf]

Have always guessed Merrimack for Confederate sub and gotten stung every time.

The easiest thing to remember is that the Merrimac was not a sub, it was an ironclad.

That was the key fact that eluded me from my 7th-grade social studies class...

[Lefty]

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Spoiled on slake vs. quench. I suppose I'd have picked one or the other.

Not perfect; missed the most missed of last week's.