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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

  

slake
Alaska & Washington

9/10 (Well, 9.5/10)

Overthought Monday, said Weimar

Quench

7/10 for the tourney

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

Ruddy finally...

Sate

Had Alaska but not Hawaii.
Had slake

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

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

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.

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."

Weimar ruined my perfecto.

Couldn’t pull Hunley

Went with quench

10 for 10 in tournament FJ.

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

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.

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.

mas3cf wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:35 am 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.

econgator wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:12 pm

mas3cf wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:35 am 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...

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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.