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FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
POETS’ CORNER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
At his 1892 burial, fit for a baron, the organist put music to his words, "I hope to see my Pilot face to face, when I have crost the bar"

Joe Feldmann: 10600-0=10600
Pete Chattrabhuti: 10800-0=10800 (New Champ)
Marina Hays: 11000-5500=5500

Correct response:
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson (all players had Lord Byron)

Daily Doubles
Marina: 2000-1000
Marina: 5000+2000
Joe: 12600-2000

Coryats
Joe: 12600
Pete: 10800
Marina: 11600

Combined: 35,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Joe: 5800
Pete: 800
Marina: 3400
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Joe ran NEVER WON AN EMMY, but trailed at the end thanks to losing pretty 2K on DD3 when he led 12600 to 10800 to 7800. The miss dropped him into second and he was in third a short time later when the round ended. That's a tough spot to face a DD wanting three things to increase the odds of missing one.

Marina got the lead on DJ! 30 and that set her up for the loss in a close game with a triple fail FJ! clue.

Pete took an opening skunk segment though managed to get the hang of the game better as things went along.

Right off the bat the players showed they could be nailed with strange stumpers as J1 had no response for the C in (with photo) UNIVAC. Later, I was surprised no one knew the lady to go with Edward VIII.

The FJ! clue had me wide awake though still somehow asleep at the pen as I figured 1892 was way later than Keats, Byron and Shelley who I thought of as those three guys as a nameless trio from earlier in the century without thinking individually about their names. With only the Light Brigade guy left in my arsenal I wrote Byron.

There was plenty of time for me to realize my error and yet I never did. It's a laugh and a move-along at home while if on stage it would be an endless haunter.

Funny that Pete and Joe had the same reaction to the category. Or wagering situation. Marina attempted to reach 16500 which was nowhere close to the possible 21200 or 21600 of the fellows.
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Count me as one of those who fell into the Baron Byron pit. I knew he was early 19th Century and I knew he died relatively young, but didn't remember it at the time. I also should have remembered he was buried in Greece.

Definitely one of those that I'm glad to miss at home.
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What an odd set of wagers in Final!

I matched their "Lord Byron" answer out of sheer ignorance. I didn't think they were saying "fit for a baron" because "baron" sounds like "Byron", but I just could not think of any poets. Byron died in 1824, so not even particularly close timewise.

In trying to think of "canopic", my mind went straight to the Dungeons & Dragon term for the jar storing a lich's life force, a phylactery. Complete wrong turn there.
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"Crossing the Bar" is one of the flashcards in the giant title/author deck I downloaded a couple years ago. I wouldn't have gotten it otherwise.

It's short, and Tennyson is always worth reading:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/ ... ng-the-bar

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TimMierz wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 2:00 pm Byron died in 1824, so not even particularly close timewise.
A fact I learned from Jeopardy!, 20+ years ago.
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The way the game was going, I was smirking at Pete's interview segment.
Who is laughing now? It must be the lucky tie.

The wording of Baron definitely ruled out any chance of Byron. Rest of FJ landed me correctly.
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doihavetoreally wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 2:25 pm The wording of Baron definitely ruled out any chance of Byron. Rest of FJ landed me correctly.
Are you saying Lord Byron wasn't a baron?
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BrigadierSolo13 wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:01 pm
doihavetoreally wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 2:25 pm The wording of Baron definitely ruled out any chance of Byron. Rest of FJ landed me correctly.
Are you saying Lord Byron wasn't a baron?
No.
I read it as - steer away from the default Lord poet.

Also Byron too close in wording to Baron.

Obviously knowing one of the famous Tennyson works helps.
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Had a lucky guess on FJ.
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doihavetoreally wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 4:21 pm
BrigadierSolo13 wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:01 pm
doihavetoreally wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 2:25 pm The wording of Baron definitely ruled out any chance of Byron. Rest of FJ landed me correctly.
Are you saying Lord Byron wasn't a baron?
No.
I read it as - steer away from the default Lord poet.

Also Byron too close in wording to Baron.

Obviously knowing one of the famous Tennyson works helps.
I think it was more to say 'he had a title, but you're going to have to connect "baron" to "lord" yourself. Sorry!' Once you're that far, just a vague knowledge of their dates (such as knowing which one might have written on the Crimean War) should suggest the right one.
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Surprised by the Othello = jealousy miss. I wonder if Marina would have picked that up under less nerve-wracking conditions. It's definitely something you want to put in your cheat sheet with 10-word synopses of Shakespeare's major plays.

I misread the Al Bundy clue and came back with "What is Married... with Children?" If I ever get to a podium, that's the kind of miss that could rattle me into paralysis.
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Like poor Armandillo yesterday forgetting his phrasing.
Like Mark, I'm surprised that Wallis Simpson was a TS. I don't necessarily expect every contestant to know that name, but I expect someone to pick it up. Luck of the draw, I suppose, that tonight's three didn't.

I think Pete got a lucky break with the FJ category. POETS’ CORNER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY is so specific that I can easily see someone taking a look at it and thinking, hard pass. Joe clearly thought the same. Marina, of course, regrets not joining them in that assessment. Would've been wild to see three $0 wagers and a win to the contestant who snuck into first at the last second. They all three made the same understandable guess of a titled poet who died in the first half of the 19th century.

I knew Byron (along with his contemporaries Keats and Shelley) was a non-starter. I recognized the poem "Crossing the Bar" but didn't recall the poet. However, I knew that Tennyson fit the time frame, and as much as one can tell from a few words, the line fit his style. What I didn't know was whether a baron was a Lord or whether a Lord was something different. Still, he seemed like the best bet. Definitely better than Rudyard Kipling, my only other thought. I figured that if they had tried to bury Kipling in 1892, he'd have objected. I mean, stiff upper lip and all that, a man's still allowed to register his preferences.
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theFJguy wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:35 pm FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
POETS’ CORNER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
At his 1892 burial, fit for a baron, the organist put music to his words, "I hope to see my pilot face to face, when I have crost the bar"
In the poem it's "Pilot", capitalized, at least in the version Myron linked to.
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opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:19 pm
theFJguy wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:35 pm FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
POETS’ CORNER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
At his 1892 burial, fit for a baron, the organist put music to his words, "I hope to see my pilot face to face, when I have crost the bar"
In the poem it's "Pilot", capitalized, at least in the version Myron linked to.
Thanks, I'll get it fixed in the Archive and tell theFJguy to do the same. :)
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opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:19 pm
theFJguy wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:35 pm FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
POETS’ CORNER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
At his 1892 burial, fit for a baron, the organist put music to his words, "I hope to see my pilot face to face, when I have crost the bar"
In the poem it's "Pilot", capitalized, at least in the version Myron linked to.
YEAH BUT ON JEOPARDY ITS ALL CAPS LOL
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This game would seem to be prime fodder for a Fourth Podium poll.
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