FJs for the 10/29/18 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 10/29/18 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 20, 2019 7:51 pm

Aptly, Shakespeare used "moon" & "moonlight" more times in this play than in any other
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80%
The Ballbarrow was an early invention by this British man who's had greater success with sophisticated household devices
64
55%
Chocolate syrup, casaba melon & Playboy model Marli Renfro were enlisted to create an iconic scene in this film
81
70%
A northern limit of the Roman Empire was a fortified road in Germany stretching 350 miles between these 2 rivers
53
46%
Evoking speed & luxury, this one of the 10 most common Italian surnames goes back to the Latin word for iron
110
95%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
19
16%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
0
No votes
JOUST $2000: In one part of this Malory work, Galahad "defouled" many jousters, but not Lancelot
63
54%
THE CARDINAL RULES $1600: This cardinal AKA "The Red Eminence" dominated French politics in the 1630s
89
77%
WORLD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $2000: This capital city’s name means “stone village” in Uzbek
47
41%
"Twelfth Night" was my incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue.
8
7%
I had the wrong vacuum cleaner name for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
6
5%
I missed the Wednesday FJ! clue with either "Goldfinger" or a movie not from the 1960s.
8
7%
I had the Danube though not the Rhine for the Thursday FJ! clue.
5
4%
I had the Rhine though not the Danube for the Thursday FJ! clue.
52
45%
Oops, I had the Rhone and/or Main as part of my guess for the Thursday FJ! clue.
34
29%
 
Total votes: 116

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FJs for the 10/29/18 week

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10/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SHAKESPEARE

10/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Aptly, Shakespeare used "moon" & "moonlight" more times in this play than in any other

10/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
TODAY'S INNOVATORS

10/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The Ballbarrow was an early invention by this British man who's had greater success with sophisticated household devices

Image

10/31 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
1960s FILMS

10/31 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Chocolate syrup, casaba melon & Playboy model Marli Renfro were enlisted to create an iconic scene in this film

11/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY

11/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A northern limit of the Roman Empire was a fortified road in Germany stretching 350 miles between these 2 rivers

11/2 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SURNAMES

11/2 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Evoking speed & luxury, this one of the 10 most common Italian surnames goes back to the Latin word for iron

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
A Midsummer Night's Dream
James Dyson
Psycho
Rhine & Danube
Ferrari
The players were 10/15 (66.67%) with a 3-1-2-1-3 success pattern.

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

JOUST $2000: In one part of this Malory work, Galahad "defouled" many jousters, but not Lancelot

THE CARDINAL RULES $1600: This cardinal AKA "The Red Eminence" dominated French politics in the 1630s

WORLD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $2000: This capital city’s name means “stone village” in Uzbek

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Le Morte d'Arthur
Richelieu
Tashkent
 
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: 
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 
Rhine & Main

Note:  Psycho was polled in 2016 and came in at 63% seen vs. 35% not seen.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(

Thu - Rhine / Rhone and then got blinded by the cutesy wordplay

Missed Richelieu by a second
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Rhine & Spree.

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

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
Just blanked on the vacuum cleaner salesman's name... :roll: Rhine/Rhone was too neat, and I too ill-informed, to resist it... :oops:
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:( :( :( :( :mrgreen:

:( :mrgreen: :(

Romeo and Juliet, Richard Branson, A Clockwork Orange, Rhine + Main.

Had Tashkent in mind but couldn't quite ring in.
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Couldn't muster a guess Tuesday.
Nearly said Rhein/Main, but talked myself into switching to the Danube before locking it in.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Nothing interesting to say about it.
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2/5 for FJs. I had Danube and Rhone although Rhine was also in mind, I believe. I'm glad I got the first one, at least, when it seems like that was the one that most of the people who missed the answer left out.
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JayK33 wrote: Sat Nov 03, 2018 10:50 pm 2/5 for FJs. I had Danube and Rhone although Rhine was also in mind, I believe. I'm glad I got the first one, at least, when it seems like that was the one that most of the people who missed the answer left out.
Same boat, not as glad, considering my wife and I spent a couple of days in a hotel overlooking the Rhine just three months ago (in 99-degree heat, sadly). Why I continually confuse Rhine and Rhone is beyond me.
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Anachronism wrote: Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:06 pm Why I continually confuse Rhine and Rhone is beyond me.
I just remember that the actual spelling is Rhône and as soon as I "see" the circumflex, I know it's French.
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

The picture of the ballbarrow just about matched my mind's-eye image, but it didn't give me any clue as to what they were asking for (name nor product). I don't think of vacuum cleaners as sophisticated but then I've never been much of a housekeeper.

Then, the Rhine of course but what other? The Danube is the most famous candidate river, but the Elbe is more famously German. The Danube does, I saw later, nonetheless go through a pretty fair bit of German territory, but avoids any major cities. Pretty tricky of it since it then tries to go through every capital in Eastern Europe.

On Monday I had just enough time to write down "What is A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "...Twelfth Night (Or, What You Will)" and cross out the right one (to cross out).
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

Rhine & Main.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

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

Rhine and Rhone
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:( :( :( :( :mrgreen:

Monday: A Midsummer's Night's Dream
Tuesday - Richard Branson
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Thursday - Rhine and Tiber
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

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

I dislike Psycho - I find it not suspenseful at all; neither it nor The Birds holds up well for me - so it never even came to mind. I wrote down Goldfinger just to have something, although I knew it wasn’t right.

Was shocked that Cardinal Richelieu was a TS; I guess Dumas was rolling over in his grave. Sacrebleu!
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: Derped Psycho, had Rhine and Oder. Thought Danube was too far south.
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( Woulda guessed Tashkent but wouldn't pull the trigger unless I was desperate.
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