FJs for the 1/7/19 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 1/7/19 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:49 pm

When he died in Samoa in 1894 his obituary said, "He loved Samoa better than any other place, except Scotland"
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53%
In March 1958 Hilton opened a hotel in this Western Hemisphere capital but 2 1/2 years later was out of business there
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90%
So that viewers wouldn't think it was about opera, the "R" in this show's logo was turned into a gun
80
75%
Eyewitness Jose Marti wrote, "Luckless Irishmen, Poles, Italians... run toward the wharves" to see its dedication
100
93%
Not an artist himself, he inspired the Surrealists but thought them "absolute cranks" until he met Dali in London in 1938
58
54%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
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21%
:( :( :( :( :( I missed all the FJ! clues.
1
1%
A BIRD $2000: This man's 414 B.C. comedy "The Birds" features a chorus of them that directly addresses the audience
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59%
PLACES OF LEGEND $2000: Neither Pizarro nor Raleigh succeeded in their searches for this land of gold
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80%
5 "B"s OF CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This Hungarian's 1923 "Dance Suite" celebrated the 50th anniversary of the merger of Buda, Pest & Obuda
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57%
Darwin was my incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue.
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3%
Gauguin was my incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue.
5
5%
I have seen at least one complete episode of The Sopranos.
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46%
I have never seen a complete episode of The Sopranos.
55
51%
I watch Jeopardy! on the Sacramento or Boston stations that had a glitch this week showing an incorrect game.
4
4%
 
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FJs for the 1/7/19 week

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1/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
19th CENTURY NOTABLES

1/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
When he died in Samoa in 1894 his obituary said, "He loved Samoa better than any other place, except Scotland"

1/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
1950s TRAVEL

1/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In March 1958 Hilton opened a hotel in this Western Hemisphere capital but 2 1/2 years later was out of business there

1/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
TV DRAMAS

1/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
So that viewers wouldn't think it was about opera, the "R" in this show's logo was turned into a gun

1/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AMERICAN LANDMARKS

1/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Eyewitness Jose Marti wrote, "Luckless Irishmen, Poles, Italians... run toward the wharves" to see its dedication

1/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FAMOUS DOCTORS

1/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Not an artist himself, he inspired the Surrealists but thought them "absolute cranks" until he met Dali in London in 1938

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Robert Louis Stevenson
Havana
The Sopranos
Statue of Liberty
Sigmund Freud
The players were 6/14 (42.86%) with a 0-3-1-2-0 success pattern.

The extra clues have a triple stumper, one correct by the players, and a requested one a player had correct.

A BIRD $2000: This man's 414 B.C. comedy "The Birds" features a chorus of them that directly addresses the audience

PLACES OF LEGEND $2000: Neither Pizarro nor Raleigh succeeded in their searches for this land of gold

5 "B"s OF CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This Hungarian's 1923 "Dance Suite" celebrated the 50th anniversary of the merger of Buda, Pest & Obuda

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Aristophanes
El Dorado
Béla Bartók
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Seen an ep. of The Sopranos
Doyle on Thursday.

Note: For the station errors the Sacramento affiliate showed the J! & DJ! rounds of the Thursday game on Wednesday and switched to the proper Wednesday FJ! round while the Boston station showed a rerun of a Gilbert Collins game on Thursday instead of the new game.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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2/5 (Wed and Thurs)

I've actually never seen a complete episode of The Sopranos. But I know about the show's famous ending.

Yes on El Dorado, and like I said in the game's thread, was surprised it was a TS.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

Robert Burns.
Mind went completely blank on El Dorado. Even after the two missed guesses and pausing for ten seconds to give it chance to come up, I couldn't get it. On the plus side, I came up with Bartok out of nowhere, so it evens out.

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

Would have gotten Bartok on another day.

Own all The Sopranos DVDs except the last season, and used to watch them while exercising, so have seen most episodes multiple times.

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I went with Robert Burns on Monday, too. I was trying to remember which of him and Frost was the Scot.

For Tuesday I said Paris. Just because. Friday, no answer.
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Bupkis.

Have not seen The Sopranos.
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:mrgreen: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
An easy week, including the one I missed... :roll:
I watched The Sopranos mostly on DVD. Now I have HBO, so I watched an episode today for the heck of it - S3 E4, "Employee of the Month." Spoiler: Something bad happens...but no one dies!
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I saw "wharves," thought of San Francisco's Angel Island, couldn't make any other headway with José Martí (if only I'd known his dates, or Angel Island's as an immigration center); then the music started and my dad, incredulous at how easy it was, said "It's gotta be the Statue of Liberty, right?" I think I would have made it there in time, but I feel like punishing myself for not instagetting it.

I've never watched The Sopranos.
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:( :mrgreen: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Got gone on Gauguin, derped the Sopranos clue.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Have seen all episodes of The Sopranos
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JayK33 wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:31 pm I went with Robert Burns on Monday, too. I was trying to remember which of him and Frost was the Scot.

For Tuesday I said Paris. Just because. Friday, no answer.
easy to remember burns was a scotsman...trebek always tries a lame scottish accent when he says robbie burns
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Sixth 5/5 of the season and first with all three extra clues. :mrgreen:

All instaget finals.

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

All FJs were instaget except a very embarrassing miss on The Sopranos. I’ve seen every episode and think it’s a great show, but I’m old enough that I don’t necessarily think of HBO as “TV”; it’s “cable”. Of course, that’s almost their slogan - “It’s not TV, it’s HBO.” Sigh.
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Got The Sopranos one second too late 😢

I’ve only seen one episode and didn’t care for it.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :mrgreen:

I'm too lazy to check, but I think this isn't my first 5/5 week of the season.

I should've had El Dorado, but my brain completely froze and I couldn't recall it in time.

I'd love to try and binge The Sopranos someday, but for now, I've never seen an episode.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Felt like a bad week; didn't actually know it went better than I thought until I did the poll.

Have to admit Bartok was a SWAG -- didn't know he wrote the piece, but knew his first name was "Bela" so the "Hungarian" specification led to a confident-enough guess that I probably would have rung in.

Saw the Sopranos on DVD when first released; started rewatching on Amazon Thanksgiving weekend and we're up to about the middle of season 4. It was very top-of-mind since we see the logo a couple of times a week.
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I was thinking Bartok, but for some reason what came out of my mouth was "Berlioz" :oops:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Last week I was 1/5 on FJs, and only got Friday's. The previous week I also went 5/5. Weird.
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