FJs for the 3/25/19 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 3/25/19 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 20, 2019 7:48 pm

Operating for only one week a year, a train line to this city moves over half a million people a day
85
79%
Though he became a Cabinet secretary & chief justice, once he wanted to change his name because of its "awkward, fishy" sound
72
67%
In 1943 millions of matchbooks were distributed in the Philippines with this 3-word quote to boost morale
63
59%
One theory says a phrase for euphoria comes from plate No. 9 in an 1896 meteorological "atlas" of these
83
78%
This 1883 classic ends with the words "a well-behaved little boy!"
44
41%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
16
15%
:( :( :( :( :( I missed all the FJ! clues.
1
1%
NONFICTION $800: Based on interviews with more than 50 survivors, Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember" details this tragedy
85
79%
IT HAPPENED IN SOUTH AMERICA $1000: Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land that this 125' statue was inaugurated on Oct. 12, 1931
96
90%
DIET LAND $2000: 1809's Diet of Porvoo brought this northern country under the control of Russia
82
77%
If the Tuesday FJ! clue had asked about the person on the $10,000 bill without a "fishy" hint I would have known it's Salmon Chase.
47
44%
The Wednesday FJ! clue was a miss although I would have got it right if it mentioned MacArthur.
18
17%
Oliver Twist was my incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue.
9
8%
Tom Sawyer was my incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue.
7
7%
Little Lord Fauntleroy was my incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue.
15
14%
If the Friday FJ! clue had asked for the author of Pinocchio, Collodi, I would have known the name.
25
23%
 
Total votes: 107

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FJs for the 3/25/19 week

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3/25 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION

3/25 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Operating for only one week a year, a train line to this city moves over half a million people a day

3/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
19th CENTURY AMERICANS

3/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Though he became a Cabinet secretary & chief justice, once he wanted to change his name because of its "awkward, fishy" sound

3/27 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WORLD WAR II

3/27 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 1943 millions of matchbooks were distributed in the Philippines with this 3-word quote to boost morale

3/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FAMOUS PHRASE ORIGINS

3/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
One theory says a phrase for euphoria comes from plate No. 9 in an 1896 meteorological "atlas" of these

3/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
CHILDREN'S BOOKS

3/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This 1883 classic ends with the words "a well-behaved little boy!"

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Mecca
Salmon Chase
"I shall return"
clouds
Pinocchio
The players were 6/15 (40.00%) with a 2-0-2-2-0 success pattern.

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

NONFICTION $800: Based on interviews with more than 50 survivors, Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember" details this tragedy

IT HAPPENED IN SOUTH AMERICA $1000: Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land that this 125' statue was inaugurated on Oct. 12, 1931

DIET LAND $2000: 1809's Diet of Porvoo brought this northern country under the control of Russia

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Titanic sinking
Christ the Redeemer
Finland
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Knew Chase on $10K bill as well
No for Finland although in the FJ! round I may have done Porvoo reminds me of Paavo (Nurmi) to have guessed right.
Yes, for Collodi
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Of course I know Carlo Collodi.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I was trying to bark up matchbooks instead of the Philippines. My dad raised his hand as soon as the think music started, and I said, "I'm sure you know it," which he misunderstood as me giving him the all-clear to respond aloud. I'm counting it as a miss for me since I was nowhere on the path to McArthur at the time I got spoiled.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :?: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

I included Thursday as a win above (and for myself), but i mark it with a question here since they may have turned me down for "on cloud 9"...

Not sure if I would have remembered Collodi or not...
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:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I wouldn't have guessed anywhere within 500 miles of Mecca Monday, figuring it had to be a remote location. The best I could come up with was Vladivostok, and I wasn't happy with that.
No guess at all Tuesday.

I would have known Carlo Collodi's name. I may not have been able to come up with it in 30 seconds, but I would have known it.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

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

Friday's "last line" seemed too saccharine to be Twain but I did consider Fauntleroy and Black Beauty before settling on Peter Rabbit. Easter seems to come late this year. When they do ask what book ends "But Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper", I'll be ready.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Pinocchio just not on my radar screen for children's lit, never knew the author's name. Went with Sawyer to put something down.

Would have gotten Chase from the bill
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:mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Tuesday - Roger Taney
Wednesday - nothing came to mind
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Note to self: the book “Pinocchio” come up often enough on J! that it needs to be on my study list...
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davey wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:23 pm :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :?: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

I included Thursday as a win above (and for myself), but i mark it with a question here since they may have turned me down for "on cloud 9"...

Not sure if I would have remembered Collodi or not...
I think it would have been acceptable.
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:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

I knew Salmon P. Chase almost entirely from the $10,000 bill.

No recognition on Wednesday's clue.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Would have known Wednesday if given MacArthur
Was leaning toward Titanic but clammed
Probably would have gotten Chase from $10,000 bill
Would not have gotten Collodi with a hundred guesses
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Including my vote, Salmon P. Chase (which I thought would be a really tough one) is outpolling "I shall return" (which I thought was a really easy one) 66%-63%. It's always odd to me how what seems ungettable to some of us is right up the alley for others of us.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

I had a great grandfather that was named Walter Lord. No relation to the author, who's father Walter Lord Sr. would have been about the same age as my GG. I I read A Night to Remember over forty years ago, and my GG lived until 1983.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Wed - "V for Victory" ...I blame jet lag, an extra MacArthur TOM would have counteracted that tho
Fri - Fauntleroy

$10,000 = Chase
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I'm counting "I will return" as incorrect. That would have been painful if it happened on the show.

I was spoiled on clouds and can't know if I would have gotten it.
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