FJs for the 11/6/23 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 11/6/23 week?

Poll runs till Sun Oct 20, 2024 8:50 pm

John Steinbeck called this "one of the great songs of the world" & wanted the music & lyrics printed in one of his novels
20
43%
This African capital renamed an area Mexico Square to honor Mexico's WWII-era support of its sovereignty during Italian occupation
38
81%
Perhaps inspiring a line 2 centuries later, in 1774 he wrote that he was headed "farther than any other man has been before me"
29
62%
In 1950 the Swedish Academy said this Nobel Prize winner "is a regional writer" but called "his regionalism universal"
24
51%
The 1456 posthumous annulment of this woman's sentence by the Church was witnessed by her mother Isabelle
42
89%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
11
23%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
1
2%
WHAT A BODY $2000: Bradycardia refers to a slow resting heartbeat; this is the opposite, a fast one
41
87%
MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS $1600: A painting by Rubens shows Andromeda, chained to a rock, being freed by him
13
28%
OPERATION $400: Breadbasket: Boycott of discriminatory businesses begun in 1962 by the SCLC, this
28
60%
"This Land Is Your Land" was my incorrect for the Monday FJ! clue.
5
11%
Ethiopia was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue in not processing what the clue wanted.
1
2%
I solved the Wednesday FJ! clue more by picking the right guy from 1774.
23
49%
I solved the Wednesday FJ! clue more by picking up on the Captain Kirk hint.
0
No votes
Steinbeck was my incorrect guess for the Thursday FJ! clue.
9
19%
My response for the Friday FJ! clue was exactly Joan of Arc.
35
74%
My response for the Friday FJ! clue was correct though I had a variation other than Joan of Arc.
1
2%
"Isabelle" in the wording for the Friday FJ! clue messed me up to end up with an incorrect response.
2
4%
ALBERT CAMUS $2000 box DD: Camus' attack on Stalinism in 1951's "L'Homme revolte" strained his relationship with this other existentialist - I was correct with Sartre.
31
66%
AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $1600 box DD: It's the real name of the planet referred to in the title of a 1965 Frank Herbert novel - I was correct with Arrakis.
28
60%
CHANGING WHITE HOUSE TOWEL MONOGRAMS $2000 box DD: From RWR to this - I was correct with GHWB.
38
81%
 
Total votes: 47

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FJs for the 11/6/23 week

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11/6 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MUSIC & LITERATURE

11/6 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
John Steinbeck called this "one of the great songs of the world" & wanted the music & lyrics printed in one of his novels

11/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WORLD HISTORY

11/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This African capital renamed an area Mexico Square to honor Mexico's WWII-era support of its sovereignty during Italian occupation

11/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
EXPLORERS

11/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Perhaps inspiring a line 2 centuries later, in 1774 he wrote that he was headed "farther than any other man has been before me"

11/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AMERICAN AUTHORS

11/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 1950 the Swedish Academy said this Nobel Prize winner "is a regional writer" but called "his regionalism universal"

11/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

11/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The 1456 posthumous annulment of this woman's sentence by the Church was witnessed by her mother Isabelle

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
"The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
Addis Ababa
Captain James Cook
William Faulkner
Joan of Arc (Joan, Jeanne)
The players were 7/14 (50.00%) with a 1-2-0-2-2 success pattern.

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

WHAT A BODY $2000: Bradycardia refers to a slow resting heartbeat; this is the opposite, a fast one

MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS $1600: A painting by Rubens shows Andromeda, chained to a rock, being freed by him

OPERATION $400: Breadbasket: Boycott of discriminatory businesses begun in 1962 by the SCLC, this

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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tachycardia
Perseus
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

Blurted Prometheus and did not have Perseus ready to go in the myth Rolodex

1774 was my path without making a connection to Kirk
Joan of Arc
Had Sartre and GHWB no problem was blanked on Dune planet name not having multiple choice to recall it
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :(

Both 1774 and Cook=Kirk.

Got Sartre (ran that Camus category), Arrakis, and GHWB.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :x :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
Overlooked the right choice on Thurs
Sartre and GWHB seemed pretty obvious...Another day I would have remembered the Dune planet.
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:( :( :( :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Steinbeck
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Forgot Steinbeck was mentioned Monday, blurted him out on Thursday.

Spoonerized "Akkaris" for the Dune planet. Remembered the category from its original airing. Still missed "When Worlds Collide".
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :|

Wed - More from 1774; didn't think of Kirk. (Was actually thinking NASA)
Fri - Joan of Arc

:mrgreen: Sartre
:mrgreen: Arrakis
:mrgreen: GHWB
MarkBarrett wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:50 pm Blurted Prometheus and did not have Perseus ready to go in the myth Rolodex
http://burro.case.edu/Academics/Astr201/Fall/Fall.html

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

Cook was a last moment guess of an explorer active in 1774. I thought the clue alluded to Star Trek, but I thought 1974 was too late for that and I never made the Cook/Kirk connection. I thought of Steinbeck first on Thursday, but the Oklahoma-to-California path of The Grapes of Wrath made me question the idea of his regionalism. Faulkner came to mind not long after that and made much more sense to me.

I got all three extra extra clues. I learned Arrakis from mrbungle's Winner's Blog.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

Went straight to the Woody Guthrie song Monday and never looked back
Late 1700’s explorer usually means Cook to me. Did not see the Kirk connection.
Got Sartre, Arrakis (the recent movie helped jog my memory), and GHWB.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

My first thought for the Wednesday clue was Lewis or Clark - but how could you distinguish which one? Then I somehow got to Captain Cook without the Star Trek connection
Joan of Arc - I didn't realize there could be any variants for this one, and I wouldn't have thought that just Joan would be accepted
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Daniel Boone for Wednesday's FJ, thinking of the Wilderness Road through Cumberland Gap being just a couple of years before the Declaration of Independence.

Don't know if I previously knew about Perseus and Andromeda prior; if not, it's yet another tidbit I learned on Jeopardy.

Sartre, Arrakis, and GHWB all came pretty quickly, though Sartre was said very questioningly and with little confidence.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :oops:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Neither Steinbeck nor Faulkner came to me on Thursday. I was just completely blank except for Hemingway, who I knew was wrong.
Isabelle, annulment, and Joan of Arc being too obvious all threw me for a loop on Friday
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