Monday, November 20, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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J! Round

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DJ! Round

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[theFJguy]

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
U.S. PRESIDENTS

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
7 U.S. presidents were born in the state of Ohio, beginning with this man who entered West Point in 1839

Verlinda Johnson Henning: 6800+6800=13600
Kevin Hirsh: 8000+8000=16000
Deanna Bolio: 19800-79=19721 (Semifinalist)

Correct response:

Spoiler

Ulysses Grant (Deanna – Tyler Hay)

Daily Doubles
Deanna: 5000+2600
Deanna: 13400+3400
Deanna: 17600+2600

Coryats
Verlinda: 6800
Kevin: 8000
Deanna: 14800

Combined: 29,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Verlinda: 2400
Kevin: 2400
Deanna: 8200

[MarkBarrett]

Deanna had the recency advantage along with drawing 1xers with nothing special stats from their previous two games. She took advantage to earn the lock with buzzer timing, opponent mistakes and most importantly 3/3 on DDs.

Missing the FJ! clue? It doesn't matter today. Overall, Deanna has only solved one FJ! clue correctly in her J! career. It might matter in the semis (or finals).

No second guesses needed for me on the FJ! clue (Kevin crossed out Cleveland to go with Deanna crossing out Tyler) as I only wrote the right guy.

Last of the QF games tomorrow.

The goings-on for Rosalynn Carter are going to mess up early J! viewing at some point(s) this week. Today went okay.

[MarkBarrett]

the 8 of Clubs: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=8695

[da Doctah]

No second guesses needed for me on the FJ! clue (Kevin crossed out Cleveland to go with Deanna crossing out Tyler) as I only wrote the right guy.

Cleveland is of course the obvious distractor here, despite being from New Jersey himself.

On the Tabasco clue, I skipped the easy one (didja know the McIlhenny company holds a trademark on the name "tabasco", so no other company can call their product "tabasco sauce" even if it's made with tabasco peppers?) and went with the vinegar option instead.

[MinnesotaMyron]

I played something recently, WikiQuiz maybe, that asked who the first president to go to West Point was. Missed it then, but it sent me to the right answer today.

[DavidRosen]

Between the Second Chance games and this one, what is Deanna's current win streak? Am I correct that she has the longest current streak of any active player?

[econgator]

I played something recently, WikiQuiz maybe, that asked who the first president to go to West Point was. Missed it then, but it sent me to the right answer today.

There's only been two: Grant and Ike.

[da Doctah]

I played something recently, WikiQuiz maybe, that asked who the first president to go to West Point was. Missed it then, but it sent me to the right answer today.

There's only been two: Grant and Ike.

Plus, if you leave the question that ambiguous, Jefferson Davis.

[BigDaddyMatty]

Coryat: $43,200
51 R/3 W
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: Detroit Red Wings, U.S. Civil War, 2001: A Space Odyssey, litmus, vinegar, apple, period, Constantine the Great, class

Mid-19th Century prez who went to West Point? Straightforward enough.

I'm kinda surprised they didn't pin DD3 well enough to eliminate aftertaste as a technically correct response. Especially rough for Kevin, since that ended up being the difference in the game.

Deanna's version of a Beatles classic ends up being...quite a bit racier.

The contestants missed on two subjects for which there are easy mnemonics:
1. The camel whose back looks like a D is a dromedary, while the one whose back looks like a B is a Bactrian.
2. The taxonomic ranks can be remembered as (there are other versions, I'm sure, but this is the one Mr. Giese taught us) Kings Play Chess On Friday, Generally Speaking.

I had an all-time embarrassing neg on Etched In Stone $1200, when I looked directly at those hieroglyphs and called them cuneiform.

On the Tabasco clue, I skipped the easy one (didja know the McIlhenny company holds a trademark on the name "tabasco", so no other company can call their product "tabasco sauce" even if it's made with tabasco peppers?) and went with the vinegar option instead.

Same. I didn't want to deal with any potential BMS issues.

[MinnesotaMyron]

I played something recently, WikiQuiz maybe, that asked who the first president to go to West Point was. Missed it then, but it sent me to the right answer today.

There's only been two: Grant and Ike.

Plus, if you leave the question that ambiguous, Jefferson Davis.

The category is literally U.S. PRESIDENTS. What on earth are you talking about?

[AFRET CMS]

... (didja know the McIlhenny company holds a trademark on the name "tabasco" ...

Wonder how the residents of Villahermosa and their neighbors feel about that ............

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

58 R (Couldn't get the Bottom Two in Team.)
DD: 3/3
FJ:

[da Doctah]

I played something recently, WikiQuiz maybe, that asked who the first president to go to West Point was. Missed it then, but it sent me to the right answer today.

There's only been two: Grant and Ike.

Plus, if you leave the question that ambiguous, Jefferson Davis.

The category is literally U.S. PRESIDENTS. What on earth are you talking about?

The WikiQuiz MinnesotaMyron mentioned, where no category name was mentioned. Davis preceded Grant not only in becoming a president, but in graduating from the US Military Academy.

[MinnesotaMyron]

I played something recently, WikiQuiz maybe, that asked who the first president to go to West Point was. Missed it then, but it sent me to the right answer today.

There's only been two: Grant and Ike.

Plus, if you leave the question that ambiguous, Jefferson Davis.

The category is literally U.S. PRESIDENTS. What on earth are you talking about?

The WikiQuiz MinnesotaMyron mentioned, where no category name was mentioned. Davis preceded Grant not only in becoming a president, but in graduating from the US Military Academy.

No, that's not right either. The question is pretty clear.

"Who was the first West Point graduate to be elected U.S. president? Ulysses S. GRANT"

[reddpen]

Deanna's version of a Beatles classic ends up being...quite a bit racier.

Indeed, and Ken somehow resisted saying even a quick "Nice."