FJs for the 1/30/23 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 1/30/23 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:51 pm

Originally relating to a story of suffering, this word now more commonly refers to strong emotion of any kind
19
28%
5 U.S. states have 6-letter names; only these 2 west of the Mississippi River border each other
56
81%
Published in 2011, P.D. James' final novel, "Death Comes to Pemberley", was a sequel to this novel from 200 years earlier
30
43%
Poseidon carried off the maiden Theophane & turned her into a ewe; their offspring was the source of this mythical object
57
83%
Mimi Reinhard, who never learned to type using more than 2 fingers, produced this with 1,100 names, including hers
45
65%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
6
9%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
1
1%
EXPLORATION $2000: Francisco de Coronado found what was supposed to be the 7 Golden Cities of this; they turned out to be a simple Zuni pueblo
24
35%
THE BOOK'S SUPPORTING CHARACTERS $2000: Weena, an Eloi, & Morlocks, as the main guy really gets around
49
71%
BIG RIVER $2000: The name of this great river comes from words meaning "place to paddle" in the language of the Warao of Venezuela
47
68%
I had Oregon but not Nevada for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
4
6%
I had Nevada but not Oregon for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
1
1%
Kansas was part of my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
6
9%
I have traveled over the Oregon and Nevada border on land.
4
6%
I have set foot in Nevada.
47
68%
I have set foot in Oregon.
29
42%
I missed the Wednesday FJ! clue with a Bronte sister work.
6
9%
I had the wrong Austen title for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
6
9%
Like Mimi Reinhard from the Friday FJ! clue, I am a 2-finger typist.
8
12%
I can type with two hands without looking at the keyboard.
46
67%
SCI-FI & FANTASY $800: This Joe Haldeman classic tells of William Mandella, who fights the interstellar Taurans for a really long time  - I was correct with The Forever War.
14
20%
 
Total votes: 69

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FJs for the 1/30/23 week

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1/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WORD ORIGINS

1/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Originally relating to a story of suffering, this word now more commonly refers to strong emotion of any kind

1/31 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
U.S. STATE NAMES

1/31 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
5 U.S. states have 6-letter names; only these 2 west of the Mississippi River border each other

2/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
LITERATURE

2/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Published in 2011, P.D. James' final novel, "Death Comes to Pemberley", was a sequel to this novel from 200 years earlier

2/2 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MYTHOLOGY

2/2 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Poseidon carried off the maiden Theophane & turned her into a ewe; their offspring was the source of this mythical object

2/2 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WORLD WAR II

2/2 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Mimi Reinhard, who never learned to type using more than 2 fingers, produced this with 1,100 names, including hers

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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passion
Oregon & Nevada
Pride and Prejudice
the Golden Fleece
Schindler's List
The players were 7/15 (46.67%) with a 0-0-1-3-3 success pattern.

The extra clues have a $2000 clue correct by Jake, Patti and Matthew.

EXPLORATION $2000: Francisco de Coronado found what was supposed to be the 7 Golden Cities of this; they turned out to be a simple Zuni pueblo

THE BOOK'S SUPPORTING CHARACTERS $2000: Weena, an Eloi, & Morlocks, as the main guy really gets around

BIG RIVER $2000: The name of this great river comes from words meaning "place to paddle" in the language of the Warao of Venezuela

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Cibola
The Time Machine
Orinoco
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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

Jane Austen ends my streak at 17; I said The Scarlet Letter to have something.

Been to Nevada, but only as far north as Vegas. Never been to Oregon.

I'm a touch typist.

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
So 1811 + Pemberly is supposed to be a Pavlov for P&P? Noted

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Never been to OR/NV
took a typing class in HS.
:mrgreen: on Forever War
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Mon - (nothing)

And for the bonus, El Dorado...again.

Only been to Nevada

I can type, and pretty quickly, with two hands. But I have to at least be able to glance at the keyboard for physical location. Also, I'm pretty sure I don't adhere to "proper" touch typing rules given how my right hand hovers over they keys more than anything and I never seem to use my pinkies. At all. None of this "resting on home row" baloney as well.

Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I wonder how I can even type at all...so I should probably stop that else I contract a case of typing yips...
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Volante wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 8:07 pm I can type, and pretty quickly, with two hands. But I have to at least be able to glance at the keyboard for physical location. Also, I'm pretty sure I don't adhere to "proper" touch typing rules given how my right hand hovers over they keys more than anything and I never seem to use my pinkies. At all. None of this "resting on home row" baloney as well.
That's basically me. I can do about 60 cwpm using my hybrid method.
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:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Oregon alone...I wish I remembered Cibola....
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I have been in Nevada and Oregon but have not traveled over their border
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All I could come up with was the Horn of Amalthea :cry:
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:( :( :( :mrgreen: :(
:( :( :(

Could not get away from Kansas fast enough. I say this about 3 times a week coming home from golf or basketball :lol:. It was a nice clue, I'm surprised at 86% get rate so far because if you don't catch one quickly, it takes a while to wind through the 5 and 7 letter count states. Idaho, Montana, Wyoming all seem about right and takes a separate equation to eliminate them.

Touch typist here, I'm sure I can out-type Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter ;). Thanks for the typing poll. I've been curious about Gen X and beyond - do they bother with classic typing training? Shorthand died in the 1970's I assume. Typewriters have been antiquated quite a while now and kids are already ruined on electronic keyboards before they could unlearn bad habits. In school, I chose the manual typewriters for timed tests because I could stop an errant key press in real time. Slower, but fewer mistakes. I can't begin to use the Ipad keyboard, so it's a one or two finger drill.

Been to Nevada 20+ times, Oregon about 8 times. Kansas, thousands of times (probably run there 50 times jogging 3 miles to the state line). Hawaii once. Alaska bupkus.
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:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I type without looking (if I'm using a keyboard, anyway).

I went to Oregon in 1991, when my uncle lived in Medford (and worked with late season 1 J! champion Michael Wing); it's the farthest west I have been in my life thus far. I may be the only one in my nuclear family who hasn't been to Nevada; I'm sure my parents and three of my four siblings have been.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Was thinking of something Old Testament or Greek mythology Monday

No idea on The Forever War

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Leander wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:47 pm Been to Nevada if Vegas counts
Ummmm
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I can type with two hands without looking, though when I do, I make too many mistakes that slow me down as I backspace to correct them. I type much faster and more accurately when I glance occasionally at the keyboard. I'm not sure if this makes sense, but I think being an excellent speller enhances my speed.
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I said anguish on Monday.

Also, I am old enough to have taken typing classes (on typewriters) as part of my public-school education, though I didn't really become a no-look typer until college, when I had to write term papers on an Apple IIe. In Helvetica!

I've been west of the Mississippi but not to any of the six-letter states.
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cinemaniax7 wrote: Sun Feb 05, 2023 1:44 am I can type with two hands without looking, though when I do, I make too many mistakes that slow me down as I backspace to correct them. I type much faster and more accurately when I glance occasionally at the keyboard. I'm not sure if this makes sense, but I think being an excellent speller enhances my speed.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Pathos instead of passion for Monday's miss.

Have been in both Oregon and Nevada, though my time in Oregon can be measured in hours, not days, with a brief dip into Portland from Vancouver, WA, many years ago.

Learned to type in high school; it was a mandatory class my sophomore year. The classroom was full of Remington manual machines. A few years later as an AF EMT, I got to type up shift reports on a correcting Selectric. Heaven! Looking back, it was one of the most useful classes I had in high school, though I do think algebra may be a very close second.

I'm a nine-fingered touch typist (I very, very occasionally use my left thumb on the space bar). In fact, I'm typing this wtih my eyse colsed.

And I HATE texting. I can accomplish more in a 30-second phone discussion than I can in a 10-minute text exchange, partly because I'm so slow. Typing is about 40-50 WPM, texting might be 100 WPH.
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AFRET CMS wrote: Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:26 pm And I HATE texting. I can accomplish more in a 30-second phone discussion than I can in a 10-minute text exchange, partly because I'm so slow. Typing is about 40-50 WPM, texting might be 100 WPH.
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