This is the way the week ends, not with a bang but a whimper. Congrats to Diandra for being the last one standing. Rough luck for Jesse and Alice to be ahead of her in a closely matched game with a TS FJ.
Couple of notes for the archivist: The correct response for SJ25 should just be Google, not Google Books, no? The clue refers to "The service launched as this search engine company 'Print'". I know Mayim said "Google Books," referring to the service's current name, but the "this" in the clue is just "Google". There was never a Google Books Print.
Then for DJ27 Diandra clearly says "gadolinum" (an actual element) despite what the closed captions claim.
For the clue "Escritor; one of them created what you're seeing," I said "researcher". Think they'd have given it to me?
Surprised when Alice said "singer" that Mayim didn't say, "No. We were looking for sing-ger."
Once again, Mayim didn't provide any explanation when Jesse missed with the Phillies and the clue was actually looking for the city.
Ok, lots of low-hanging trash to pick up as shown in the poll.
Oglethorpe = Georgia. That's pretty Pavlovian.
If you can only name one thing about Jonathan Edwards, this sermon should be it.
If you know one quote by Thoreau, the one about lives of quiet desperation should be it.
Cartagena should've been obvious but I just didn't get there.
I wonder if our contestants are too young to have had
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as required reading in high school. It seems to have moved from obligatory to banned since I graduated back in ought-eighty-three. Even for those who recognize that the clue must be referring to Jim, they'd need the confidence that a first name is sufficient in this case.
Billy Budd was a tough clue. I would've guessed Queequeg on a DD, just to have something. At least I got the right author.
Charlie Marlow from
Heart of Darkness was even tougher. I got the last name, which I assume would be accepted. Couldn't have told you Charlie. (I was expecting someone to neg with "Kurtz," the only name you're generally expected to know from that book. That would be an interesting judgment call. I could make an argument that "Kurtz" sort of fits the clue, but my heart wouldn't be in it.) For those who rely on
Apocalypse Now for all their
Heart of Darkness knowledge, that crutch wouldn't help here. The Marlow character, played by Martin Sheen, has a different name in the film.
Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Interesting wagering situation with everyone so closely grouped. Jesse's all-in probably wasn't the best idea but didn't cost him the game. If he'd made the shutout against Diandra, he'd still have come in second (and picked up an extra $1000, so it did cost him something.) Diandra's wager is curious. It's within an acceptable range, but oddly specific. Why $4,501? On a get, that bumps her up to $12,301. With the miss, she dropped to $3,299. Am I missing something strategic about one of those numbers?
This FJ was weird for me. I said "Juts" (which would have been accepted) because of Jutland, but I couldn't recall that this group had ever existed. Once I remembered to make them Jutes, they seemed a little more familiar. Mayim, as expected, made no mention of Jutland in her explanation of the correct response.
