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FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
18th CENTURY AMERICANS

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
“Essays to Do Good” by Cotton Mather inspired Silence Dogood, the newspaper pseudonym of this man

Jackson Jones: 22000-400=21600 (Semi-Finalist)
Sreekar Madabushi: 14400+3600=18000
Audrey Sarin: 8400+8400=16800

Correct response:
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Benjamin Franklin (Jackson – Jonathan Edwards)

Daily Doubles
Sreekar: 4600-2000
Sreekar: 5600+5600
Jackson: 16000+2000

Coryats
Jackson: 21200
Sreekar: 12400
Audrey: 8400

Combined: 42,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Jackson: 6000
Sreekar: 2800
Audrey: 1200
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Sometimes the writers will have pop culture material that misses the mark for the 13-17 age range. CPA stumping the teens was a different case of a surprise although whoever wins the $100,000 might get familiar with that profession.

The FJ! category had me peg the right guy with my first thought. Paine and Henry were on the second level of instinct. When I saw the clue it was a laugher that my precall hit the mark and I spent think time triple checking my spelling in recalling the FJ! round from this game: http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=563

Today makes 4/4 for the champ's spot earning the automatic bid to next week.

With one game to go:
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WC1: Eesha (19787)
WC2: Ryan (19301)
WC3: Sreekar (18000)
WC4: Audrey (16800)

Eliminated: Stephanie (13999), Sophia (13600), Alison (11600), and Rohit (0)
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Is it possible for the champ not to get a spot next week?
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Roland wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:53 pm Is it possible for the champ not to get a spot next week?
Each winner of games this week, quarterfinals 1-5, are automatic semifinalists. The four highest-scoring non-winners are wildcards and also become semifinalists.

The 5W + 4WC = 9SF. Monday the 24th - Wednesday the 26th are semifinal matches with only the winner moving on to the 2-day finals.
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I think by "champ's spot" Mark was referring to the leftmost (furthest upstage) lectern.
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Once again I forget which planet has the rings. Also whiffed a retail clue because I didn't know what year Gap was founded.

The college and TV categories were both 0/5 for me. Only vaguely heard of Gilmore Girls, but the other four rang no bells at all.

Also 0/5 in Rome.

No guess on FJ! I didn't see a TOM anywhere, nor could I match any 18th century men to newspapers.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:42 pm Once again I forget which planet has the rings. Also whiffed a retail clue because I didn't know what year Gap was founded.

The college and TV categories were both 0/5 for me. Only vaguely heard of Gilmore Girls, but the other four rang no bells at all.

Also 0/5 in Rome.

No guess on FJ! I didn't see a TOM anywhere, nor could I match any 18th century men to newspapers.
Forget the FJ! clue. Play the category. A radio station calls you and says for $10,000 name an 18th century American. Keeping in mind this is Teen week, the right guy should be the top choice.
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MarkBarrett wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:44 pm Forget the FJ! clue. Play the category. A radio station calls you and says for $10,000 name an 18th century American. Keeping in mind this is Teen week, the right guy should be the top choice.
Not necessarily. It very well could be a far more obscure name. My knowledge of history is abysmal, so I'm bracing for the far, far, FAR greater odds of it being someone else, teen tourney or otherwise.
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Took a bagel on Actors & Roles. Seriously, writers, WGAF? : :x
Remembered that bit of trivia about Ben Franklin.
Seems to me that "Silence" would be the last thing someone who preached "Sinners in the Hands of an angry God" would go by. :geek:
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DBear wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:40 pm Took a bagel on Actors & Roles. Seriously, writers, WGAF? : :x
I got the first one right, but the others? Forget it.
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It's been a while since I've seen National Treasure, but I do remember that the Silence Dogood letters feature quite prominently and their history is a key plot point.
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I'm glad Jackson had sense enough not to make the standard cover wager. I was a little concerned when his incorrect response was revealed, having seen the leader in Monday's game make the 'normal game' FJ wager. That person would have been relegated to the audience for the semi-finals by now if they had missed.
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DBear wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:40 pm
Remembered that bit of trivia about Ben Franklin.
Seems to me that "Silence" would be the last thing someone who preached "Sinners in the Hands of an angry God" would go by. :geek:
That's Jonathan Edwards.
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DBear wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:40 pm Took a bagel on Actors & Roles. Seriously, writers, WGAF? : :x
Remembered that bit of trivia about Ben Franklin.
Seems to me that "Silence" would be the last thing someone who preached "Sinners in the Hands of an angry God" would go by. :geek:
But Dogood would not be.

Edwards was actually a polymath, though there's no way he's going to be the subject of a Teen Week FJ (especially for anything other than that one sermon).
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The only Actors/Roles I got was Will Ferrell, since I've actually seen Lego Movie. One of only two times I've actually found Ferrell palatable (the other being Elf).
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Lefty wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:47 pm
DBear wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:40 pm
Remembered that bit of trivia about Ben Franklin.
Seems to me that "Silence" would be the last thing someone who preached "Sinners in the Hands of an angry God" would go by. :geek:
That's Jonathan Edwards.
No kidding....
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DBear wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 10:48 pm
Lefty wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:47 pm
DBear wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:40 pm
Remembered that bit of trivia about Ben Franklin.
Seems to me that "Silence" would be the last thing someone who preached "Sinners in the Hands of an angry God" would go by. :geek:
That's Jonathan Edwards.
No kidding....
Sorry, D. Read too carelessly.

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TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:42 pm Once again I forget which planet has the rings. Also whiffed a retail clue because I didn't know what year Gap was founded.

The college and TV categories were both 0/5 for me. Only vaguely heard of Gilmore Girls, but the other four rang no bells at all.

Also 0/5 in Rome.

No guess on FJ! I didn't see a TOM anywhere, nor could I match any 18th century men to newspapers.
you have never seen the movie "national treasure" before? that is how i got the answer...never heard of it before, but having seen national treasure over 10 times has it embedded into my mind that silence dogood=benjamin franklin
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