FJs for the 10/7/19 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 10/7/19 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:49 pm

Washington made the very first presidential proclamation in response to a request for "a day of public" this
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56%
In 1876 in the Dakotas this American said, "The old duffer broke me on the last hand"
60
61%
This American singer-songwriter briefly landed on the U.N.'s apartheid blacklist for his 1986 multi-platinum album
49
49%
In 1600 a royal charter authorized it to set forth to "parts of Asia and Africa" in search of "trade and traffic"
55
56%
In 1963 the Pulitzer Advisory Board vetoed his controversial play & gave no award; he would go on to win 3 Pulitzers  
32
32%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
10
10%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
4
4%
VIDEO GAME-POURRI $1000: Of the 4 ghosts in the original English version of the Pac-Man game, the one that doesn't rhyme with the others
69
70%
WOMEN COMPOSERS $2000: A composer in her own right, Clara (nee Wieck) also edited the collected works of this German composer, her husband
48
48%
LITERARY CHARACTERS $1600: 12-year-old Frankie Addams wants to go with her brother & his new wife on their honeymoon in this Carson McCullers novel
15
15%
Remembrance was my incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue.
7
7%
Custer was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
20
20%
Bruce Springsteen was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
10
10%
Tennessee Williams was my incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue.
7
7%
Arthur Miller or Eugene O'Neill was my incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue.
31
31%
At the start of the week I look at The Contestant Zone on jeopardy.com to see all of the Monday-Friday contestants who will be playing that week.
6
6%
 
Total votes: 99

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FJs for the 10/7/19 week

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10/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
OBSERVANCES

10/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Washington made the very first presidential proclamation in response to a request for "a day of public" this

10/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
LAST WORDS

10/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 1876 in the Dakotas this American said, "The old duffer broke me on the last hand"

10/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
HIT 1980s ALBUMS

10/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This American singer-songwriter briefly landed on the U.N.'s apartheid blacklist for his 1986 multi-platinum album

10/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
ENGLISH HISTORY

10/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 1600 a royal charter authorized it to set forth to "parts of Asia and Africa" in search of "trade and traffic"

10/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS

10/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 1963 the Pulitzer Advisory Board vetoed his controversial play & gave no award; he would go on to win 3 Pulitzers

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Thanksgiving
Bill Hickock
Paul Simon
British East India Company
Edward Albee
The players were 5/14 (35.71%) with a 1-1-2-1-0 success pattern.

The extra clues have triple stumpers sandwiching one a player got correct.

VIDEO GAME-POURRI $1000: Of the 4 ghosts in the original English version of the Pac-Man game, the one that doesn't rhyme with the others

WOMEN COMPOSERS $2000: A composer in her own right, Clara (nee Wieck) also edited the collected works of this German composer, her husband

LITERARY CHARACTERS $1600: 12-year-old Frankie Addams wants to go with her brother & his new wife on their honeymoon in this Carson McCullers novel

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Clyde
Robert Schumann
The Member of the Wedding
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

No guess for the McCullers work
Way off on Thursday with Northwest Passage
Not always, though usually, I only look at the contestant line-up a day at a time.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :( :(

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

I had a NES port of Pac-Man and was always confused as to the odd ghost out's name.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:mrgreen: :( :(

No responses Wednesday or Thursday. Wednesday I completely froze. Thursday I at least have the excuse that I thought they were looking for a ship and couldn't think of one that remotely fit the clue.
Neil Simon for Friday.
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:mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Custer Tuesday, don’t know much about the Old West.
No guess Wednesday

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:mrgreen: :oops: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Should have focused harder on the quote tues....less ashamed for my misinterpretation of the clue thurs...
I was never much interested in Pac-Man.
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Ah yes, the other Carson McCullers novel. I should add that to the flashcards, but I've been remiss in reviewing them for the last week. I think it showed up in one of Ed Toutant's games, if I remember correctly.

From the Literature Pavlovs thread:
MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:58 am I'd add Carson McCullers to this list. Although (according to the j-archive) her last work Clock without Hands hasn't been asked about, her other three novels and a short story collection all have been.

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941)
The Member of the Wedding (1946)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1951) [short story collection]
Clock Without Hands (1961)

-M
Clock without Hands still hasn't been mentioned in a clue, 6 years after I first posted this.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

Independence on Monday. Instagets for Wild Bill Hickok, Paul Simon (I remember that kerfuffle well, and have seen Ladysmith Black Mambazo multiple times, including once with Richard Thompson opening), and (British) East India Company. Ended up with a WECIB for Albee after ruling out the usual suspects (aka the other American playwrights I can name :?) as too old or too young.

Knew Clara Schumann right away, but never liked Pac-Man (Tempest uber alles!) and NHO McCullers.
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:51 pm Ah yes, the other Carson McCullers novel. I should add that to the flashcards, but I've been remiss in reviewing them for the last week. I think it showed up in one of Ed Toutant's games, if I remember correctly.

From the Literature Pavlovs thread:
MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:58 am I'd add Carson McCullers to this list. Although (according to the j-archive) her last work Clock without Hands hasn't been asked about, her other three novels and a short story collection all have been.

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941)
The Member of the Wedding (1946)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1951) [short story collection]
Clock Without Hands (1961)

-M
Clock without Hands still hasn't been mentioned in a clue, 6 years after I first posted this.
I would guess that's because even people who know McCullers' work have never heard of it.
Here's an interesting bit - Ballad of the Sad Cafe was adapted into a play in 1963...by Edward Albee.
Also, all the books above - except Clock Without Hands - have been made into movies, always a salient fact for J!
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(

I was stuck on Custer, trying to figure out what "broke me on the last hand" meant, and the best I could do was an equestrian interpretation (that I couldn't make sense of, either). But I'm not sad about my first 4/5 week of the season.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

I did think about ships first on Thursday, but it was clearly too late for the Golden Hind, and why would it be the Mayflower?

I remember the Paul Simon thing well. I guess I'm also the right age to know Pac-Man but I was never much into video games. I do remember that they all had names, which I thought at the time was silly, but who is silly now?

I missed with Albee in recent FJ memory but was very confident he was right this time. He was also a friend of the show, once reciting a category of clues.

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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: : :x :(
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

An embarrassing miss in a wheelhouse category on Thursday.
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First box of shame since the 2017 ToC.

At least I knew Clyde.
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:( :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(
Oof. I'm 11/25 so far this season.
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:( :( :( :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :( :(

My initial reaction of the Dutch company of similar origin saved me from hunting for various ships, and kept me from the box of shame. The rest of the week I was pretty clueless, only able to make reasonable guesses M-W, and no guess at all for F.
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