FJs for the 4/27/20 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 4/27/20 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:48 pm

Before they were photographed together in 1862, Lincoln wryly noted this general "should have no problem" sitting still for it
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51%
The last line of this epic film was "Go--proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants thereof"
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69%
Its first line ends, "the period was so far like the present period...for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only"
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86%
Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they're still using it
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65%
On the English-language list of member states at un.org, it's the only nation with a Spanish-language article in its name  
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79%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
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21%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all five clues.
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1%
HER MAJOR MOVIE DEBUT $2000: The female lead in the 1976 remake of "King Kong"
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49%
BODY PART AKAs $1000: Pollex
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26%
CHILDREN'S LIT $1000: One of the first novels for children was the 1765 book seen here about this girl whose name now means someone annoyingly virtuous
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17%
Stonewall Jackson was my miss for the Monday FJ! clue.
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16%
U.S. Grant was my miss for the Monday FJ! clue.
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15%
I thought of McClellan for the Monday FJ! clue and yet still guessed someone else.
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5%
Spartacus was my miss for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
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4%
Pollyanna was a neg for me on the CHILDREN'S LIT clue above.
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40%
I missed the Friday FJ! clue in part/in whole by trying to think of a "La", "Las" or "Los" country.
9
9%
 
Total votes: 95

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FJs for the 4/27/20 week

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4/27 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
CIVIL WAR PEOPLE

4/27 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Before they were photographed together in 1862, Lincoln wryly noted this general "should have no problem" sitting still for it

4/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
1950s FILMS

4/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The last line of this epic film was "Go--proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants thereof"

4/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
19th CENTURY NOVELS

4/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Its first line ends, "the period was so far like the present period...for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only"

4/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
ADVERTISING

4/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they're still using it

5/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
NATIONS OF THE WORLD

5/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
On the English-language list of member states at un.org, it's the only nation with a Spanish-language article in its name

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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George McClellan
The Ten Commandments
A Tale of Two Cities
What's in your wallet?
El Salvador
The players were 5/15 (33.33%) with a 0-1-2-1-1 success pattern.

The extra clues have three correct by the players with the last one requested.

HER MAJOR MOVIE DEBUT $2000: The female lead in the 1976 remake of "King Kong"

BODY PART AKAs $1000: Pollex

CHILDREN'S LIT $1000: One of the first novels for children was the 1765 book seen here about this girl whose name now means someone annoyingly virtuous

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Jessica Lange
the thumb
Goody Two-Shoes
  

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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: Pollyanna

Stonewall Jackson and dismissed McClellan
Sao Tome to have something, even though Portuguese, after wasting time with La/Las/Los

Not polled: Yeah, I negged with Flintstone for the flagstone clue.
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:( :( :( :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

I said Pollyanna.
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(

No guess on Tuesday
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:| :| :|

Mon - Meade, but I was trying to think of McClellan
Fri - (blank) Was running through countries with non-English names but didn't make it to the Americas in time
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Ben-Hur kept me from the perfecto. Right actor, right decade, wrong movie. Never seen The Ten Commandments. Don't intend to change that. If I'd recognized the quotation as coming ultimately from Leviticus, I'd definitely have guessed the right movie.

McClellan was an educated guess. The more famous Union generals didn't seem like they got there by sitting around. And Confederate generals of any sort were obviously out of the question. Flailed a bit on the novel quote. Started in America but couldn't gain any traction. Then decided it sounded like Dickens but couldn't narrow it down. Almost went with Hard Times, a title for which the quote seemed vaguely apropos. But the nickel finally dropped when I applied the word "superlative" to the words "good" and "evil" to come up with "best" and "worst". "What's in your wallet?" and El Salvador came to me fairly quickly. In a different week I could see either or both of those leaving me hopeless in the woods and grasping at straws.

Thanks for the Goody Two Shoes/Pollyana questions, Mark. I'll be interested to see the results.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(

Sherman; got stuck on Jackson but refused to guess a Confederate.
I considered Pollyanna but stayed clam.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Pollyanna.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(

Went the wrong way Monday on a coin flip between McClellan and Meade
No guess Thursday, I was trying to think of a brokerage firm
Took a while to parse the Friday clue, but then the answer hit me.
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:| :| :|

Spartacus on Tuesday

Stayed clam on Goody Two-Shoes, but would have gotten there if spotted Oliver Goldsmith.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
----:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: ----

i don't think I ever made it to the end of that opening line, but I got where it was going.

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:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :evil:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

Another yucky week with clues that shouldn't have been so tough...I didn't have a problem with the wording Fri, or even remembering El - but then I blanked on what it went with... :roll:
I thought of Pollyanna first, but I knew it was much later.
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:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

WAGed JEB Stuart on Monday. Was super confident when I guessed Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (“good/evil”) and didn’t think much about comparisons. No guess on Friday.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:o on the perfecto
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :(
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:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :(
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Instaget on Monday; that one wasn’t the only time Lincoln was sarcastic about McClellan’s lack of initiative.
Chalk up another Ben-Hur on Tuesday. In my defense, during my childhood when The Ten Commandments was a fixture on Sunday night TV for Easter / Passover season, it was such a long movie that my bedtime was shortly after the parting of the Red Sea, and I (to this day!) have never seen the whole movie.
Instaget on Wednesday - in addition to it being J!’s favorite Dickens.
Thursday, I got stuck on John Houseman’s “Smith Barney” commercials and never got unstuck.
Friday, it took me about ten seconds to get to El Salvador.

On the extras, no problems; might not have gotten the thumb except for a reminder from the naming system (drawn from Spanish) for the thumb in guitar fingerpicking (pulgar).
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cthulhu wrote: Sun May 03, 2020 12:24 am Chalk up another Ben-Hur on Tuesday. In my defense, during my childhood when The Ten Commandments was a fixture on Sunday night TV for Easter / Passover season, it was such a long movie that my bedtime was shortly after the parting of the Red Sea, and I (to this day!) have never seen the whole movie.
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They never make it to the Promised Land.
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opusthepenguin wrote: Sun May 03, 2020 12:27 am
cthulhu wrote: Sun May 03, 2020 12:24 am Chalk up another Ben-Hur on Tuesday. In my defense, during my childhood when The Ten Commandments was a fixture on Sunday night TV for Easter / Passover season, it was such a long movie that my bedtime was shortly after the parting of the Red Sea, and I (to this day!) have never seen the whole movie.
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They never make it to the Promised Land.
Despite being an atheist, I have read the book on which the movie is based, but I think that last line was written just for the movie. :lol:
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