FJs for the 2/1/21 week

[MarkBarrett]

2/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SCIENCE WORDS

2/1 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This word used to denote an irreversible dispersion of energy was coined in the 1860s to sound a bit like "energy"

2/2 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WRITERS FOR CHILDREN

2/2 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine gave "rejoice" as a rhyme for the correct pronunciation of his name

2/3 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
EUROPEAN ROYALTY

2/3 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 1653 King Louis XIV performed as this Greco-Roman god in the ballet "de la Nuit"

2/4 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
CABLE NETWORKS

2/4 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In March 1979 Tip O'Neill & then-Representative Al Gore were the first politicians to speak on this new cable channel

2/5 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
POPES & HISTORY

2/5 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Late 16th century Pope Sixtus V regarded this invasion force as a crusade & promised indulgences to all who participated

Correct responses in spoiler box:

Spoiler

entropy
Dr. Seuss
Apollo
C-SPAN
the Spanish Armada

The players were 7/15 (46.67%) with a 2-1-1-3-0 success pattern.

The extra clues have one correct by the players, a triple stumper and a requested triple stumper.

FAMOUS AMERICANS $2000: Her friendship with Robert Baden-Powell inspired her to establish the Girl Scouts

AUTHORS $1000: He began "Dombey and Son" during a trip to Switzerland in 1846

ATLAS ALLITERATION $400: This Australian place got its name due to "the great quantity of plants Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander" found on shore

Correct responses in spoiler box:

Spoiler

Juliette Low
Charles Dickens
Botany Bay

  

[MarkBarrett]

Inertia
Knew “Soyce” prior to Tuesday
Louis to Sun King for me
No C-SPAN

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

Said CNN instead of C-SPAN. Unsurprisingly, politics ends my FJ! streak.

[Robert K S]

I've watched more C-SPAN in 2021 than in all previous years combined. And it was all on one day.

[Plactus]

Emission to have something Monday, talked myself into CNN Thursday.
Knew it was "soice."
Sun King got me to Apollo.

[mas3cf]

Not even sure if I have access to CSPAN.
I speak moderately okay German = 'soyss' came naturally
Louis XIV -> Sun King -> Apollo -> Greco-Roman -> yep, Apollo

[Peter the accountant]

Prior to the Tuesday FJ! clue I knew that "Seuss" could rhyme with "rejoice".

That's how I solved that one. If I didn't know the [alternative|correct] pronunciation, I doubt I would have solved it. The choice of using a rhyme for his name confirmed it for me. I doubt that would have been enough on its own without the prior trivia knowledge.

[BrigadierSolo13]

Stuck on ending in -rgy, said zymurgy to have something
CNN on Thursday

The only seconds spent watching C-SPAN are the ones spent flipping through channels

[opusthepenguin]

Had "exergy" for Monday. Didn't know if it was a word, but it felt as though it would fit the clue if it was. (It is a word. It doesn't fit the clue.) Entropy didn't occur to me. I'm not sure what I'd have done if it had. I knew the Seuss fact in advance and that helped me get Tuesday fairly quickly. Thought of Louis XIV as sun king first which led to Apollo or possibly Helios. "Greco-Roman" pointed to Apollo. Waffled between C-SPAN and CNN. Decided on the right one. Surprised Friday gave so much trouble and was a TS. The syntax of the clue didn't flummox me. "Late 16th century" made it pretty easy to guess what they were going for. (Note: I'm not criticizing or scolding anyone who didn't get it or who had a rockier path to victory. Save your e-breath. I'm just saying everything lined up the right way in my mind to lead to the correct response.)

Juliette "Gordon" Low has been on the edge of my available knowledge for a while now. I clammed this time but I think I'll pick it up on the next. "Dombey and Son" = Dickens. He doesn't have a huge canon of works and I think I recognize all the titles. If I'd been asked to come up with the title myself this probably would have ended differently, even if spotted the "and Son". Mrs P shouted out Botany Bay before I had time to process the clue. Like others, I associate Botany Bay most strongly with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. But I'm also aware that it's a real place on our planet, somewhere toward the bottom.

[John Boy]

Never heard of "Sooce" pronounced as "Soyce" but knowing how to speak German a bit helped me to arrive at the "E-U" diphthong (as in Freud) and land correctly on the side of the good doctor.

I'll take it.

[seaborgium]

I knew Louis XIV was "Sun King" because of that ballet, but until Wednesday I thought his role was just The Sun. I said Helios, though "Greco-Roman" made me worry. I checked the Louis XIV -> Sun King option, because I did do that before I got to Apollo, since everything that happens happens before something that never happens.

I said "Botany Beach" (probably conflating Bondi Beach and Botany Bay, but also misled by thinking "on shore" was more of a clue than it was), and I believe I corrected myself before Ken gave the correct response, but I think it was too late for me to count it, much as I hate leaving TPH "that was too hard, poll request?" acquiescences unchecked.

I knew the Seuss pronunciation (I think he was once quoted as saying or writing that it rhymes with "voice").

[Lefty]

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On Wednesday, I first focused on "nuit" and thought of Hypnos and Morpheus. "Greco-Roman" then steered me to Apollo and sun king was confirmation.

"Seuss" looks German and also I'd seen that poem before.

I've watched less than five seconds of C-SPAN since 1979.

[TenPoundHammer]

I said CNN.

No guess on the others, but my mom said "synergy".

Could have gotten Juliette Low with another second or two.

I knew the Seuss/rejoice bit from an Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.

I don't think I've ever watched C-SPAN.

[DBear]

(never can remember her name), (NHOI),
Knew Dr. Seuss rhymed with voice.
Sun King brought me to Apollo.
Took a fifth option: Conquistadores.
I don't watch TV anymore anyway.
But I got all 15 daily doubles

[squarekara]

I was sure it was C-SPAN, but my husband said CNN with equal confidence.
I knew Seuss could rhyme with Jerry Reuss, but I got sidetracked thinking about kids' author/illustrator William Joyce.

[davey]

My response Fri was "Swiss Guard," the only "force" I could associate with the pope....maybe it was the origin story??...Nope! Then Ken made it (more) obvious.
I've heard of Botany Bay...as where convicts landed when transported to Australia...I just didn't think of it.
I was watching C-Span on Jan. 6. I'm a fan of C-Span 2 on the weekends, when they discuss books all day long. I'm sure I've gotten a correct J! response once or twice from keeping the TV on that channel. But I have to admit, during the pandemic my default channel has changed to Turner Classic Movies...It's more feel-good...

[Leander]

Knew there was a Seuss connection to Dartmouth, then remembered the pronunciation of eu in German to confirm the answer.

Have watched CSPAN occasionally, but not this year.

[cthulhu]

[Volante]

Mon - Nothing, trying to figure out a fitting synonym for explosion ending in 'rgy'
Tue - ...Joyce?
Wed - Almost put down Bacchus before deciding Sun King to Apollo made more sense
Thu - CNN
Fri - Children's crusade

I had to go back to the last week of S33 to find my (now second) most recent 1/5 week.

[cinemaniax7]

I feel pretty good about going 5-for-5 on this week's FJs. But missing Botany Bay was a real headslapper.