Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY
FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Somalia make up this region named for its resemblance to a part of a native animal
Mike Nelson: 9900+3501=13401
Monica St. Dennis: 13400+13000=26400
Kelly Donohue: 18000+8801=26801 (New Champ)
Correct response:
Daily Doubles
Mike: 2000-1000
Mike: 9600-2500
Kelly: 13000+5000
Coryats
Mike: 13400
Monica: 13400
Kelly: 13800
Combined: 40,600
Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Mike: 4800
Monica: 3800
Kelly: 3800
CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY
FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Somalia make up this region named for its resemblance to a part of a native animal
Mike Nelson: 9900+3501=13401
Monica St. Dennis: 13400+13000=26400
Kelly Donohue: 18000+8801=26801 (New Champ)
Correct response:
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the Horn of Africa
Daily Doubles
Mike: 2000-1000
Mike: 9600-2500
Kelly: 13000+5000
Coryats
Mike: 13400
Monica: 13400
Kelly: 13800
Combined: 40,600
Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Mike: 4800
Monica: 3800
Kelly: 3800
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Extended credits alert.
That alone indicates today's game was better than the one yesterday.
Ciao Roma!
PREMIERE EPISODES caught me on the HBO Max actress to cost me a run while I added a lot more on my paper than Kelly with $5K on DD3 there in the second box.
Oh, goody, a Disney show hype all video category in the J! round. So typical.
The FJ! clue was advantage leader and I joined the players for a no-nonsense solve. It's nice to sometimes deal with identical simple responses without having to interpret what was written and navigate three different incorrect responses.
That alone indicates today's game was better than the one yesterday.
Ciao Roma!
PREMIERE EPISODES caught me on the HBO Max actress to cost me a run while I added a lot more on my paper than Kelly with $5K on DD3 there in the second box.
Oh, goody, a Disney show hype all video category in the J! round. So typical.
The FJ! clue was advantage leader and I joined the players for a no-nonsense solve. It's nice to sometimes deal with identical simple responses without having to interpret what was written and navigate three different incorrect responses.
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
No Idea on Final.
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
What's the animal? A rhino?
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I started with a camel’s hump but switched to the horn in time.
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
runs: Mythological Idioms, Odd Numbers
DDs: (nuthin')
trash: arroz con pollo (just had some last night ), Solomon Islands DD, Actium, the face that launched a thousand ships DD, (4000)
FJ: What is the Horn of Africa? Instaget. Didn't even need the animal reference.
Someone please pass the brain bleach on the Nudist Priest clue. :vomit:
DDs: (nuthin')
trash: arroz con pollo (just had some last night ), Solomon Islands DD, Actium, the face that launched a thousand ships DD, (4000)
FJ: What is the Horn of Africa? Instaget. Didn't even need the animal reference.
Someone please pass the brain bleach on the Nudist Priest clue. :vomit:
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
A well played game overall. I can’t recall another where the Coryats were so close. Teen tournament FJ. I correctly predicted a triple get.
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Same, but Anderson threw in some nice misdirection by claiming he couldn't read their faces even though he must've been told who got it right before the responses were revealed, just like with Alex.
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I failed to make the switch, partly because I started in Arabia and got hung up on the camel as the local animal. When I saw Somalia, then I knew exactly what the region looked like, and stayed with camel hump because well, it does look like a camel hump in my mind. And now that I've looked at an actual map, well, it doesn't . I will be in the 8-18% of misses this week.
At least the new champ is my namesake, so the over for Kelly is holding at 50%. It is a rare name for males since the Baby Boom flipped the gender trend. Growing up and meeting other kids, it was always "My cousin is named Kelly. She's a Girrrrrll .
I thought the whale clues were intersting and unobtrusive. I think the key is not to have a narrator from the show/channel deliver them and let the Alex impersonator read them. Another 3 day champ and Thursday post-lunch casualty.
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
37R. 1/4 on big clues. Got FJ right away. Might have gotten Antiques Roadshow but didn't get it in time so I'll count it as wrong. Me yesterday: "I wish I would get more FJs right". Monkey's paw curls. All DDs wrong. Tough day for me. Lots to learn. After a nap.
Anderson was noticeably different than the previous shows. Much speedier.
Too bad to see Mike go. It seems like he really enjoyed getting to compete and it was fun for me to watch.
Some clues that I missed that I want to get next time are the Shetlands, the Solomon Islands, kismet, Actium, and cassock. And several more.
For the potatoes clue, the Brian Friel story in County Tyrone, was the main path County Tyrone->Ireland->Potatoes? Was there any other tease out metric? Ireland is also famous for potatoes not growing. I'm able to find the story The Potato Gatherers online but no mention of it on Wikipedia.
Anderson was noticeably different than the previous shows. Much speedier.
Too bad to see Mike go. It seems like he really enjoyed getting to compete and it was fun for me to watch.
Some clues that I missed that I want to get next time are the Shetlands, the Solomon Islands, kismet, Actium, and cassock. And several more.
For the potatoes clue, the Brian Friel story in County Tyrone, was the main path County Tyrone->Ireland->Potatoes? Was there any other tease out metric? Ireland is also famous for potatoes not growing. I'm able to find the story The Potato Gatherers online but no mention of it on Wikipedia.
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
"County (x)" should Pavlov Ireland.MattKnowles wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:50 pm For the potatoes clue, the Brian Friel story in County Tyrone, was the main path County Tyrone->Ireland->Potatoes? Was there any other tease out metric? Ireland is also famous for potatoes not growing. I'm able to find the story The Potato Gatherers online but no mention of it on Wikipedia.
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I never really considered the "Horn of Africa" was an allusion to a rhino's horn, but it makes sense. Still a pretty easy FJ, I thought.
I've thought Mike Nelson looked familiar since his first appearance, and it made sense to me when Anderson explained that he's been in many national commercials. The strange thing is I thought he was the guy in the TD Ameritrade commercials, but turns out that's someone else who looks very similar named Jim Conroy!
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I've thought Mike Nelson looked familiar since his first appearance, and it made sense to me when Anderson explained that he's been in many national commercials. The strange thing is I thought he was the guy in the TD Ameritrade commercials, but turns out that's someone else who looks very similar named Jim Conroy!
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I thought exactly the same but felt that the Ameritrade guy was taller. Mikes probably most recognizable from several GEICO ads.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:06 pm I never really considered the "Horn of Africa" was an allusion to a rhino's horn, but it makes sense. Still a pretty easy FJ, I thought.
I've thought Mike Nelson looked familiar since his first appearance, and it made sense to me when Anderson explained that he's been in many national commercials. The strange thing is I thought he was the guy in the TD Ameritrade commercials, but turns out that's someone else who looks very similar named Jim Conroy!
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
This was fairly obvious (also Friel is famous for his plays like Dancing at Lughnasa) but I hesitated because "picking" seemed the wrong idiom for potatoes. Don't you dig them up?Volante wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:54 pm"County (x)" should Pavlov Ireland.MattKnowles wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:50 pm For the potatoes clue, the Brian Friel story in County Tyrone, was the main path County Tyrone->Ireland->Potatoes? Was there any other tease out metric? Ireland is also famous for potatoes not growing. I'm able to find the story The Potato Gatherers online but no mention of it on Wikipedia.
For "Whales" $400, any reason mating doesn't work for "courting"? That was a little vague, and Google defaults from "whales courting" to "whales mating"...
Speaking of obvious...I was nervous about the category, but that was the easiest FJ clue in a while. "The Horn of Africa" was a whole first-round category just last year...
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Re: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I’ll be headed to one of those Horn of Africa countries mid-2022 so I was happy to see that clue. Cooper was a bit manic today. Good game all around; it’s a shame only one could win.