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FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
20th CENTURY NOVELS

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
British biochemist J.B.S. Haldane’s essay on ectogenesis, birth outside the womb, helped inspire this 1932 novel

Courtney Shah: 10200+8800=19000 (3x = $58,100)
S.A. Shenoy: 12605-8000=4605
Abby Furnish: 9400-5600=3800

Correct response:
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Brave New World (S.A. – Steppenwolfe) (Abby – Metamorphosis)

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Abby: 5200+2000
Abby: 9800-2000
S.A.: 10600+5

Coryats
Courtney: 10200
S.A.: 14200
Abby: 10400

Combined: 34,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Courtney: 4600
S.A.: 3400
Abby: 7400
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Each time Sanjay called on S.A. I kept hearing "ese" like he was greeting a homie.

Called TS of the day: Potter's Puddle-Duck

S.A. played DD3 at DJ29 with a narrow lead of 10600 to 10200 to 9400. ARIA GRANDE when you already know it's opera could scare many a J! player and S.A. went for the house minimum. Naturally, he immediately solved it as that is how it often can go on J! Either Courtney or Abby could have gained the lead on D30, but S.A. got that one as well.

The FJ! category had me try precalls for fun and I had Gatsby, Hemingway, LotF, and Lolita along with eliminating Mockingbird due to the earlier clue.

The FJ! clue had me remember my lesson from yesterday and I started from the end of the clue, "1932 novel". I wrote the correct response and only then did I take in the rest of the clue. None of it meant anything to me as it's not as if I've read or seen any version that would have helped. Instead I was left to rely on the old "watches J! a lot". Today it worked.

Courtney has three sole solves from a 3+1+2 position pattern entering the FJ! round. I wonder if I have to remove a sock to count the instances of a J! player opening a run with three straight sole solves and likely definitely not with it coming from three different place standings. Perhaps tomorrow Courtney can be tied entering the FJ! round?

When it comes to J! it looks like a short list for 1932 novel:
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#8069, aired 2019-10-10 20th CENTURY NOVELS $200: A futuristic society revolves around science & efficiency in this 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley
#7466, aired 2017-02-13 SEMILITERATE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Instead of ending so the ballgame can start, the national anthem leads into a 1932 novel of the future
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 DYSTOPIAN LIT $400: This novel is Aldous Huxley's 1932 take on genetic engineering
#6289, aired 2012-01-12 WORLD POTPOURRI $400: As everyone belongs to everyone, mother & father are forbidden terms in this 1932 Aldous Huxley novel
#6275, aired 2011-12-23 THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION $400: This novel was a bestseller & won Pearl S. Buck a Pulitzer in 1932
#6219, aired 2011-10-06 SCIENCE FICTION $600: In 1932 Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer collaborated on the novel "When Worlds" do this
#6056, aired 2011-01-03 NOVEL IDEAS $600: "Cleanliness is next to Fordliness" is a line from this 1932 novel
#5456, aired 2008-05-05 ENGLISH LITERATURE $2000: Chapter 1 of this 1932 novel begins at the Central London Hatching & Conditioning Centre
#5430, aired 2008-03-28 I'M FEELING BOOKISH $2000: In a 1932 Stella Gibbons novel, a curse binds the Starkadder family to this "chilly" title farm
#4271, aired 2003-03-10 HISTORICAL NOVELS $800: Some consider this 1932 novel, the first in a trilogy, a blight on Captain Bligh's character
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 LITERARY BROTHERS $400: In 1932 Julian Huxley wrote "A Scientist Among the Soviets" & his brother Aldous published this novel
#3705, aired 2000-10-13 AMERICAN NOVELISTS $300: In 1932 his wife Zelda published the novel "Save Me the Waltz", her version of their life together
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 F. SCOTT FITZGERALD $400: Fitzgerald's wife; her view of their marriage inspired her 1932 novel "Save Me the Waltz"
#2873, aired 1997-02-12 WOMEN AUTHORS $400: F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife, she based her 1932 novel "Save Me The Waltz" on their life together
#2613, aired 1996-01-03 NOVELS $800: The title of this 1932 Aldous Huxley novel is from Shakespeare's "The Tempest"
#2487, aired 1995-05-30 LITERATURE $400: In 1932 this Pearl Buck novel was dramatized by Owen & Donald Davis
#2012, aired 1993-05-11 AUTHORS $400: Her first novel was "Little House in the Big Woods", published in 1932
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Hump Day is done: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7064

Lots of last names only with no first names by Sanjay today. We don't need to hear all of them, but the game did not quite sound right today without the added host input.

Sanjay seemed to be quicker on the judging/ruling of incorrect responses, so he may have got a talking-to after yesterday's game?
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Didn't have the slightest clue for this one. I probably read the book 35 years ago or so, but obviously I remember nothing from it.
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Name the only two cities in Nebraska you have heard of gets you $1200 and a DD in the next box? Thanks to Radar, I know where Ottumwa is.

No chance on DD.
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runs:. Sports & Society, Midwest, Colorful
DDs:. :( :D :D
trash:. Jemima, Des Moines DD, Business Week, gray, goldbrick (6600)
FJ: . Instaget :mrgreen:
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The government analyst makes a willy nilly wager for an even $15000 when 1005 less would have most likely won a Triple Stumper, plus beat a zero wager from either Courtney or S.A. with a singleton. Why am I not surprised?
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Sanjay is extremely dry IMO. Same mechanical cadence on every clue, almost no ad-lib.

FJ! is one of those times where I am familiar with the title but couldn't tell you thing one about it.
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I had trouble understanding SA so I’m glad he’s not returning tomorrow. Easy FJ for me but I haven’t read Brave New World yet so maybe I’ll take it from the library next month. I took the kids to see Peter Rabbit 2 so I instantly got Jemima. I enjoyed the flyover states category. In September I’m going to Kansas for the first time. Then I’ll only have Alaska, the Dakotas, and those 4 northwestern states left.
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Category 13 wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 9:04 pm The government analyst makes a willy nilly wager for an even $15000 when 1005 less would have most likely won a Triple Stumper, plus beat a zero wager from either Courtney or S.A. with a singleton. Why am I not surprised?

She wore her heart on her sleeve. She played a pretty good game until missing that easy DD.
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39R. 2/4 on big clues. Tough categories and game for me today. Missed Des Moines and guessed Topeka. Got ectogenesis and endometriosis mixed up and went in a totally wrong direction. Guessed To Kill a Mockingbird just to write something down.

Best of luck to Courtney for breaking the curse. I had some doubts earlier today after I realized that her two sole solves on Monday and Tuesday were basically in the same category, and sure enough she is in the history department at the college she teaches at. Glad to see she made it another day. I'm rooting for anybody who can win more games.

I noticed a faster pace compared to yesterday. Went from about as slow as it gets to faster than it's been in a while.

Some clues that I missed that I want to get next time are Jemima, Kennedy Center, Andover, Anna Wintout, and Singleton.
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MattKnowles wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:46 pm Some clues that I missed that I want to get next time are Jemima, Kennedy Center, Andover, Anna Wintout, and Singleton.
Wintour.
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econgator wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:07 pm
MattKnowles wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:46 pm Some clues that I missed that I want to get next time are Jemima, Kennedy Center, Andover, Anna Wintout, and Singleton.
Wintour.
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Pretty smooth game from me tonight so long as we ignore the inevitable low-get rate in the MAGAZINES category (today was a 2, as I got BHaG and Anna Wintour) My only hiccups were missing Kandahar, and not recognizing any of the cities of Iowa mentioned in DD2, nor having any clue that there was Des Moines River.

I asked for a gimme for a FJ after missing the first 2 this week, and I got what was as close to an instaget as I could hope for. I pray this starts a trend in the right direction.

I think Courtney has a really good trivia mind, probably ToC level, but she seems to struggle in terms of buzzer speed and a lack of strategy. She too often picks top row clues when it just doesn't behoove her to do so. She had the lowest Coryat of the 3 today, but she had the least amount wrong and got the most important wagering clue of the match. I think if she can somehow get a little quicker on the trigger and muster the gusto to go for bigger-value clues earlier in each round, we'll see her for 3+ more games.
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Johnblue wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:03 pm
Category 13 wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 9:04 pm The government analyst makes a willy nilly wager for an even $15000 when 1005 less would have most likely won a Triple Stumper, plus beat a zero wager from either Courtney or S.A. with a singleton. Why am I not surprised?

She wore her heart on her sleeve. She played a pretty good game until missing that easy DD.
Easy?
DD: Cities along this river that shares its name with a state capital include Ottumwa & Fort Dodge

I could probably pin the towns to Iowa from faint name recognition if I had time to rule out 20 other options. But TIL that Des Moines is the name of a river. I had no idea, and Iowa even borders Missouri (PSA: MO and TN have the most borders with other states with 8 each) so it's not like it's a famous river. Maybe this would poll at 80%, but I don't consider it "easy".

I thought this was one of the more interesting games in a couple of weeks with 3 likable (if quirky) contestants.

I know what an ectopic pregnancy is, but NHO ectogenesis and am not sure how it inspired interest and curiosity in the 30's. Brave New World and Animal Farm were trendy among the literati when I was in College but I kept my ignorance the best I could. Not a big fan of allegories or dystopia.

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I am really starting to enjoy the schadenfreude I am having watching those on the coasts complain about the Des Moines River DD. :twisted:
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DBear wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:22 am I am really starting to enjoy the schadenfreude I am having watching those on the coasts complain about the Des Moines River DD. :twisted:
Probably feeling the same way I felt about the "easy" New York City FJ last week.
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Johnblue wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:02 pm Easy FJ for me but I haven’t read Brave New World yet so maybe I’ll take it from the library next month.
Enh. It's better than his The Doors of Perception, but I wouldn't make a point of reading it.
Johnblue wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:02 pm I enjoyed the flyover states category. In September I’m going to Kansas for the first time. Then I’ll only have Alaska, the Dakotas, and those 4 northwestern states left.
Assuming you mean WA, OR, ID and MT, you're saving the best for last, eh? Alaska was my 50th after I drove I-70 for part of a trip from Boston to Eugene, OR so I could knock off Missouri and Kansas.
twelvefootboy wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:02 am
Johnblue wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:03 pm She wore her heart on her sleeve. She played a pretty good game until missing that easy DD.
Easy?
DD: Cities along this river that shares its name with a state capital include Ottumwa & Fort Dodge

I could probably pin the towns to Iowa from faint name recognition if I had time to rule out 20 other options. But TIL that Des Moines is the name of a river. I had no idea, and Iowa even borders Missouri (PSA: MO and TN have the most borders with other states with 8 each) so it's not like it's a famous river. Maybe this would poll at 80%, but I don't consider it "easy".
Poll request for the Des Moines DD. I'll be surprised if it tops 50%--no way it gets to 80%.
I also tried Topeka, no doubt muddling Fort Dodge and Dodge City.

Yeah, I don't imagine a lot of champs get the sole FJ solve in their first three wins or come third in Coryat for two of them. Courtney's coming up big when it counts so far--at different points in this match I thought both Abby and S.A. looked very strong.
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