FJs for the 7/12/21 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve for the 7/12/21 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:49 pm

This dish associated with Harvard goes back to the start of the school; the wife of the first headmaster made an awful version
62
79%
In 1899 James Atkinson patented his new & improved one of these, including its spring-powered snapping action
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53%
These characters first seen onscreen in a 1938 film are known in Spain as Juanito, Jorgito & Jaimito
55
71%
Trying to emulate the title character, he fails & is told "You lack a set of spinnerets, & you lack know-how"
46
59%
Completed around 1455, it sometimes gets another name because a famous copy was found in the library of Cardinal Mazarin  
46
59%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
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18%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
1
1%
FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Frederic Chopin's lover wrote romantic feminist works like "Lelia" using this pseudonym
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62%
EPONYMOUS LEGISLATION $2000: 1920's National Prohibition Act was named for this Minnesota congressman
44
56%
SCIENCE & NATURE $2000: The citric acid cycle also goes by the name of this German-born biochemist who discovered it in 1937
35
45%
Figgy pudding was my incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue.
0
No votes
Hasty pudding did not sound familiar to me as something I have heard of prior to the Monday FJ! clue.
7
9%
I have set a spring-powered snapping action mousetrap at some point in my life.
45
58%
Three Caballeros was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
6
8%
The Little Pigs was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
3
4%
Sancho Panza was my incorrect guess for the Thursday FJ! clue.
5
6%
I knew the Thursday FJ! clue wanted the pig from Charlotte's Web, yet I did not know (recall) his name.
3
4%
I guessed the wrong Bible for the Friday FJ! clue.
6
8%
 
Total votes: 78

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FJs for the 7/12/21 week

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7/12 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
COLLEGE LIFE

7/12 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This dish associated with Harvard goes back to the start of the school; the wife of the first headmaster made an awful version

7/13 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS

7/13 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 1899 James Atkinson patented his new & improved one of these, including its spring-powered snapping action

7/14 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
ANIMATION

7/14 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
These characters first seen onscreen in a 1938 film are known in Spain as Juanito, Jorgito & Jaimito

7/15 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
BOOK CHARACTERS

7/15 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Trying to emulate the title character, he fails & is told "You lack a set of spinnerets, & you lack know-how"

7/16 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
HISTORY

7/16 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Completed around 1455, it sometimes gets another name because a famous copy was found in the library of Cardinal Mazarin

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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hasty pudding
a mousetrap
Huey, Dewey & Louie
Wilbur
the Gutenberg Bible
The players were 7/15 (46.67%) with a 2-2-2-0-1 success pattern.

The extra clues have a triple stumper followed by two the players got correct.

FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Frederic Chopin's lover wrote romantic feminist works like "Lelia" using this pseudonym

EPONYMOUS LEGISLATION $2000: 1920's National Prohibition Act was named for this Minnesota congressman

SCIENCE & NATURE $2000: The citric acid cycle also goes by the name of this German-born biochemist who discovered it in 1937

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
George Sand
Volstead
Krebs
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Shock absorber for the trap and I have set one before
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:( :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :(

Clam chowder to have something (hasty pudding unfamiliar), no guesses Tuesday/Wednesday.

I have set a mousetrap.
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:mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

"Dish" + "Harvard" = hasty pudding
Clothespin instead of mousetrap. D'oh.
Three Cabelleros
"Title character with spinnarets" + secondary character = Wilbur the pig (and I included 'pig')
"15th century book" plus "cardinal's library" = Gutenberg Bible with 75% confidence

I have set several spring-powered mousetraps over the years. A lump of peanut butter wrapped with thread works extremely well. Needs the thread to make the mouse tug on the trigger; without it, the peanut butter can be licked and nibbled without triggering. Tried a live trap a couple of times. The only time it worked we found a dead mouse in it. May have given himself a heart attack frantically trying to escape?
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
I would prefer not to.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Would have gotten Krebs if it was an FJ, but I needed a few seconds to dredge it up.
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:mrgreen: :( :( :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

No guess Tuesday or Thursday, Three Little Pigs Wednesday.
Almost went with Mona Lisa Friday, but felt the year was too early
Have set a mousetrap
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Fri - (blank) I kept thinking along the lines of manuscripts or codex

Zero idea what dusty synaptic crevice I managed to drag Krebs out of

Never set a mousetrap...and I wasn't willing to cheat by going to the garage and setting one before filling out the poll. I'm way too accident prone
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

Camera seemed plausible on Tuesday, and I never thought of mousetraps (though I have set them). I have heard and forgotten Volstead before.
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
----:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(----


Cameras and Douay Bible.

I'd have got Krebs had they mentioned Maynard G.

Never even played Mousetrap, though I've always wanted to. I started to read the play, but I misplaced the book.
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :( :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Not familiar with Krebs. I thought Linus Pauling was a good guess there... :oops:
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Volante wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 8:58 pm Zero idea what dusty synaptic crevice I managed to drag Krebs out of
Same here. By the time the clue had ended, it had dragged a lot of other dusty terms out with Krebs -- phosphorylation, ADP, ATP, tricarboxylic acid. Things I hadn't needed to think about since Johnson was president.

Stop smirking, TFB. Lyndon. Not Andrew.
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AFRET CMS wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:05 pm
Volante wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 8:58 pm Zero idea what dusty synaptic crevice I managed to drag Krebs out of
Same here. By the time the clue had ended, it had dragged a lot of other dusty terms out with Krebs -- phosphorylation, ADP, ATP, tricarboxylic acid. Things I hadn't needed to think about since Johnson was president.

Stop smirking, TFB. Lyndon. Not Andrew.
;). That's pretty good - I think I will start using pre-Johnson, inter-Johnson, and post-Johnson to fix historical events from now on :lol:.

That' quite a laundry list of chemistry to produce in regular J! time :). The question was over before I processed the clue, but I would not have gotten Kreb's. The timeline and apparent significance sent me to the Haber process which changed the world (by making ammonia production viable, ergo fertilizer and probably bombs :(), but seems to be in the 1900's (in the IJE - interJohnson era).
I think that "cycle" was the trigger word for the neural connections. And Krebs (eta 9 correction) fits George Eastman's definition of a memorable name. Good job by the contestant and the boardies that got it.

All I got this week was the Hasty Pudding clue. Sticky traps have supplanted old school snapping traps. Our outside mice are handled by Taserface and Emily, as well as our barn Owls and black snakes.
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twelvefootboy wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:33 am The question was over before I processed the clue, but I would not have gotten Kreb's.

No apostrophe; his last name is Krebs.
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I only got the spinnerets one. :oops:
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