FJs for the 7/26/21 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 7/26/21 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:50 pm

Following his death in 2018, his ashes were interred at Westminster Abbey between the remains of fellow scientists Darwin & Newton
79
96%
After being born this creature would bring the remains of its forebear to Heliopolis & put them on the altar of the sun god
61
74%
"Let's all sink with the king" is a line from the opening scene of this play
52
63%
This Colombian port of 1 million people gets its name from Phoenician for "new town"
34
41%
These are the 2 of a reporter's 5 W's that are not on the baseball team in Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?"
51
62%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
12
15%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
1
1%
NAMES IN LITERATURE $1600: He's the scrawny schoolteacher who gets frightened by the headless horseman
75
91%
GEOGRAPHIC AKAs $2000: Named for a Russian navigator, this Alaskan island group in the Bering Sea is also known as the Fur Seal Islands
25
30%
OLDE MUSIC $800: Handel's 5-movement orchestral suite, "Music for the Royal" these, premiered in 1749 & naturally preceded a display
47
57%
King Lear  was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
8
10%
I considered The Tempest for the Wednesday FJ! clue, yet still missed it.
9
11%
HELP! $400: In college dorms R.A. is short for this helper, who could be of use if a neighbor won't keep his music down - My correct response was resident assistant.
46
56%
HELP! $400: In college dorms R.A. is short for this helper, who could be of use if a neighbor won't keep his music down - My correct response was resident advisor.
30
37%
Medellín was my incorrect guess for the Thursday FJ! clue.
10
12%
In whatever way, having seen the movie Romancing the Stone helped me correctly solve the Thursday FJ! clue.
4
5%
For the Friday FJ! clue I had Where, but not When.
12
15%
For the Friday FJ! clue I had When, but not Where.
13
16%
For the Friday FJ! clue I incorrectly had Why as part of my response.
25
30%
Oops! I had Who and/or What as part of my response for the Friday FJ! clue.
1
1%
I have watched an Abbott & Costello performance of "Who's on First?"
62
76%
I have seen a live performance of "Who's on First?"
7
9%
 
Total votes: 82

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FJs for the 7/26/21 week

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7/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
NOTABLE NAMES

7/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Following his death in 2018, his ashes were interred at Westminster Abbey between the remains of fellow scientists Darwin & Newton

7/27 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

7/27 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
After being born this creature would bring the remains of its forebear to Heliopolis & put them on the altar of the sun god

7/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS

7/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
"Let's all sink with the king" is a line from the opening scene of this play

7/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WORLD CITIES

7/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This Colombian port of 1 million people gets its name from Phoenician for "new town"

7/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
COMEDY & SPORTS

7/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
These are the 2 of a reporter's 5 W's that are not on the baseball team in Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?"

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Stephen Hawking
the phoenix
The Tempest
Cartagena
Where & When
The players were 7/13 (53.85%) with a 2-2-2-1-0 success pattern.

The extra clues have three that Matt got correct.

NAMES IN LITERATURE $1600: He's the scrawny schoolteacher who gets frightened by the headless horseman

GEOGRAPHIC AKAs $2000: Named for a Russian navigator, this Alaskan island group in the Bering Sea is also known as the Fur Seal Islands

OLDE MUSIC $800: Handel's 5-movement orchestral suite, "Music for the Royal" these, premiered in 1749 & naturally preceded a display

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Ichabod Crane
Pribilof
Fireworks
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Re: FJs for the 7/26/21 week

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:mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Pegasus
King Lear while also considering The Tempest

resident advisor
Having seen Romancing the Stone years ago helped to put Cartagena on my radar.

Seen Abbott & Costello do the routine as well as a small-time church member talent show performance
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Close to a full perfecto, but I didn't play along on Thursday with a clear head, settled for Medellin.

Said resident assistant.

I named every player and position of "Who's on First?" as I waited for the 30 seconds to finish, so you could say I've seen it a few times ;)
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :(
:mrgreen: :| :mrgreen:

Thu - Ahh, I must've misread Phoenician for Portuguese. Now my Porto Novo attempt at least makes sense
Fri - When, Why. Have at least listened to a radio version; can't 100% say a TV/film performance was in the mix

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(

Lear, no guess
Clammed on fireworks

Was not happy with Lear, but it was that or pick a history. Never considered The Tempest.

Resident assistant
Have watched countless videos of "Who's on First," but never seen it performed live.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :| :mrgreen: NHOI for me.
Resident Assistants when I went.
Old enough to have seen televised performances of Who's on First. :lol:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:( :( :(

NHO resident assistant/advisor.

I've seen a performance of Who's on First at some point, but not sure where or when.
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Well Hawking is polling at 118%.

I'm not sure if he would be proud that he is so well known or disappointed that the math is simply wrong.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :( :(
Why?
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MattKnowles wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:30 pm Well Hawking is polling at 118%.

I'm not sure if he would be proud that he is so well known or disappointed that the math is simply wrong.
The counting routine used, incidentally, is a hack. It's not PHP's default behavior.
It's also done by the viewtopic page which is used to build every thread you view so not something you want to tinker with, not without a test environment.

I am stumped where the disconnect could be coming from though. There can't be more votes than voters so it's got to be in the math...but all the math does is count how many votes and voters there are.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Considered Tempest but went with Lear

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Have seen Abbott and Costello do the routine on a TV rerun at some point.
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No option for “I have participated in a performance of ‘Who’s on First’?”

A schoolmate and I did that skit for a high school talent show. I did the Costello part. As it happens, both of us competed on Jeopardy! in the 2000s.

:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I would have guessed Medellin if I could have remembered it... :roll:
I wasn't so sure about the comedy sports response - lucky to get it right. As for Abbott & Costello, I'm sure that I have seen the routine before,
And laughed before
And loved before
But who knows where or when... ;)
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I knew there was a Tomorrow in the A&C routine, which made me rule out When, so I said Where and Why. I've seen recordings of them doing it, and I remember a few of my classmates in sixth grade did a skit that was basically the full routine, so that's the extent to which I've seen it done live.

I had Richard III, and by the time I considered The Tempest, my dad had already come to the same conclusion without my influence, so I decided to stand by it and him. I probably get it right if I'm on the show or watching alone.

I could have gotten the ones I missed, but my Cartagena get makes up for the dissatisfaction.

I said resident advisor.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
----:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: ----
seaborgium wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 12:51 am
I knew there was a Tomorrow in the A&C routine, which made me rule out When, so I said Where and Why.
This was me too.

On Thursday, I did FJ before watching the show, so seeing the "Carthaginian generals" clue neither helped nor hindered me. I saw Romancing the Stone when it came out, but I'm sure it had no effect, Cartagena-wise.

They were too fast for me on RA, but I guess I didn't know. I might even have guessed Administrator. I know the initialism mainly from crosswords, so I don't often see it spelled out.

Hawking is now down to 102% with an anchor.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :(

My first 5/5 week!
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It's 2021. Math is hard these days. Especially for computers.
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Budphrey wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:39 pm No option for “I have participated in a performance of ‘Who’s on First’?”

A schoolmate and I did that skit for a high school talent show. I did the Costello part. As it happens, both of us competed on Jeopardy! in the 2000s.

:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
I did it in middle school. Unfortunately, I had Friday spoiled for me so I didn't get to check the box.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :|

The poll seems to be acting up
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