FJs for the 2/10/20 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 2/10/20 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:51 pm

A member of the British Amateur Athletic Club wrote this 1867 set of 12 regulations whose name honors nobleman John Sholto Douglas
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76%
After statesman & banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job
91
90%
In a 1930s broadcast, this man spoke of "A quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing"
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62%
There are reminiscences of branding cattle & lassoing steers in "Martín Fierro", the national poem of this Western Hemisphere country
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91%
These 7 words precede, "The rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals"  
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66%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
35
35%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
0
No votes
PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $1200: His hat hangs from an elk antler at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay, New York home
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77%
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE $2000: Beneath the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon
44
44%
RELIGIOUS FICTION $800: Orson Scott Card's "Women of Genesis" series of novels includes one about these 2 sisters & wives of Jacob
41
41%
I did not get the Monday FJ! clue right, but would have known Marquess of Queensbury if I had known the sport was boxing.
5
5%
Churchill was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
10
10%
I missed the Wednesday FJ! clue by guessing someone not from Great Britain.
19
19%
Brazil was my incorrect guess for the Thursday FJ! clue.
2
2%
Some form of pop culture (other than watching J!) helped me get at least one of the FJ! clues right this week.
38
38%
I had at least one 50-50-90 (90% chance of going the wrong way on a 50-50) this week on the FJ! clues.
10
10%
 
Total votes: 101

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FJs for the 2/10/20 week

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2/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SPORTS TERMS

2/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A member of the British Amateur Athletic Club wrote this 1867 set of 12 regulations whose name honors nobleman John Sholto Douglas

2/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AMERICAN HISTORY

2/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
After statesman & banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job

2/12 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
20th CENTURY EUROPEAN LEADERS

2/12 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In a 1930s broadcast, this man spoke of "A quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing"

2/13 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE

2/13 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
There are reminiscences of branding cattle & lassoing steers in "Martín Fierro", the national poem of this Western Hemisphere country

2/14 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FAMOUS FIRST LINES

2/14 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
These 7 words precede, "The rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals"

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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the 12 rules of Queensbury
Alexander Hamilton
Neville Chamberlain
Argentina
"It was a dark and stormy night"
The players were 7/15 (46.67%) with a 0-3-1-2-1 success pattern.

PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $1200: His hat hangs from an elk antler at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay, New York home

WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE $2000: Beneath the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon

RELIGIOUS FICTION $800: Orson Scott Card's "Women of Genesis" series of novels includes one about these 2 sisters & wives of Jacob

Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Theodore Roosevelt
Tagus
Rachel & Leah
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Re: FJs for the 2/10/20 week

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

John Hancock (50-50-90)
George V (50-50-90)
Nothing good for Friday
Only J! watching helped me get 2 FJ! clues right this week.
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:( :mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen:
:( :( :(

No guess on the misses.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :|

Had Leah, but not Rachel.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :oops:

Had Rachel, but not Leah. Meh.

90% sure the first time I encountered "it was a dark and stormy night" was an episode of Star Trek but I can't remember which one.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :| :|

Half a second too late shaking Tiber out. In the realm of five letter 'T' rivers, Tagus isn't the big dog.

Pop culture probably got me Queensbury rules and Peanuts at least helped drill 'IWADASN' into my head.
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xxaaaxx wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:00 pm 90% sure the first time I encountered "it was a dark and stormy night" was an episode of Star Trek but I can't remember which one.
TNG: "The Royale".
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :(

Easy-peasy FJ week.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I needed boxing to get to the Marquess. Maybe on a different day I wouldn't have.

I'm assuming my having knowledge of the Bulwer-Lytton Contest (and the Lyttle Lytton contest, born from its creator's dissatisfaction with the self-conscious wordiness he perceived in the BLC's winning entries) doesn't count as getting Friday's from pop culture.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

No idea Friday, was thinking of the Bible
No 50/50/90
No help from pop culture
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Had John Adams
:| :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Give Peanuts credit for "It was a dark and stormy night;"
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:| :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

A rare all- :mrgreen: week for me.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :(

I'm familiar with Bulwer-Lytton's work but Snoopy at his typewriter was certainly my first exposure to it.
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:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

I knew the river began with a T, but didn't come up with Tagus in time.

I also knew that Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury, but my love of the musical meant that I knew FJ immediately.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
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