Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

This is where all of the games are discussed.

Moderators: alietr, trainman, econgator, dhkendall

User avatar
DadofTwins
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 1206
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:11 am
Location: Fortress of SHC-itude
Contact:

Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by DadofTwins »

Day 5 below. Day 6 later this afternoon.

Tomorrow I have my last procedure. Hopefully, I'll be feeling well enough to resume the normal posting schedule Wednesday. If not, Round 7 will begin when I get back.

Good luck.
User avatar
DadofTwins
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 1206
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:11 am
Location: Fortress of SHC-itude
Contact:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by DadofTwins »

YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

2: BAMA MAN – Huntsville native Jimmy Wales founded this collaborative online encyclopedia in January, 2001.

4: (FORMERLY) ODD SOX – When this Boston Red Sox catcher signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1981, he reversed the digits of his number from 27 to 72.

6: TEAPOT – A collection of stars in the shape of a teapot appears near this Zodiac constellation named for a legendary archer.

8: BOSON – W and Z Bosons carry weak nuclear force, while these bosons carry the strong force.

10: BILLY PILGRIM – Four outer islands in Boston Harbor are named for this religious leader who served as an advisor to Plymouth governor William Bradford.

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

3: The SI unit measuring magnetic induction is named for this engineer who invented the first device controlled by radio remote control.

6: Heron, a writer and inventor from this Egyptian city, invented several machines that performed wonders in temples.

9: Nickname shared by an NHL team and the General Atomics MQ-1 Unmanned Ariel Vehicle used by the US Air Force and the CIA.

12: Unimate, a General Motors industrial robot, was the first robot of this type which is not controlled by outside forces.

15: First defined in a robotic context by Norbert Weiner in a book of the same name, this term derives from a Greek word meaning governor.
User avatar
DadofTwins
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 1206
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:11 am
Location: Fortress of SHC-itude
Contact:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by DadofTwins »

Spoiler

2.
4.
6.
8.
10.

3.
6.
9.
12.
15.
[/spoiler
User avatar
MarkBarrett
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 16467
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:37 am
Location: San Francisco

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by MarkBarrett »

Spoiler
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagitarius
8:
10:

3:
6: Alexandria
9:
12:
15:
seaborgium
Undefeated in Reruns
Posts: 8937
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:31 am

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by seaborgium »

Spoiler
2. Wikipedia
4.
6. Sagittarius
8. Higgs bosons?
10.

3. Faraday?
6.
9.
12. clam (autonomous? automaton?)
15.
User avatar
saintanthony
Jeopardy 2008-B Teen Tournament
Posts: 80
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:04 am
Location: Ohio
Contact:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by saintanthony »

Spoiler
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

2: wikipedia
4: clam

6: Sagittarius

8: that should be gluons

10: (Is Billy a tom? If so,) Wm Brewster.

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

3: Faraday

6: Alexandria?

9: Predator?

12: no idea.

15: Nope.
User avatar
Paucle
Trekardy! Writer
Posts: 3233
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:36 pm
Location: near Albany NY

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by Paucle »

Spoiler
2: WikiPedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
10:

3:
6: Alexandria (Cairo seemed too obvious, and then there's that library thing)
9: Predator?
12:
15:
nasty set
Turd Ferguson
Jeopardy! Champion
Posts: 862
Joined: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:47 pm

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by Turd Ferguson »

Spoiler
2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk
6: Orion
8:
10:


3:
6: Alexandria
9:
12:
15:
User avatar
barandall800
Jeopardy! Champion
Posts: 1162
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:44 pm
Location: Brunswick, OH
Contact:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by barandall800 »

Spoiler
2. Wikipedia
4. CLAM
6. Sagittarius
8. CLAM
10. CLAM

3. CLAM
6. Alexandria
9. CLAM
12. CLAM
15. Android? (Eh, it's worth a shot.)
User avatar
demomoke
Three-Time Swimmer in the Jeopardy! Pool
Posts: 308
Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:02 pm
Contact:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by demomoke »

Spoiler
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
10: Brewster

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: ampere
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
12:
15: cybernetics
User avatar
OldSchoolChamp
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 344
Joined: Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:25 pm

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by OldSchoolChamp »

Spoiler
 
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

 2:  Wikipedia

 4:  Carlton “Lute” Fisk

 6:  Sagittarius
 
 8:  Gluons

10:  William “Cherrystone” Clamford


ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

 3:  Nikola “Barefoot Con” Tesla

 6:  Alexandria

 9:  Predator
  • sp: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, not “Ariel”

12:  Don’t know what you’re after here...my guess would be “automaton,” but I’ll take a clam.

15:  Cybernetics
 

Respectfully submitted—


—OSC
We shall not cease from exploration,
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
User avatar
StevenH
Not J! Contestant Material
Posts: 2524
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:24 pm
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by StevenH »

Spoiler
2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk?
6: Sagitarrius
8: clam
10: clam

3: Webber?
joepozz
Jeopardy! Contestant
Posts: 162
Joined: Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:14 am

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by joepozz »

Spoiler
2. Wikiprdia
4. Carlton Fisk
6. Sagitarius
8. Higgs
10.

3.
6.
9.
12.
15.
User avatar
alietr
Site Admin
Posts: 8977
Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:20 pm
Location: Bethesda, MD

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by alietr »

Spoiler
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
10:

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

3: Gauss
6: Alexandria
9: Predators
12: Automaton (I hope)
15:
User avatar
Woof
Swimming in the Jeopardy! Pool
Posts: 5125
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:53 pm

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by Woof »

Spoiler
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk
6: Saggitarius
8: gluons?
10: CLAM

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

3: Tesla
6: Alexandria?
9: Predator
12: CLAM
15: cybernetics
User avatar
nserven
At the Clam Shack
Posts: 1149
Joined: Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:05 pm
Location: Greenfield, MA

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by nserven »

Spoiler
2. Wikipedia
4. Carlton Fisk
6. Orion
8. CLAM
10. William Brewster

3. CLAM
6. Alexandria
9. Predator
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
User avatar
paul5562
Valued Contributor
Posts: 53
Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:17 pm

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by paul5562 »

Spoiler
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8: CLAM
10: Brewster

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

3: Tesla
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
12: autonomous
15: cybernetics
User avatar
plasticene
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 391
Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:32 pm

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by plasticene »

Spoiler
2: Wikipedia
4:
6: Sagittarius
8:
10:

3: Tesla?
6: Alexandria
9: Ranger?
12: Autonomous
15: Cybernetics?
User avatar
Volante
Harbinger of the Doomed Lemur
Posts: 9254
Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:42 pm

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by Volante »

Spoiler
2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk
6: Orion
8:
10:

3:
6:
9: predator
12: autonomous
15:
The best thing that Neil Armstrong ever did, was to let us all imagine we were him.
Latest movies (1-10): Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6), Black Sunday /1960/ (6), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (7)
Asphodel
Jeopardy! Champion
Posts: 155
Joined: Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:47 am

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

Post by Asphodel »

Spoiler
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

2: Wikipedia
4:
6: Sagittarius
8:
10:

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

3:
6: Alexandria
9:
12:
15:
DadofTwins, I hope your procedure goes better for you than today's round went for me. Speedy recovery!
Post Reply