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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah Jeopardy - Spoiler (Original Post) malaise Sep 2016 OP
Final Jeopardy! category? Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #1
Historical - location of someone famous from Africa in England during a specific moment in malaise Sep 2016 #2
What is on an island? underpants Sep 2016 #3
Is there any more information? dhol82 Sep 2016 #4
LOL, Africa was involved the last time Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #5
That was very good malaise Sep 2016 #15
Oh, the category was Historic Homes...and I would have totally missed it Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #13
Heheheheh didn't want to give you too much malaise Sep 2016 #14
I only wanted the category Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #17
I spend most of that summer in Denmark malaise Sep 2016 #19
Hey, keep an eye on Matthew jberryhill Sep 2016 #6
We're watching with much interest malaise Sep 2016 #10
yeah jberryhill Sep 2016 #11
Givenn the size of it it may be three - Haiti, Jamaica malaise Sep 2016 #12
Who is this Serh person? underpants Sep 2016 #7
Seth Wilson malaise Sep 2016 #8
Okay thanks underpants Sep 2016 #9
Here's more on him - Warning: Spoilers ahead malaise Sep 2016 #16
K&R Jeffersons Ghost Sep 2016 #18
Seth doesn't cheat malaise Sep 2016 #20
knew it also - but I did live there for a couple of years DrDan Sep 2016 #21
That helps :-) malaise Sep 2016 #22
Spoiler malaise Sep 2016 #23
Category? Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #24
Mythology malaise Sep 2016 #27
Not my strong suit - I was clueless, even with the clue Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #30
yep - he is on a roll - but it was close for a while DrDan Sep 2016 #25
I have my moments malaise Sep 2016 #28
He's great. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #26
For a while malaise Sep 2016 #29

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
13. Oh, the category was Historic Homes...and I would have totally missed it
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 10:45 PM
Sep 2016

With your cryptic clues I was guessing a location, Bath (see my cryptic response in post #5). I may one of the few DUers that actually drove past his house (1971) while a history professor gave me the lowdown on him. I didn't recognize either name of the house, but I sure knew the town.


malaise

(267,847 posts)
14. Heheheheh didn't want to give you too much
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 10:53 PM
Sep 2016

That's too funny - my cousin did the same for me the same year

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
17. I only wanted the category
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 11:34 PM
Sep 2016

Taking a wild guess based on just the category is the game in our house. I'm the champion, getting it right about 3% of the time.

I was romping all over Somerset that summer. I was living in an old rectory, surrounded by 3,000 diseased ancient skeletons for an arthritis study, so I had to get out often.

malaise

(267,847 posts)
19. I spend most of that summer in Denmark
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 07:58 AM
Sep 2016

My oldest nephew was born that year. Then I spent a week in England with dad's sister and our cousins.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
6. Hey, keep an eye on Matthew
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 08:14 PM
Sep 2016

It's all about when Matthew turns north. If it gets strong fast, it turns sooner. If it gets strong slower, it will go further before the turn and miss you to the west.

malaise

(267,847 posts)
10. We're watching with much interest
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 10:16 PM
Sep 2016

but we're ready for the worse.

My real worry is that new road to Norman Manley airport with huge boulders. The last one that came in from the South (Ivan) destroyed the road - this will be its first real test.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
11. yeah
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 10:31 PM
Sep 2016

Over in Cayman they were saying it looked like Ivan's track early on. Ivan had a good long time to work as it went across.

It's looking like you or Haiti, unless we can get Pat Robertson to send it somewhere else.

malaise

(267,847 posts)
12. Givenn the size of it it may be three - Haiti, Jamaica
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 10:35 PM
Sep 2016

and Eastern Cuba as in Gitmo getting the northern quadrant.

malaise

(267,847 posts)
16. Here's more on him - Warning: Spoilers ahead
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 10:57 PM
Sep 2016
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-jeopardy-seth-wilson-20160928-story.html
<snip>


Former North Side resident Seth Wilson ruled "Jeopardy" again on Wednesday's episode.

Wilson, 31, notched his eighth win in a row to bring his total winnings to $191,701. Wilson correctly answered the "Final Jeopardy" clue about former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie to earn $25,201 on Wednesday's episode.

Wilson faced tough competition from Iowa statistician Erin Post, who only trailed Wilson by $5,000 going into "Final Jeopardy." She missed the "Final Jeopardy" clue and wagered all but $1.

Retired New Yorker Harold Leff got the "Final Jeopardy" clue corrrect, but didn't have enough money to wager to beat Wilson.

Wilson, who briefly lived in the Ravenswood neighborhood this year before moving to another city, is a Ph.D. theater student at the University of Georgia and an alumnus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Vanderbilt University.

malaise

(267,847 posts)
20. Seth doesn't cheat
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 07:59 AM
Sep 2016

That said he was lucky yesterday because the other guy didn't have enough money to beat him in FJ.

DrDan

(20,411 posts)
21. knew it also - but I did live there for a couple of years
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 08:12 AM
Sep 2016

When we arrived, he was still alive, but under house arrest. His granddaughters attended the school where we taught.

malaise

(267,847 posts)
22. That helps :-)
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 09:16 AM
Sep 2016

I do laugh when I get final jeopardy right. I'm pretty good in the first two rounds depending on the categories.

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
30. Not my strong suit - I was clueless, even with the clue
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 10:57 PM
Sep 2016

My worst nightmare would be to be a contestant on Jeopardy! and discover the categories were, Opera, Mythology, Shakespeare, Canadian Ice Hockey, French Literature, and The Ottoman empire, and then realize I was wearing only my underwear.

Thanks.

DrDan

(20,411 posts)
25. yep - he is on a roll - but it was close for a while
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 09:05 PM
Sep 2016

I did not get final jeopardy tonight . . . mythology is not my forte . . .

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