Final Jeopardy: Rolling Thread

by **ashton** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 21:22:36

Teen Jeopardy tonight. The category was "The fifty states"

This state, when using it's official spelling, contains a diacritical mark.

What is Hawaii?

I got it right, all three contestants got it wrong. I would clean up on Teen Jeopardy.

by **CFP** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 21:23:18

I got that one as well, I thought it was pretty easy

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 21:24:43

Easiest I've ever seen. What the hell did the teens guess?

by **CFP** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 21:29:50

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Easiest I've ever seen. What the hell did the teens guess?

New Mexico, Massachusets (yes, that's how she spelled it), and the last kid wrote "I have no idea." The future of America people!

by **Disco Stu** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 21:45:49

I had no idea what a diacritical mark is.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 21:46:35

You couldn't figure it out from context?

by **Disco Stu** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 21:53:13

Houshphandzadeh wrote:You couldn't figure it out from context?

It makes sense. It was official spelling that got me. I was wondering if there was something about Rhose Island I didn't know.

by **Ace Rothstein** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 22:02:03

i would have gotten that Hawai'i answer

by **Disco Stu** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 22:02:32

Ace Rothstein wrote:i would have gotten that Hawai'i answer

Make me feel like an idiot now...

by **dsp** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 01:03:33

Disco Stu wrote:I had no idea what a diacritical mark is.

either did i, but i still guessed hawaii. haha those teens think theyre so smart, none of them got it. shows them right those bastards.

by **jerseyhoya** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 20:56:22

Category: African Americans

As US Solicitor General in the 1960s, he won 14 of the 19 cases he argued before the Supreme Court.

Who was Thurgood Marshall?

The right answer was my guess when the category came up. I feel like a super genius.

One of the kids actually got this wrong.

by **Slowhand** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 21:43:02

The first round of Teen Jeopardy makes me feel like an intellectual God.

by **jerseyhoya** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 20:56:17

American Poetry

Walt Whitman called this "The beautiful uncut hair of graves"

What is grass?

One girl got it. She said

leaves of grass

I'm pretty sure Trebek was just looking for what I had above.

In any case it doesn't matter because everyone knows the Ben Franklin is where it's at.

by **jerseyhoya** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 20:56:06

Famous Americans

In 1733 he wrote "the heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart."

Who was Ben Franklin?

I got it along with all three teens. Probably because we're all so darn smart.

by **Bucky** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 23:43:59

by **ashton** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 20:29:03

1910s History

World Book said it ranks as one of the greatest engineering achievements in the world.

What is the Panama Canal?

All three contestants got it wrong, so did I.

by **phatj** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 20:51:15

What did you all guess?

by **ashton** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 20:53:32

I guessed the Golden Gate Bridge, someone guessed the Aswan Dam, someone guessed the Suez Canal and I think someone guessed the Brooklyn Bridge.

by **Disco Stu** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 20:56:27

I went with the Suez Canal.

by **Bucky** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 23:21:27

I went with the Empire State Building. I was about a couple/12 years too late.

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