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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Final Jeopardy 11-30-3017

November 30, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

World Flags and the Bible

Final Jeopardy Clue:

The central image on the flag of this nation is a symbol of strength in Psalm 92 & a prized building material in I Kings 5

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:


Lebanon

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Final Jeopardy 11-28-2017

November 28, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Video Games

Final Jeopardy Clue:

The desire in his childhood to catch every insect inspired Satoshi Tajiri to create this 1996 game

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:


Pokemon

Monday, November 27, 2017

Final Jeopardy 11-27-2017

November 27, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

German Geography

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Of Germany’s 16 states, these 2 at opposite ends of the country begin with the same letter & are the largest & smallest

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:


Barvaria and Bremen

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Soft Apocalypse (2011) Will McIntosh

Soft Apocalypse (2011) Will McIntosh




Jasper and his tribe and just trying to live from day to day as the world slowly crumbles around them.  Not quite as exciting as other end of the world books but much more believable.  That’s what makes it frightening.  You could see yourself in the same situation.  It makes you wonder what you would do in a similar situation.   What (and who) would be your priorities and how far would you be willing to go to keep them?  Will McIntosh makes you think -  Check out two of his other books – Faller and Defenders.

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Genesis (2000) Poul Anderson

Genesis (2000)  Poul Anderson



Christian Brannock is astronaut, poet, singer and eventually uploaded brain in a box.  He travels the stars and one iteration of him bonds with the great galactic mind – Alpha.   Alpha then sends him to investigate why the great mind over Earth  -Gaia -  does not want to try to extend the eventual existence of the planet as the sun gets closer to super nova.  Typical  (good) Poul Anderson.   Good characters and better plot with a lot of situations.