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Showing posts with label 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017. Show all posts

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Jeopardy Tie Breaker: First EVER

March 1, 2018

First Ever Jeopardy Tie Breaker

Tiebreaker round category:

WAY BACK IN 2017

Tiebreaker round clue:

Her April decision to call a snap parliamentary election proved less than brilliant on June 8

Tiebreaker round correct response:


Who is (Theresa) May?

Monday, October 2, 2017

Sungrazer 2017. Jay Posey

Sungrazer (2017) Jay Posey


Outriders Number 2.  Lets see  -  Mars against Earth.  A novel concept in SF!  Way to go!  However, I actually like this novel.  Why?  Great characters!  I want to see what happens with Lincoln Suh, Amira Wright, Thumper, and the rest of the crew.  Imagine that – character development in a military SF book.  But there you are.  Some interesting angles.  Multiple clone backups for each of them with some potential problems in the transfer process.  An AI space ship which is not really developed – missed opportunity I think. The pace was spot on and the tech was very good.  If only we could get a more creative background plot.  “Can’t always get what you want…..”

Sunday, August 20, 2017

All These Worlds - Bobiverse 2017


Dennis E. Taylor

Well here we are at the conclusion (?)  of the Bobiverse trilogy.  Bob, Bill, Will, Howard etc   need to wrap things up.  They better develop the android bodies so they can interact better with the short-lived humans.  I liked the series but have to admit that this was a little disappointing.  I thought another human would be scanned as a replicant and would have some new interactions and possibly mixing of ideas and maybe some baby replicants who were not just clones.  Oh well.


The story about “The Others” was exciting and ended ina satisfying way.  Maybe book 4 could follow original Bob as he travels out into the unknown and possibly meets a new type of alien life?

Monday, July 3, 2017

Final Jeopardy June 2017 Summary


Final Jeopardy Category:

World Transportation

Final Jeopardy Clue
It traverses hundreds of bridges, the longest stretching 2 miles across the Amur River

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Trans-Siberian Railway


Final Jeopardy Category:

Oscars

Final Jeopardy Clue:

This man received 2 honorary Oscars in his career, & the actor who played him on film received a 1992 nomination for the role

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Charlie Chaplin


Final Jeopardy Category:

British Kings

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Bearing Roman numeral I, he subdued Wales & was called the “English Justinian” for his legal reforms

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Edward I


Final Jeopardy Category:

World War II Heroes

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Credited with saving thousands of lives before his disappearance, in 2016 he was officially declared dead by Sweden

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Raoul Wallenberg


Final Jeopardy Category:

Constellations

Final Jeopardy Clue:

The brightest star in Scorpius is named this, meaning “rival” of the god equivalent to Mars

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Antares


Final Jeopardy Category:

Geography

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Cross the Strait of Bonifacio & you go between the 2nd- & 4th-largest Mediterranean islands & between these 2 countries

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question

Italy and France


Final Jeopardy Category:

16th Century names

Final Jeopardy Clue:

In his 1557 almanac this French doctor predicted, “Immortal I shall be in life, and in death even more so”

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Nostradamus


Final Jeopardy Category:
Books and Authors

Final Jeopardy Clue:

His first novel, from 1920, incorporated some of his pieces from the Nassau, a Princeton literary magazine

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

F. Scott Fitzgerald



Final Jeopardy Category:

Recent Oscar Winners

Final Jeopardy Clue:

For his portrayal of a famous man born in the 1940s, he was the first actor born in the ’80s to win the Best Actor Oscar

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Eddie Redmayne



Final Jeopardy Category:

Classical Music

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Scholars think this 1810 piano piece was dedicated to Elisabeth Rockel or Therese Malfatti, a student of the composer

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Fur Elise


Final Jeopardy Category:

Airlines

Final Jeopardy Clue:

On June 17, 1929 this airline’s first passenger flight left Dallas, making stops at Shreveport, Monroe & Jackson


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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Delta


Final Jeopardy Category:

Shakespeare titles

Final Jeopardy Clue:

The verse from the Sermon on the Mount following “judge not, that ye be not judged” inspired this Bard comedy title


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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Measure for Measure


Final Jeopardy Category:

Sports and Politics

Final Jeopardy Clue:

After moving to Johannesburg in 1903, he formed the Passive Resisters Soccer Club


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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Mohandas Gandhi


Final Jeopardy Category:

Europe 1962

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Rudolf Abel & this American are most associated with Germany’s Glienicke Bridge on February 10, 1962


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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Gary Powers


Final Jeopardy Category:

1960 Books

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Wherever I sat… I would be sitting under the same glass this, the title of the author’s only novel

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

The Bell Jar


Final Jeopardy Category:

Oscars

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Later an Oscar winner, she appeared as the child baptized towards the end of “The Godfather”

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Sofia Coppola

Final Jeopardy Category:

Literary References

Final Jeopardy Clue:

An homage to a 1953 novel, this number appears as an error code when a user tries to access a web page with censored content

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

451

June 28, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Entrepreneurs

Final Jeopardy Clue:

In the 1960s M.T. Lott was one of the fictitious names he used to buy 27,000 acres in Florida

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Walt Disney

June 29, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Nations of the World

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Its contiguous territory covers 36 degrees of latitude, the longest stretch of any country not in the top 10 in area


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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Chile

June 30, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Plants

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Made famous by a 1959 musical, the flower seen here graces a coin of this European country
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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:


Austria