First, I see on the Jeopardy! message boards that Hans von Walter has taped Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He thinks it’s going to air October 3rd but he says it might change. He says he’d keep the boards in the know, and I’ll do the same for you. He also said that Roger Craig and Jean Cui were at his taping!
I feel woefully behind on SHC updates, but I couldn’t really blog this weekend. I figure if Andy and I cover two days each time we blog this week, we’ll be caught up soon. It’s a lot of work for me but I want to do things right. So I’m conjured up dinner and turned on tennis, and as Dad of Twins says a lot when he introduces his clues, “On we go.”
Speaking of getting caught up, I’m glad to see that Bill MacDonald is back in action in the SHC!
To save us some confusion, I’m going to list the people I’m watching according to how they’re ranked overall, as I type this (not according to how they did in these rounds). I have to say, though, that I beat 5 of these people in Week 4 Day 6. [sinister laugh]
Joon Pahk
Julie Bratvold Ghanbari
Ryan Chaffee
Vito Cortese
Stefan Goodreau
Alison Stone Roberg
Megan Barnes
Robert
Kathy Wright
Andy
David Menchaca
Bill MacDonald
Me
So these are the clues for Week 4, Day 6. A caveat: I have to make some judgment calls myself. This doesn’t necessarily reflect whether someone’s response was officially accepted. I have a feeling I’m going to get an unpleasant comment anyway! It’s okay. You know I welcome comments.
Not the One in New Jersey
2: Originally called Lewisburg, this Kentucky town was renamed after the capital of New Jersey in 1819. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
4: This city, which shares its name with the most populous city in New Jersey, is home to the University of Delaware. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
6: This Ontario city on the western point of Lake Erie was named for its founder, not the New Jersey town named for America’s first Secretary of the Treasury. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
8: This suburb of Adelaide founded in 1955 is named for the queen of England, but the same-named city in New Jersey is not. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
10: Edward R. Morrow graduated from high school in the Washington town named for this inventor, also the current namesake of Raritan Township, New Jersey. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
Newspaper History
3: November 3, 1948 headline in the Chicago Tribune; the story by Arthur Sears Henning also reported that Republicans would control both houses of Congress – oops. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
6: 4-word headline in the New York Times article by John Noble Wilford, dateline Houston, July 21, 1969. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
9: The June 29, 2012 Orange County Register’s front page headline reported the Supreme Court giving this law a “Clean Bill of Health.” Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
12: This publisher of the New York Tribune and future presidential candidate printed a “letter to the editor” from President Lincoln in the New York Tribune in August, 1862. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
15: In this still-published Connecticut newspaper’s July 8, 1776 edition, George Washington offered 10,000 acres of land to any British field officer who would switch sides. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
And Week 5, Day 1. Bill got a perfect score!:
Shake It Up
2: In this book, Mark Twain writes about a family feud at a river bend heavily damaged by the New Madrid earthquake of 1812. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
4: Heinrich von Klist’s novella “The Earthquake in” this country begins with the main character about to commit suicide in a Santiago prison when the quake hits. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
6: Myron Brinig’s novel “The Flutter of an Eyelid” ends with this state breaking off of North America in a massive earthquake. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
8: The 1755 earthquake off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal disrupts this Voltaire novel and its “best of all possible worlds.” Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
10: “After the Quake,” Haruki Puramaki’s collection of short stories published in 2000, deals with the aftermath of the 1995 quake that heavily damaged this Japanese city. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
Ard-hay Ategory-cay (This category was written by a boardie other than Dad of Twins. Explanation of the category: “Each correct response will be a Pig Latin version of a word in the clue.”
3: When it comes to IPOs, who wouldn’t have wanted to be on the ground floor of this company that went public in September 1998? Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
6: Qusay was Saddam Hussein’s younger son, but do you remember this, the name of his elder son? Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
9: I had to search high and low to find a vinyl copy of this, the second “Best of” compilation from Electric Light Orchestra. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
12: If you want to hear the ballad-like, slow sound of Parliament Funkadelic’s style, try this third cut off Standing on the Verge of Getting It On.” Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
15: This man’s alleged “sink-proof” design ultimately failed when the Titanic’s near-miss with a ‘berg turned into a glancing hit. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill