One recent Coryat:
originally 12-5-08: A dreary 14600, especially considering I had 7200 in negs. If you review the game, you’ll see Ben Bishop stung his live opponents just as severely.
I thought my DVR‘s been saving all Jeopardy! episodes until I delete them, but I find out today that’s not the case for the GSN reruns. Since I’ve been recording a lot of tennis (that’s probably been spoiled for me before I can watch it anyway), I only have two recent reruns left on there. That’s only two episodes lost, but still…BOOO!! And I painstakingly make sure each and every episode is recorded since my “series recording” function isn’t consistent. >:-(
Tell me, are you eating up Andy’s Learned League updates like I am? 😉 Do you too want a little more? It might well be just me. Let us know in a comment.
On to the Summer Hiatus Challenge. First, there was a replacement question for the 8-pointer on Week 3 Day 2: The First President to…: Have served in the United States Navy; had he lost, his opponent would also have been the first Navy veteran to be President. Jeanie, Ryan, Alison, Andy, Joon, Julie. No one else has responded, as I type this.
Now for Week 4 Day 4. Only 3 people got perfect scores this time, and none did among the people I’m watching. In order from highest score to lowest. Thanks again to Dad of Twins for letting us share the clues he’s written:
Vito Cortese and Julie Bratvold Ghanbari (tie)
Joon Pahk
Ryan Chaffee and David Menchaca (tie)
Megan Barnes
Stefan Goodreau
Kathy Wright
Andy
Alison Stone Roberg
Robert
Me
Look! Up in the Sky!
2: Oenopion king of Chios temporarily blinded this hunter after he assaulted the king’s daughter Merope, but now his constellation is visible around the world. Ryan, Alison, Robert, Julie, Stefan, David, Andy, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Joon, Megan
4: The constellation named for this Roman hero is kneeling on Draco’s head, gloating over stealing the apples of the Hesperides. Ryan, Alison, Robert, Julie, Stefan, David, Andy, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Joon, Megan
6: This hero’s constellation includes him carrying the head of Medusa; his wife Andromeda is nearby on the back of Pegasus. Ryan, Alison, Robert, Julie, Stefan, David, Andy, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Joon, Megan
8: The centaur Chiron, teacher of Achilles, became this member of the Zodiac. Ryan, Alison, Robert, Julie, Stefan, David, Andy, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Joon, Megan
10: The constellation Ophiokhos memorializes this son of Apollo, a healer struck dead by Zeus for bringing people back from the dead. Ryan, Alison, Robert, Julie, Stefan, David, Andy, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Joon, Megan
The Art of War
3: James Monroe holds an American flag as oarsmen paddle through ice in this Leutze painting. Ryan, Alison, Robert, Julie, Stefan, David, Andy, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Joon, Megan
6: Turner’s painting of this battle shows the HMS Victory displaying signal flags reading “England expects that every man will do his duty.” Ryan, Alison, Robert, Julie, Stefan, David, Andy, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Joon, Megan
9: The Charge of the Mamelukes, by this Spanish artist, depicts events in the Peninsular War that take place on May 2, 1808. Ryan, Alison, Robert, Julie, Stefan, David, Andy, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Joon, Megan
12: Peter-Paul Rubens and Jacques-Louis David both painted versions of this Italian tribe’s women being abducted by Romans. Ryan, Alison, Robert, Julie, Stefan, David, Andy, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Joon, Megan
15: A Manet painting portrays this U.S. Civil War battle in which the USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama off the coast of France. Ryan, Alison, Robert, Julie, Stefan, David, Andy, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Joon, Megan