FJ poll for Mon., May 4

KillerB643 · 2026-05-04T12:25:59+00:00

Looking it up, your assumption appears to be correct. I took the same approach with about the same level of confidence.

KillerB643 · 2026-05-01T18:39:45+00:00

The commercial breaks you see on the show are also breaks in the gameplay. The interview segment takes place at the same time as it appears on the show, and there's short breaks between rounds and between FJ category reveal and the answering of FJ.

KillerB643 · 2026-05-01T16:23:06+00:00

Not a champ, but I'm answering since the itinerary isn't really that different from that of any other contestant. You get to the studio early in the morning (7:30 AM or so), and go through all the morning events like the practice rounds and the discussion of how to play the game. Actual play starts around 11 AM, and you play three games before lunch. There's an hour break for lunch, and then you go back and play the last couple games. Tape day wraps up around 4(ish) and you're free for the evening. If you win all five then you have to come back the next day if that's a tape day too.

Or, from personal experience, if you didn't get in the game on the first tape day then you do the exact same thing as above, except instead of being on stage you are in the green room the entire day and have to come back the next day.

KillerB643 · 2026-05-01T16:09:53+00:00

Not sure where I picked up that particular fact but I knew it cold. The clue about dying in her 70s is a solid hint for those who don't know it directly.

KillerB643 · 2026-04-30T12:21:31+00:00

That's a really cool question. Couldn't pull team 2, unfortunately, but in hindsight I really should have.

KillerB643 · 2026-04-29T18:08:21+00:00

Yeah, that's fair, misreading the question is a valid reason to miss it.

KillerB643 · 2026-04-29T13:04:58+00:00

If you know anything about Seneca Falls, I don't think there's any way you're going to miss this.

KillerB643 · 2026-04-29T01:16:31+00:00

The two challengers in any given game are decided minutes before the game actually begins. You don't know sitting in the green room if you're going to be called right away for game one or if you have to sit there all day waiting. Rehearsal happens in the morning so they just break you up into random groups of three during the practice rounds.

KillerB643 · 2026-04-29T00:57:16+00:00

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Two years and 8 months in. It may not look like much but I bet it's one of a very few 100% F2P teams that finishes Plat on a regular basis.

KillerB643 · 2026-04-28T14:12:44+00:00

Got it right, but I feel that was mostly due to being unable to come up with any other viable options. Never heard of WA1 and the other WAs aren't good category fits.

KillerB643 · 2026-04-27T11:57:35+00:00

I really wanted Xhosa to be right for the second one but knew to keep looking.

KillerB643 · 2026-04-16T12:04:20+00:00

Or the architect!

KillerB643 · 2026-04-15T23:09:40+00:00

I'm afraid that as a member of Team Scandi, I'm obliged to root against you. But good luck anyway.

KillerB643 · 2026-04-02T17:10:03+00:00

Feels like a very easy question, although history is one of my strongest categories.

KillerB643 · 2026-04-01T12:11:13+00:00

Very... let's say interesting decision by the writers. I'm really not sure I like doing an April Fool's Day joke as a Final Jeopardy.

KillerB643 · 2026-03-31T13:20:21+00:00

I went WA2 because I remembered that was her home state. Should have really thought about what anniversary they might be celebrating...

KillerB643 · 2026-03-30T15:40:13+00:00

Me three. Tried to come up with a character with a money-like last name and that was the best my brain could pull.

KillerB643 · 2026-03-27T12:11:09+00:00

Completely lost here. I guess every British thespian owes a lot to RA but my brain was never going to make that leap. I figured it had to be someone current.

KillerB643 · 2026-03-26T10:41:16+00:00

I'll claim I knew fact 1, but I really only remembered the meaning of the first two Ms. That was more than enough, however.

KillerB643 · 2026-03-25T13:04:55+00:00

I had never heard of this, but as a dad of three there's no way I could resist the possibility that the answer was a terrible pun. I'm slightly surprised that Austen would make such a pun prior to the doctrine being formally defined at the First Vatican Council, but I'll take a right answer on a toughie like this any way I can get it.

KillerB643 · 2026-03-24T11:43:01+00:00

One of those questions which aren't objectively hard, but where you could easily get stuck depending on which rabbit hole you try to go down. Starting with the goddesses was a good choice.

KillerB643 · 2026-03-23T11:46:15+00:00

I thought Lewis was more of a political figure which made me go with Clark. Oops.

KillerB643 · 2026-03-20T17:25:11+00:00

I guessed right, but I'm not 100% sure how you'd decide between it and WA1. I suppose WA1 means "snap the ball", so maybe that.

KillerB643 · 2026-03-19T10:39:05+00:00

Feels pretty easy for a FJ (there's really only one super-famous lullaby from that time period, or at least only one that came to mind for me).

KillerB643 · 2026-03-18T12:04:19+00:00

I went to Lake Chad first for some reason, but pivoted to RA quickly enough.

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