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FROM: "Maureen OConnor" <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 5/30/01, 4:22 PM

We have a handicapped patron who calls in regularly with all sorts of
weird and wonderful questions, most of which we can readily answer.
Today's has us stumped, however: he wants to know what the Final
Jeopardy question was on the show on Friday, May 25, 2001 (last Friday).
We've checked the Internet, looking especially at the Jeopardy site, but
it doesn't seem to have transcripts or lists of specific questions.

Did anyone happen to see it who might also remember what it was?

Many thanks.

Maureen

"Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
____________________________________________

Maureen O'Connor
Brampton Public Library
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca

All opinions expressed above are mine alone.

FROM: "Eugenia Bryant" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 5/30/01, 5:13 PM

The answer was "Who was Marcel Marceau." The question was in the context of
"who formed a ...... school and it was more or less apparent that it was a
school of mime. A teacher colleague of my husband's was one of the
contestants. Sadly, he lost the wager, but got the question right.

Eugenia


Eugenia Bryant
Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
Morton Grove Public Library
Morton Grove, IL
(847) 965-4220
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>From: "Maureen OConnor" <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Final Jeopardy
>Date: Wed, May 30, 2001, 4:18 PM
>

> We have a handicapped patron who calls in regularly with all sorts of
> weird and wonderful questions, most of which we can readily answer.
> Today's has us stumped, however: he wants to know what the Final
> Jeopardy question was on the show on Friday, May 25, 2001 (last Friday).
> We've checked the Internet, looking especially at the Jeopardy site, but
> it doesn't seem to have transcripts or lists of specific questions.
>
> Did anyone happen to see it who might also remember what it was?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Maureen
>
>
>
> "Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
> ____________________________________________
>
> Maureen O'Connor
> Brampton Public Library
> [removed]@bramlib.on.ca
>
> All opinions expressed above are mine alone.
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: "Maureen OConnor" <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 5/30/01, 5:35 PM

You're brill, Eugenia!

Thanks so much!

Maureen


"Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
____________________________________________

Maureen O'Connor
Brampton Public Library
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca

All opinions expressed above are mine alone.

FROM: "Maureen OConnor" <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 5/30/01, 5:57 PM

Oh boy--I had taken the question from someone else, and when I called
the patron with great excitement to tell him the answer, he said "Was
that for Monday night?" How abashed do you think I was?! (And not
terribly thrilled with the person who took the question!)

So, did anyone see Jeopardy this Monday past, the 28th? and remember the
Final Jeopardy question and answer? Eugenia???

Thanks once again.

Maureen


"Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
____________________________________________

Maureen O'Connor
Brampton Public Library
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca

All opinions expressed above are mine alone.

FROM: Darlene Peasley <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 5/30/01, 7:33 PM

The Final Jeopardy category for Monday night was, I think, National
Historic Sites.
The question dealt with what National Historic Site reopened in 1968, 103
years after its last production. Or something like that. The answer is
Ford's Theatre

Maureen OConnor wrote:

> Oh boy--I had taken the question from someone else, and when I called
> the patron with great excitement to tell him the answer, he said "Was
> that for Monday night?" How abashed do you think I was?! (And not
> terribly thrilled with the person who took the question!)
>
> So, did anyone see Jeopardy this Monday past, the 28th? and remember the
> Final Jeopardy question and answer? Eugenia???
>
> Thanks once again.
>
> Maureen
>
> "Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
> ____________________________________________
>
> Maureen O'Connor
> Brampton Public Library
> [removed]@bramlib.on.ca
>
> All opinions expressed above are mine alone.
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: "Maureen OConnor" <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 5/30/01, 8:16 PM

Thanks a lot Darlene!

The patron was delighted with the info.

Maureen

FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 8:18 AM

Am I missing something or just being ornery? Wouldn't these kind of
questions be more appropriate for the Stumpers mail list and not
Fiction_L?


On Wed, 30 May 2001, Darlene Peasley wrote:

> The Final Jeopardy category for Monday night was, I think, National
> Historic Sites.
> The question dealt with what National Historic Site reopened in 1968, 103
> years after its last production. Or something like that. The answer is
> Ford's Theatre
>
> Maureen OConnor wrote:
>
> > Oh boy--I had taken the question from someone else, and when I called
> > the patron with great excitement to tell him the answer, he said "Was
> > that for Monday night?" How abashed do you think I was?! (And not
> > terribly thrilled with the person who took the question!)
> >
> > So, did anyone see Jeopardy this Monday past, the 28th? and remember the
> > Final Jeopardy question and answer? Eugenia???
> >
> > Thanks once again.
> >
> > Maureen
> >
> > "Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
> > ____________________________________________
> >
> > Maureen O'Connor
> > Brampton Public Library
> > [removed]@bramlib.on.ca
> >
> > All opinions expressed above are mine alone.
> >
> > ......................................................................
> > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: "Maureen OConnor" <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 8:40 AM

Well, it's like this. I don't subscribe to Stumpers, and since most of
the members on Fiction_L are library staff, and (I'm assuming) love the
chase as much as I do AND are usually so quick and wonderful with their
collective memory, I thought I would just send my query out across the
countries and see what I would get. And, as I expected, I got what I
needed--and quickly too. (Thanks again.)

Hope I didn't offend anyone!

Maureen


"Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
____________________________________________

Maureen O'Connor
Brampton Public Library
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca

All opinions expressed above are mine alone.

FROM: Angela Hopkins <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 11:10 AM

I think you did alright Maureen...I think it is great that you asked
the question and got an answer so quickly. If I ever come across a
question that I have a hard time finding, I would probably think of
posting it here....we have a lot of great librarians on fiction-l. I
guess I never thought that anyone would be offended if I posted it on
this list. I hope this doesn't make anyone else think twice about
questions that need to be answered, after all, it is for the patron.

=====
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FROM: Carol Elmore <[removed]@westga.edu>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 12:56 PM

I think it is fun, to have a question like this once-in-a while. Besides,
it was a patron request and we are here to help patrons. I guess I am just
not a "everything belongs in the appropriate box" type person. After all,
variety is the spice of life, even for librarians! My husband and I even
talked about it over dinner, trying to remember the question.
Carole Elmore

On Thu, 31 May 2001, Karen A.K. Keller wrote:

> Am I missing something or just being ornery? Wouldn't these kind of
> questions be more appropriate for the Stumpers mail list and not
> Fiction_L?
>
>
> On Wed, 30 May 2001, Darlene Peasley wrote:
>
> > The Final Jeopardy category for Monday night was, I think, National
> > Historic Sites.
> > The question dealt with what National Historic Site reopened in 1968, 103
> > years after its last production. Or something like that. The answer is
> > Ford's Theatre
> >
> > Maureen OConnor wrote:
> >
> > > Oh boy--I had taken the question from someone else, and when I called
> > > the patron with great excitement to tell him the answer, he said "Was
> > > that for Monday night?" How abashed do you think I was?! (And not
> > > terribly thrilled with the person who took the question!)
> > >
> > > So, did anyone see Jeopardy this Monday past, the 28th? and remember the
> > > Final Jeopardy question and answer? Eugenia???
> > >
> > > Thanks once again.
> > >
> > > Maureen
> > >
> > > "Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
> > > ____________________________________________
> > >
> > > Maureen O'Connor
> > > Brampton Public Library
> > > [removed]@bramlib.on.ca
> > >
> > > All opinions expressed above are mine alone.
> > >
> > > ......................................................................
> > > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > > Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
> >
> >
> > ......................................................................
> > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
> >
>
>
>
> Karen Keller
> Brighton (MI) District Library
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 5/31/01, 10:33 PM

In a message dated 5/31/2001 12:10:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[removed]@yahoo.com writes:

<<
I think you did alright Maureen...I think it is great that you asked
the question and got an answer so quickly. If I ever come across a
question that I have a hard time finding, I would probably think of
posting it here....we have a lot of great librarians on fiction-l. I
guess I never thought that anyone would be offended if I posted it on
this list. I hope this doesn't make anyone else think twice about
questions that need to be answered, after all, it is for the patron.
>>

Ditto. Half the fun of librarianship (I always thought) was the chase - the
challenge of the question.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian/currently involved in creating A's and Q's
for "Romance Jeopardy," a highlight of our local romance writers annual
retreat.

FROM: "Joy Tofteland" <[removed]@ankeny.k12.ia.us>
REC'D: 6/1/01, 10:04 AM

I think it was Monday because I was home.

These two Romantic poets died at an early age, one in 1821 and the other in
1822.

The question "Who were Keats and Shelley?

Joy Tofteland
Reference/ Technical Resources Librarian
Kirkendall Public Library
Ankeny, IA


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Oh boy--I had taken the question from someone else, and when I called
the patron with great excitement to tell him the answer, he said "Was
that for Monday night?" How abashed do you think I was?! (And not
terribly thrilled with the person who took the question!)

So, did anyone see Jeopardy this Monday past, the 28th? and remember the
Final Jeopardy question and answer? Eugenia???

Thanks once again.

Maureen


"Never apologize for your reading tastes." Rosenberg
____________________________________________

Maureen O'Connor
Brampton Public Library
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca

All opinions expressed above are mine alone.

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