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Saturday JEOPARDY
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JEOPARDY- HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
1. ($400)- On the 2nd Saturday in May this country observes National Windmill Day ....
[ what is the Netherlands (acceptable; Holland) ? ]
2. ($1200)- Public law 99-54 recognizes “pause for the pledge” as part of this holiday...
[ what is Flag day ? ]
3. ($2000)- This Jewish holiday begun in 165 B.C. celebrates the purification of the temple of Jerusalem ...
[ what is Hanukah ? ]
Double JEOPARDY- ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
4.($800)- G. Depardieu was named best actor at Cannes for playing this swordsman; you might say he won by a nose ...
[ What is Cyrano De Bergerac ? ]
5. ($2400)- Errol Flynn's last film with this frequent leading lady was “They Died With Their Boots On”...
[ who is Olivia de Havilland ? ]
6. ($4000)- 2-time Oscar winner who made her feature film debut in “Julia” & played Woody Allen's ex in “Manhattan”...
[ who is Meryl Streep ? ]
Final JEOPARDY- THE CALENDAR
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This month was formerly called Quintilis ...
[ What is July ? ]
 
I missed Final Jeopardy!
Did you guess May, as I did, forgetting that the months were adjusted when the calendar was changed? If I had remembered that OCTOber (8), NOVember (9), and DECember (10) had been moved up two places and are now the 10th, 11th, and 12th months, I might have remembered.
 
Did you guess May, as I did, forgetting that the months were adjusted when the calendar was changed? If I had remembered that OCTOber (8), NOVember (9), and DECember (10) had been moved up two places and are now the 10th, 11th, and 12th months, I might have remembered.

Exactly what happened...:angel:
 
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