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Jeopardy Baby, Ooooh-ooh-oooooh (2 Viewers)

Don Quixote said:
Has a tie happened before since they changed it to the tiebreaker question?  I haven’t seen it.  Roll on, Laura.
First tiebreaker in a regular game, and it came unexpectedly with second's inexplicable wager.

 
She was hovering around the lead, got two daily doubles correct which put her in front, got the final jeopardy correct and still lost. That’s some very weak wagering—she didn’t deserve to win. Shame, really.
Yes, how do you not bet enough to win if you get the Final question right?

And it was a really easy Final.

 
Yes, how do you not bet enough to win if you get the Final question right?

And it was a really easy Final.
Biggest no-no there is I think. You get the lead and you have the hammer over everyone. You have to think like everyone is getting it right or nobody is and bet accordingly.

 
Makes me yell at the TV every time.  I can't believe the idiot in the middle didn't bet at all.  Why was he there?
I think you mean "bet enough to win". He didn't need to bet it all - just enough to have $1 more than 2nd place.

Dingleberry wagers 2 days in a row!

 
Mrs. Rannous said:
No, I meant exactly what I said.  He didn't bet at all.  I didn't say anything about betting everything.
You're right, I misread it! (read bet it all instead of bet at all). 

:wall:

 
And damned if it didn't happen again today.  Do any of these people watch the show?  I hope they've never been to Vegas.  They suck at wagering.

 
shuke said:
Knowing a bunch of useless facts <> amazingly smart
It's more than just knowing useless facts. It's having a wide range of knowledge that you can recall in split second time. 

 
I'm still laughing at the returning champ last night who was exposed as having no Geography sense.

The question was:

In 1871 the official addition of this as a province gave Canada coasts on both the Atlantic & the Pacific Oceans

His guess: Saskatchewan

There are a lot of western or eastern provinces that would have been decent guesses. But Saskatchewan is nearly right in the middle of Canada.  :lmao:

 
I'm still laughing at the returning champ last night who was exposed as having no Geography sense.

The question was:

In 1871 the official addition of this as a province gave Canada coasts on both the Atlantic & the Pacific Oceans

His guess: Saskatchewan

There are a lot of western or eastern provinces that would have been decent guesses. But Saskatchewan is nearly right in the middle of Canada.  :lmao:
So glad he tanked. He was super annoying.

 
I'm still laughing at the returning champ last night who was exposed as having no Geography sense.

The question was:

In 1871 the official addition of this as a province gave Canada coasts on both the Atlantic & the Pacific Oceans

His guess: Saskatchewan

There are a lot of western or eastern provinces that would have been decent guesses. But Saskatchewan is nearly right in the middle of Canada.  :lmao:
Surprised that Trebek didn't let him have it more than he did. Must have been short on time.

 
I'm still laughing at the returning champ last night who was exposed as having no Geography sense.

The question was:

In 1871 the official addition of this as a province gave Canada coasts on both the Atlantic & the Pacific Oceans

His guess: Saskatchewan

There are a lot of western or eastern provinces that would have been decent guesses. But Saskatchewan is nearly right in the middle of Canada.  :lmao:
Well, in fairness nobody gives a #### about Canada unless you are Canadian

 
Strange night on Jeopardy yesterday.

First they have a Daily Double where I come up with an answer they didn't think of:

Category: Landlocked 27 states

Question: Word shared in the name of 2 of the 27 

Answer

Their answer "Dakota" (as in North or South Dakota), my answer "Kansas" as in Kansas or Arkansas, both of which are landlocked

Then the Final Question:

20th Century American History

Question: On Nov. 3, 1948 he sent a congratulatory telegram, then told reporters, “I was just as surprised as you”

Their answer: Dewey. But it could have been Truman, who sent the congratulatory telegram and later found out that he won after all. It was confusing enough that 2 of the 3 players said Truman.

 
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In the Final, it would've been Dewey. He told the reporters that he was as surprised as they were. This is because they had reported that Dewey won.

The reporters wouldn't have been surprised that Truman sent a congratulatory telegram because they said he lost. 

 
In the Final, it would've been Dewey. He told the reporters that he was as surprised as they were. This is because they had reported that Dewey won.

The reporters wouldn't have been surprised that Truman sent a congratulatory telegram because they said he lost. 
Yep.  And the "Kansas" thing doesn't work at all.  Nothing in that clue said anything about letters in common.

 
Question: On Nov. 3, 1948 he sent a congratulatory telegram, then told reporters, “I was just as surprised as you”

Their answer: Dewey. But it could have been Truman, who sent the congratulatory telegram and later found out that he won after all. It was confusing enough that 2 of the 3 players said Truman.
Well, it could have been Frank Sinatra who sent a congratulatory telegram, too.  But, "could have been" doesn't make it correct.

 
Yep.  And the "Kansas" thing doesn't work at all.  Nothing in that clue said anything about letters in common.
I disagree.

The clue was "Word shared in the name of 2 of the 27". Kansas is a word, like Dakota. It is part of Arkansas. Shared would indicate that it is part of a single or two word state name and not necessarily a unique word by itself.

 
By this logic, "an" is a word an is in IndiANa, MichigAN and PennsylvANia. "In" is a word and is in MINnesota, WisconsIN, and West VirgINia. 
That's true, but those don't work as an answer like Kansas, based upon the category "The 27 Landlocked US States". 

 
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