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Jeopardy Baby, Ooooh-ooh-oooooh (4 Viewers)
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BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Little behind, we binged 3 shows tonight
Friday’s champ Robert Won, who revealed he in his interview he has an upcoming crossword puzzle submission accepted by the New York Times (it’ll be in a Tuesday?), has his own YouTube channel.
Robert VS NYTXW
Yep, live taping of him completing the daily crossword. Usually in 8-12 minutes, though some days take 20 minutes or more.
Math professor. My kind of nerd.
Friday’s champ Robert Won, who revealed he in his interview he has an upcoming crossword puzzle submission accepted by the New York Times (it’ll be in a Tuesday?), has his own YouTube channel.
Robert VS NYTXW
Yep, live taping of him completing the daily crossword. Usually in 8-12 minutes, though some days take 20 minutes or more.
Math professor. My kind of nerd.
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Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Do I even have to say it?
(Even Mr R was berating the guy.)
(Even Mr R was berating the guy.)
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Tuesday, July 12
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Steve $20,000 Ben $10,000 Tehmeena $3,200)
Steve: Bet $1. Your chances of winning are highest overall when you attempt to avoid a tiebreaker. Why not more than $1? Because the trailer often doesn’t bet everything; thus, exactly $1 give you the best chance overall to win. (Actual bet: $1)
Tehmeena: You don’t really have much chance to win today. Any bet that isn’t “everything” gives you the best chance of taking second place. (Actual bet: $3,200 aka "everything")
Ben: You have exactly one good bet: All $10,000. Anything else is terrible. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Steve $20,000 Ben $10,000 Tehmeena $3,200)
Steve: Bet $1. Your chances of winning are highest overall when you attempt to avoid a tiebreaker. Why not more than $1? Because the trailer often doesn’t bet everything; thus, exactly $1 give you the best chance overall to win. (Actual bet: $1)
Tehmeena: You don’t really have much chance to win today. Any bet that isn’t “everything” gives you the best chance of taking second place. (Actual bet: $3,200 aka "everything")
Ben: You have exactly one good bet: All $10,000. Anything else is terrible. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
20k down the drain because Ben knows the moons of Mars but doesn't know how to bet.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
The show is definitely more lax than it used to be. Dude gave Adams as the answer, and he wasn't asked to be more specific. I guess it was Henry.
UOFI_316
Footballguy
I was surprised at that one also, given the time range there were several prominent Adams. Mayim seems to have upped the amount of answer goof ups lately. Either allowing something like this, or declaring something wrong when the person had started to correct themselves.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
That was horrid by both of them. Especially Ben, who had 15 minutes to come up with a FJ bid (for which there is only one right answer) and totally biffed it.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Mayim is definitely not asking "be more specific" nearly as often as Alex did. I haven't noticed whether Ken is.
It had to be Sam Adams, as the question had a reference to drinking, and there's a beer named after him.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Another "fun finish" today. And I'll leave it at that.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
welcome back, Ken!
So much to talk about…
13 incorrect answers, 18 triple stumpers
(5, 13 in the J! round, 8, 5 in DJ)
Judges rulings (4 questionable)
- the Stuyvesant ruling was harsh, he seemed consistent with his pronunciation there
- should have asked BMS in the Mt Rushmore DD (since both Rosevelts were born in the 1800s and alive in the 1900s)
- omitting an interior article has always been ruled incorrect: The House of 7 Gables was accepted, s/b The House of The 7 Gables
- finally, NFW you accept Godol for Godot if we’re being consistent; Sadie was denied “Tubma” bc she ran out of time writing Harriet’s last name. Erica Didn’t. Cross. The. T.
Worst game for judges I’ve ever seen.
Now let’s talk about Erica’s brain fart wager…she missed wagering 101, you bet to cover 2nd place doubling up, not 3rd.
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Obviously we expect anyone competing on Jeopardy! to have great general knowledge. Yet every night there are triple stumpers which I presume s/b easy gen knowledge (TBF I have huge holes and I'm completely glassy eyed in some cats.)
Yesterday featured these triple stumpers:
- $200 GIVING YOU THE BOOT Buzzfeed featured these double-talk, thigh-high boots "that will look totally far out in your closet" (Go-go boots - 1 incorrect and 2 dnr)
- $400 THE WOUK MOB In Wouk's "Aurora Dawn" from 1947, a young man works in this broadcast medium; Wouk lived to write a book partly in e-mails (Radio - 3 dnr)
- $200 COLOR ME BAD This rhyming fictional "illness" involves police officers disrupting operations by calling in sick (Blue flu - 1 incorrect and 2 dnr)
Yeah, I think it warranted a BMS.
The Man With No Name
Footballguy
Guess I'll start watching again since she's gone
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I can totally watch the interviews again. And I don't have to hear, "Ooo! A Daily Double!". Ghah.The Man With No Name said:
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Or its companion, "A TRUE Daily Doub-ble!"
Today's FJ was one of the easiest opera questions I can remember seeing on the show. I know bupkis about opera but I got it instantly.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
So did I. Not one of my favorite categories, but I seem to do well in it, much like poetry.
apalmer
Footballguy
If you had told me on Monday that the first two FJ categories this week would be "Art and Theater" and "Opera" I'd have been about 90% positive I'd miss both. Instead, I got both by the time the music started. They can make any category either unbelievably difficult or unbelievably easy.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Me, too! (on all counts, especially the weakness at Opera)
I always figure that these type of surprising correct answers make up for when I somehow miss a Final in one of my wheelhouse categories like Movies or Mythology.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Yes they had a couple categories this week where I thought I could run the board. Got the first 2 in each and missed the last 3 in both.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
I “swept” 3 yesterday - 20th Century America, San Diego: news clues, and Let’s Build a House!
Now I know what Cliff Calvin felt like.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Emmie
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
No one remembers You Can Call Me Al?
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Barely and I don't recall it being a Top 40 hit.
I said Graceland.
But I am pretty weak at Politics.
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Snoopy
Footballguy
The song was from 1986, and the clue was most recent from 1993 so that threw me off.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I also said Graceland, thought that was what the clue was saying.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
My first thought was “Huh? He didn’t have any top 40 hits in 1993.” Then I realized they were asking “what was his most recent top 40 hit as of 1993?” And if it was played at an inauguration party in Tennessee, it had to be relevant to Al Gore somehow.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Graceland is at least a reasonable guess. From the contestants we got:
A. No answer at all.
B. A song not by Paul Simon.
C. A song from Paul Simon’s first solo album, more than 20 years before 1993.
A. No answer at all.
B. A song not by Paul Simon.
C. A song from Paul Simon’s first solo album, more than 20 years before 1993.
UOFI_316
Footballguy
Also helps that they asked the same basic question a few months ago, only then I think it was the last question in the category "Ballet".
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I had no idea who ran in 1993.Mr. Mojo said:
The problem isn't that no one remembers the song; it's that Al Gore isn't exactly an exhilarating candidate. He's dull as ditch water.
I guessed Graceland because it had to do with Tennessee. And how the hell am I supposed to know when SImon's hits occurred? Understand, I'm a major fan. And "The Boxer" just turned up on my YouTube feed.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Runkle
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I took a guess and got FJ right. 
The Man With No Name
Footballguy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
My first instinct was Joan Jett but she would have gone in as a solo artist first. Then I arrived at the right answer quickly.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I guessed Diana Ross. I figured they were trying to make up with her.
