Pip's Invitation
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It took two people to take him down. That was one of the rare games with three outstanding players.
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Jeopardy Baby, Ooooh-ooh-oooooh (1 Viewer)
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Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
It seemed like his "ring in, then figure it out" strategy finally caught up with him.
He also looked tired, so maybe that didn't help.
A great run but I'm kind of glad it's over because having nearly every game be a runaway made Final Jeopardy fairly dull.
I look forward to seeing him in the TOC.
He also looked tired, so maybe that didn't help.
A great run but I'm kind of glad it's over because having nearly every game be a runaway made Final Jeopardy fairly dull.
I look forward to seeing him in the TOC.
worrierking
Footballguy
Normally when he did this, he was completely unflappable and confident he would get the answer. He was nervous doing this when he lost. It was inevitable he would have a bad day, but if the other players weren't so good he could have probably overcome it.
Enjoyed the run. He was great.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
He had a lot of wrong answers last night, and quite a few seemed like Answers he should have kmown. A lot of games when he was on a roll he’d ring in and then figure out if he knew it. Pretty obvious from the slow pace of his answer and the sheepish grin after that he was sometimes ringing in and then coming up with the answer. It’s probably a lot easier to pull that off when you’re cruising. It’s lot harder to process information when you’re in tight game or trailing.
Eh, whatever...dude had an fantastic run. It was gonna end sooner or later, and I feel like last night was more about facing two strong players stepping up rather than him choking. Great, great player.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
B o r I n g game without Matt.
Kid from the Bronx was one of the more visibly nervous contestants I’ve seen in awhile, though his Double Jeopardy round was decent.
Jonathon cruised to his second win with an impressive $31,000 Coryat score. While not a Top 42 game (33K-39.2K), that’s well above Amodio’s average of $27,913. How hard is it to top $30K? Not uncommon for most ToC contestants to have one game that high. Only four players have done it more than once: Jason Z, Matt, James and Ken.
ETA: answered 32 out of 60 correctly prior to FJ. Really exceptional showing.
Jonathon‘s two-day total of $51,700 puts him at 582nd place on the all-time list.
Kid from the Bronx was one of the more visibly nervous contestants I’ve seen in awhile, though his Double Jeopardy round was decent.
Jonathon cruised to his second win with an impressive $31,000 Coryat score. While not a Top 42 game (33K-39.2K), that’s well above Amodio’s average of $27,913. How hard is it to top $30K? Not uncommon for most ToC contestants to have one game that high. Only four players have done it more than once: Jason Z, Matt, James and Ken.
ETA: answered 32 out of 60 correctly prior to FJ. Really exceptional showing.
Jonathon‘s two-day total of $51,700 puts him at 582nd place on the all-time list.
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I believe it's Julia Collins at 20 and Dave Madden at 19. Fun fact: Those two combined with Brad Rutter to win the Teams tournament.
Most champs win 1 or 2 games, so I would imagine the average streak is well under 5, perhaps even under 3.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
He's legit. Could definitely see him winning 5 or more and returning to the Tournament of Champions for a rematch with Matt.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Jeopardy Mount Rushmore?
_______________
Matt's stats
- Ken Jennings
- James Holzhauer
- Matt Amodio
- Brad Rutller
_______________
Matt's stats
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I got it. I had no idea about the quote but looked Mr R and said, "That sounds like Yogi Berra."Penguin said:
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
And the wagering in FInal was idiotic. It still makes me stabby.
Runkle
Footballguy
She's probably old enough to remember all the original Berra-isms when he said them the first time... "no one goes there anymore, it's too crowded", "cut my pizza into six slices, I don't think I can eat eight", and most famously, "it ain't over 'til it's over", which is basically the same as "the record will stand until it's broken" to be fair.Penguin said:
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
In a category with "eye" in quotation marks, how is a bloody mary served at breakfast a drink?
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Eye can't figure that one out!In a category with "eye" in quotation marks, how is a bloody mary served at breakfast a drink?
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
brun
Footballguy
My 1st thought was Fort Wayne might be named after Mad Anthony Wayne (though I had no clue if he was part of any tour).
apalmer
Footballguy
worrierking
Footballguy
Runkle
Footballguy
I'm pretty sure there's a TV or Movies category in 4 out of 5 episodes each week, at a minimum. So all the more likely to see DD's in categories that are there every day. It's part of the "dumbing down" on the show that's been going on for years. At some point they did a focus group and found the audience was tired of 'being impressed' by the wide-ranging knowledge of the contestants, and was more engaged when the audience knew the answers too and could play along. Hence, they've worked in more pop-culture clues.
Categories in just the last two weeks:
Monday 10/4: SCI-FI MOVIE SYNOPSES
Tuesday 10/5: CULT MOVIES
Wednesday 10/6: WE ARE TV FAMILY
Thursday 10/7: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PEOPLE
Friday 10/8: ACTOR-MOGULS
Monday 10/11: RECENT MOVIES
Tuesday 10/12: WHO DIRECTED IT?
Wednesday 10/13: '80s TV
Thursday 10/14: MY FIRST NAME IS A TV SHOW TITLE
Friday 10/15: MOVIE TITLES THROUGH PICTURES
... There's also a popular music-related category 3 or 4 out of 5 episodes a week, too.
Yesterday was the first day off in a while, relying instead on "Disney Songs" and the general categories "Theater Companies" and "Fictional Africa", in which 4 of the 5 clues were TV Shows/Movies, all except the first one about Tarzan. The rest were Black Panther, 24, The West Wing, and Nicole Kidman's The Interpreter.
They really want to reward people for memorizing the imdb, it seems.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Took 7 wins before she stopped mentioning he knocked off Matt Amodio.
With his 10th Win today, Jonathan becomes the first to knock off an Ultra Champ (10 wins or more) and then become an Ultra Champ.
He’s the 11th Ultra Champion since the 5 game rule was lifted in 2003.
With 230K in winnings, he is now 39th on the all time Jeopardy leaderboard.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Do you folks ever have one of those nights where you are sure that you got the Final Question correct, but still miss it?
I had that last night on "1970s Top 40 Hits".
"Seeing a poster for a production of “Cyrano de Bergerac” in a seedy Paris hotel & ladies of the evening nearby inspired this hit"
I picked a 70s hit song where they speak French and talk about sex.
I said "Lady Marmalade"
(Clank) Wrong!
I had that last night on "1970s Top 40 Hits".
"Seeing a poster for a production of “Cyrano de Bergerac” in a seedy Paris hotel & ladies of the evening nearby inspired this hit"
I picked a 70s hit song where they speak French and talk about sex.
I said "Lady Marmalade"
(Clank) Wrong!
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
That was my choice too.Do you folks ever have one of those nights where you are sure that you got the Final Question correct, but still miss it?
I had that last night on "1970s Top 40 Hits".
"Seeing a poster for a production of “Cyrano de Bergerac” in a seedy Paris hotel & ladies of the evening nearby inspired this hit"
I picked a 70s hit song where they speak French and talk about sex.
I said "Lady Marmalade"
(Clank) Wrong!
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
UOFI_316
Footballguy
Penguin
Footballguy
Are you saying he lost tonight? I'm guessing you're on the east coast. Here in Denver the show hasn't aired yet due to the WS.
:(
Penguin
Footballguy
The Noid
Avoid me!
It looked like his time was up right from the start. Couldn't tell if he was getting out-buzzed vs. not knowing the questions, but he looked off his game.
The Man With No Name
Footballguy
Watching a 1989 episode of MacGyver with Bialik helping him escape police in Switzerland
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
She must have been about 13 or 14 then.The Man With No Name said:
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I just watched this episode tonight. I guessed Lady Marmalade too! Made perfect sense given the info we had. If I'd known Roxanne was written in Paris, I might have thought of that, but I didn't.Do you folks ever have one of those nights where you are sure that you got the Final Question correct, but still miss it?
I had that last night on "1970s Top 40 Hits".
"Seeing a poster for a production of “Cyrano de Bergerac” in a seedy Paris hotel & ladies of the evening nearby inspired this hit"
I picked a 70s hit song where they speak French and talk about sex.
I said "Lady Marmalade"
(Clank) Wrong!
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Cyrano de Bergerac was written in French by a French guy. Roxanne is the female lead in the story. Where the song was written really doesn't matter.
(It might help if you saw the Steve Martin movie Roxanne, which is based on the play.)
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I did. I was always under the impression that in the song, Roxanne was the random name of a call girl and had nothing to do with Cyrano. Given that Sting thinks of himself as a literary genius, obviously that was a bad impression. Knowing where the song was written would have helped ME a lot, even if it means nothing to you.
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
So I guess not being vaccinated permanently ends any chance Aaron Rodgers had of becoming Jeopardy host.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Per the jeopardyfan.com, last nights result broke a streak:
"Today was the first game since July 9 where the leader going into Final Jeopardy! did not win. This ends a streak of 62 consecutive games. The record is 83 regular-play games, from May 20 through November 29, 2004."
"Today was the first game since July 9 where the leader going into Final Jeopardy! did not win. This ends a streak of 62 consecutive games. The record is 83 regular-play games, from May 20 through November 29, 2004."
Runkle
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
At least we don't have to look at the 1982 Goodwill bargin bin wardrobe for a while.
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