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18 hours ago, Grizzly said:
Just when I was feeling that I couldn't pull anything out of my brain, I knew FJ. Everyone else did too so I guess not a hard one. I loved the Asterix books.
I remember them from my childhood, but for some reason in my memory they moved from France to one of the Scandinavian countries. I picked Sweden....sigh....
15 hours ago, ProudMary said:I've been meaning to post about this since Laura Bligh told her Merv Griffin story on Tuesday evening's episode. I have a Merv Griffin story of my own that I always thought I'd tell if I ever made my way onto Jeopardy!, but that's not happening, so I thought I'd share it with you all.
I grew up in northeastern NJ, just across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan. When I was 6 or 7 years old, the Merv Griffin Show was still filming in New York. In our house, we watched Merv every night, so I was well acquainted with who he was. One day my parents took me (I'm an only child) into the city for the day, as we sometimes would. In the evening, we were walking in the Times Square area (very different in the 1960s!) heading to the terminal to catch the bus back to NJ.
My Mom, who had lived and worked in Manhattan for many years in the '40s and '50s, looked down one of the side streets and saw a few dozen people standing outside a side entrance to one of the theaters. Much to the chagrin of my Dad, my Mom cries out, "Ooh, autograph hounds," grabs my hand and starts hustling down the street. "I wonder who they're waiting for?" Almost as soon as we joined the group, a door opened and out walked Merv Griffin! Merv began signing autographs. My Mom pulled a shopping list out of her purse, handed it to me and my father somehow found a way to get me all the way to the front, where I found myself looking up at Merv Griffin. I heard my Dad call out, "One for the little girl, Merv!" Mr. Griffin looked down at me and said, "Hello little girl." I said "Hi Merv." He signed the back of my Mom's shopping list, smiled at me and patted me on the head.
And that's my childhood story about "meeting" the creator of Jeopardy!
That's cool! I have a sort of second hand Merv Griffin story that's not so pleasant (in my mind anyway). When I was a young teen, my cousin was on his talk show because he'd released a record with Motown (my cousin was quite white, btw) Merv treated him like a southern hick (which to be fair, he was from the deep south - about which his sister used to say in a deep southern drawl "There are only 3 southern states - Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia") 😂 Anyway, being the teen I was, I held a grudge against Griffin for a long time. I got over it. Growing up changes things. Still don't love him, though.
15 hours ago, Bastet said:I had no idea a cube for a super square was an existing saying; I heard a character on Cold Case say it -- Stillman was asked if he was a square back in the time period of the old case they were investigating, and he said oh, he was a cube -- and thought it was a really cute way of saying he was beyond square, not knowing the writer hadn't come up with it. I know a lot of "before my time" vernacular, but had never come across (or at least never registered) that one before.
It wasn't before my husband's time, and a little bit of my time, and neither of us had ever heard that before. Square I remember quite well.
It was kind of a crap game for me. I had a lot of cognitive paralysis (tm @ProudMary)
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15 hours ago, possibilities said:
I love the idea of a cookbook club.
Me too!
14 hours ago, shapeshifter said:NASA was an instaget — probably because I was already 8 years old in 1961 and more into astronomy than Barbies.
It was for me too - I'm a touch younger (not by much) but the space program was always a big deal to me.
I was astonished that no one got it. Not that the answers were terrible, but I would have expected someone to get it. It was as insta a get as I've ever had.
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On 4/29/2024 at 4:35 PM, Katy M said:
I suppose it should be, but how many feet in a mile just isn't a $200 question to me.
I hadn't a clue when it came to that one, but the mister just rattled it off like it was no big deal. Kinda ticked me off...
On 4/29/2024 at 7:35 PM, Bastet said:Now that I'm back in the viewing groove after taking two nights off for draft coverage, it's nice to see Amy again; keep paddling away underneath the waterline, Doc.
It occurred to me, after reading this, that she's exactly what she should be as an ER doc. Calm, not particularly expressive on the outside, while her mind runs a mile a minute figuring out how to help the patients that come in.
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On 4/30/2024 at 6:06 AM, 30 Helens said:
And since I hate to ruin a good streak...
0/5 again!!! Blame it on a combination of cognitive paralysis and advanced ignorance.
(Really, I just want more donuts.)
I will be using "cognitive paralysis" in the future - it describes exactly what happens to me. Thanks!
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TOURNAMENT STREAKS "CONTEST"
Here are the scores for the longest streaks of Zeroes, and the longest streaks of correct FJ scores during the tournament weeks (Week 23 through 31) as requested.
Tied for Longest Streak of 0s (Week 23 – 31)
• @shapeshifter –Zeroes Streak = 5 (Total Zeroes = 6)
• @SoMuchTV – Zeroes Streak = 5 (Total Zeroes = 5)
Runner-Up
• @30 Helens – Zeroes Streak = 4 (Total Zeroes = 4)
Golden Donuts for you all
Longest Scoring Streak (Week 23 – 31)
4 Contestants had FJ scores for each week. They are ranked by the sum of their FJs.
• @theartandsound – 25 points
• @Driad – 23 points
• @Grundoon59 – 16 points
• @Bliss – 14 points
• @Good Queen Jane – 13 points Golden Cocktails for you!
And one for me for finally finishing this up! 😆
Reminder - The Master's Tournament is Prime Time, and is not part of the Jeopardy Season 40 Contest. If someone else wants to take it on - have at it!
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15 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
Retired web designer, ontologist, librarian, and archivist shakes her head.
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Sorry. I'm old and made my first web page in the pre-browser early 90s.
But feel free to trample my lawn.🙃Me too. Except for archivist. I usually hover over links like "here" - or any "hidden" link to see where it goes to - works just fine here.
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On 4/27/2024 at 5:34 AM, Mindthinkr said:
2/5 this week. I think it’ll be a popular table.
I don’t know what to bring to the table.Just yourself is fine 🙂
23 hours ago, zoey1996 said:April 22
Week 33: 0/5, no *
YTD: 68/165, nine *
I have no excuse for this week. I truly knew none of them.
Seems to me like truly not knowing them is the best of excuses.
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Week 33 – April 22 – Two Asterisks
161. *20th CENTURY AUTHORS - Best known for a novel, she wrote at least 6 full-length plays & collaborated with Moms Mabley on a 1931 Broadway revue (Zora Neale Hurston)
162. BUSINESS - In the 1850s the .925 sterling silver standard was instituted by this company, the first American one to do so (Tiffany)
163. HISTORIC TRANSPORTS - Decorated with an illustration of the Montgolfiers' craft, the smoking room aboard this could be accessed only via an airlock (The Hindenburg)
164. *STATUES -The 42-foot-high statue of Athena in this state capital is the tallest indoor statue in the United States (Nashville)
165. U.S. GEOGRAPHY - At 14,410', it's one of North America's highest volcanoes; a Puyallup name for it can be translated to "bring the water" (Mt. Rainer)1/5 for me this week. Tiffany - totally thought it was wrong, but viola!
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On 4/24/2024 at 8:10 AM, chitowngirl said:
Anything I know about CERN I learned from The Big Bang Theory! 😆
In a weird coincidence, we watched that very episode on our local Fox channel last night.
17 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:Okay, so when the FJ! category of Historic Transports came up, was I the only one who preguessed The Edmund Fitzgerald?
I'm happy to say it never entered my mind. But neither did the Hindenburg (though the mister got it).
4 hours ago, shapeshifter said:And I guess I'm also the only one who f'loved the new champ because I related to her story of having had so many addresses. Maybe @Clanstarling too?
I must confess, I've had a few - but then again, a few too many.
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14 hours ago, Browncoat said:
Add me to the Wells Fargo list. Jewelry didn't occur to me, either.
.....I should have gotten CERN, but it didn't make it from my brain to my mouth in time.
My first thought was Wells Fargo, then I went with Tiffany, which I thought was very, very wrong. It was a nice surprise.
Same here regarding CERN. As someone who worked in tech my entire career (and was working when the first emails started - I'm THAT old), I hang my head in shame.
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On 4/21/2024 at 2:18 AM, 30 Helens said:
0/5. I’ll just sit in the corner and stuff my face with some of that freaky looking crayon cake. Or some real crayons. I don’t deserve cake.
As others have said, EVERYONE deserves cake (and ice cream), and those with a zero week deserve it even more.
13 hours ago, dankesean said:ooop, fell behind by a week. OK, catching up:
week 31: a (for me) rare 4/5, with the *.
week 32- a much more common 3/5, but with one (not both) *.
dankeschön, Dankesean!
I ended up 2/5 with no *. But that's an improvement. So I'm good with that.
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12 hours ago, Driad said:
This was also an asterisk -- they all wrote Arkansas.
Thank You! As I was finishing it up to put on the forum, I thought, should I double check? Clearly my answer was no. Wrong answer! 😂
PS - For once the Thank You icon seemed to cover the response for me - thanks, boy am I embarrassed!
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Week 32 – April 15 Regular Jeopardy – Two Asterisks
156. GREAT BRITS - From 1689 to 1690 & 1701 to 1702, he served as a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Cambridge University (Newton)
157. *WORDS & THEIR MEANINGS - Churchill gave a word a new meaning when he called for a "talk with Soviet Russia upon the highest level... a parley at" this (summit)
158. ORGANIZATIONS - The press called the donations received after this org.'s 1938 founding "a silver tide which actually swamped the White House" (March of Dimes)
159. * ALPHABETICAL AMERICA - Until Alabama became the 22nd state, this one was first alphabetically (Connecticut)
160. COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS - Featured in a 2020 film, she gets her name from a 16th c. Italian stock character who often wore diamond-patterned outfits (Harly Quinn)Edited because there were two * - and I neglected to double check. Sigh...
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20 hours ago, MrAtoz said:
Sung by Murray Head, older brother of Anthony Stewart Head from Buffy, and the original Judas on the Jesus Christ Superstar concept album.
My favorite album ever. I saw a community theater performance of it when I was a teen, and have been hooked on it ever since.
16 hours ago, PaulaO said:Doc Holliday was a bad Ass, nothing like Ashley Wilkes. Where did the writers come up with that clue. Insta get FJ!
Yeah, that was a head scratcher.
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17 hours ago, peachmangosteen said:
I wouldn't say being anti-police makes them bad guys at all.
No, but basically attacking him verbally the first time they meet him - knowing he's the nephew of their friend - doesn't exactly make them great guys either.
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On 4/17/2024 at 8:19 AM, Shrek said:
In my mid twenties I had hair identical to that, long blonde curls half way down my back just like Frampton on the cover of Frampton Comes Alive & yes I'm a male, now it's just grey & short.
So's Peter Frampton's. 😉
2 hours ago, PaulaO said:I had no idea what the sunshine waistline clue referred to. I’m waaaay too old to know One Night in Bangkok.
I can't find the clue - but I remember the One Night in Bangkok answer. Despite being old I remembered the title. Just looked it up on YouTube. I remember the video, and I don't hate the song. It's kinda catchy, imo.
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On 4/17/2024 at 8:18 AM, SoMuchTV said:
My vote is for awarding the longest 0 streak, regardless of when it started/ended. Alternatively, the Tournament of Champions started on Feb 23. I think that's when we started realizing we weren't in Kansas anymore, even if some of us might have already had a streak going at that point. So maybe just count ToC and JIT games (so, Feb. 23-Apr. 9)?
And to be fair, (and since you're going back and counting anyway) may I suggest also awarding the longest correct streak?
Thanks, and I think the longest correct streak is a good idea. So I'll be calculating:
- the longest 0 streak overall,
- the longest 0 streak since the TOC, et al
- the longest correct streak overall,
- the longest correct streak during the TOC, et al.
If anyone objects to being included in any category, send me a message.
16 hours ago, ams1001 said:Sadly, no. The dog in my profile pic is long gone and he wouldn't have eaten it, anyway.
Aww, I'm so sorry. I still miss our dog who used to clean up the floor when we dropped food. Especially, for some odd reason, dried pasta. He loved dried pasta.
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15 hours ago, dgpolo said:
I got FJ, yay! Also got the TSs of crow, Beetlejuice, crayons, otter, Land of the Lost, and -trying to claw my way to Spenser- got Robert Urich instead.
So close...
15 hours ago, Katy M said:FJ was obvious once revealed, but I said apex because I didn't know.
So close too...
39 minutes ago, PaulaO said:Humble Pie was Steve Marriott’s band but the writers figured nobody would know his name. Obviously nobody knew Frampton…. I need black coffee now.
I only knew Frampton from his solo years - and never knew anything about him or his background. Just that long curly hair 😘
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12 hours ago, juliet73 said:
My husband and I call each other Esposo and Esposa (Spanish for husband and wife) all the time. That’s how we’re stored in each other’s phones too. 😊 IMO, the bit with Bobby and Athena sounded very robotic and clunky, especially when Bobby said it. And I don’t ever remember them calling each other husband or wife before so it sounded even weirder.
Esposo and Esposa sound so much nicer, though. More romantic. 😊
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Hey folks, remind me of what date/week I should use for the start of calculating the 0 streak champion(s). I've forgotten amid all the tournaments and such.
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12 hours ago, theartandsound said:
Many apologies. This should bring my account current.
😜WEEK 29 (25 MAR): 5/5, 2*.
WEEK 30 (01 APR): 4/5.
WEEK 31 (08 APR): 3/5.
No apologies necessary. Glad to get my spreadsheet filled in. 😉
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19 hours ago, eel2178 said:
Medical facilities on board a cruise ship are on par with a major hospital's ICU.
And given this was one of those extremely long cruises, I'd expect even better facilities (and doctors).
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23 hours ago, opus said:
No, I don't play the asterisk game part of this contest. The blue one is just one of the emojis available here at the site, in this case denoting my one correct answer.
Thank you. I'll keep a note of that.
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23 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:
Yeah because will Trent is also better than all the other cop shows. It’s just so well done. I’m getting partial to the new show Elsbeth, however.
I have to agree that these days, it certainly is the best of the ones I watch.
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Golden Donuts for you all
Golden Cocktails for you!
Jeopardy! Season 40 (2023-2024)
in Jeopardy!
Thanks, that's very interesting. I like that it's a name connected with her family, even if it's difficult for me to pronounce (from the spelling, anyway).