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WEEK 35 • May 18 — ONE asterisk * 171. America in the 1700s. “Every state shall always keep up a well regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutred” is in No. 6 of these. * 172. Adventure Novels. In this novel the surname of a pastor, his wife & 4 sons is not given in the text; the title was meant to evoke a 1719 novel. * 173. Classic TV Sitcoms. “I Love Lucy” used the French word “enceinte” in a 1952 episode title because CBS didn’t want this word used. 174. Military Slang. This word for high-ranking officials comes from a metal used in 19th century military insignia. 175. Ivy League Geography. This state borders 3 other states with Ivy League schools, but doesn’t have one itself.

I didn't find it odd at all. I know the names of Ivy schools but not the states where they are. What was interesting was the player from Philadelphia was the only one who answered correctly, he lives in the east. The players from Wisconsin and Louisiana ... and this one from Illinois ... didn't have a clue so guessed. Nice comeback for the new champ. Congrats.

Yeah, that made Phil look even more stupid, plus he ignored Pam making that statement. I don't think he believed her, even though she quoted the lyrics. I think it made him mad.

He's a regular on Funny You Should Ask. But it was a surprise to see him on this show. The players being caught on fire and playing through that, then being electrocuted ... they must have to sign lots of waivers!

I don't watch that show. Good to know for future reference. I post in that thread. Cannon's saying "sing-ger" multiple times every episode bugged me until I was told that's a running joke over there, everyone makes fun of him. So now I listen for it and enjoy it (since I'm not a NC fan). Now you have.

I kind of saw it as "It's all about me, look at me, look how clever I am, aren't I something, I am smarter than some girl who won money on some stupid game show, big deal, I'm DOCTOR PHIL. Admire me while I dissect these questions that had to be written by more girls because the words don't make sense to me, I'm DOCTOR PHIL! " He obviously has a different opinion of himself than I do.

Tonight continued the misery that is Dr. Phil. But when he said, after the "Africa" song clue that he was in school during the '80s, I was all WTH? So I looked it up. He was born in September 1950 and graduated with a Ph.D. in 1979, which is definitely NOT being "in school" during the '80s. So he's not only a dumbass, he's a lying dumbass. Side note: His Wikipedia page is full of details about the multiple lawsuits against him, and his being kicked out of practice, license to practice being revoked, and cheating his partners. His life has been nothing but scandal. The man is a scourge. I'd never heard of Kaitlin Olson, but I was impressed with her play. I needed that fresh air after the dickwad that was on before her.

I didn't watch this show last season, but I caught the Fanny Pack rerun last night and had a good time. So I watched this episode and enjoyed it. It had some funny laughs, and I even yelled out when some of the puts made it or didn't make it. It's a good brainless way to spend an hour, something I could use every night instead of just once a week. Even if it does look like I am alone here. *crickets*

Interestingly, I had just read this description of today's M.A.S.H. rerun before watching Jeopardy: "Season 2, Episode 8. Hot Lips and Frank challenge Henry's fitness to command by reporting the activities of the 4077th to the Army brass." FJ asked for "word," not plural "words." Top Brass was TMI (and some brass is more top than other brass) but the show in its kindness let it go. I was prepared to LMAO if anyone answered FedEx to "Since its founding in 1955, this company with locations in all 50 states has prepared more than 800 million tax returns." It was a laugh-less show, unfortunately.

You would if you watched The Masked Singer since Nick Cannon pronounces it "sing-ger."

Because I’m late for Jokey Jokey Thursday (where is @suebee12?), I’ll start with this one: A man was late for work. Boss: “You should have been here at 8:30.” Man: “Really? What happened at 8:30?” Now a few for numbers fans. What do you call dudes who love math? Algebros. Why was the fraction apprehensive about marrying the decimal? He knew he’d have to convert. Why is the math book so depressed? It has a lot of problems. Now for a brain cleanser before the bar jokes start: Moses is on top of Mount Sinai and he said to God, “I have a pounding headache, can you please help me.” God said to Moses, “Here, take these two tablets.” Two ladies walk into a bar, talking with a interesting accent. Bartender says, “Are you two ladies from Ireland?” One of them says, “It’s Wales, dummy.” Bartender says, “Okay, so are you two whales from Ireland?” A rabbi, a priest, and a Lutheran minister walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, "Is this some kind of joke?" The past, present and future walk into a bar. It was tense. A lion walks into a bar and asks the bartender, “Do you have any jobs?” The bartender shakes his head sadly and says, “No, sorry. Why don’t you try the circus?” The lion replies, “Why would the circus need a bartender?” Here's one for Latin geeks. Julius Caesar walks into a bar and says, "I'll have a Martinus." The bartender gives him a puzzled look and asks, "Don't you mean a Martini?" "Look," Caesar replies, "If I wanted a double, I'd have asked for it!" And finally, because it's already rained some eight inches here and is going to rain for the next three days ... A man had been on death row eight years and he just lost his last appeal. The execution day arrived, and after the priest had read to him, the hangman escorted him from his cell into the courtyard. The man is downhearted. “I don’t believe it, of all the days to be hung, it’s pouring down rain.” The hangman replied, “Well, it’s all right for you, I gotta walk back in it.”

They are identical. It's just that one is a good four-letter Scrabble word, the other is not. I was not surprised to see the audience shot. When I was in the audience, a large portion of it was made up of contestants waiting to get on and contestants who stuck around after being defeated, plus their family members. I give props to the show for trying to appear normal as long as possible.

Having spent way too much time on top of a horse at rodeos and on cow/calf operations, that photo was a Brahman which, it turns out, is a strain of Zebu. I admit I had a difficult time trying to fit Brahma into a four-letter, high-scoring Scrabble word.

I'm a big fan of ANW and all its offshoots, and I like Titan Games, so I was looking forward to this. But after the first 20 minutes my attention wandered off and I was doing something else, anything else, besides watching. I guess I'm out.

I never have heard of Febold. I guess I gotta google.

I'm in Illinois, and the briefings are shown here on COZI tv, affiliated with NBC Ch. 6. COZI is Ch. 6.3 while Jeopardy is aired on the main NBC Ch. 6. So we lucked out here, but Little House is preempted daily. Jeopardy might be carried by a network other than NBC where you live. As soon as I saw the FJ category, I said I bet my entire bank account. Any BW tv show and I'm in, and today was no exception. Lucy being pregnant was a huge deal, as was her being married to a Latin/non-white guy. They still had to keep separate twin beds, although even filming in a bedroom was mind-shattering in that day. Now I want some BW tv western categories so I can ace those too. Meanwhile, I got all the TSs today as well. (Good for me.)

Same here. Limas are green and flat, bigger. Butter beans are cream colored and shaped like a smaller kidney bean, or navy bean. I disliked limas intensely as a kid, but they are just fine now.

Every episode of this show lately has been "the finale." Not. At least in the clip shows we are spared all the (well, most of the) judge blathering. I find it impossible to look at Night Angel with that mouth, it's a replica of a sex doll's. Which maybe is why she is named Night Angel.

Because Spader owns this show. If I did, my cartoon avatar would be the hottest and best looking of all. Even more so than me IRL!

I watched Songland after this show, and those songwriters who performed on that show kicked the rear ends of every Listen To Your Heart contestant. Talk about night and day difference. This show was hurt by Rudi and Matt leaving before the performances. I was MEH about every final performance here. Nice to know Kaitlyn is still as gross as she was on her season. I want to know when Taye Diggs buys his ticket to the Bri/Chris show. It was nice that Bri discovered hair conditioner and a brush after the show ended.

I thought FJ was so easy, stupid show, really dumbing it down for "regular" players after the brainiac GOAT series. I answered immediately and spent the rest of the time mentally abusing the show's writers for such a simple brainless FJ. My answer was wrong.

Oh, the winners of Season 1. I guess that means there will be a Season 2. Jamie and Trevor ... They are the happiest since now they are FREE! Meanwhile, Bri needs to work on her RBF. It's even a BF when it's not resting. The crickets and I say "So long until Season 2 I guess."

Holy cow, who can eat all that food for breakfast? Looks like the entire film crew will get to chow down later.

I know. I totally don't get it. Can't people be good friends and good singers together? Or is the show forcing people to go home who aren't getting married on the last episode. Just stay, have fun together and sing on national tv. But for some reason, TPTB won't let them.

For anyone criticizing Megan for betting an amount in FJ, consider what Andy posted on today's page of TheJeopardyFan.com: "The Jeopardy! Fan is of the firm belief that the best course of action in the situation that Megan found herself in is to play for the victory. Remember that since November 2014, ties in regular play after Final Jeopardy! are broken by a tiebreaker clue. I also very firmly disagree with the premise that the show should revert to pre-2015 rules; the world is significantly more connected than it was when the original rule was devised in 1964 and it would be a Standards & Practices nightmare in order to avoid collusion in today’s connected world." It just didn't work out for her. Like lots of games just don't work out for lots of players. The tie-breaker clue sucks IMO. I wouldn't want to do it either.