MrAtoz

I feel so out of it. Ken said, "You had to think of the Parthenon in Nashville," and all three of the contestants went "Ohhhh, yeah!" Meanwhile, I went, "There's a Parthenon in Nashville?"

I believe so, although I'm not sure that The Joker and its sequel(s) are in continuity with the rest of the current DC films.

Okay, time to put my comic book geek hat on. Harley Quinn debuted in the 1992 Saturday morning cartoon Batman: The Animated Series. She was the Joker's henchwoman/lover, and was originally only supposed to appear in one episode. She was voiced by Arleen Sorkin, who passed away just last year (RIP). The character was popular enough that she was brought back in multiple episodes, and eventually crossed over into the comic books. Eventually she realized that her relationship with the Joker was toxic, and broke free of his influence to become, if not exactly a hero, then at least an antihero who wants to overcome her tendency toward violence and criminality. As mentioned, she is played brilliantly by Margot Robbie in the live action movies, and equally brilliantly by Kaley Cuoco in the for-adults-only animated series on MAX.

Sung by Murray Head, older brother of Anthony Stewart Head from Buffy, and the original Judas on the Jesus Christ Superstar concept album.

Surely you meant to say "that delightful One Night in Bangkok song." 😀 I, too, have never heard of "Manuka." Honey, to the best of my knowledge, comes in little squeezable plastic bears.

It was also the name of a centaur in the Harry Potter books.

How is it the young people put it? I was today years old when I learned that "hawk" and "falcon" are not two different words for the same critter.

I said the Sea of Azov for FJ. But I was visualizing the Sea of Marmara, while calling it the wrong name. So I think that counts.

I like "Carefree Highway" as well. Also "Sundown" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy." In a way, it's too bad that "Edmund Fitzgerald" is the song that everyone immediately associates him with. It may be the worst of his well-known songs. It's worth looking into his other stuff if you enjoy that type of music.

The clue itself said "John Quincy Adams." He would have been 15 years old at the time, the right age for that kind of snark.

I knew them but couldn't remember their name. I wanted to say "Williamson Brothers," even though I knew it wasn't right. Went back and forth between the Golden Horde and the Mongols. Let's just pretend that I decided on Golden Horde, shall we?

It's an interesting contrast. On The Chase, they have to act so confident and superior, always smarter than the mere mortals who are the contestants. It was fun to see Victoria so excited about winning.

Chief Bromden isn't really mute; he just pretends to be. The narration is an almost stream-of-consciousness thing, as if it's what's going through his mind as events happen. Within the story, he speaks out loud very little. I got FJ, but I'm not surprised that many people didn't. It was certainly on the obscure side.

Brandon was in the 2008 Teen Tournament, apparently, so it's not surprising that people don't remember him as a Jeopardy! contestant. As mentioned, he's become much more prominent since then, with big success on both Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and University Challenge. He's now a Chaser on both the American and Australian versions of The Chase. BTW, if you're not familiar with University Challenge, look up some episodes on YouTube some time. It's way harder than Jeopardy! could ever hope to be.

One of the things that people complained about with Arthur was his technique of jumping from category to category rather than playing all the clues in one category from top to bottom. Even though he didn't invent that practice--it's called "the Forrest bounce" for a reason--it really got a lot of attention (mostly negative) when he did it. Nowadays it's become so common as to be completely unremarkable. Somebody on one of the Jeopardy contestant Facebook groups pointed out that 10 years ago, the top three game winners were Ken Jennings (74 wins), Dave Madden (19 wins), and Arthur Chu (11 wins). All three of whom were on the stage together yesterday.