Driad

4/5 + 1*.

Especially since the preview showed Mags having a heart problem, so it may have distracted some viewers from the rest of the episode.

What is Ian feeling guilty about? (I haven't seen all the episodes.)

3/5. Debating between spinach salad and pea soup.

The episode description said "young girls" but the girls were probably at least 16 since one of them was driving. "Young girls" to me are less than about 10 years old.

No, he had both male and female parts, a rare natural condition. He had not known about it.

4/5. Today I said Taj instead of Mahal. Shapeshifter, thank you for the cookie.

This came up a year or two ago, and someone said that they edit out some of the "What is" parts to speed up the broadcast game. I don't know whether that is true.

“I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around him.” ― Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance

The title "The Irrational" is interesting. For many shows ("The Equalizer," "The Good Doctor," etc.), the title describes the main character. In this show, Alec is not (supposed to be) irrational, but he studies irrational thinking and behavior.

Deserving a point does not require reading the book, or even actually knowing the answer. Fortunately for many of us, lucky guesses count!

Week 5: 3/5 + 1*. There was a question about pears so I'll poach some to bring.

AIUI, for regular play they do not schedule contestants with the same first name to be in the same game. In a tournament that may not always be possible. Would they use first names and initials (if different)? What if the last initials were the same?

Thank you, AnimeMania. My eyes are not the best, and I did not see the candle.

Zeke said that the package contained a blue candle that was very meaningful to him (at least I think that's what he said). But when he opened the package, the contents looked like a T-shirt. Can someone please clarify?

Every time we saw Mila, her eyes were open. If she couldn't blink, wouldn't her eyes become dry and painful? Maybe the nurse gave her eyedrops. I have heard of unconscious patients who couldn't blink having their eyelids gently taped shut.

Are the lyrics to the theme of the old Batman TV show copyrighted, since there is only one word?

4/5 + 1*. Bringing something involving blueberries.

Magnus Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion.

Trent and Dhan look too much alike for my weak eyes. Maybe one of them will shave. Someone who lived in an apartment with several deadbolt locks on the door told me not to lock all the locks. If someone picks the locks, they could lock an unlocked lock, so they still couldn't get in. Why don't previews have closed captions?

Where are the family tree charts when we need them?

4/5, no asterisk.

I don't care who they are, as long as there are only two of them per episode and they have interesting ancestor stories.

I rarely comment on clothing, but are both male contestants color blind? If they had traded shirts (or jackets/sweaters) they both would have looked better.

In one episode of BBT, Sheldon mentioned that he had learned Hindi at age 8 (before YS began). This is not mentioned in YS. I suspect he never told his family, because his mother would disapprove of his learning a language used by many non-Christians.