Jeopardy! Season 38 (2021-2022)

[possibilities]

Does anyone have stats on how many TS are typical in a game? I keep feeling like we have a lot of them these days, but I don't know if that's just because Matt and Amy knew everything and it skews my recollections.

Mattea is quick, and she has a varied knowledge base, and I'm so impressed by that. She also seems to be a fairly buoyant, joyful personality, which makes ME more relaxed when watching. I never realized how tense I get normally! I'm sure she's nervous and not as relaxed as all that, but her affect is much different than most players, and it makes her come across like she is.

I really really like it when there are no clues left unrevealed, so that's been a plus for me.

I have an extreme aversion to nose jewelry, but I know that's my own hang up.

[30 Helens]

2 hours ago, Toothbrush said:

I was disappointed that her DD wager in single (tm Mayim) Jeopardy was so low. Even if it wasn’t a good category for her, both of her competitors were in the red, so even if she lost it all she’d be ahead. I would have bet it all. Yes, I’m very brave from my recliner lol 

This happened twice, and both times she had a huge runaway lead. And this is why I don’t like her and she has to go.

I preguessed FJ and still got it wrong because I second guessed my guess.

3 hours ago, Katy M said:

This is the age of the internet.

Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative, and satiety behaviors in Prader-Willi syndrome (Book, 2007) [WorldCat.org]

I'm not reading it.

Yes, but do we have proof that she actually wrote it?

Don’t mind me, I’m just bored.

[Cotypubby]

10 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

Newark is only slightly smaller than Dover WHEN college is in session but the permanent resident population is much lower; most people outside of the immediate area have never heard of Newark unless they or a relative attended the University of Delaware.

And I just now learned that there is a city called Newark in Delaware! I thought she answered “Newark” as in New Jersey and was laughing at how obviously wrong that was! 😬 oops! 😅

[Bastet]

48 minutes ago, possibilities said:

Does anyone have stats on how many TS are typical in a game?

I've looked for this before and couldn't find any solid numbers, just lots of references to them being uncommon (true, but how uncommon?).  I just did another quick search, and same thing -- I can't find where anyone has ever calculated the actual average.  My guess is it's around five to eight, but I don't know.

What has been stated, though, is the most TS in a regular game clocked in at a whopping 24, including FJ.  And, surprisingly, in an Ultimate Tournament of Champions (2005) game, there were also 24 (but FJ was answered correctly -- by the one contestant left after DJ).

[DrSpaceman73]

She missed a chance at a huge payday.  Big lead and Daiy double last clue and then plenty of room for a big fj bet. 

I said lichtenstein.  Not a bad guess it's right there by all those countries too. Thought about Luxembourg but it's bigger than the other two more than 38000 people I'm sure. 

Monaco is lots of millionaires too. 1/3 of the residents are millionaires. 

[Mindthinkr]

     I’m ready for Ken to come back and host. Nothing against Mayim. She’s adequate, but I don’t think she is as good of a fit as Ken is. 
    I came up with posse, Sir Walter Raleigh, transcontinental railroad, adrenaline, and trachea (actually I ran that category). 
    I pre guessed Lichtenstein and ruled that out once I saw the clue. The the person next to me was screaming SanMarino. I thought Monoco, but I kept being told I was wrong. It’s probably what I would have written if I was at the podium so I’ll take it. I like playing with the cats better. They always think I’m right, even when I am wrong. 

[Clanstarling]

13 hours ago, Katy M said:

I briefly considered Monaco, immediately discarded it, settled on San Marino and at the last second changed it to Malta.  At least I got to travel all around Europe in 30 seconds.

Except for getting to Malta, that's exactly how it went with me. I was kind of proud at myself for remembering San Marino, since I suck at small countries. Alas, should have gone with my first thought.

12 hours ago, Toothbrush said:

It’s very early days, but Mattea seems like she has the potential to be a long-running champion. And now I’ve probably jinxed her.

I think so too, she's a powerhouse and I like her a lot.

10 hours ago, possibilities said:

Mattea is quick, and she has a varied knowledge base, and I'm so impressed by that. She also seems to be a fairly buoyant, joyful personality, which makes ME more relaxed when watching.

That's my impression too. I don't know if she relaxes me, but I do enjoy her. I guess I don't really mind runaway games when I like the person who is  ahead. I'm shallow that way.

I did okay - not a stellar game, but I ran the Magnificent Seven, and it's been awhile since I ran a category. (I shocked myself by getting Pleiades - my astronomical knowledge is weak). 

 

[SoMuchTV]

10 hours ago, possibilities said:

Does anyone have stats on how many TS are typical in a game? I keep feeling like we have a lot of them these days, but I don't know if that's just because Matt and Amy knew everything and it skews my recollections.

 

9 hours ago, Bastet said:

I've looked for this before and couldn't find any solid numbers, just lots of references to them being uncommon (true, but how uncommon?).  I just did another quick search, and same thing -- I can't find where anyone has ever calculated the actual average.  My guess is it's around five to eight, but I don't know.

What has been stated, though, is the most TS in a regular game clocked in at a whopping 24, including FJ.  And, surprisingly, in an Ultimate Tournament of Champions (2005) game, there were also 24 (but FJ was answered correctly -- by the one contestant left after DJ).

Thejeopardyfan.com has TS counts in the individual game recaps (in the "Game Stats" section) but I haven't found anyplace where they're tracked all in one place.  I believe so far this week there have been 9, 11, and 12.

[Cotypubby]

What is really annoying me about Mayim is the perfomative enthusiasm she puts on every episode. Like every time someone finds a Daily Double she’s all “A Daily Double!! Wow!!” as if a DD is something unexpected.

[Bliss]

Splitting hairs here, perhaps... does anyone else notice the nanosecond longer it takes Mayim to acknowledge contestants' questions being correct? Ken seems faster, to me. He's almost seamless. Methinx it's because he's smarter (about trivia) and knows the correct question/answer (and doesn't rely on his earbud telling him "yep!").

[Clanstarling]

5 minutes ago, Bliss said:

Splitting hairs here, perhaps... does anyone else notice the nanosecond longer it takes Mayim to acknowledge contestants' questions being correct? Ken seems faster, to me. He's almost seamless. Methinx it's because he's smarter (about trivia) and knows the correct question/answer (and doesn't rely on his earbud telling him "yep!").

Yes, we've noticed that. When it's a possible BMS, that's one thing. But if it's right, there seems to be no reason to delay (I'd say it was a second, rather than a nanosecond, but then I'm impatient).

[possibilities]

I noticed what I thought was a very long hesitation which allowed someone to correct her response when she would have been ruled wrong otherwise. I've seen that happen with other hosts, but not with that long of a window to fix it.

[chessiegal]

Once again, thank you Rick Steves. He did a show on the small countries of Europe. Monaco fit the clue.

[shapeshifter]

12 hours ago, possibilities said:

Does anyone have stats on how many TS are typical in a game? I keep feeling like we have a lot of them these days, but I don't know if that's just because Matt and Amy knew everything and it skews my recollections.

11 hours ago, Bastet said:

I've looked for this before and couldn't find any solid numbers, just lots of references to them being uncommon (true, but how uncommon?).  I just did another quick search, and same thing -- I can't find where anyone has ever calculated the actual average.  My guess is it's around five to eight, but I don't know.

What has been stated, though, is the most TS in a regular game clocked in at a whopping 24, including FJ.  And, surprisingly, in an Ultimate Tournament of Champions (2005) game, there were also 24 (but FJ was answered correctly -- by the one contestant left after DJ).

1 hour ago, SoMuchTV said:

Thejeopardyfan.com has TS counts in the individual game recaps (in the "Game Stats" section) but I haven't found anyplace where they're tracked all in one place.  I believe so far this week there have been 9, 11, and 12.

Using my Retired Academic Librarian Google-Fu skills (meaning my once Black Belt in Google-Fu is now a bit tarnished and gray), I found a 2014 article by UC Computer Science professor and seeming Jeopardy! fan Benjamin Soltoff: 
https://bensoltoff.com/blog/the-forrest-bounce-and-its-effect-on-triple-stumpers/
He footnotes a link to a data parser that is beyond my CS ken: https://github.com/stucky/jeopardy-parser 
However, I did send him a message via his Contact form, asking if he could give ". . . 'stats on how many TS [Triple Stumpers] are typical in a game?' . . ."
If the number of times I had to check boxes with images of crosswalks is any indication, I might expect a response in 3 business days, or perhaps some unknown quantity of days to the power of 3.

Stay tuned, fearless J! fans.

 

[shapeshifter]

6 hours ago, DrSpaceman73 said:

Monaco is lots of millionaires too. 1/3 of the residents are millionaires. 

2 hours ago, chessiegal said:

Once again, thank you Rick Steves. He did a show on the small countries of Europe. Monaco fit the clue.

I did get the FJ of Monaco. 
I have guessed Monaco incorrectly for tiny country J! clues at least 3 times since I began watching regularly around August 2020 in honor of my mom's passing, but then started rejecting it for Luxembourg or Vatican City or Lichtenstein (and will now in the future consider San Marino), but this time Monaco seemed to fit the clue somehow in my brain:

• Clue:
  French, Italian & Swiss nationals make up about half of its population of 38,000
   
• shapeshifter's brain in 30 seconds:
  • "population of 38,000" seemed likely for Monaco
    (we were taught on the east coast in the 50s-early 60s to keep all math computation in our heads, so I am still a crack shot at estimates, even though this got me accused of cheating in 5th grade math when we moved to the Midwest where schools required showing all work on math problems).
    And because...
  • [Mom was a follower of American actress Grace Kelly's marriage to Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956, at which time Grace Kelly became Princess of Monaco],
    so sometime in the next couple of years I chose Monaco as my country for a middle-school Country Report. 
    
    Although being a housewife, mother, elementary school secretary, dress shop manager, book club president, and armchair Jeopardy! champion, Mom never gave up dreams of her life as an actress/princess/millionaire--or Dad's dream of Mom becoming a real Jeopardy! champion.

 

Edited April 7, 2022 by shapeshifter

[ABay]

15 hours ago, Katy M said:

This is the age of the internet.

Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative, and satiety behaviors in Prader-Willi syndrome (Book, 2007) [WorldCat.org]

I'm not reading it.

 

 

Beat me to it! From Proquest's Theses & Dissertations database:

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Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a neurogenetic disorder that occurs in 1 in approximately 20,000 and is the leading cause of genetic obesity. Individuals with PWS present with an array of maladaptive behaviors and compared to others with intellectual disabilities, are more apt to show compulsive behaviors. The features of PWS intuitively suggest hypothalamic and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA) dysfunction. Previous PWS studies have confirmed hypothalamic dysfunction of hormone secretions and hormone-producing neurons, and we address if PWS and the behavioral profile typical of individuals with PWS is associated with alterations in the secretions of oxytocin (OT), vasopressin (VP), and cortisol. OT, VP and cortisol in peripheral plasma were measured using enzyme immunoassay in 21 subjects with PWS (12 females, 9 males) and in 30 normal non-obese control subjects (16 females, 14 males) at a single time point. Behavioral assessments included the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), the Achenbach Child Behavioral Checklist (CBCL), the Reiss Personality Profiles and a Hyperphagia Questionnaire. Plasma OT (P<0.05) and plasma VP (P<0.05) were elevated in individuals with PWS after logarithmically transforming the data when compared to normal control subjects, and this effect was sex-specific, with males with PWS having increased oxytocin compared to females (P<0.05). In males with PWS, there were significant negative correlations between VP and maladaptive (P<0.05) and food behaviors (P<0.05). In females with PWS there were significant negative correlations between cortisol and maladaptive behaviors (P< 0.01). There were positive correlations in females between OT and obsessive and compulsive behaviors (P<0.05) and one aspect of affiliative behaviors (P<0.01). In female control subjects, OT correlated positively with externalizing behaviors, somatic complaints, anxiety, attention and aggression (P<0.05), while VP correlated positively with sexuality (P<0.05), and cortisol correlated positively with independence (P<0.05). In male control subjects, cortisol correlated positively with anxiety and a sum of maladaptive behaviors (P<0.05), while VP correlated positively with food (P<0.05). These data provide support for hypothalamic dysfunction in PWS. The associations between OT, VP, and cortisol and maladaptive, food-related, and obsessive and compulsive symptomatology in PWS warrant further investigation.

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Biological sciences; Hypothalamus; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Oxytocin; Prader-Willi syndrome; Satiety; Vasopressin

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Hypothalamic Regulation in Relation to Maladaptive, Obsessive-compulsive, Affiliative, and Satiety Behaviors in Prader-Willi Syndrome

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Bialik, Mayim Chaya

[PaulaO]

I confidently answered Monte Carlo.  D’OH!  I also have been noticing the too long pause.   Have not noticed Mattae’s nose ring though. A benefit of having a 10 year old 27 inch tv.

[Clanstarling]

57 minutes ago, ABay said:

Beat me to it! From Proquest's Theses & Dissertations database:

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Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a neurogenetic disorder that occurs in 1 in approximately 20,000 and is the leading cause of genetic obesity. Individuals with PWS present with an array of maladaptive behaviors and compared to others with intellectual disabilities, are more apt to show compulsive behaviors. The features of PWS intuitively suggest hypothalamic and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA) dysfunction. Previous PWS studies have confirmed hypothalamic dysfunction of hormone secretions and hormone-producing neurons, and we address if PWS and the behavioral profile typical of individuals with PWS is associated with alterations in the secretions of oxytocin (OT), vasopressin (VP), and cortisol. OT, VP and cortisol in peripheral plasma were measured using enzyme immunoassay in 21 subjects with PWS (12 females, 9 males) and in 30 normal non-obese control subjects (16 females, 14 males) at a single time point. Behavioral assessments included the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), the Achenbach Child Behavioral Checklist (CBCL), the Reiss Personality Profiles and a Hyperphagia Questionnaire. Plasma OT (P<0.05) and plasma VP (P<0.05) were elevated in individuals with PWS after logarithmically transforming the data when compared to normal control subjects, and this effect was sex-specific, with males with PWS having increased oxytocin compared to females (P<0.05). In males with PWS, there were significant negative correlations between VP and maladaptive (P<0.05) and food behaviors (P<0.05). In females with PWS there were significant negative correlations between cortisol and maladaptive behaviors (P< 0.01). There were positive correlations in females between OT and obsessive and compulsive behaviors (P<0.05) and one aspect of affiliative behaviors (P<0.01). In female control subjects, OT correlated positively with externalizing behaviors, somatic complaints, anxiety, attention and aggression (P<0.05), while VP correlated positively with sexuality (P<0.05), and cortisol correlated positively with independence (P<0.05). In male control subjects, cortisol correlated positively with anxiety and a sum of maladaptive behaviors (P<0.05), while VP correlated positively with food (P<0.05). These data provide support for hypothalamic dysfunction in PWS. The associations between OT, VP, and cortisol and maladaptive, food-related, and obsessive and compulsive symptomatology in PWS warrant further investigation.

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Biological sciences; Hypothalamus; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Oxytocin; Prader-Willi syndrome; Satiety; Vasopressin

Title

Hypothalamic Regulation in Relation to Maladaptive, Obsessive-compulsive, Affiliative, and Satiety Behaviors in Prader-Willi Syndrome

Author

Bialik, Mayim Chaya

I think I have maladaptive behavior when it comes to reading medical abstracts.

[30 Helens]

3 hours ago, possibilities said:

I noticed what I thought was a very long hesitation which allowed someone to correct her response when she would have been ruled wrong otherwise. I've seen that happen with other hosts, but not with that long of a window to fix it.

Yes! I could have prepared and eaten lunch in the time it took that person to answer, think about it some more, then answer again. It seemed like time would have run out, even if Mayim didn’t have her act together.

[Katy M]

37 minutes ago, 30 Helens said:

Yes! I could have prepared and eaten lunch in the time it took that person to answer, think about it some more, then answer again. 

I think you're exagerrating.

[PaulaO]

The contestants have GOT TO STOP with the “cutesy” comments after they answer.  That should result in automatic disqualification.  It wasn’t cute or funny when James did it.  It’s not cute or funny now.

[Browncoat]

Catching up from last night.  I did not get FJ.  I pre-guessed Lichtenstein, and when the clue was revealed, took a mental tour of small European countries, including (but not limited to) San Marino, Monaco, Luxembourg, and Malta.  I almost settled on San Marino, but decided that since Jeopardy loves Lichtenstein, I'd stick with that one.  Oh well.  I'd have been wrong either way.

But I did get the TS of caliber, posse, Stagecoach, agriculture, adrenaline, and trachea.  For the trans-continental railroad, I just said railroad, so I'll need a ruling from the judges whether or not that would have been accepted or would have gotten a BMS.

[Prevailing Wind]

1 hour ago, Browncoat said:

Catching up from last night.  I did not get FJ.  I pre-guessed Lichtenstein, and when the clue was revealed, took a mental tour of small European countries, including (but not limited to) San Marino, Monaco, Luxembourg, and Malta. 

What have you got against Andorra?

I never consider Luxembourg to be a "small country" because I always lump it together with Belgium & Netherlands. Vatican is the one I tend to forget, but never Liechtenstein. When I was a kid, my mom had a 45 record of "The Liechtensteiner Polka" that she played incessantly.

 

[Leeds]

6 hours ago, PaulaO said:

I confidently answered Monte Carlo.  D’OH!  I also have been noticing the too long pause.   Have not noticed Mattae’s nose ring though. A benefit of having a 10 year old 27 inch tv.

Mine is smaller though slightly younger (talking about TVs here).  How do we old geysers manage in the modern world?

37 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said:

What have you got against Andorra?

I never consider Luxembourg to be a "small country" because I always lump it together with Belgium & Netherlands. Vatican is the one I tend to forget, but never Liechtenstein. When I was a kid, my mom had a 45 record of "The Liechtensteiner Polka" that she played incessantly.

 

I'm not allowing myself to click on this because I want to survive long enough to watch tonight's episode.  Speaking of survival, how did you, your mum, and the record make it as far as the age of noise cancelling earphones?

[illdoc]

I don't know which TS upset me more: "Pumping Iron" or "The Blue Boy"????

As for Velcro....I saw an episode of "I've Got a Secret" from 1960 or so (not originally--on Buzzr). The secret was that this woman was going to stand on a ceiling. She put on Velcro-bottomed shoes and they helped her up onto the bottom (ie "ceiling") of a 10-foot  platform and she hung there by just her shoes for several minutes while the host was talking. Velcro was a new thing and a guy (from NASA?) talked about how they were planning on covering the inside of a rocket ship with it and the astronauts would be able to walk around the ship "normally" in the zero-gravity with their Velcro shoes (not, apparently covering the entire bottom of the shoe, just 25%). Obviously, that plan was not carried out (can you imagine hearing the ripping of the Velcro constantly in that tiny area???).

[Browncoat]

I did not get FJ again tonight.  I said polyester.  

The only TS I got were wallpaper, Pumping Iron, The Blue Boy, and Howard's End.  

[Fex]

I just read Howard's End recently and was shocked to find out the title was the name of a house... so I got that one, but wouldn't have not that long ago! 

I did get velcro, but it wasn't instant. 

[Prevailing Wind]

Velcro: There was a lady in our church who worked as a cleaner for Braniff Airlines. (early 60s) They were changing the color scheme, so our friend brought home leftover fabrics & passed some out to her sewing friends at church. Along with the very sturdy fabric, she gave away yards of Velcro. Seems Braniff made headrest "doilies" out of the fabric that matched the seats and attached them with Velcro. Mom made a make-up pouch for me to put in my purse. Because I have bad sinuses & a morning-hours runny nose, I also kept a "pocket pak" of Kleenex in the pouch. Every time I needed a Kleenex, the entire class would hear me rip open that Velcro.

[secnarf]

My brain was just not co-operating tonight. There were several answers I knew but couldn't pull out of my brain in time - including final jeopardy.

[ams1001]

Got home super late and just finished watching on youtube. Ran Literature for Younger Readers, anti-ran Ballpark (though I was in the right city for one of them, at least). Missed one each in Figure and Computers/Internet, In the City, Quotepourri, and Who Wants Dessert? (I do please.) Missed 2-3 in everything else.

My TSes were Tokyo, wallpaper (DD), firewall, Blue Boy (DD), Howard's End.

FJ was an instaget (before Mayim finished reading it, even), and an *! Not doing too bad in the contest this week for once.
 

[Bliss]

Every time velcro is discussed, I can still see David Letterman dressed in a velcro suit, throwing his body at a velcro wall... and sticking there.

[ams1001]

4 minutes ago, Bliss said:

Every time velcro is discussed, I can still see David Letterman dressed in a velcro suit, throwing his body at a velcro wall... and sticking there.

Never saw that before. (I was a little young for late night TV in 1984.)

[Bliss]

3 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

Never saw that before. (I was a little young for late night TV in 1984.)

Thank you @ams1001!

[Prevailing Wind]

I remember how Dave almost lost consciousness when they dunked him in a giant bowl of water + Alka Seltzer.  The out-gassing from the Alks-Seltzer blocked the oxygen from getting to him. There was the giant bowl of Rice Krispies and the leather suit studded with magnets that allowed Dave to pick up a bunch of cans without touching them, but NOTHING beats the Velcro suit.

[ProudMary]

1 hour ago, ams1001 said:

Never saw that before. (I was a little young for late night TV in 1984.)

Oh my, I had forgotten all about the Velcro wall! And then they began to pop up at carnivals, where people could try one out on their own. That's a real blast from the past!

I wish I could say I thought of Velcro for FJ. Unfortunately, the only guess I could come up with was Spandex and I knew it was wrong. 😒

[Bastet]

Mattea finally had a challenger in Reagan; her first two games, the other contestants were just sort of there.  The FJ wagering strategy on the archive called for Mattea to bet $6801 and Reagan to bet between $0-2000.  Mattea did just that, and if Reagan had as well, she'd have won (by $1 if she went with $2000), since they both missed it.

I know it was only a $200 clue, but showing gold in the first WWII clue was pretty ridiculous.

I came so close to running the first round, but missed two palindromes.  I usually nail the vocabulary categories, and struggle with war history and kid lit, but this time I missed two words - sus and poop - and ran the others.

I did well in DJ, too, running cities and dessert, and getting all but one in painting, quotes, documentaries.  My "worst" category was missing two in music, so that was a great round.

No dice in FJ, though. I went down the fabric, rather than fasteners, road, so the only thing from that time I could come up with was spandex, but that didn't seem to fit the other two parts of the clue.  So I wound up with no guess at all.

[3 is enough]

Got FJ. 
I got a kick out of Mattea’s English Canadian pronunciation of Montreal (Mun-treal) instead of the typical American pronunciation ( Mawn-treal) we usually hear on Jeopardy. She was less chatty today.  

[dgpolo]

15 minutes ago, ProudMary said:

I wish I could say I thought of Velcro for FJ. Unfortunately, the only guess I could come up with was Spandex and I knew it was wrong. 😒

I missed the 'high end fashion' part of the clue so I guessed Tang.

7 minutes ago, Bastet said:

The FJ wagering strategy on the archive called for Mattea to bet $6801 and Reagan to bet between $0-2000.  Mattea did just that, and if Reagan had as well, she'd have won (by $1 if she went with $2000), since they both missed it.

Ken tweeted a letter from a young fan where the kid had created a 'Jeopardy Bored' with categories like 'Mithology' and totally random numbers for each space. A few former contestants said they wanted to see that on the real game because it would make wagering strategy very interesting!

[Prevailing Wind]

I was highly amused by the suggestion that NASA used pantyhose.

[GreekGeek]

5 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I was highly amused by the suggestion that NASA used pantyhose.

Well, they might have; look at these! I went in the wrong direction entirely and thought of some type of aviator glasses.

[Clanstarling]

18 hours ago, PaulaO said:

The contestants have GOT TO STOP with the “cutesy” comments after they answer.  That should result in automatic disqualification.  It wasn’t cute or funny when James did it.  It’s not cute or funny now.

For me, that's part of what makes an extra enjoyable show. I like it when they're fun human beings.

15 hours ago, Leeds said:

Mine is smaller though slightly younger (talking about TVs here).  How do we old geysers manage in the modern world?

This geezer has a large screen (though six years old - and it wasn't the largest option then), and it really helps in Jeopardy for reading the clues - and for reading closed captioning.

14 hours ago, Bliss said:

Every time velcro is discussed, I can still see David Letterman dressed in a velcro suit, throwing his body at a velcro wall... and sticking there.

My favorite Letterman stunt ever.

12 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I remember how Dave almost lost consciousness when they dunked him in a giant bowl of water + Alka Seltzer.  The out-gassing from the Alks-Seltzer blocked the oxygen from getting to him. There was the giant bowl of Rice Krispies and the leather suit studded with magnets that allowed Dave to pick up a bunch of cans without touching them, but NOTHING beats the Velcro suit.

Agreed.

12 hours ago, dgpolo said:

I missed the 'high end fashion' part of the clue so I guessed Tang!

I couldn't connect space with anything in fashion. I think I said rayon, but knew it was wrong.

Edited April 8, 2022 by Clanstarling

[Browncoat]

10 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

old geysers

 

10 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

This geyser

I hope y'all mean "geezer" -- geyser is something else quite altogether.  😄

[Welshman in Ca]

19 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

 

I hope y'all mean "geezer" -- geyser is something else quite altogether.  😄

Just about to say that.

Autofill has a lot to answer for. I once got a text from a manager that should have said "the count is done" but the autofill took away the o in count. And yes I did wonder what sort of texts she had been sending for it to do that with her being a good born again christian and always letting everyone know how goody goody she was now.

I said nylon for FJ but knew I was wrong & couldn't get my brain away from it being a fabric.

[MrAtoz]

28 minutes ago, Welshman in Ca said:

I said nylon for FJ but knew I was wrong & couldn't get my brain away from it being a fabric.

I thought of nylon too, although I knew it had been invented back in the late 1930s.  So I wondered if it was some newer synthetic fabric, like Dacron or Ban-Lon, or maybe PVC.

[Driad]

TheJeopardyFan.com said: "Velcro® is still a branded trademark to refer to a specific brand of hook-and-loop fastener—one effort that the company made to resist the genericization of its trademark was this amusing 2017 YouTube video."

[chessiegal]

I was thinking fabric for FJ! too. I went with Kevlar.

[Clanstarling]

1 hour ago, Browncoat said:

 

I hope y'all mean "geezer" -- geyser is something else quite altogether.  😄

Yep, typo. Will change - because even though it's funny, I'd rather be funny on purpose. 😂

1 hour ago, Welshman in Ca said:

Just about to say that.

Autofill has a lot to answer for. I once got a text from a manager that should have said "the count is done" but the autofill took away the o in count. And yes I did wonder what sort of texts she had been sending for it to do that with her being a good born again christian and always letting everyone know how goody goody she was now.

I said nylon for FJ but knew I was wrong & couldn't get my brain away from it being a fabric.

Can't blame autofill - just tired and autotyping on my part.

[SomeTameGazelle]

40 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

I was thinking fabric for FJ! too. I went with Kevlar.

I felt certain that I had recently listened to a podcast (No Such Thing As a Fish? Secretly Incredibly Fascinating?) that had talked about it but I was also convinced that it was about some kind of undergarment (at least as intended for ladies on earth) and then my mind wandered to George Lucas informing Carrie Fisher that there can't be bras in space.  Long story short, I did not come up with an answer.

[853fisher]

I sure wish I had read earlier in the day about the lend-lease arrangement the United States is entering with Ukraine.  Then maybe I wouldn't've thought that an alliterative policy by which we offered weapons to our allies was "cash and carry," like foreign policy was a wholesale warehouse or something.  Oy!

Edited April 8, 2022 by 853fisher

[proserpina65]

My extensive reading about the space program came in handy when it came to FJ.  Velcro was an instaget for me.