Jeopardy! Season 38 (2021-2022)

[possibilities]

Does anyone know where to see the ratings, week to week? 

[mjc570]

What a delightful game.  I liked all 3 contestants, they were pleasant, knowledgeable and didn't jump all over the board.  Ken's hosting was perfect.

I was shocked that FJ was a TS - it seemed obvious to me that they were looking for an astronomer.

[opus]

15 minutes ago, possibilities said:

Does anyone know where to see the ratings, week to week? 

You can try here. They seem to cover it weekly

http://www.gameshownewsnet.com/

Here's their latest report...

SYNDIES: Week 48
Results for the Week Ending July 17
From TV Newscheck

Family Feud and Jeopardy fought to a draw for the game show and overall syndication lead in the session ending July 17. Feud forged ahead 6% to a five-week high 5.1 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, which was enough to gain a share of first place. Jeopardy also had the right answer, advancing 4% to a five-week high 5.1.

In the household rating rankings that follow, % change is from the previous week; * indicates a new season-high rating; ** indicates a new season low; NC indicates no change from the previous week; NA mean not applicable.

GAME SHOWS:
- Jeopardy (CMV) 5.1 +4%
- Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 5.1 +6%
- Wheel of Fortune (CMV) 4.5 +7%
- You Bet Your Life (Fox First Run) 0.7 -13%
- 25 Words or Less (Fox First Run) 0.7 NC
- Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.4 NC

Meanwhile on CBS, "The Price is Right (3.807 million / 4.281 million) and "Let's Make a Deal" (2.321 million / 2.716 million) each aired a full week's worth of reruns. Compared to the same week last year, "The Price is Right" was up +76,000 and +67,000 viewers, respectively, while "Let's Make a Deal" was up week to week, gaining +53,000 and +92,000 viewers, respectively.

Edited July 28, 2022 by opus

[Bastet]

4 minutes ago, mjc570 said:

I was shocked that FJ was a TS - it seemed obvious to me that they were looking for an astronomer.

It seems that two of them translated contemporary as colleague instead, and thought it was another poet; I'm not sure they paid any attention to the quote (because, as you said, it's pretty easy to figure out it's an astronomer he's referring to, and then you just have to come up with which one was a contemporary).

[ams1001]

July 28: Ran Team Rhymes in J! and nothing in DJ. Never in a million years was I going to come with FJ. Got all the DDs and my TSes were regime, Luddites (DD), and Brandy.

And for all your Giant Microbe needs: https://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/ 

Edited July 28, 2022 by ams1001

[Katy M]

I guess my streak of good games is over.

I got FJ.  It was a total guess based on a small country bordering Spain.

I got the missed clues of regime, luddites and Fernando.

I got the entire category W VA/VA right.  

[Browncoat]

I could have sat here for years and never come up with FJ.  Oh well.

But I did get the TS of regime, Acura, Fernando, and Brandy.  

I love giant microbes!  If you hadn't posted the website, @ams1001, I would have!

[SoMuchTV]

I LOL’d at the West Virginia and regular Virginia category. I can’t remember the specifics, but wasn’t it one of this season’s long-running champs who rang in (after an incorrect response of “West Virginia”) with “what is regular Virginia“?

And those are the only two states I’ve lived in so I would have to move if I hadn’t been able to run the category. 

[Browncoat]

I've lived in Virginia almost all my whole life (and currently not too far from McAfee's Knob -- kudos to Ken for the correct pronunciation of that), so I ran that category, too.  I'm also not terribly far from the Blue Ridge Parkway, for that matter.  But in these parts, we pronounce the trail (and the mountains, the region, and the town...) as "apple-atcha".

[SoMuchTV]

4 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

But in these parts, we pronounce the trail (and the mountains, the region, and the town...) as "apple-atcha".

Yes. We do that because it’s the correct pronunciation!  Anyone who calls it “appellation” can get off my lawn (and trail)!

[shapeshifter]

For FJ, I'm betting I'm not the only one who could picture that tiny country that begins with "A" between France and Spain, but the name "Angola" kept crowding "Andorra" out of my mind even though I kept saying to myself, No! Angola is in Africa! and then finally wrote "Andola" as the music stopped, knowing that was wrong, and wondering if I'd have gotten it if I was there, or maybe if I'd written it "Andolla" if the Ls would have looked like Rs?

 

The DD clue in the $2K position seemed too easy to be worth $2K without the DD:

• "The business part of this plant, Dionaea muscipula, consists of 2 hinged lobes triggered by hair-like sensors"
  • [ANSWER: VENUS FLY TRAP]

I guess, though, that the DDs are assigned randomly after the clues are in place?
Right?
So normally a player would be right to expect a DD showing up in a $2K clue to be harder?
Right?

Edited July 29, 2022 by shapeshifter
to is not the same as too, etc.

[DrSpaceman73]

Mixing up unc and Duke basketball fans!!!

Never step foot in north carolina. 

[Prevailing Wind]

Reading the discussion about "Official State Whatevers" reminded me that Maine has an official dessert (bluebery pie) AND an official snack (Whoopee pies.) Both are represented along with a bunch of other "official" stuff on a statue of a moose in Van Buren - at the northern tip, as you enter from Canada.

If you want to read more, enter Van Buren ME in the search blocks at the top right.  https://www.roadsideamerica.com/search/tip

[ams1001]

1 hour ago, SoMuchTV said:

I LOL’d at the West Virginia and regular Virginia category. I can’t remember the specifics, but wasn’t it one of this season’s long-running champs who rang in (after an incorrect response of “West Virginia”) with “what is regular Virginia“?

Yes, it was Margaret Shelton.

Requoting this post from several pages back because there's an update!

On 6/28/2022 at 10:07 PM, 853fisher said:

I knew the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam from the mystery of the so-called Somerton man, whose body was found on an Australian beach in 1948.  A snippet from Fitzgerald's translation of the Rubaiyat was found on his person.  Despite some intriguing clues, the man has not been identified to date.  It's a fascinating and haunting story.

On 6/28/2022 at 10:24 PM, ams1001 said:

Have you ever watched Answers with Joe? He did a video on this.

[Bastet]

I laughed at that "regular Virginia" response of Margaret's, so being reminded of it via tonight's category was fun.

No one getting the clue about bell hooks was a bummer.  The Fernando TS would have surprised me if it wasn't the first one they picked in that category.

Whew - after last night's disastrous first-round performance, I did well tonight, getting all but three (two in fashion and one in the Virginias).

I did well in DJ, too; I only ran ran plants and logos, but got all but one in authors and songs.  (I missed three in rulers and two in vowels.)

I got FJ as a lucky guess -- I had no idea that was Andorra's origin, I just figured it had to be a tiny country so picked Andorra based on its location.

[ams1001]

3 minutes ago, Bastet said:

No one getting the clue about bell hooks was a bummer. 

I knew bell hooks used lower case, I just didn't quite grasp what they were asking for, to be honest.

[possibilities]

If you like giant microbes, you might also like this:

https://www.iawareables.com/

[30 Helens]

7 hours ago, Bastet said:

It seems that two of them translated contemporary as colleague instead, and thought it was another poet; I'm not sure they paid any attention to the quote (because, as you said, it's pretty easy to figure out it's an astronomer he's referring to, and then you just have to come up with which one was a contemporary).

I, too, was thinking only of contemporaneous poets, and missed it. My husband came up with Galileo pretty quickly, but I was so sure it had to be a poet, I ruled him wrong. Gah.

I had no clue on today’s FJ, either. One more chance before I end the season in abject humiliation.

[annzeepark914]

So, Andorra was the correct response to fj?  Too bad I didn't watch Jeopardy as I would:ve gotten fj. At a neighborhood gathering earlier today, someone said a friend went to Andorra last week. We googled it as most of us weren't sure of the exact location. Darn! 😆

[ams1001]

7 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

So, Andorra was the correct response to fj?  Too bad I didn't watch Jeopardy as I would:ve gotten fj. At a neighborhood gathering earlier today, someone said a friend went to Andorra last week. We googled it as most of us weren't sure of the exact location. Darn! 😆

Yep;

COUNTRIES OF EUROPE:

It's the only independent survivor of the Spanish March, buffer states created to protect Christian Europe from the Moors

[MrAtoz]

10 hours ago, Bastet said:

No one getting the clue about bell hooks was a bummer. 

I would have struggled with how to phrase it.  "What is...made the capital letters small letters?"  "What is...didn't use capitals?"  "What is...only used lower case letters?"  I suppose anything like that would have worked, but it's not immediately obvious how to put it.

[ECM1231]

20 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

And I got FJ, although I did say Isaac Newton first, but then I remembered that Galileo had created his own version of the telescope in plenty of time to change it.

I said Newton and was relieved to hear that I was at least on the right track, after hearing the contestants' responses. I came home just as Jeopardy was ending and answered correctly with Andorra.

[3 is enough]

10 hours ago, possibilities said:

If you like giant microbes, you might also like this:

https://www.iawareables.com/

My daughter is an infectious diseases doctor.  Not only does she have some of the stuffed microbes, she also has a set of Christmas tree ornaments.  

I said Portugal for FJ, but I knew there was another country, just couldn't pull it out of my brain.  Loved the West Virginia/Regular Virginia category.

[Clanstarling]

2 hours ago, MrAtoz said:

I would have struggled with how to phrase it.  "What is...made the capital letters small letters?"  "What is...didn't use capitals?"  "What is...only used lower case letters?"  I suppose anything like that would have worked, but it's not immediately obvious how to put it.

Or "what is, she "ee cummings'd it?" I had no clue, never heard of bell hook.

I was shocked that I got Dale Earnhart Jr. I pay no attention to racing, but apparently that stuck in some nook or cranny in my brain for some reason.

Predictably, I didn't do well in the fashionable category, not being a fashionable sort. I did get sweetheart neckline though.

I did okay, didn't run or almost run any category. On the other hand, I answered some clues in all categories.

Missed FJ because I never remember that Andorra is a real country. I keep thinking it's fictional. Maybe I'm confusing it with Endor 😏

Edited July 29, 2022 by Clanstarling

[ams1001]

6 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

Missed FJ because I never remember that Andorra is a real country. I keep thinking it's fictional. Maybe I'm confusing it with Endor 😏

Endora?

[Clanstarling]

8 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

Endora?

Nope. Endor, though maybe that's how George Lucas came up with the name.

Edited July 29, 2022 by Clanstarling

[853fisher]

13 hours ago, ams1001 said:

I knew bell hooks used lower case, I just didn't quite grasp what they were asking for, to be honest.

I'm with you.  My immediate reaction to her name was to recall that she used lower case, but I didn't understand the way the clue was put either.  "Making this change to her name" instead of just "making this change" might have been clearer.

14 hours ago, ams1001 said:

Requoting this post from several pages back because there's an update!

Thanks!  How exciting.  Now for a whole new set of questions, since I don't recall this man having been on anyone's radar before now.

[proserpina65]

So I didn't get FJ last night, having also said Portugal.  A more careful reading of the clue on my part would've led me to the Moors BEING in Spain and thus to a country between Spain and its northern neighbor of France.  But alas, that did not occur to me while watching.

Otherwise it was an okay game.  I ran 3 categories, all in the first round (Industrial Revolution, You Call Yourself A Fan? and West Virginia & Regular Virginia) although I mostly only got one wrong in the other categories.  The stumpers I got were Luddites (being something of a technology Luddite myself, this seems serendipitous), lower case (I actually said not in capitals, but I'd have argued for that one if they'd told me I was wrong), Acura, Brandy and Fernando.  Should've gotten Alejandro and run that category since my coworkers and I had a running joke about a cut-out of a male underwear model we named Alejandro, but the name just wouldn't come to me in time.  I guess Brandy was before all of their times.

17 hours ago, DrSpaceman73 said:

Mixing up unc and Duke basketball fans!!!

Never step foot in north carolina. 

I had no idea who the Cameron Crazies were, but as someone who used to follow the ACC closely back in the 80s, I know the Blue Devils are Duke.  (Boo, hiss)

18 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

Yes. We do that because it’s the correct pronunciation!  Anyone who calls it “appellation” can get off my lawn (and trail)!

Les Nessman wasn't that far off with his "Appe-la-Chia".

16 hours ago, ams1001 said:

I knew bell hooks used lower case, I just didn't quite grasp what they were asking for, to be honest.

The clue did seem a bit tortured.  I got it correct, but I can understand not quite seeing what they were going for.

4 hours ago, 3 is enough said:

My daughter is an infectious diseases doctor.  Not only does she have some of the stuffed microbes, she also has a set of Christmas tree ornaments.  

Cool!

3 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

Missed FJ because I never remember that Andorra is a real country.

Isn't it where Captain Kirk gets the Andorian ale from?

[SoMuchTV]

19 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

Les Nessman wasn't that far off with his "Appe-la-Chia".

Ooh, I don't remember that one.  I just remember famous golfer Chy-chy-rod-ree-gwez and popular dog the Chi-hewa-hewa.  Actually his Appalachia doesn't sound especially wrong.

[proserpina65]

11 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

Ooh, I don't remember that one.  I just remember famous golfer Chy-chy-rod-ree-gwez and popular dog the Chi-hewa-hewa.  Actually his Appalachia doesn't sound especially wrong.

My understanding that, in Appalachia, it's more like "Appa-latcha" so Les was close but not quite.  Plus, the stress was on the "Chia", as in Appa-la-CHEEA. 

I do occasionally use the Chi-hewa-hewa.

Edited July 29, 2022 by proserpina65

[Prevailing Wind]

Then there's this... (Dec, 2018, pre-Covid.)

[ams1001]

July 29:

83% / 63% / 72%

Ran Governors, Movie Facts, and Sleep, missed one L and two each in Islands and Business Abbreviations.

Ran nothing in DJ (missed one in Sitcom Mashups and Fishing, and 2-3 in the rest) and did not get FJ (thought of bar codes but that didn't fit the 'home audio' part of the clue). Got all the DDs and the missed clues of Father Knows Best/Freaks & Geeks and Anne Boleyn (DD).

I liked Luigi. Can't believe the season is over. "As Alex used to say, So Long."

Fun Fact: The Clueless clue (Movie Facts for $800) was the 440,000th clue entered into the J! Archive, on 2022-07-29.

[Katy M]

I guessed lasers, but totally thought it was wrong.  So, yay for wild guesses.

I got the missed clues of lower peninsula (but guessed upper first), Father Knows Best and Freaks and Geeks, Anne Boleyn, and Compsons.

I got the entire category of business abbreviations right.

I missed exactly 1 clue from all the categories in DJ  (and only 2 of them were the $2,000).  So, great night.

[bad things are bad]

Aaagh. You're spotted the Upper Peninsula,  how do you not get Lower?

[PBnJay]

1 hour ago, ams1001 said:

"As Alex used to say, So Long."

That made me so sad.

[Browncoat]

I did get FJ tonight, but I wasn't able to keep track of any TS during the game.  I'm not entirely certain who won.

I should have done the archive.

[shapeshifter]

I should have gotten FJ.
I came up with barcode scanners.
But my first library science course in the 90s was taught by a head college librarian whose passion for technology I just realized was what inspired me to pursue new technologies. He was into ham radio until the World Wide Web was invented. In one of our first classes he explained the role of lasers in reading CD ROMs --which contained the contents of magazine databases before the Internet was available.

I'm glad Luigi won. He had great hair, great skin, great dreams, and speaks multiple languages with perfect accents. Plus he won because he knew FJ and because of his wager.

[Bastet]

I'm surprised neither of the other two figured out that, in the $200 clue, Luigi had just incorrectly picked Upper instead of Lower for the peninsula.

I got everything in the first round except for two films.  I loved the "Take the L" category.  I don't think I've actually ever heard clement, just its opposite, inclement, but knowing the other word was cement, I got it. 

In DJ, I ran mashed-up sitcom titles, which was a very pleasant surprise; I'm so hit and miss with TV clues, coming up with ten shows was not likely.  I also ran fishing, and got all but one in history and watercolors.  I missed two each in characters and French, so I was having a great game.

I thought that had come to a screeching halt when I sat here staring blankly for FJ, but then my brain kicked in gear about halfway through the music and I said aloud, "Oh, duh - laser."

[30 Helens]

For some reason, my brain thought “home audio” meant speakers, so my best guess was… Bluetooth? Ah well. Maybe I’ll snort some Neuriva and be smarter next season.

Have a good rest of the summer, everyone! I have thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with each and every one of you here, and look forward to seeing you (and Ken!) again in the fall. 

[secnarf]

3 minutes ago, 30 Helens said:

For some reason, my brain thought “home audio” meant speakers, so my best guess was… Bluetooth? Ah well.

My brain also thought that. I still said lasers though, because the laser in the barcode scanner was the only thing that made sense to me (and I didn't think barcode scanning would directly relate to home audio). I didn't make the connection to CDs until Ken mentioned it.

[zoey1996]

I thought scanner, didn't include the laser part. Ah well.

[Prevailing Wind]

Ken's impression of Alex, "Cathy, Cathy, Cathy," reminded me of Letterman's impression of Charles Boyer from "Gaslight," - "Paula, Paula, Paula."  I wonder if I would have gotten it had I thought "Wuthering Heights" was just a mediocre book.  But I hated it so, Cathy & Heathcliff and seared into my memory.

[GreekGeek]

For that "Mashed Up Sitcom Titles" category, would they have accepted "KIng of the Hill" instead of "King of Queens?"

All the contestants were pleasant in the season finale show, but I rooted for Luigi after his story about dreaming of all his family speaking Latin!

"See:" you all in September!

[HyeChaps]

I will watch all the repeats of programs I have already seen and guarantee that I will still get the same questions wrong.

[ams1001]

1 hour ago, GreekGeek said:

For that "Mashed Up Sitcom Titles" category, would they have accepted "KIng of the Hill" instead of "King of Queens?"

There's a note on that clue in the J! Archive:

[ARCHIVIST'S NOTE: Yes, King of the Hill would have been credited as correct for the first part as well.]

[PaulaO]

I’ve never heard Lower Peninsula in reference to Michigan.  It’s the U.P. and everything else is just Michigan.  I said bar code for FJ!  I’ll still be here during reruns.

[Browncoat]

23 minutes ago, PaulaO said:

 It’s the U.P. and everything else is just Michigan.

The U.P. and regular Michigan.

[MrAtoz]

No practical applications for lasers?  What about all those death rays and stuff throughout 1950s sci fi?  What about that?  Huh?  Huh?

[Trey]

I said The Mitten instead of Lower Peninsula.  Think they would have given it to me?

A less than auspicious game for me - a fitting ending to a less than auspicious year.

I had some ts's and missed DDs but didn't write them down.

I said bluetooth for FJ.

I will be here during reruns to see if I learned anything.  Apparently they will be showing random games rather than the usual tournaments.  I think I like the random games idea.

I do like Luigi and look forward to seeing him again in six weeks.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Trey

[Clanstarling]

21 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

Ooh, I don't remember that one.  I just remember famous golfer Chy-chy-rod-ree-gwez and popular dog the Chi-hewa-hewa.  Actually his Appalachia doesn't sound especially wrong.

The golfer one is the one I recall best. We still use it occasional (for no particular reason other than it makes us laugh.)

16 hours ago, bad things are bad said:

Aaagh. You're spotted the Upper Peninsula,  how do you not get Lower?

When you're a geography idiot like me who thought the mitten was the whole of Michigan and was confused. I've never been to that part of the US, and tend to remember geography based on my travels - which has screwed up Europe for me since so much has changed since I was there .... but I can now count more countries for my list of places I've been.

15 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

I should have gotten FJ.
I came up with barcode scanners.
But my first library science course in the 90s was taught by a head college librarian whose passion for technology I just realized was what inspired me to pursue new technologies. He was into ham radio until the World Wide Web was invented. In one of our first classes he explained the role of lasers in reading CD ROMs --which contained the contents of magazine databases before the Internet was available.

Me too - and I should have gotten it because a lengthy lesson in one of my library science classes where the professor went on and on about laserdiscs and cd roms - both new at the time (late 80s).

7 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

Ken's impression of Alex, "Cathy, Cathy, Cathy," reminded me of Letterman's impression of Charles Boyer from "Gaslight," - "Paula, Paula, Paula."  I wonder if I would have gotten it had I thought "Wuthering Heights" was just a mediocre book.  But I hated it so, Cathy & Heathcliff and seared into my memory.

I hated it too - but instead of searing it into my memory, I barred it from my memory. I can remember Heathcliff - references to him abound, but not Cathy.

I'm sad that the season is over - not enough Ken! We don't usually watch reruns, but maybe we will. We'll have to see.

Right now I'm focused on the fact our AC has crapped out and our forecast for the day is 108 with a chance of fires. Boo Hiss.