Jeopardy! Season 39 (2022-2023)

[chicagofan]

2 minutes ago, ECM1231 said:

Havana as the response to the DD of Las Ramblas surprised me, as I thought Barcelona was fairly obvious.

I think that I associate Las Ramblas with Barcelona due to the Olympics held there in 1992 - yes I am old. I seem to remember NBC doing background stories about Barcelona as part of their coverage and sometimes they'd come back from commercial and show people strolling down Las Ramblas as a segue to the next sport being covered.

[Kimmmmmm]

12 hours ago, GreekGeek said:

I don’t often root against someone , but Carol’s demeanor was so glum you would think she was there under duress. I hope Alex sticks around awhile .

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, she did kind of have that "woe is me" look. But did manage a laugh a few times. Still glad that Alex won. 😊

[possibilities]

47 minutes ago, Kimmmmmm said:

Yeah, she did kind of have that "woe is me" look. But did manage a laugh a few times. 

I would have loved to see an elder beat the youngsters, though.

What was her story? I still can't get the broadcasts, and the only youtube of the ep that I could find had gaps, so I missed that part.

[chessiegal]

49 minutes ago, possibilities said:

I would have loved to see an elder beat the youngsters, though.

What was her story? I still can't get the broadcasts, and the only youtube of the ep that I could find had gaps, so I missed that part.

She's a retired computer programmer. Her anecdote was that she's been married almost 50 years. On their honeymoon, they lost the keys to their rental car. Her husband found a hanger and jimmied the car open.

[Trey]

11 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

She's a retired computer programmer. Her anecdote was that she's been married almost 50 years. On their honeymoon, they lost the keys to their rental car. Her husband found a hanger and jimmied the car open.

It's really hilarious the way you tell it.😄

[Bastet]

1 hour ago, possibilities said:

I would have loved to see an elder beat the youngsters, though.

I was rooting for her for that very reason, so I was bummed when Alex locked the game up with that last DD.

[ams1001]

3 hours ago, ABay said:

When Las Ramblas came up, I informed the cat that I'd been there. As I always do when some place I've been shows up on TV. 

My dad does that, too. He was in the Navy so he's been a lot of places. Every time a place comes up - "I've been there." On the rare occasions some place comes up that I've been (never really anywhere exciting) and I'm watching with him, I say, "I've been there." I was a little disappointed I wasn't watching with him last week when the Freehold clue came up, just so I could say it. 😄 (Like Springsteen, I grew up there.)

[annzeepark914]

1 hour ago, chessiegal said:

She's a retired computer programmer. Her anecdote was that she's been married almost 50 years. On their honeymoon, they lost the keys to their rental car. Her husband found a hanger and jimmied the car open.

That's the thing about having to come up with a little story for the interview segment. Sheesh--how many humans have fun, clever, amusing, entertaining anecdotes about their lives? It's probably just as well that she's not a repeat champ. She'd probably have to hire a Hollywood writer to create some off the wall experiences for her (Larry David comes to mind... that's who I'd hire 😁).

[Prevailing Wind]

41 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

She'd probably have to hire a Hollywood writer to create some off the wall experiences for her (Larry David comes to mind... that's who I'd hire 😁).

Except they're on strike.

[ECM1231]

I forgot to mention the other day that I came up with Valencia with regard to Spanish oranges. I wasn't paying close attention and don't remember the exact clue. I had to look up Seville oranges, as well as bitter oranges. Idk what planet I've been living on, but I have never heard of a bitter orange in my life. Apparently its biggest importer is the UK, where it's made into marmalade. 🤷‍♀️

[possibilities]

I want someone to write an operetta called "The Orange of Seville"

[chicagofan]

Not too much to say about today. Decent J round - not so good DJ round, although I did a little better overall than I thought I did before I looked at the J! Archive.

Only two good categories. Ran "Historical Hodgepodge" and got 4 in "Hotel California". No TSs or missed DDs in either round - I incorrectly said cadmium for the only TS in the J round and probably should have gotten a couple in DJ, but didn't.

And no FJ today, although in hindsight it seemed obvious. Was having trouble coming up with anything and just blurted out wolf at the last second with no thought that it was the right response.

[Katy M]

Had to think about it for a bit, but got fJ in plenty of time.

I got the missed clues of the Invisible Man and Enigma and I'm giving myself pont neuf.

I got the entire category of Hotel California right.

 

[Trey]

There didn't seem to be too many ts's today.  My only get was the missed DD of Enigma.

I did say horses for FJ but wasn't too sure about it - it might have been bison. But I stuck with horses and good thing I did.

I'm glad Alex won again but I also liked Raquel.

I thought Tom was going to take up the whole interview time.  His dog story was interesting but went on and on.

[ams1001]

July 7:

70% / 67% / 69%

Finally, a decentish round! Ran Seeing Right Through You, missed one in Atomic Number and Hotel California, two in Historical Hodgepodge and Take It E-Z, and three in Eagles (surprising, given that it was a sports category, but the Santa clue was pretty obvious without any sports knowledge, and Heisman seemed like a pretty logical guess).

In DJ I ran Ancient Artifacts, missed one in Society and Behind the Bond, two in A Bridge Too Far and Only One Consonant, and three in Country Songs.

FJ was an instaget once again! My game scores were terrible but I had a perfect week for FJ!

TSes were The Invisible Man (DD), Enigma machine (DD), Michel Foucault, and New Bridge.

6 minutes ago, Trey said:

There didn't seem to be too many ts's today.  My only get was the missed DD of Enigma.

There was only one in the first round, plus the DD, and five in the second, plus one DD.
 

[Katy M]

2 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

That's the thing about having to come up with a little story for the interview segment. Sheesh--how many humans have fun, clever, amusing, entertaining anecdotes about their lives? It's probably just as well that she's not a repeat champ. She'd probably have to hire a Hollywood writer to create some off the wall experiences for her (Larry David comes to mind... that's who I'd hire 😁).

I've decided if I ever get on I'm going to go with a bus theme in case I'm a multi day champion.  I know.  Fat chance.  Once, I was on a bus that got lost in NYC.  Once  I missed a bus while in the bus station and it was the last bus going my way that day. Once I missed the school bus b/c my sister was in the bathroom so her bf had to take me and he ran out of gas. Once I got on the wrong bus.  I just need one more and if I start out on MOnday I've got the whole week covered.

Edited July 7, 2023 by Katy M

[annzeepark914]

Good game with good folks! But I was pulling for Alex and glad he won again. 

[Browncoat]

Thank goodness for animal-related FJs!  Instaget for me tonight, ending the week on a high note.

I only got three TS, though -- Invisible Man, Enigma machine, and Walther PPK.

[SomeTameGazelle]

56 minutes ago, Trey said:

There didn't seem to be too many ts's today.  My only get was the missed DD of Enigma.

I couldn't get past the word Intrepid which I knew was wrong. I was hoping Raquel would recover but when she didn't I was fine with Alex winning.

I thought of Pont Neuf but I was not familiar with the Spanish bridge and my Spanish is not good enough to get to Puente Nueva from there. 

[Prevailing Wind]

I'm not sure I would have gotten the Enigma Machine if I hadn't visited the NSA Museum a few years ago.

https://www.nsa.gov/museum/

[shapeshifter]

13 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I'm not sure I would have gotten the Enigma Machine if I hadn't visited the NSA Museum a few years ago.

I don't know how I knew the Enigma machine (maybe reading Wikipedia articles?) but I was silently yelling it to Raquel in vain from her future.

I got FJ again today {delighted smile} although I did spend a few moments saying out loud: "Horses. Or buffalo? Horses. Buffalo? Horses or buffalo? Horses!"
— which now seems silly, but a lot of extinction events can occur to a species in 10,000 years.

It was a good game.

 

1 hour ago, Trey said:

I thought Tom was going to take up the whole interview time.  His dog story was interesting but went on and on.

Does anyone know whether they ever trim the interviews in post production? Tom's follow-up story could have easily been cut without any awkwardness.
I know when I tell a story the first few times it's usually too long, and gets better with future tellings, the shorter I make it.
Hrmmm...maybe I should cut that last sentence.😉

[Kimmmmmm]

5 hours ago, Bastet said:

I was rooting for her for that very reason, so I was bummed when Alex locked the game up with that last DD.

I am an elder, but was still rooting for Alex.

[Bastet]

I knew Enigma thanks to recently re-watching U-571.

Tom had some odd wrong answers.

I ran history, eagles, and hotels, and got all but one in atomic numbers (I joined the contestants in being stumped by cobalt; I said lithium), but I missed two each in E-Z and see-through.  After last night's disastrous first round performance, though, I'm calling it a resounding success.

I didn't run anything in DJ, but I got all but one in every category other than bridges, where I missed two.  (I was sure I was going to blow the Bond category entirely, as I've never seen any of the films).

I started to say bison for FJ, but quickly realized my error and got it right.

[ProudMary]

2 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I'm not sure I would have gotten the Enigma Machine if I hadn't visited the NSA Museum a few years ago.

https://www.nsa.gov/museum/

Interesting. I didn't know of that museum's existence. 🤔 I love museums.

I got Enigma immediately thanks to 2014's The Imitation Game, which I highly recommend if one has never seen it. Currently, it's streaming again on Netflix.

[chessiegal]

We had an amusing exchange with FJ yesterday. I always spoil myself, so I knew what the answer was. My husband turned to me and said Pigs? Me: No. Husband: Horse (is what I heard him say). Me: Yes. My husband gave me an incredulous look, followed by "What?". Me: Yes, horse. Husband: I said dwarf!

[SoMuchTV]

10 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

We had an amusing exchange with FJ yesterday. I always spoil myself, so I knew what the answer was. My husband turned to me and said Pigs? Me: No. Husband: Horse (is what I heard him say). Me: Yes. My husband gave me an incredulous look, followed by "What?". Me: Yes, horse. Husband: I said dwarf!

I knew they were (probably) looking for some kind of animal (or maybe plant?) but Ghosts was getting in my head and I kept thinking "Danes? Vikings?".  Fortunately horses managed to gallop in there.

[Clanstarling]

18 hours ago, ams1001 said:

My dad does that, too. He was in the Navy so he's been a lot of places. Every time a place comes up - "I've been there." On the rare occasions some place comes up that I've been (never really anywhere exciting) and I'm watching with him, I say, "I've been there."

Being a military brat who also went to many places with my Dad, I definitely say that when it comes up...as it did in this game.

18 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

That's the thing about having to come up with a little story for the interview segment. Sheesh--how many humans have fun, clever, amusing, entertaining anecdotes about their lives?

I have a couple in my back pocket, but if I were ever on, I'd probably only need one, so I'd pick the one involving Jeopardy, an earthquake, and my husband's Nana. (not that I'd get to pick, but I'd guess they'd lead with any Jeopardy related story)

16 hours ago, ECM1231 said:

I forgot to mention the other day that I came up with Valencia with regard to Spanish oranges. I wasn't paying close attention and don't remember the exact clue. I had to look up Seville oranges, as well as bitter oranges. Idk what planet I've been living on, but I have never heard of a bitter orange in my life.

I've been there (Seville) - see? Lived there a couple of years. Cool place, and we had the best field trips (the Alhambra and the Mosque in Cordova)

15 hours ago, Trey said:

I thought Tom was going to take up the whole interview time.  His dog story was interesting but went on and on.

It did go on, but I saw it as Ken enjoying the story so much that Tom just took it as a conversation, rather than a presentation. So in that way, I enjoyed the dynamic.

14 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I'm not sure I would have gotten the Enigma Machine if I hadn't visited the NSA Museum a few years ago.

https://www.nsa.gov/museum/

I've read and watched so much about WWII that Enigma is more or less an instaget for me. Not to mention I just finished "The Rose Code" a novel about three women who were code breakers on the project.

13 hours ago, Kimmmmmm said:

I am an elder, but was still rooting for Alex.

I am an elder too. I root for the older person if I don't have strong positive feelings about the champ, or took a liking to another contestant. Sam Buttrey was my man from the moment he took the stage. The fact that he's so good, and funny, was just a plus.

I almost ran two categories, tanked in The Eagles (except for getting the $1000 clue, which was just a matter of working out the clue). Did okay with the rest.

Edited July 8, 2023 by Clanstarling

[chicagofan]

4 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

I am an elder too. I root for the older person if I don't have strong positive feelings about the champ, or took a liking to another contestant. Sam Buttrey was my man from the moment he took the stage. The fact that he's so good, and funny, was just a plus.

This pretty much sums things up for this "elder". I would add that I also tend to root for contestants from the Chicago area unless there's some reason that they annoy me. It seems like I do more rooting against a contestant sometimes, but I'd rather be cool with all 3 and just enjoy the game.

And a big 👍 for Sam. 😀

[Packerbrewerbadger]

I would be happy if Sam was a permanent contestant!

 

Troy was a pretty easy DD🙄

[Prevailing Wind]

14 hours ago, ProudMary said:

Interesting. I didn't know of that museum's existence. 🤔 I love museums.

I didn't know it existed either, but I was driving up the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and saw a sign for it. The following year, I built some time into my trip to allow for a stop there. It was fascinating.  Two years later, I stopped there again, only because I knew it had clean restrooms. LOL.

For me, Watership Down was an insta-get. I'm not sure Adams' family is correct that it's just a tale about bunnies.

[ProudMary]

1 hour ago, Clanstarling said:

I have a couple in my back pocket, but if I were ever on, I'd probably only need one, so I'd pick the one involving Jeopardy, an earthquake, and my husband's Nana. (not that I'd get to pick, but I'd guess they'd lead with any Jeopardy related story)

I too have a great, Jeopardy!-adjacent story and have always assumed they put those up front.

7 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I didn't know it existed either, but I was driving up the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and saw a sign for it. The following year, I built some time into my trip to allow for a stop there. It was fascinating.  Two years later, I stopped there again, only because I knew it had clean restrooms. LOL.

I'm sure I would also find it fascinating. It's not every day that Americans get any info from the NSA! 😄 I'm assuming they have cryptologic information across history. I'd be very interested in WWII-Era info. My dad was in the signal corps in the Phillipines during the war and I never asked him about info like this while he was still alive. Along those lines, I spent one of the most interesting days of my life visiting the National World War II Museum in New Orleans a few years back. I was there from opening until just before closing time. I couldn't get enough of the museum. It did help that they have an excellent restaurant on-site for a nice lunch break. 🍽️

[Prevailing Wind]

5 minutes ago, ProudMary said:

I too have a great, Jeopardy!-adjacent story and have always assumed they put those up front.

I'm sure I would also find it fascinating. It's not every day that Americans get any info from the NSA! 😄 I'm assuming they have cryptologic information across history. I'd be very interested in WWII-Era info. My dad was in the signal corps in the Phillipines during the war and I never asked him about info like this while he was still alive. Along those lines, I spent one of the most interesting days of my life visiting the National World War II Museum in New Orleans a few years back. I was there from opening until just before closing time. I couldn't get enough of the museum. It did help that they have an excellent restaurant on-site for a nice lunch break. 🍽️

Then you need a trip to Maryland for this museum. It was very heavily oriented to WWII, but it also had other kinds of codes - including the hobo markings from the Great Depression. And it's FREE.

[DrSpaceman73]

I only know Watership down because of jeopardy. They ask about it a lot. 

Alligators!  You think they brought alligators across the Atlantic on boats!!!

I read though recently it's disputed if horses were here already before being brought from Europe. So ....not the best question. 

 

https://ictnews.org/news/yes-world-there-were-horses-in-native-culture-before-the-settlers-came

 

 

2 hours ago, Packerbrewerbadger said:

I would be happy if Sam was a permanent contestant!

 

Troy was a pretty easy DD🙄

That was teen level $200

Edited July 8, 2023 by DrSpaceman73

[ProudMary]

29 minutes ago, DrSpaceman73 said:

I read though recently it's disputed if horses were here already before being brought from Europe. So ....not the best question. 

 

https://ictnews.org/news/yes-world-there-were-horses-in-native-culture-before-the-settlers-came

Thank you for this. I wrote down "horses" begrudgingly for my FJ response, but didn't buy the premise of the clue. Science matters.

[ABay]

I feel like I've always known Enigma but if I didn't know it before, I learned it from Robert Harris's novel Enigma or the movie made from it. I guess New Bridge because even though the only Paris bridge whose name I know is Alexandre III, every city in Europe seems to have a New Bridge, an Old Bridge, an Old New Bridge, a New Old Bridge, etc.

[Kimmmmmm]

4 hours ago, chicagofan said:

This pretty much sums things up for this "elder". I would add that I also tend to root for contestants from the Chicago area unless there's some reason that they annoy me. It seems like I do more rooting against a contestant sometimes, but I'd rather be cool with all 3 and just enjoy the game.

And a big 👍 for Sam. 😀

Yes! re: Sam. But whatshername the other night was no Sam and I do like Alex.

[possibilities]

I find I don't enjoy the game when I use the archive. I hope Nexstar and DirTv settle their dispute quickly. They seem to be cracking down on ytubes of the show, so I'm missing all the fun.

[shapeshifter]

49 minutes ago, possibilities said:

I find I don't enjoy the game when I use the archive. I hope Nexstar and DirTv settle their dispute quickly. They seem to be cracking down on ytubes of the show, so I'm missing all the fun.

Are you in an area where you might get it the local channel over the air with an antenna?

[Clanstarling]

1 hour ago, possibilities said:

I find I don't enjoy the game when I use the archive. I hope Nexstar and DirTv settle their dispute quickly. They seem to be cracking down on ytubes of the show, so I'm missing all the fun.

Can you get YouTube? That's what we watch when weather interferes with the signal. There's usually more than one upload of it (some are better than others, and we haven't found a lot of consistency, but it's better than nothing).

[Clanstarling]

In regards to Watership Down and bunnies, my artist daughter had an assignment in one of her graphic arts classes to do a book cover for existing books. WD was one of the ones she chose. She wanted the cover to reflect the subject of the book a little more closely. I think she did a good job.

 

[possibilities]

Over the air reception here is terrible. 

I was watching on YouTube but I can't find Friday's episode. I think they've been removing them? It used to be easy to find, but I'm not seeing even episodes that used to be there, now.

--
When I read Watership Down, I remember being so traumatized by it. I don't even remember what the story was. But, based on that emotional memory, I think that book cover design is great!

[Clanstarling]

1 hour ago, possibilities said:

 

When I read Watership Down, I remember being so traumatized by it. I don't even remember what the story was. But, based on that emotional memory, I think that book cover design is great!

She based the design on her own emotional memory. Thanks.

[Browncoat]

Not only wasn’t I traumatized by Watership Down when I first read it, I liked it so much that I’ll re-read it every couple of years.  But that cover does seem accurate.

[SoMuchTV]

My local station ran a rerun last night from about a year ago, that had me yelling at the TV so much that I had to go back and look at the comments from when it originally aired.

The returning champ picked the final clue, a DD.  He had $15,000.  His closer challenger had $10,000.  He bet 5000!  Not 5001 to guarantee a runaway!  What was he thinking???  (He did win anyway, but that's beside the point.)

Well, I didn't post anything about that at the time, and there was only one passing comment about his math skills.  Have I gotten so much better at betting (other people's money, of course) that a year later, this now jumps out at me?

[30 Helens]

16 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

I think she did a good job.

I never read it, but based solely on artistic value, I think she did a fantastic job! She probably wouldn’t get the publishing contract, though, because that cover would scare all the parents away from buying it for their kids. Might make the kids want to read it more, though… it certainly does that for me! 

[Browncoat]

Watership Down is really just a quest novel at its heart, like Lord of the Rings or Sword of Shannara.  It has all the appropriate elements, including a magical being (Fiver), and help from another source (Kehaar).  But instead of an object being the center of the quest, it's a home.  It's just rabbits instead of humanoids.

[Clanstarling]

On 7/9/2023 at 8:25 AM, 30 Helens said:

I never read it, but based solely on artistic value, I think she did a fantastic job! She probably wouldn’t get the publishing contract, though, because that cover would scare all the parents away from buying it for their kids. Might make the kids want to read it more, though… it certainly does that for me! 

She decided the cover should be a warning, something more reflective of what was in the novel. I've never read it - but I know enough to know that she seems to have captured some of the essence of the book.

[proserpina65]

Now THAT was a good game.  2 missed DDs but only 5 stumpers.  And I liked all 3 contestants, although I was rooting for Alex.

I did pretty well, too.  Got both The Invisible Man and the Enigma machine, and 3 of the 5 stumpers: New Bridge, Rialto Bridge and Walther PPK.  Ran Hodgepodge, Hotel California, Bridge, Ancient Artifacts and Bond.  Got all but 1 clue correct in Atomic Number, Seeing Right Through, "E-Z", Country Singers, Society and One Consonant.

I wouldn't say FJ was an instaget but I focused on the year, thought "conquistadors" and knew the answer had to be horses.

On 7/7/2023 at 7:33 PM, Katy M said:

I'm giving myself pont neuf.

I said that first but then added "new bridge" because I figured the Spanish name would be different from the French one.  But I'm giving you "pont neuf".

On 7/7/2023 at 7:48 PM, Trey said:

I'm glad Alex won again but I also liked Raquel.

I'd have fine with her winning, too.

On 7/8/2023 at 2:30 PM, DrSpaceman73 said:

Alligators!  You think they brought alligators across the Atlantic on boats!!!

That's one of the funniest wrong answers in a long time.

On 7/8/2023 at 3:26 PM, ABay said:

I learned it from Robert Harris's novel Enigma or the movie made from it.

I read things about the enigma machine before then, but the movie cemented it in my brain.

On 7/9/2023 at 11:25 AM, 30 Helens said:

I never read it, but based solely on artistic value, I think she did a fantastic job! She probably wouldn’t get the publishing contract, though, because that cover would scare all the parents away from buying it for their kids. Might make the kids want to read it more, though… it certainly does that for me! 

The cover should scare parents away from buying it for their kids!  It's most definitely NOT a kids' book.

[chicagofan]

Edible "Etymology"!!!

Decent game today. In the J round I ran "The High 'C's" and got 4 in "Momentous Dates" and "Kander & Ebb Musicals". TSs were Czech and Austria.

Didn't do quite so well in DJ, but got 4 in "Lakes and Rivers" and "Stitch Incoming". TSs/missed DDs were Mono Lake, Tommy John (DD) and chintz.

No FJ today, although in hindsight it should have been an instaget. And read the clue folks. James was lucky that Dileri made the same mistake he did - if both of them had gotten it right she'd be the new champ.

[ams1001]

July 10:

73% / 67% / 69%

Starting out much better than last week! Ran Momentous Dates and Kander & Ebb Musicals, missed one in High "C"s, two in Edible Etymology and Supermodels, and three in Word Puzzles (though I didn't catch the second line on the temperature one or maybe I would have gotten it; I got the degrees part...).

In DJ I missed one in Lakes & Rivers, Stitch Incoming, and Pop Culture-pourri, two in Quotable Books and Homophones, and three in Wallpaper.

Did not get FJ. I was thinking they had the same name and I was lost.

Only four Tses in each round, plus one DD in DJ. I got Austria (a little surprised no one guessed that one), Claudia Schiffer, Mono Lake (total guess), and flocking.

I was torn between rooting for the champ and the cute guy with the accent…so I'm happy with the winner.