Jeopardy! Season 39 (2022-2023)

[proserpina65]

On 1/6/2023 at 7:37 PM, Katy M said:

I said Cook for FJ.

I started to say Cook but then realized that date was too late for him.  So it had to be William Bligh.  His feat of navigating the Bounty's small launch more than 3,600 nautical miles to Timor under primitive conditions and with few supplies and instruments is legendary in sailing circles.

Other than FJ, I did just okay on Friday.  I only ran 3 categories (A Trip To The Islands, The Whole Tooth and You, Knight) and only got all but 1 clue in Legally Speaking.  I did get 6 stumpers, though: Prince Edward Island, Clint Black, What's Love Got To Do With It, Roberta Flack, coal miner and Lohengrin.

 

I did better on Monday.

Got FJ right away.

Ran Species In Peril, Runs "Hot" & "Cold", Whites & Colors and All The Right Movies.

Got all but one clue in Their Main Musical Instrument (would've gotten Alison Krauss if I'd heard the category title), Laundry Day, Delegates, Won The Battle/Lost The War and Buildings & Bridges.  Would've run that last one if I could've remembered campanile - which I absolutely should've gotten after all the Italian art classes I took in college.

My correct TS answers: Downy, Spain, George Washington, vampire (the original Swedish film is fantastic/the US remake, not so much), Sleep and Mesopotamia.

 

16 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

All 3 of 'em were actually wrong in FJ. The guy's name was Jack Daniel. The whiskey is Jack Daniel's, not Jack Daniels. 

That probably would come under the heading of not changing the pronunciation so allowable.

12 hours ago, South said:

Yeah, the lizard-poach bothered me.  I did a quick search on the particular lizard and it is formidable looking.  It doesn’t appear to be your entry-level pet.  

It's an invasive species in Florida, so her having a friend remove one from there doesn't seem illegal or that big a deal; you can actually kill them as long as you do it humanely.  One fewer lizard to damage native wildlife.  (I think fewer is the correct word but it doesn't sound right.)

 

[chessiegal]

35 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

I think fewer is the correct word but it doesn't sound right.)

Since lizard is singular, it's one less lizard. If it was plural (lizards) it would be fewer.

[proserpina65]

2 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

Since lizard is singular, it's one less lizard. If it was plural (lizards) it would be fewer.

Thanks, that's why it looked funky.  I didn't want Stannis Baratheon coming after me for grammar crimes. 😉

[ams1001]

6 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

It seems like a lot of us non-drinkers got FJ. 

I tend to do well in booze categories for some reason, despite not being much of a drinker. (And what little I do drink does not include JD.)

[Bastet]

4 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

(And what little I do drink does not include JD.)

I actually had a Jack & ginger in hand (it's usually a good bourbon on the rocks, but holiday depletion and I don't want to hit the store until I have to laziness meant that's what was on hand for my nightly drink), but it would still have been an instaget with a martini or even just some more water, as it being manufactured in a dry county in TN has come up several times on the show.

For those who guessed Jim Beam, should it be a future point of trivia:  That's made in Kentucky.

[SoMuchTV]

18 minutes ago, Bastet said:

For those who guessed Jim Beam, should it be a future point of trivia:  That's made in Kentucky.

Yeah, Mr TV was happy to point that out to me. For me, that was about as helpful as “Curious George was a monkey, not a chimp” or “Franklin was a turtle, not a tortoise”

[illdoc]

"Potpourri" had a theme. From top down, the answers were Tic Tac, Tic Tac Toe, TicTok, Tick Tick Boom, Rikki Tikki Tavi. As for FJ, I had no answer but it was ridiculously obvious once revealed. I got the TS of: Cauliflower, Indy 500, Fermi, Artichoke, Bausch & Lomb (missed DD). 

[30 Helens]

12 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

Yeah, Mr TV was happy to point that out to me. For me, that was about as helpful as “Curious George was a monkey, not a chimp” or “Franklin was a turtle, not a tortoise”

Did you hear? Curious George doesn’t have a tail! 😉

PS- That still freaks me out.

[dgpolo]

I did get FJ after a second, the quote ending before the word -speaking- rattled me for a bit. Also got March, Tucson and surprisingly (for me) the Indy 500. I think I live near enough to Indiana for that date to impact my brain.

 

[Katy M]

I said cinderella because I didn't know.  Made perfect sense when Ken revealed it. Although, I do question my ability to spell that well enough for it to count.

I got the missed clues of cauliflower, artichoke, defense, Indy 500, Fermi (didn't think I was right, but I said it), March and Bausch and Lomb.

I got the entire categories of  sports trophies and business partners right.

[ams1001]

January 10: Ugh.

57% / 57% / 56%

J!: I was too slow on the anagrams tonight; only got one. Also Sports Trophies but no one should expect me to do well in that. Missed two in Potpourri and one in everything else.

DJ: Failed Attorneys General, missed three in 4th & Goal, two Lead Vocalists, and one each in the rest.

FJ: I guessed Aurora (because of "dawn" in the clue).

TS: My only missed clues were the DDs of Enrico Fermi and Bausch & Lomb.
 

[Mindthinkr]

I got the missed DD of Fermi, Bauch and Lomb, and my first * of the season by getting FJ. I even spelled it right! 

[ABay]

I was really looking forward to seeing how the contestants were going to spell the FJ answer and they all got it wrong.

[Bastet]

I was irrationally annoyed Suzanne didn't pronounce Houston correctly (according to the archive, that is; I came in a few minutes late so had to read those early clues during the commercial break); the clue made a point of it!  Which, okay, she didn't say it like the city in Houston, but come on.

On the flip side, Ken was channeling Alex a bit with his "No, I believe that trophy would be the America's Cup" in response to Max's wrong answer.

I only ran NYC in the first round, but I got all but one in the others except bottom line, in which I missed two (and if they'd done Potpourri in order, so I'd have known the theme of the responses, I'd have run that one, too, but going in cold I couldn't think of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi).

I ran business partners and attorney general, and got all but one in globe, C's, and bands.  I only missed two in goals, so it was a great round.

But I had no earthly idea for FJ.  It made sense when Ken explained it, but I knew nothing about the story other than it exists, so I'd have never come up with that.

Edited January 11, 2023 by Bastet

[Emma9]

58 minutes ago, ABay said:

I was really looking forward to seeing how the contestants were going to spell the FJ answer and they all got it wrong.

I'm sure I would have misspelled it, but I was also very surprised that no one knew, my first thought was that it was much too easy for a FJ. I guess it's another demonstration of everyone's vastly different perceptions of 'common knowledge'.

 

(I'm always amused when you can tell Ken wouldn't have known the answer either, as with 'corundum'.)

[annzeepark914]

Didn't Suzanne say "Hoseton"? I've always heard it pronounced House-ton & was surprised when Ken said her response was correct. 

[30 Helens]

29 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

Didn't Suzanne say "Hoseton"? I've always heard it pronounced House-ton & was surprised when Ken said her response was correct. 

Yes, and I was annoyed that they accepted an incorrect pronunciation when the clue specifically told us to note the pronunciation.

Every time there’s an anagram category I get annoyed because the clue vanishes too quickly. Would it kill them to give me an extra second to figure it out? (I actually managed to get three of them, including the TS of artichoke, so that made me a feel a little better. But still.)

I wasn’t even close for FJ. I was in a completely different neighborhood, thinking of fables and nightingales and not even considering the very important reference to 1,000. If only they’d slipped in a “plus one” to beat me over the head with, I… probably still wouldn’t have gotten it.

[bankerchick]

5 hours ago, illdoc said:

"Potpourri" had a theme. From top down, the answers were Tic Tac, Tic Tac Toe, TicTok, Tick Tick Boom, Rikki Tikki Tavi.

I noticed this as the clues went on, but still wonder if they would have ruled my answer of 'Xs and Os' incorrect.  It's probably not the 'official' name, but it's what we always called it.

[South]

2 hours ago, bankerchick said:

I noticed this as the clues went on, but still wonder if they would have ruled my answer of 'Xs and Os' incorrect.  It's probably not the 'official' name, but it's what we always called it.

My German side of the family use a variation of Xs and Os.  I’d have given it to you.

[South]

As the Final Jeopardy clue was read, I could see Partner South from the corner of my eye.  He was hoping I wasn’t paying attention, but I was, and whispered “Sheherazade”.  In this house, that word/name means that it’s time to watch Charlie White and Meryl Davis’ 2014 Olympic ice dancing performance to Sheherazade, by Rimsky-Korsakov. Gold medal perfection!   If you’re so inclined, take a couple minutes and enjoy it for yourselves.

[bad things are bad]

I was surprised no one got the Indy 500, but I guess it's not as big of a deal as it used to be. 

Got FJ after focusing on the number

[MrAtoz]

9 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Didn't Suzanne say "Hoseton"? I've always heard it pronounced House-ton & was surprised when Ken said her response was correct. 

I think that she pronounced it that way, with a long O, so that it would match the long O in "Soho."  They shouldn't harp on correct pronunciation if their clue hints at an incorrect pronunciation.

Edited to add:  I thought Scheherazade was really easy.  I expected at least one of the contestants to get it right.

Edited January 11, 2023 by MrAtoz

[shapeshifter]

9 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Didn't Suzanne say "Hoseton"? I've always heard it pronounced House-ton & was surprised when Ken said her response was correct. 

4 minutes ago, MrAtoz said:

I think that she pronounced it that way, with a long O, so that it would match the long O in "Soho."  They shouldn't harp on correct pronunciation if their clue hints at an incorrect pronunciation.

Yes.
She said "Hose-ton." 
Out-of-towners say "Hew-ston" (like: 'Houston, we've got a problem').
The correct pronunciation of "House-ton" is what "note its pronunciation" was obliquely asking for.
I wonder if they'd have rejected her response if she'd said "Hew-ston"?
They may have accepted it because her response made them realize the clue was misleading.

 

No FJ for me.
But Fermi, Cauliflower, and Bausch & Lomb were instagets.
If Max had ever worn contact lenses, maybe he'd have known Bausch & Lomb.
 

[Cotypubby]

45 minutes ago, MrAtoz said:

They shouldn't harp on correct pronunciation if their clue hints at an incorrect pronunciation.

The right way to say Houston Street is not an “incorrect” pronunciation. It’s named after an actual person whose name was pronounced “House-ton.” It has nothing to do with the Texas city.

[SomeTameGazelle]

23 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

The correct pronunciation of "House-ton" is what "note its pronunciation" was obliquely asking for.

I think the problem is they didn't intend to ask for it but to provide a hint, but they phrased it as if they were asking for it which created confusion when they got a response that they would rule valid. There was a similar incident not long ago that was worded  as  "just say the first line" or something and then the contestant gave a valid response that wasn't actually the first line. They should be more careful with how they word their hints. 

[MrAtoz]

1 hour ago, Cotypubby said:

The right way to say Houston Street is not an “incorrect” pronunciation. It’s named after an actual person whose name was pronounced “House-ton.” It has nothing to do with the Texas city.

I'm aware of that.  I'm saying that mentioning Soho (whose second syllable is pronounced with a long O) at the same time as an admonition about pronunciation, suggests that the pronunciation that they are looking for also has a long O.

[Clanstarling]

23 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

I disagree with that.  If I had ever learned to diagram sentences, I could probably explain why.   But I do agree that the whole thing took way too many brain cells to parse out.

I did learn to diagram sentences back in the 8th grade, it was even fun. What do I remember about it...zip.

It was good game. I didn't run anything, but got all but one in 4 categories: Potpourri, Science <amazing>, Partners, and Between 2 Cs.

I got the Fermi, Bausch & Lomb (former contact wearer), and Cauliflower. I usually tank in anagrams, but this time I got three - which is a big improvement. I know my food, I guess.

In FJ I instantly knew the story, but didn't get the character at all. The mister actually got the character while claiming not to know the story.

[HyeChaps]

Flatbush=Brooklyn

Queens???!!! 🙄

[proserpina65]

FJ was an instaget for me, what with the reference to 1,000 mornings.  Not sure I could manage the spelling of Scheherazade in the time allowed, though.

 

I managed to get a few stumpers: cauliflower, artichoke, Fermi (Italian + physicist is always Fermi), Via Emilia and Bausch & Lomb.

Only ran On The Scientist's Resume but got all but one clue in The Bottom Line, Around The Globe, Business Partners and Lead Vocalist Of The Band.

Overall, a so-so game for me.

 

15 hours ago, Bastet said:

On the flip side, Ken was channeling Alex a bit with his "No, I believe that trophy would be the America's Cup" in response to Max's wrong answer.

I'll confessed to being amused as hell when he said that.

9 hours ago, South said:

In this house, that word/name means that it’s time to watch Charlie White and Meryl Davis’ 2014 Olympic ice dancing performance to Sheherazade, by Rimsky-Korsakov. Gold medal perfection!  

That was a magnificent performance.  That particular piece of music is among my favorite classical pieces.  (It's also the soundtrack to the 70s' porn movie 1001 Erotic Nights, which is strange and yet kinda appropriate given the Burton translation of the Arabian Nights.)

3 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

I think the problem is they didn't intend to ask for it but to provide a hint, but they phrased it as if they were asking for it which created confusion when they got a response that they would rule valid. There was a similar incident not long ago that was worded  as  "just say the first line" or something and then the contestant gave a valid response that wasn't actually the first line. They should be more careful with how they word their hints. 

I don't think the clue was confusing.  I think the contestant's answer was wrong and should've been ruled incorrect.

22 minutes ago, HyeChaps said:

Flatbush=Brooklyn

Queens???!!! 🙄

A) I would never know that because I don't know much about a lot of locations in NYC, and

B) Maybe the contestant got Flatbush confused with Flushing?  Which I only know is in Queens because of the theme song for The Nanny.

Edited January 11, 2023 by proserpina65

[chessiegal]

5 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

Not sure I could manage the spelling of Scheherazade in the time allowed, though.

Since they accept phonetic spellings, I'm sure you could get it close enough.

[proserpina65]

6 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

Since they accept phonetic spellings, I'm sure you could get it close enough.

Oh, of course.  Just would've had to think about it for a moment.

[30 Helens]

6 hours ago, MrAtoz said:

I'm aware of that.  I'm saying that mentioning Soho (whose second syllable is pronounced with a long O) at the same time as an admonition about pronunciation, suggests that the pronunciation that they are looking for also has a long O.

I don’t think it suggests that at all. By that reasoning, South should be pronounced “sothe”. 

Soho is pronounced “so-ho” because it’s comprised of just those letters. Houston is pronounced “how-stun” because that’s how it’s pronounced.

[Browncoat]

Catching up from Tuesday night.  I also said "The Little Mermaid" for FJ, although I was sure I was wrong.  The correct response did seem obvious after Ken revealed it.

I did get the TS of artichoke, Indy 500, cambric, and Tucson.  

[Katy M]

Zoiks, that was painful. apparently these were not my categories.

I briefly considered Madonna, but didn't think she'd done anything lately, so I said Mariah Carey.  At least I didn't say something truly stupid like taylor swift or Cher.

I managed to get at least 1 right in each category and that's about all I can say for msyelf. I had one category (TV) where I only missed 1, but mostly had 1, or 2 with a couple of 3s sprinkled in. 

[ams1001]

January 11:

63% / 67% / 64%

J!: Okay, I never even heard of three of those movies; got the other two, though. Also missed three in Mexico, two in High & Low, and one each in the rest.

DJ: Slightly better…missed three in Score to Settle, two in Ex-State Capital and Alley, and one each in the rest. (Annoyed with myself that I didn't get Lancaster. I didn't realize it was a state capital but I went to college near there and I should have gotten it from the Pennsylvania Dutch clue.)

FJ: Not a clue. Had no idea she had a new thing in 2022.

TS: My only TS was What Color is Your Parachute?
 

[Browncoat]

Wow.  Those guys were fast on the buzzer!  I almost felt bad for former champ, who couldn't get a buzz in edgewise.

It took me almost the whole think music time, but I managed to get FJ in the last second.  I remember hearing about that.

The only TS I got was What Color is Your Parachute?  Not that there were many to get.

Now I want to see Yogesh play against Jeopardy James.

[ams1001]

8 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

The only TS I got was What Color is Your Parachute?  Not that there were many to get.

There were only three in the whole game (fittingly, one in J! and two in DJ).

[Bastet]

Good gods, Yogesh is fast!

I ran horses and high & low in the first round, and got all but one in whirled and Mexico.  I missed two each in last century and sports movies (I'd never even heard of them).

I only ran alleys in DJ, but I got all but one in capitals, score to settle, and books (I thought it was my parachute, not your).  I missed three each in TV (not at all unexpected, as I'm hit and miss there) and science (disappointing, as that's usually a strong category for me).

FJ was an instaget, but then I thought, Wait, did she have a hit album last year or am I remembering that wrong?  (I haven't heard it, but vaguely remembered reading praise for it.)  I was pretty sure that was right, and couldn't think of anyone else who'd have started in the '80s, so stuck with her.

[possibilities]

Yogesh smoked! And without betting big on DDs, either. 

I have never heard of the cheese book they were trying instead of What Color Is Your Parachute. Now I'm curious about it.

[30 Helens]

I think the Cheese book is analogous, but came later. I immediately said “What Color is My Parachute”, which was almost right, but also wrong.

I did get FJ, although I was not at all confident. I just knew Madonna began her string of hits in the early ‘80s. But it was right, so it counts, and it saved me from what was starting to look like a bagel week. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Bagels are delicious.)

 

[Katy M]

8 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

I think the Cheese book is analogous, but came later. I immediately said “What Color is My Parachute”, which was almost right, but also wrong.

I said "something about a golden parachute."

[SomeTameGazelle]

18 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

I don't think the clue was confusing.  I think the contestant's answer was wrong and should've been ruled incorrect.

Two sides of the same coin. If there are elements that read as essential to the clue that the judges are not prepared to enforce, then the writers and the judges need to get on the same page with how to write and interpret the clues so the contestants and audience can see the judging makes sense. 

[illdoc]

13 hours ago, ams1001 said:

FJ: Not a clue. Had no idea she had a new thing in 2022.

Her "new thing": Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones is a remix album by American singer Madonna. 

[Mindthinkr]

I’m overwhelmed. I got FJ. That’s three nights in a row. Did an alien enter my brain? 

[Clanstarling]

14 hours ago, Katy M said:

I briefly considered Madonna, but didn't think she'd done anything lately, so I said Mariah Carey.  At least I didn't say something truly stupid like taylor swift or Cher.

I almost said Taylor Swift, but then I reread the question. Never even thought about Madonna. I rarely do.

14 hours ago, ams1001 said:

TS: My only TS was What Color is Your Parachute?

What Color is Your Parachute was almost an instaget - it was big when I was young and in the job market. I never did find out what color my parachute was.

14 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Now I want to see Yogesh play against Jeopardy James.

Oh yeah, that would be a heck of a game. Before the interviews, I said to the mister that he was playing like James...

57 minutes ago, illdoc said:

Her "new thing": Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones is a remix album by American singer Madonna. 

I can see why it would be a hit. When I was younger, I only bought greatest hits album because they were a better bang for the buck.

I got the sport of the three movies I saw, the others I didn't know.  I ran Historical TV but otherwise only did okay.

[proserpina65]

16 hours ago, Katy M said:

I briefly considered Madonna, but didn't think she'd done anything lately, so I said Mariah Carey.

That was exactly the same thing I did.  I had no idea that Madonna had even released an album in 2022, let alone one which had made the Billboard Top Ten list.

3 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

Two sides of the same coin. If there are elements that read as essential to the clue that the judges are not prepared to enforce, then the writers and the judges need to get on the same page with how to write and interpret the clues so the contestants and audience can see the judging makes sense. 

I don't think the clue was the problem.  She mispronounced the street.  The judges being willing to let wrong answers slide is the problem.

1 hour ago, Clanstarling said:

What Color is Your Parachute was almost an instaget - it was big when I was young and in the job market. I never did find out what color my parachute was.

I remember selling a lot of it when I worked at Borders.  My parachute was probably black.  Did I even have one?

 

[proserpina65]

I did okay last night despite not getting FJ.  I ran Movie Athlete's Sport, What In The Whirled, Horses On Wheels, Historical TV and Down Your Alley.  Got all but one clue in That's So Last Century, Science Words and Questionable Book Titles.  Only got one TS - What Color is Your Parachute? - but then, there were only three of them to begin with.  Although I really should've gotten Lancaster, PA.

[chessiegal]

I thought Yogesh was going to destroy the signaling device.

[The Wild Sow]

On 1/12/2023 at 12:56 PM, chessiegal said:

I thought Yogesh was going to destroy the signaling device.

He was seriously mashing that thing! 

Now you guys know I rarely complain about ( or even notice!) mannerisms like swaying or hand-waving.  But the former champion’s blinking was driving me crazy! I thought if he flapped his eyelids any faster he might take off!

 

ETA: Blinky's name was Connor.  I'd forgotten it when I posted that.

Edited January 13, 2023 by The Wild Sow

[HissyFit]

I can't believe that getting Scheherazade right when all three contestants missed it brought me such joy. I have no life.

Edited January 13, 2023 by HissyFit
I deleted (and apologize for) the three superfluous copies of this post!