Jeopardy! Season 41 (2024-2025)

[januaryman]

I was glad that Mark beat Will and now I'm glad that Evan beat Mark.

[Bastet]

Archive game for me.  I missed three in arts, but otherwise did well in the first round; I ran stately and food & wine, and missed one each in the rest (two of those had pictures, but I know seeing them wouldn't have helped).

I didn't run anything in DJ, but got all but one each in four of them.  I missed three in dedications and two in film (not bad, since I haven't seen any of them).

I quickly figured FJ had to be about a Beatle, based on the year, but I wasn't sure which one of them was the drummer (I'm not a fan, obviously).  I couldn't bring to mind a picture of any of them playing drums, but I had images of Lennon, Harrison, and McCartney playing guitar, so figured it was Ringo Starr.

[30 Helens]

Whew. Breadsticks beat bagels, so at least I got that far.

1/5 FJ for the week, but I'm still not forgiving Ringo Starr for the whole pervy sweet-16 BS, even if Britain did decide to knight him.

 

Ick.

 

[Mindthinkr]

Well my brain is finally engaging. I got the TSs of Norway, Albuterol, and bismuth. I finally came up with a FJ so didn’t end the week as a total failure. 

[PaulaO]

It’s always Norway when Scandinavia is the clue.

[SoMuchTV]

When I saw the category was British Knights, I figured, well, I’m done for, unless it’s someone like Sir Paul (McCartney). Hah!  Who’d a thought!

[Clanstarling]

On 9/13/2024 at 10:59 PM, 30 Helens said:

Whew. Breadsticks beat bagels, so at least I got that far.

1/5 FJ for the week, but I'm still not forgiving Ringo Starr for the whole pervy sweet-16 BS, even if Britain did decide to knight him.

 

Ick.

 

When I turned 50, my musician husband decided to change the lyrics to "she's 50" etc. Let's just say I wasn't thrilled), and the fellow musicians wondered why he was singing it wrong - they heard "15." LOL.

But yes, that's a pretty freaking pervy song, unless it's little Donny Osmond singing it when he was 13.

Edited September 15 by Clanstarling

[proserpina65]

On 9/13/2024 at 7:33 PM, Katy M said:

got FJ.  Mostly because I don't know any other British drummers.

I figured it was either Ringo Starr or Phil Collins, and I didn't think Collins is old enough to fit the entire clue.

 

On 9/13/2024 at 3:14 PM, The Wild Sow said:

Oh my, is that where the Minotaur came from??

Wait, I just looked it up -- it IS where the Minotaur came from!

Yep, the king of Crete didn't sacrifice a particular bull to Poseidon, so the god made the king's wife fall in love with the bull and the Minotaur was the result of her having sex with it.  Greek mythology is really fucked up.

Edited September 16 by proserpina65

[ams1001]

27 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

I figured it was either Ringo Starr or Phil Collins, and I didn't think Collins is old enough to fit the entire clue.

Ringo is 84 (1940); Phil is 73 (1951).

Edited September 16 by ams1001

[Bastet]

I'll be watching football tonight, so I just checked the archive.  For several clues, I gave myself credit that I'd have known had I been able to see the picture.

The wax TS surprised me, as did no one guessing the Met.  The Linda Ronstadt TS made me sad (I didn't even need the picture for that one).

I dreaded the boxing category (not my sport), but got all but Tyson.  I missed two in 1964, but ran everything else in the first round.

In DJ, though, I only ran country.  I got all but teeth grinding in doc talk, but missed three in rainbows and two each in the rest.

I had no idea for FJ beyond some ship.  (Hey, at least I didn't guess Challenger!)

[ams1001]

September 16:

77% / 63% / 69%

Started out fairly well but meh overall.

In J I ran All Lies On Me, missed one in State Capital Names, Boxing (!), and Familiar Furniture, and two in 1964 Firsts and 3-Letter Verbs. (In what world do I do better in a sports category - and boxing, of all sports! - than a word category?)

In DJ I ran Translate the Doc Talk, missed one in Chasing Rainbows, two in Gone Country and Stage Directions in Shakespeare, and three in Working from "Home" and Exits & Entrances.

Did not get FJ.

TSes: (J had 7 (including all but one in the bottom row); DJ had 6 + 1 DD) I got Frankfort, Joe Louis, mug, cox, Balderdash, Bob Dylan, stroke, and neck pain (DD).

[illdoc]

Sadly, I did not "Remember the Maine". 

Question: Since most of J! was taken up by a press conference and I had to read it in the archive, the clue: The first courtroom verdict on live network TV was when this assassin's assassin was found guilty & sentenced in Dallas confused me. According to the correct response, it should be interpreted as "This {assassin's assassin}" but couldn't it also be thought of as "{This assassin}'s assassin". Yes, Ruby was the one on trial (the 2nd assassin of the clue) but couldn't it also be Oswald? As in "This person's assassin", this referring to person. Or am I overthinking it?

Edited September 16 by illdoc

[Katy M]

I said the Hindenburg.  It was better than the Challenger because at least it happened before 1970 whatever year was in the clue.  I  look for the upsides to my wrong answers.

I got the m issed clues of Joe Louis, mug, Balderdash, and stroke.  Not a good night.

[kathyk2]

40 minutes ago, Bastet said:

I'll be watching football tonight, so I just checked the archive.  For several clues, I gave myself credit that I'd have known had I been able to see the picture.

The wax TS surprised me, as did no one guessing the Met.  The Linda Ronstadt TS made me sad (I didn't even need the picture for that one).

I dreaded the boxing category (not my sport), but got all but Tyson.  I missed two in 1964, but ran everything else in the first round.

In DJ, though, I only ran country.  I got all but teeth grinding in doc talk, but missed three in rainbows and two each in the rest.

I had no idea for FJ beyond some ship.  (Hey, at least I didn't guess Challenger!)

I knew Bob Dylan Joe Louis and mug. There seem to be more missed clues this year.

[SoMuchTV]

23 minutes ago, illdoc said:

Sadly, I did not "Remember the Maine". 

Question: Since most of J! was taken up by a press conference and I had to read it in the archive, the clue: The first courtroom verdict on live network TV was when this assassin's assassin was found guilty & sentenced in Dallas confused me. According to the correct response, it should be interpreted as "This {assassin's assassin}" but couldn't it also be thought of as "{This assassin}'s assassin". Yes, Ruby was the one on trial (the 2nd assassin of the clue) but couldn't it also be Oswald? As in "This person's assassin", this referring to person. Or am I overthinking it?

I had the same (over?) thought. 

[Browncoat]

20 minutes ago, Katy M said:

I said the Hindenburg.  It was better than the Challenger because at least it happened before 1970 whatever year was in the clue.  I  look for the upsides to my wrong answers.

Same, @Katy M, same.  

It does seem like there were a lot of TS this game.  Ones I got include Joe Louis, wax, mug, cox, Balderdash, Look Homeward Angel, Bob Dylan, and neck pain.

[ams1001]

36 minutes ago, Katy M said:

I said the Hindenburg.  It was better than the Challenger because at least it happened before 1970 whatever year was in the clue.  I  look for the upsides to my wrong answers.

I said the same.

[shapeshifter]

My TSs were Pain in the Neck, Met, and (so shockingly sad😭) Dylan.

[ProudMary]

I ultimately wrote down the Hindenburg, but my first thought was of the ship that was torpedoed by the North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin, thinking that in 1976, they might be looking back at an incident from the Vietnam War. I never came up with the ship's name and I didn't go any further back in history once I settled on the Hindenburg, to get to the Maine.

After the show, I looked it up. The ship's name was the Maddox and although it was torpedoed, it was not destroyed, so it didn't fit the clue anyway.

[Cotypubby]

4 hours ago, illdoc said:

Sadly, I did not "Remember the Maine". 

Question: Since most of J! was taken up by a press conference and I had to read it in the archive, the clue: The first courtroom verdict on live network TV was when this assassin's assassin was found guilty & sentenced in Dallas confused me. According to the correct response, it should be interpreted as "This {assassin's assassin}" but couldn't it also be thought of as "{This assassin}'s assassin". Yes, Ruby was the one on trial (the 2nd assassin of the clue) but couldn't it also be Oswald? As in "This person's assassin", this referring to person. Or am I overthinking it?

I’m not sure how to read that as anything other than Ruby. “This assassin’s assassin” means someone who killed the assassin. If it was Oswald it would have simply read “this assassin.” (Of course he wasn’t on trial either.)

Has no clue for FJ, I said Apollo 13.

eta: ohhhh wait I see what you mean now! As if the clue was asking who the second assassin killed. I guess if someone had answered Oswald they could have made the argument it did fit the wording. That wasn’t my initial interpretation of it though.

Edited September 17 by Cotypubby

[Bastet]

22 minutes ago, Cotypubby said:

I guess if someone had answered Oswald they could have made the argument it did fit the wording.

I never considered it to mean anything other than the assassin's assassin, but if someone wants to make the "{This assassin}'s assassin" = "This person's assassin" argument, Oswald would never fly as a response because he doesn't fit the rest of the clue; he wasn't tried, let alone found guilty and sentenced (on live TV or otherwise), because he was dead.

[30 Helens]

6 hours ago, illdoc said:

This {assassin's assassin}" but couldn't it also be thought of as "{This assassin}'s assassin"

You lost me at curly brackets.

All I had for FJ was admiral= ship.  With a little more time, I may have landed on The Maine, but instead I went down with the ship.

[QuantumMechanic]

On 9/14/2024 at 1:59 AM, 30 Helens said:

Whew. Breadsticks beat bagels, so at least I got that far.

1/5 FJ for the week, but I'm still not forgiving Ringo Starr for the whole pervy sweet-16 BS, even if Britain did decide to knight him.

 

Ick.

 

Dunno if it makes you feel better or worse, but that was a cover (Johnny Burnette, 1960, written by the Sherman Brothers) and not original with Ringo.

[Clanstarling]

17 hours ago, Bastet said:

The wax TS surprised me, as did no one guessing the Met.  The Linda Ronstadt TS made me sad (I didn't even need the picture for that one).

It wasn't the best picture of Linda, but I got it anyway.

16 hours ago, Katy M said:

I got the m issed clues of Joe Louis, mug, Balderdash, and stroke.  Not a good night.

I got mug, balderdash, and stroke. I've never played the game, but I do know what balderdash means.

16 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Same, @Katy M, same.  

It does seem like there were a lot of TS this game.  Ones I got include Joe Louis, wax, mug, cox, Balderdash, Look Homeward Angel, Bob Dylan, and neck pain.

I knew Look Homeword Angel, but put a different title of his in my mouth. Sigh...

2 hours ago, QuantumMechanic said:

Dunno if it makes you feel better or worse, but that was a cover (Johnny Burnette, 1960, written by the Sherman Brothers) and not original with Ringo.

Yeah, but he did choose to do it, and he was 33 at the time. Should Have Known Better...

[ams1001]

10 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

I've never played the game, but I do know what balderdash means.

I've never played it, either, but I know the basic premise of the game.

[30 Helens]

4 hours ago, QuantumMechanic said:

Dunno if it makes you feel better or worse, but that was a cover (Johnny Burnette, 1960, written by the Sherman Brothers) and not original with Ringo.

Burnette was also too old (26) to be crushing on a child, so no. Still pervy.

[Katy M]

I read the Lightning Thief, and I've read no Harry Potter, but I was pretty sure Harry Potter and the Half-Blood prince was one of the books. So, I actually thought it would be a different character in those books, but not knowing who, I just said Harry Potter.

I got the missed clues of Ida and Lichtenstein.

Better night than last night, but it would have been hard not to have been.

[dgpolo]

 

6 minutes ago, Katy M said:

I read the Lightning Thief, and I've read no Harry Potter, but I was pretty sure Harry Potter and the Half-Blood prince was one of the books. So, I actually thought it would be a different character in those books, but not knowing who, I just said Harry Potter.

The part of the clue that gave me the answer was that the character was 12 in the first book. That was Percy Jackson, Harry was 11. The Half-Blood Prince was Snape who was an adult in the first book. Percy even goes to Camp Half-Blood.

Was Jeopardy on as usual in the Chicago area Monday? Mine did not record, but today's did?

[illdoc]

9 minutes ago, dgpolo said:

Was Jeopardy on as usual in the Chicago area Monday?

The first half was pre-empted due to a news update.

As to FJ, I knew (a) Harry was 11 (b) he is not a half-blood (both his parents were wizards) and (c) the books are not told in the first person.  So it was definitely not HP, I just couldn't think of who it was, so I said nothing.

[Browncoat]

I knew FJ wasn't Harry Potter, too, for all the reasons stated above.  I've never read the other books -- I've only heard of the movies, but it seemed a likely response.  It did take me nearly all the think music, and I fully expected to be wrong.  Go, me!

I only got two TS -- Them!, and Pythias.

[dgpolo]

4 minutes ago, illdoc said:

As to FJ, I knew (a) Harry was 11 (b) he is not a half-blood (both his parents were wizards

To be a full blood all of your grandparents need to be magical Harry's maternal grandparents were not. I've also seen that almost all your ancestors need to be magical, but either way Harry was considered a half blood.

[ams1001]

September 17:

53% / 50% / 51%

Ugh, terrible game. In J I missed one in About the Author, two in Historical Decisions and "Ize" & "Eers", and three in Philadelphia, Radio and Hodgepodge.

In DJ I missed one in Conversational Vocabulary and Super Hot Fire, three in First Ladies' First Names, Geography, and Mythological Bromance, and four in Short-Titled Films.

Had no clue for FJ. My first thought was Harry Potter, but he wouldn't have started the series with that (since he didn't even know he was a wizard in at the beginning of the book) and also he was 11 in the first book. I've never read any of the Percy Jackson books.

TSes: (J had 3; DJ had 5 + both DDs) I only got Arcade Fire, which was a guess based on assuming that fire had to be in the name; I'm not familiar with their music but I know they exist.
 

[Mindthinkr]

No answer for me tonight either. I just got the missed DD of Lichtenstein. 

[possibilities]

I have never heard of Percy Jackson.

I was sorry to see Will go, because I loved his shirt and wanted to see what else was in his wardrobe.

Ken seemed really excited about washboard and spoons, which amused me.

[kathyk2]

20 minutes ago, possibilities said:

I have never heard of Percy Jackson.

I was sorry to see Will go, because I loved his shirt and wanted to see what else was in his wardrobe.

Ken seemed really excited about washboard and spoons, which amused me.

I was rooting for Will I hope there's another second chance tournament and he gets invited back.

[Bastet]

I finally got to watch an episode rather than read the archive.  I loved Will's voice and Alisa's blouse.

I cannot believe it took three tries to come up with Western Union.  I was a bit surprised Top 40 took that many as well.  I think both times Will was thinking, "Stand aside, whippersnappers, so I can correctly answer this damn thing."

Not a bad first round, but not a great one:  I ran "ize" and "eers" and radio, and got all but It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in Philadelphia and all but Baldwin in authors, but missed two each in the others.

Surprise, surprise - I sucked in the mythology category, only correctly guessing Lancelot.  I missed three in films and two each in fires and First Ladies.  The only category I ran was vocabulary, but I came close in geography, getting all but Liberia.

I had no idea for FJ.  I thought about Harry Potter, but figured that would be way too easy  for a FJ.  I'd never heard of Percy Jackson, so I could have sat here until I died and not come up with that.

[dgpolo]

1 minute ago, Bastet said:

I'd never heard of Percy Jackson, so I could have sat here until I died and not come up with that.

 

1 minute ago, Bastet said:

Surprise, surprise - I sucked in the mythology category,

the Percy Jackson stories are based on Greek Mythology

[ProudMary]

If anyone's interested, the Disney+ series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians is very enjoyable. The first season is 10 episodes long and Season 2 will air sometime in 2025. They're filming now. I like the kids that were cast in the main roles and there are many familiar faces among the adults playing the roles of the Greek Gods. If you have Disney+, it's worth a look, even for adults. (I watched with my Millennial son, who loved the books as a kid and thinks the series is much better than the movies were.)

So yes, I got FJ correct. 🙂

[proserpina65]

14 hours ago, possibilities said:

I have never heard of Percy Jackson.

I've heard of Percy Jackson, but only the first two books were published when I left the bookstore where I worked, and they weren't that popular at the time, at least not there.  So while I know OF the basic plot, I did not have enough familiarity to be able to guess that one correctly.

I knew Harry Potter wasn't right, but it was all I had.

On a different note: I was prepared to get all "Jeopardy is WRONG!!!!" with that Philadelphia Phillies clue, ranting about how it was the Philadelphia Athletics at that time because my dad used to be obsessed with the Athletics and Connie Mack.  But I googled both and discovered that the Phillies were actually the older team and were in the National League, whereas the Athletics came about 20 years later and were in the American League.  The Phillies are actually the oldest one-city, one-word name team in major league baseball.  So I learned something from last night's game.

13 hours ago, Bastet said:

Surprise, surprise - I sucked in the mythology category, only correctly guessing Lancelot.

I ran the category but I'm not sure I consider either Robin Hood or King Arthur to be mythological.  Myths to me implies stories about the gods of various peoples whereas RH and KA are more legends.  But that is just me.

13 hours ago, Bastet said:

I cannot believe it took three tries to come up with Western Union.  I was a bit surprised Top 40 took that many as well. 

Top 40 surprised me but Western Union didn't, mostly because I couldn't come up with it either.

[proserpina65]

On 9/16/2024 at 12:15 PM, ams1001 said:

Ringo is 84 (1940); Phil is 73 (1951).

So I was right about Phil Collins not being a teenager in 1953.  Yay!

[Clanstarling]

14 hours ago, kathyk2 said:

I was rooting for Will I hope there's another second chance tournament and he gets invited back.

I liked him too, and thought for sure he'd win.  Which isn't to say I didn't like Aiden - I do. He reminds me so strongly of someone in a show, I think, but I just can't put my finger on it.

I ran About the Author, which surprised me. Though I read a lot (!) I don't often remember a lot about specific authors.

[ProudMary]

20 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

I liked him too, and thought for sure he'd win.  Which isn't to say I didn't like Aiden - I do. He reminds me so strongly of someone in a show, I think, but I just can't put my finger on it.

Aiden reminds me of Josh Banday. I know him from the ABC series, Not Dead Yet. 

 

[Shrek]

4 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

 

I ran the category but I'm not sure I consider either Robin Hood or King Arthur to be mythological.  Myths to me implies stories about the gods of various peoples whereas RH and KA are more legends.  But that is just me.

 

Interesting theory, maybe they're mythical legends then as neither were real people. Certainly have me thinking a lot harder about it now than I realistically should.

[chessiegal]

From Dictionary.com

my·thol·o·gy

noun

1. a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.

"a book discussing Jewish and Christian mythologies"

Similar: myth(s), legend(s), folklore, folk tales, folk stories, lore, tradition, stories, tales, mythos

2.the study of myths.

"this field includes archaeology, comparative mythology, and folklore"

Robin Hood and King Arthur fit into the folklore category.

 

[kathyk2]

Today's Jeopardy episode will be on Channel 38 instead of Channel 4 if you live in Boston.

[ams1001]

September 18:

70% / 53% / 62%

Not-terrible first round (I actually did pretty well except for one category), terrible second. In J I missed one in Princes & Princesses, Song Titles, Rain, 7-Up, and "Aint", and four in Vancouver. In DJ I missed one in Initials, two in NFTs & IPOs and Little Black Books, and three in Historical Hoosegow, Constellations, and Presidential Last Names.

Did not get FJ. On track to bring the donuts this week…

TSes: (J had 6; DJ had 9 + 1 DD) I got Kauai, sulfuric acid, monsoon, Saint Elmo's Fire, CFCs (DD), Man in the Iron Mask, and MLA.

Edited September 19 by ams1001

[Katy M]

I was thinking about saying Fantasia,, but for some reason decided they wanted a live action so said Mary Poppins.

I got the missed clues of sulphuric acid, monsoon, pride, CFCs, Main in the Iron Mask and Peter.

I got the entire category of princes right.

[Browncoat]

Insta-guess FJ for me tonight, and I really doubted myself.  Fortunately I stuck with it, mostly because I couldn't think of anything else.

So many TS tonight!  Ones I got include Kauai, sulfuric acid, Discovery, monsoon, pride, St. Elmo's Fire, CFCs, Cassiopeia, Asclepius (a wild guess), and fly.  And I will freely admit that I had to look up how to spell Asclepius.  I kept trying to put an h after the c.  

Fun fact, I have been to that prison museum in Ushuaia.  It's surprisingly interesting.

[SoMuchTV]

“Little Susie took a drink

But she will drink no more. 

For what she thought was H2O

was H2SO4”

Even though I can completely remember this from maybe 4th grade, I had no idea what H2SO4 actually represents. 

[ams1001]

37 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

Asclepius (a wild guess)

I was so close; my brain went Aeschylus...no, that's not it...oh, out of time.

 

31 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

“Little Susie took a drink

But she will drink no more. 

For what she thought was H2O

was H2SO4”

Even though I can completely remember this from maybe 4th grade, I had no idea what H2SO4 actually represents. 

Lol, that started going through my head but I didn't have the words quite right.