Jeopardy! Season 41 (2024-2025)

[ams1001]

18 minutes ago, dgpolo said:

They ask for the Geographic Word in the title, if -highland- is a geographic word then I can see the wiggle room. Highland is a word within the word Highlands. They did specifically ask for a word from the title, just a geographic word that was in the title. Sorry, probably not explaining well but I can see the wiggle room.

Yeah, me too. That's why I was iffy and not totally against it.

[Browncoat]

Ah, Rabbie Burns -- it could only be the Highlands, of course.  Instaget FJ for me.

And I got the TS of YooHoo, Monaco, Pendleton, space, corundum, and box.

[Bastet]

The space heater TS surprised me, as did no one guessing box.

I fully expected to blow the lit category entirely, but I managed to correctly guess Icebreaker.  Other than that disaster, I had a great first round, getting everything else but Pendleton.

I had a great DJ, as well; I missed two each in colleges and history, got all but corundum in minerals, and ran the rest.

I groaned when I saw the FJ category, and indeed didn't know the poem being quoted, but because Burns was Scottish, the description made me think Highlands, so that was my guess, having no idea if he had a poem with that in the title.  Lucked into that one!

[possibilities]

22 hours ago, Bastet said:

I honestly don't even remember what King Phillip version I learned in school, as it has long since been replaced in my mind by "Kinky People Come Over For Group Sex".

Damn! I learned some garbage about Kathy Poured Coffee....

I knew order, but I didn't know I had been raised by Puritans.

[Prevailing Wind]

Now that Pluto isn't a planet, Mary's Virgin Excuse Makes Joseph Suspect Upstairs Neighbor instead of Many Visitors Enjoy Mostly Just Sitting Under Nice Palms.

[possibilities]

My very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins.

 

I apparently was educated by people who thought women were always serving food.

[ams1001]

3 hours ago, possibilities said:

My very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins.

 

I apparently was educated by people who thought women were always serving food.

It was pickles for me.

[The Wild Sow]

2 hours ago, ams1001 said:

5 hours ago, possibilities said:

My very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins.

 

I apparently was educated by people who thought women were always serving food.

Expand  

It was pickles for me.

Pizzas.

[30 Helens]

I feel cheated. I was never taught any of these pneumonics. I only learned the Great Lakes one in recent years, but I can never remember that the word is HOMES, so it’s of no help. But the next time I have to think about taxonomy, I’ll try to remember that some king had sex? With his family? And there were pumpkins involved? Oh, never mind.

I had no idea for the Robert Burns clue, other than they wanted a place in Scotland, obviously. The only Burns poem I know is about the mice and their men, and how their schemes gang aft agley.

[shapeshifter]

Regarding planet mnemonics:

6 hours ago, possibilities said:

My very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins.
I apparently was educated by people who thought women were always serving food.

I am older than dirt, so it was:
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles.
Not even Educated. 
But Mom (born in 1928) could've been a Jeopardy! champ even today if she was still here and physically able. In Latin, Literature, History, Pop Culture and some others, she'd have mopped the floor with her fellow contestants (graciously and with a smile).

 

Re:

13 hours ago, Bastet said:

The space heater TS surprised me, as did no one guessing box.

I thought box and then second guessed myself because there were a lot of distracting words in the clue that I thought I should check and so ran out of time.

Same with space heater. 

Maybe if I'd read them in the archive without contestants buzzing-in I'd have got them?

ETA: Or if they'd just leave the clue on the screen as an inset.

Edited November 14 by shapeshifter

[Trey]

24 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

Maybe if I'd read them in the archive without contestants buzzing-in I'd have got them?

Yeah, those contestants really get in the way sometimes😆

Re FJ, my first thought was loch as in Loch Lomond but that didn't sound right. Then I thought of highland(s) and figured it was at least a good guess with Robbie Burns being the poet and mountains in the clue.  I have heard the poem before but it was buried very deeply in my mental filing cabinet.

[ams1001]

1 hour ago, shapeshifter said:

Regarding planet mnemonics:

I am older than dirt, so it was:
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles.
Not even Educated. 

Yeah, that's how I learned it, too. (I'm 49, for what it's worth.)

[Bastet]

I'll be watching football tonight, so just checked the archive. 

The Good Earth being a TS surprised me, as did no one guessing West Point or Armani.

I was terrible in raves, only getting Moulin Rouge, but if not for that I'd have had a great first round -- I missed two in made that, got all but upright in UP, and ran the rest.

I did pretty well in DJ; I ran musical, fashion, and words and got all but Fight Club in fiction.  I missed three in Greece and two in aviators.

If you asked me when All Saints Day is, I couldn't even tell you the month, let alone the specific date (quite frankly, I'd probably respond "There's an All Saints Day?"), so FJ was one of the only clues about an NFL team I've ever missed.  Boo, hiss.

[ams1001]

November 14:

63% / 73% / 67%

Actually did better in the second round than the first tonight. In J I ran Rays, missed one in O'er the Land of the Free, two in What's "Up", We Made That, and Hobbies & Pastimes, and four in Home of the Rave. In DJ I ran 20th Century Fiction and Fashion Designers, missed one in Ancient Greece, two in Musical Ett(e)s and 13-Letter Words, and three in Aviators.

Didn't get FJ. I know when All Saints Day is but I didn't make the connection. I can tell you it's November 1 if you asked, but just hearing the date doesn't make me think All Saints Day.

TSes: (J had 4 + the DD; DJ had 9) I got stingray, Aeschylus, The Good Earth, Earthrise, and Armani.

I saw a comment earlier that Evan looks like a young Nathan Lane and now I can't unsee it.

[Browncoat]

It took me nearly the whole time, but I finally did figure out the significance of Nov 1 and got FJ.  

I also got the TS of stingrays, Pfizer, Kansas, Armani, Earthrise, Francis Gary Powers, The Good Earth, and West Point.

27 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

I saw a comment earlier that Evan looks like a young Nathan Lane and now I can't unsee it.

And Steven reminded me of Stanley Tucci.

[Mindthinkr]

I rarely get to watch in real time, but the fact that I did so well was a big bonus for me. I got Stingray's, Pfizer, the missed DD of Kansas (I got all the DDs), Ike-ettes (probably wrong spelling there), The Good Earth and FJ. I ran Hobbies & Pastimes, Up Words and Designers as well. 
 

[graybrown bird]

Long ago I had a recording of the Scottish tenor Kenneth McKellar singing songs of Scotland.  I played it til I knew it by heart, including "My Heart's in the Highlands."  I hadn't thought of it in decades until that clue on Jeopardy, and all the words came flooding back to me. 

 

[30 Helens]

I have heard of All Saints Day, but had no idea when it was. Couple that with my (lack of) knowledge about football, and it will come as no surprise that I missed FJ.

Hoping for an easy category tomorrow. It’s my last shot!

[chessiegal]

I knew All Saints Day is November 1, but that didn't help me for FJ. I fixated on the year.

How many of you know why there is a Halloween? I'm guessing most know the date.

Quote

Halloween, or Hallowe'en is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

All Hallows' Day is All Saints Day.

[DXD526]

Quote

I saw a comment earlier that Evan looks like a young Nathan Lane and now I can't unsee it.

Evan reminded me of Bobby Moynihan, who used to be on 'Saturday Night Live.' He even sounded like him!

[proserpina65]

I had not a clue for FJ.  In retrospect, though, it was obvious but it didn't connect in my brain that Nov 1 was All Saints' Day.

On 11/13/2024 at 7:33 PM, Katy M said:

I got FJ, but I call fowl 🐔 on highland being accepted. The clue asked for the word from a work of poetry.  It needs to be exact.  And leaving off an s doesn't fall into an acceptable spelling mistake that doesn't change the pronunciation (maybe if you're french).

I said Scotland, thought about changing it to the Highlands but didn't.  I completely agree, Highland should not have been accepted.

On 11/13/2024 at 7:34 PM, ams1001 said:

Then I reread the clue and it asks for the word in the title so it wouldn't matter, anyway.

It's still wrong.  The title include "Highlands", not "Highland".  I don't agree that there was wiggle room.  The clue specifically asked for the geographic word in the title of the poem, so just "highland" should've been ruled incorrect as that is not the word in the title.

[proserpina65]

On 11/14/2024 at 5:04 AM, Prevailing Wind said:

Now that Pluto isn't a planet, Mary's Virgin Excuse Makes Joseph Suspect Upstairs Neighbor instead of Many Visitors Enjoy Mostly Just Sitting Under Nice Palms.

I just learned the order of the planets.  Never needed to mess about with mnemonics at all for that one.

On 11/14/2024 at 10:31 AM, 30 Helens said:

I had no idea for the Robert Burns clue, other than they wanted a place in Scotland, obviously. The only Burns poem I know is about the mice and their men, and how their schemes gang aft agley.

I love Burns' poetry, so I'm deeply ashamed for not getting "highlands" right away, never mind not changing it when I did think of them.

2 hours ago, chessiegal said:

How many of you know why there is a Halloween? I'm guessing most know the date.

Because of ancient pagan festivals.  Never mind this saint nonsense.

 

[Clanstarling]

On 11/14/2024 at 8:04 AM, shapeshifter said:

ETA: Or if they'd just leave the clue on the screen as an inset.

That would be so good - my worst problem is not remembering the category.

20 hours ago, Browncoat said:

It took me nearly the whole time, but I finally did figure out the significance of Nov 1 and got FJ

My husband walked me through it - I did get it, but not in enough time, and since I was guided the whole way, I can't count it. :(

I mean, November 1 is just November 1 to me. Not a fan of Halloween (well, the candy...).

Edited November 15 by Clanstarling

[Driad]

I remembered November 1 is All Saints' Day because once I was in Europe at that time, and every place I wanted to see was closed that day.  Luckily the trains were running and I had a rail pass, so it was all scenery day.

[PaulaO]

You go to Azerbaijan, spend 4 hours a day learning the language, then can’t remember how to say anything???  She could not even brush up on the language to say hi how are you and she’s on Jeopardy!?

[ams1001]

November 15:

67% / 57% / 61%

Meh game to end the week. In J I ran Tools, missed one in Last Lines of Books, two in Didn't Come Here to Make Friends, People-Named Highways, and Poke an I Out, and three in This American Wife. In DJ I ran Animals of the Amazon, missed one in Broadway Musicals, two in "M"iscellany, three in Geography and Foreign Words & Phrases, and four in Sculptors. Did not get FJ.

TSes: (J had 6; DJ had 12 + 1 DD) I got awl, fiat/fat, tapir, Donatello, Moneypenny, maelstrom, Six, and Friday.

You'd think if one of your potential stories is "I spent some time in another country learning their relatively uncommon language," you'd at least have something prepared to say in that language. I mean, you know there's a chance he's gonna ask.

The Kristi Noem clue (her past "dogged" her) cracked me up (though I got that one just from the picture, anyway). Also a little surprised they went there but then again it's not the first time they've used some questionable recent events in clues.
 

[Browncoat]

Astonishingly, I got FJ.  It was a total guess based on "wings clipped" and that was the only thing I could think of with a bird's name that was also transportation.  I was all ready to make excuses (I have a terrible cold), but maybe I should play while ill more often.

I also got the TS of awl, Ruth Handler (thank you, Barbie movie), fiat & fat, Moneypenny, Friday (another total guess), maelstrom, tapir, and Donatello.

[laredhead]

On 11/14/2024 at 11:09 PM, 30 Helens said:

I have heard of All Saints Day, but had no idea when it was. Couple that with my (lack of) knowledge about football, and it will come as no surprise that I missed FJ.

I'm embarrassed to say that I did not guess the answer.  I live 80 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana, and All Saints Day is a big religious day here because of the large Catholic population in the state.  I'm a Saints fan too - even when they lose.  I was kicking myself when I saw the answer. 

Edited November 16 by laredhead
Spelling

[30 Helens]

7 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Astonishingly, I got FJ.  It was a total guess based on "wings clipped"

And your cleverness exceeds mine, because that flew right past me. Anyone want to explain the “fishermen and ghost hunters” part? 

I will listen while chewing on a bagel. Trying to decide between blueberry and cinnamon raisin.

 

[Prevailing Wind]

14 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

I mean, November 1 is just November 1 to me. Not a fan of Halloween (well, the candy...).

It's my late Poppop's birthday, too.

[Browncoat]

3 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

Anyone want to explain the “fishermen and ghost hunters” part? 

I have no idea!  I sort of ignored that part.

[GreekGeek]

4 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

And your cleverness exceeds mine, because that flew right past me. Anyone want to explain the “fishermen and ghost hunters” part? 

 

All I can think of is that the investigators were "fishing" for something that wasn't there (the "ghost")--in this case, Hughes misappropriating tax dollars.

 

[Trey]

I didn't even know what the heck the clue meant but figured the transportation was an airplane and came up with Spruce Goose, amazing myself and my son.

[Clanstarling]

15 hours ago, ams1001 said:

You'd think if one of your potential stories is "I spent some time in another country learning their relatively uncommon language," you'd at least have something prepared to say in that language. I mean, you know there's a chance he's gonna ask.

The Kristi Noem clue (her past "dogged" her) cracked me up (though I got that one just from the picture, anyway). Also a little surprised they went there but then again it's not the first time they've used some questionable recent events in clues.
 

It was strange to use that as you story and not be able to deliver a simple phrase.

Loved the Kristi Noem clue, I must be spiteful, because I always enjoy when a clue takes a dig at someone (usually someone I'm okay with insulting).

[Bastet]

I watched with friends, so didn't keep track, but I did pretty well overall and I was the only one who got FJ (there were only three of us, to be fair) -- wings meant it had to be a plane, and, with planes in mind, the year and the senate took me right to Howard Hughes having to defend his spending on the Spruce Goose.  I wasn't sure how the ghost hunting came into play, but figured that had to be it. 

[Katy M]

On 11/12/2024 at 9:05 AM, MrAtoz said:

I wonder what Rachel was thinking of with Rutherford B. Hayes?

Lucy Hayes didn't drink or serve alcohol, so maybe she just thought she was a buzzkill who wouldn't allow dancing either?

[Driad]

1 hour ago, Katy M said:

Lucy Hayes didn't drink or serve alcohol

She was known as "Lemonade Lucy."

[zoey1996]

Week 10 2/5, no*

YTD 18/50, three*

[proserpina65]

Well, I did briefly think of the Spruce Goose for Friday's FJ but discounted it for some reason.  (The fishermen and ghost hunters part of the clue, probably.)  Don't remember what I ended up saying, but obviously it was wrong as hell.

I did pretty well otherwise.  Ran 3 categories (Tooling Up, Friends and Last Lines) and got all but one clue in 6 others (American Wife, Highways, Animals, Sculptors, "M"iscellany and Songs).  And I got a whopping 10 stumpers: Abby Wampach, awl, The Comeback, fiat & fat, diefy & defy (although I did put them in the past tense since the clue said "made", not "make"), The House at Pooh Corner, Donatello (my favorite Renaissance sculptor), Maya Lin, Miss Moneypenny and scandal.

When Paul answered Michelangelo instead of Donatello, I told him it was a different ninja turtle.

[Bastet]

I'll be watching football tonight, so just checked the archive.  I gave myself credit for Mary J. Blige, as I'd have recognized her from a picture, but for the rest I either didn't need them or they wouldn't have helped.

I missed three in Wicked and two each in money, British Museum, and Garfield, so this was not a good first round for me.  I only ran Latin, but I came close in black, getting all but the Kaaba.

I didn't get any better in DJ.  I ran healthy and got all but fusillade in words, but blew the literary category entirely and missed two each in the rest.

FJ was an instaget, though, so I ended on a high note.

[Katy M]

I got FJ immediately and spent the rest of the time wondering if I had her mixed up with someone else. I didn't.

I got the missed clues of Jordan and fusillade.

[ams1001]

November 18:

70% / 39% / 56%

Despite apparently knowing nothing about James Abram Garfield (at least now I know what the A stood for...), I did pretty well in the first round…ran Black and Wicked, missed one in Latin and British Museum, three in Money, and four in Garfield (the one I got was Department of Education which didn't require any Garfield-specific knowledge; it was just a logical guess based on the reference to him heading a college).

In DJ I did horribly…ran Healthy Body (but they only got to four of them), missed two in Historical "T", three in 9-Letter Words, and four in Countries, R&B, and Literary Settings (which they also only got to four of). Never read/watched Game of Thrones, couldn't name a Graham Greene novel off the top of my head if you paid me, have only read one Faulkner book and hated it, and blanked on the Harry Potter town.

FJ was almost an instaget. (And in case anyone else was wondering, since I've always seen it spelled "Carrie," per Wikipedia: "Caroline Amelia Nation, often referred to by Carrie, Carry Nation, Carrie A. Nation, or Hatchet Granny...")

TSes: (J had 7; DJ had 7) I got Olduvai Gorge, Kaaba, and kompromat.
 

[Browncoat]

Instaget FJ for me tonight, and I've only ever seen it spelled with an "ie" at the end.

I also got the TS of Mercury dime, shutdown, Olduvai Gorge, and Jordan.

[possibilities]

Might be a personal record for me with TS today: Mercury, Olduvai Gorge, Qabba, Jason, abhorrent, and Typhoid Mary. Plus I got FJ. `

Now watch: I'll miss everything for the rest of the week.

[Prevailing Wind]

Wikipedia says Ms. Nation's name was spelled both ways - ie & y.

[Clanstarling]

16 hours ago, Katy M said:

I got FJ immediately and spent the rest of the time wondering if I had her mixed up with someone else. I didn't.

We, on the other hand, were absolutely sure we were right with "Molly Hatchet." Oh well, two dunces on a couch. 😄

[ProudMary]

3 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

We, on the other hand, were absolutely sure we were right with "Molly Hatchet." Oh well, two dunces on a couch. 😄

Watch out, you might be flirtin' with disaster there!

[proserpina65]

Had to look at the archives because fucking FOX45 ran Family Feud at 7 for some idiotic reason.  I would've gotten FJ right away.  Would've done okay, but not great, with the rest of the game, too. I did get Mercury dime, escudo, Olduvai Gorge, fusillade and Brighton.  I vacillated between Jordan and Morocco for that clue and chose the wrong one.  (I thought Morocco had a King Hussein at one point but turns out is was Hassan.)

3 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

We, on the other hand, were absolutely sure we were right with "Molly Hatchet." Oh well, two dunces on a couch. 😄

Well, Carrie Nation had a hatchet, quite famously, so you were halfway there.  🙂

 

[chessiegal]

I got Carrie Nation. I had lunch at the Menger Bar in San Antonio where Carrie Nation wielded her axe. 

[ams1001]

November 19:

70% / 75% / 73%

Pretty decent game tonight! In J I ran "Over" & "Under" and Y2K Memories, missed one in Billboard Music Awards, two in Timepieces, and three in People on US Money and Landlocked & Loaded. In DJ I ran It's Ruined and Veterinary Medicine, missed one in Sitcom Neighbors and French Crossword Clues, two in Musical Instruments, and three in Literary Los Angeles.

And I got FJ (pretty quickly, too; a pleasant surprise for a sports category).

TSes: (J had only the DD; DJ had 3 + 1 DD) I got South Sudan (DD), Edward Gibbon, and décolletage.