Jeopardy! Season 41 (2024-2025)

[possibilities]

Did anyone get a close look at Joe's tie? I wanted to see what the design was. I was imagining it was penguins, but I am pretty sure I'm making that up. 

6 hours ago, PaulaO said:

 

Thank goodness Wednesday’s winner is gone.  He flapped around the podium like a pigeon ready for take off.

That looked like involuntary movment, to me, and I find your comment insensitive and unkind. I would hope that people with muscular or neuro diagnoses would not be expected to hide away and miss out on life. 

I had 5 TS today: Swarovsky, 9 yards, Taoism, Dalloway, and orthography (though I said "orthographic" so maybe that doesn't count).

 

[kathyk2]

6 minutes ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

I got orthography, Hogmanay, Swarovski, at sixes & sevens, and Dylan Thomas.

We had a long discussion about FJ and eventually got from Edward G Robinson=> Organized crime => fun => Popehat => RICO.

I was yelling Rico at the tv. I was surprised Dylan Thomas was a TS. He was a frequent subject during Alex's time.

[ams1001]

2 hours ago, kathyk2 said:

I was surprised Dylan Thomas was a TS.

My college's theater department did Under Milkwood when I was a sophomore. I remember because my roommate was in it and performed with a broken foot (which happened when she rolled her foot on the stairs during a rehearsal). She really didn't want to have to drop out, so the doctor told her when she wasn't on stage she was to be on crutches, and put her in a cast after it was over.

[30 Helens]

Not a great game for me, although I did get the two missed DDs of Mrs. Dalloway and Taoism. FJ was far from an instaget, but I eventully got there through process of elimination: “Little Caesar… Edward G. Robinson… he smushed a grapefruit in someone’s face… is there a grapefruit statute? Wait, what was the character’s name? Little… Little something. Rico. RICO! That’s it!” I’ve actually never seen the movie, just clips. But somehow that found its way into my deepest file drawers and I was able to dig it out.

 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by 30 Helens
Edited to remove unintentional snark. The awe remains.

[Bastet]

I watched with friends so didn't keep track, but I know DJ was a rough round for me -- religion, pop culture physics, British songs, bleh.  The first round was pretty good, though.

None of us (three, not a big group) had even heard of the film in FJ, so there was not a response to be guessed in that house.  When the category came up, my friends turned to me and said, "That's all you."  But, nope, I had no idea what the movie was about, so didn't know where to start.  If I'd known it was about gangsters, I'd have guessed RICO.

None of us could believe knowing the structure of DNA = double helix was worth anything more than $200, never mind a DD.

[Browncoat]

Greetings from Auckland!  We've made it back this far, with only two broken wrists (one was bad enough that the guest was airlifted from the ship), one broken arm, and just a few cuts and scrapes.  Oh, and at least two respiratory infections.  None of these was mine.

We had one clear-sh night -- last night -- and were able to do a little stargazing with a Master Navigator (seriously).  He showed us how the Polynesians navigated by the stars, and it's just like in the movie Moana.  I already appreciated the apparent cultural accuracy of that movie, but really hearing it from a Master Navigator made it all the better.  And we got to see the Southern Cross!  I got a fair photo, considering I did a long exposure on a slightly rocking ship.  The stars are just a little blurry.  

Tomorrow, I'll fly home, and get home before I leave New Zealand.  Looking forward to playing along in real time this week!

[Trey]

Have a safe trip home, @Browncoat.  I appreciate your taking us along with you on your trip. 

 

[PaulaO]

Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?  Instaget FJ!

[ProudMary]

On 12/21/2024 at 1:32 AM, 30 Helens said:

FJ was far from an instaget, but I eventully got there through process of elimination: “Little Caesar… Edward G. Robinson… he smushed a grapefruit in someone’s face… is there a grapefruit statute? Wait, what was the character’s name? Little… Little something. Rico. RICO! That’s it!” I’ve actually never seen the movie, just clips. But somehow that found its way into my deepest file drawers and I was able to dig it out.

I didn't get FJ and it's very frustrating to me because I actually have a wealth of knowledge about motion picture history of the '30s and '40s. It's one of my strong suits, but not on Friday. 😏 I knew that "Little Caesar" starred Edward G. Robinson, but for whatever reason, my brain was fixating on the James Cagney films, "The Public Enemy" and "White Heat" and was only pulling the character names from those films. I never got to Rico. I think I've only seen clips from "Little Caesar," never the full film. Still, that probably should have been enough for me to get Rico, but evidently not.

The reason I quoted you here is that you also seem to have had "The Public Enemy" in mind, without realizing it. James Cagney was the one who smushed a grapefruit in Jean Harlow's face. That was a scene from "The Public Enemy." Of course, that knowledge netted me nothing. Kudos to you for getting Rico!

[SoMuchTV]

1 hour ago, ProudMary said:

I didn't get FJ and it's very frustrating to me because I actually have a wealth of knowledge about motion picture history of the '30s and '40s. It's one of my strong suits, but not on Friday. 😏 I knew that "Little Caesar" starred Edward G. Robinson, but for whatever reason, my brain was fixating on the James Cagney films, "The Public Enemy" and "White Heat" and was only pulling the character names from those films. I never got to Rico. I think I've only seen clips from "Little Caesar," never the full film. Still, that probably should have been enough for me to get Rico, but evidently not.

Ah, the dreaded “burden of knowledge.”  I, on the other hand, was almost completely unburdened. My thought process was something like, well, I don’t know that movie. But it sounds like it might be about a gangsters. Isn’t there a law about racketeering called RICO? And Rico sounds like a stereotypical gangster name. So whoever drafted it was having a little fun with the name?

[30 Helens]

7 hours ago, ProudMary said:

The reason I quoted you here is that you also seem to have had "The Public Enemy" in mind, without realizing it. James Cagney was the one who smushed a grapefruit in Jean Harlow's face. That was a scene from "The Public Enemy." Of course, that knowledge netted me nothing. Kudos to you for getting Rico!

Ah, thank you. That is another movie I haven’t seen, and know only from clips. Clearly my brain was smushing the two movies together, grapefruit or no grapefruit! But I guess that just goes to prove, it doesn’t matter how you get there, as long as you get there.