Jeopardy! Season 41 (2024-2025)

[SomeTameGazelle]

2 hours ago, ams1001 said:

Mehal's tie was very bright...

I was thinking that I would have advised Ken to wear a different tie with that shirt. Maybe the small pattern on the tie marched with the check on the shirt but on TV I thought the red of the tie clashed with the shirt.

1 hour ago, Browncoat said:

I guessed olive for FJ, thinking you might extend an olive branch for peace among competitors.  It made more sense in my head.

Olive crossed my mind but I discarded it. I didn't think it was laurel (although I don't blame anyone for guessing it) but I would not have thought of palm.

Mehal is well-positioned for one of the wildcard spots.

[proserpina65]

So I had a pretty good game last night.  Better in the first round than in the second, but still, I ran Beef, Photo, Laugh, Short Stories, Travel USA and "More" Or "Less".  I got all but one clue in Dams, Vocab and History.  (Should've run History but Joey said Galileo before I could.)

The stumpers I got were Steve Martin, Emily, Mystic, the Ballet Theatre and Mikhail Baryshnikov.  I have a book about the history of the American Ballet Theatre which includes that picture of Eugene Loring.  And it was my love of Misha Baryshnikov which inspired my interest in ballet, so that one was an instaget.

Unlike FJ, where I also said "laurel".

I wanted Eamonn to win because, well, look at him, but he really lost steam in DJ.  But unlike some other recent games, I liked all three contestants so I was okay with the winner and the possible wild card.

[Grizzly]

It seems like the Wildcard tournament has been pretty lacking in women contestants. Hoping they've already qualified for TOC.

[ams1001]

January 17:

57% / 47% / 52%

Terrible game. In J I missed three in "B" Pictures and two each in everything else. In DJ I missed one in Rhyme Time, two in Drama, Mish Mash, and Bath, three in Swampy America, and all five in Science (that's usually a decent category for me, too).

But I got FJ! (My only one of the week and it was an asterisk! Which I find a little surprising...)

TSes: (J had 2; DJ had 3) I got your last breath, knight plight, and mopey Dopey (helped that the one without a beard was a mini crossword clue recently).

Edited Saturday at 12:28 AM by ams1001

[Katy M]

in my defense, I was sure this wasn't right, but I said Donald Trump, because all I could think of was "You're fired."  LOL.  Gunfire never entered my head and I didn't know how you could throw away fire.  But, once the answer was revealed I totally remembered that.

I got the missed clues of smile, ursa minor and mopey dopey.

I got the entire category of 10 right.

 

[Browncoat]

I did not get FJ, but it was so obvious after the answer was revealed.  I was stuck on fire as flames, and just couldn't figure out the clue.

And the only TS I got was breath.  Not my best night.  It's been a long week.

[SomeTameGazelle]

25 minutes ago, Katy M said:

Gunfire never entered my head and I didn't know how you could throw away fire. 

Luckily "I'm not throwing away my shot" from Hamilton instantly came into my head in this case.

 

[SoMuchTV]

Oh, man, second place guy, talk about “throwing away your shot”!  I know they don’t know the status of previous games (as far as who the potential wildcards were) but surely he should have thought his balance (something like 18k, I think!) would have put him firmly in the running. 

[SomeTameGazelle]

7 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

Oh, man, second place guy, talk about “throwing away your shot”!  I know they don’t know the status of previous games (as far as who the potential wildcards were) but surely he should have thought his balance (something like 18k, I think!) would have put him firmly in the running. 

I figured he overthought it and convinced himself that everyone else must have over 30k.

[DrSpaceman73]

Why did he bet it all with $18k????!!!  Would have bet zero and chanced it with a wild card spot. 

[The Wild Sow]

Somehow my last 2 or 3 posts - from my phone - have not showed up.  Gonna have to check that.

Anyway....No Hamilfans on last night's show?  Wow!  The entire show is about how Alex "won't throw away his shot" - and then proceeds to do just that.  And Aaron Burr standing back to "wait for it...wait for it..."  And then doesn't!

Also, what was with all the paintings? Was it "Nekkid Art Day" on Jeopardy last night?! 😁LOL even Birth of Venus, although they didn't show it, just described it!

[The Wild Sow]

Testing from phone

[januaryman]

I don't have any strong opinions about Adam either way but I hoped Jen or Paul would beat Will so I'm glad they're getting another chance.  Drew and Joey are my favorites of this bunch and Will is my least favorite. I'd like to see Drew advance just to see him pitted against Drew Basile and how Ken would read the names.

[ams1001]

20 hours ago, januaryman said:

I don't have any strong opinions about Adam either way but I hoped Jen or Paul would beat Will so I'm glad they're getting another chance.  Drew and Joey are my favorites of this bunch and Will is my least favorite. I'd like to see Drew advance just to see him pitted against Drew Basile and how Ken would read the names.

I like Marko!, too.

[ams1001]

January 20:

I panicked for a second when I saw channel 7 was doing a special report on the inauguration, but channel 6 was not, thank goodness (7 is from NYC, 6 is from Philly but not in HD).

Terrible game...in J I missed one in Museums, two in MLK, This & That and Back Words & Forward, three in Farm Tools, and four in British Sitcoms. In DJ I missed one in Politics and Starts with D, two in Broadway and Psychology, and four in French Geography and 18th Century Writing. No clue for FJ (well, I guessed it was a submarine, at least).

TSes: (J had 5 + the DD; DJ had 3, assuming I counted correctly since the archive is only partially complete at the moment) I got department store.

Drew can wear short sleeves for the rest of the tournament, please. (What is a mouse? 😄)
 

Edited 13 hours ago by ams1001

[Katy M]

I had less than 0 idea on FJ.

I got the missed clues of dept store and go for it.

So so night.

And I did that exact same thing for the curling parents.  Just threw it out there and was shocked it was right.

[ams1001]

Just now, Katy M said:

And I did that exact same thing for the curling parents.  Just threw it out there and was shocked it was right.

I guessed broom, so I was on the right track, at least.

[Grizzly]

I can die happy. My two favorite British comedies were mentioned on Jeopardy. So I knew Judi Dench and dept store. For FJ, I said nuclear submarine, do you think they would have accepted it?

Yay Drew!!!!!!!

[Bliss]

I adore Drew.

"What is a mouse?" made my day ;-)

[Browncoat]

I just said submarine for FJ.  I don't suppose that counts.

But I did get the TS of Mahalia Jackson, department store, toaster pastries, and go for it.

[SoMuchTV]

Quote

Like "helicopter parents", this term from a sports-minded Danish psychologist describes parents who sweep obstacles away from kids

I thought “snowplow parenting” was a much more common term for the same phenomenon, and it’s also sports-related (skiing), but I suppose it wasn’t coined by a Danish psychologist?

Edited 10 hours ago by SoMuchTV
Fixed quote box - it wasn’t working before

[possibilities]

My station pre-empted part of DJ to live cover some political bullshit, so I missed what sounds like was a fun part of the game. But I was able to se FJ, which was hilarious and very endearing on the part of all players.

[Driad]

Farm equipment: Sign in a dealership: We stand behind everything we sell, except our manure spreaders.

The contestants can see the scores. Where and what is the display?