Jeopardy! Season 41 (2024-2025)

[ams1001]

January 27:

60% / 60% / 59%

Bleh. In J I missed one in "CH" and Broken, two in Lakes and Special Days, three in Game Time and Hell's Kitchen the Musical. In DJ I missed one in It's Got a Motor, two in Culture in Agriculture, Weak, Literary Characters, and Celebrity Memoirs, and three in That Happened.

Didn't get FJ. But neither did they, so.

TSes: (J had 6 + the DD; DJ had 6) I got Poconos (DD), Girl on Fire, and Bossypants.

I was rooting for Alison but I like Will, too, so I'm happy for him.

[Katy M]

I knew there was no way Reykjavik had 400k people, so I went the other end and said Wellington, but I was in no way confident of my answer, not sure that Wellington had that many.  So, I don't think reykavik was a bad guess, but really have to side eye Washington DC.  

I got the missed clue of Grandma moses.

I got the entire category of Hell's Kitchen wrong.

[Grizzly]

Knew to be in the southern hemisphere, at least. Was contemplating Jakarta.

[Browncoat]

I think my most recent vacation helped me get FJ tonight.  Not exactly an instaget, but I was pretty sure I was right.  Yay, asterisk!

I also got the TS of Poconos, Grandma Moses, Far From the Madding Crowd, compressor, and Bossy Pants.

I wasn't rooting for any of them.

[secnarf]

1 hour ago, Katy M said:

I knew there was no way Reykjavik had 400k people, so I went the other end and said Wellington, but I was in no way confident of my answer, not sure that Wellington had that many.  So, I don't think reykavik was a bad guess, but really have to side eye Washington DC.  

I got the missed clue of Grandma moses.

I got the entire category of Hell's Kitchen wrong.

I do think Reykjavik was a bad guess just because I know that the bulk of the border between Canada and the US is at the 49th parallel. And Iceland is quite north of that. Google tells me Reykjavik is at 64 degrees north.

Having said that, I would have guessed Wellington was much further south than 41 degrees. But I guess I don't have a good mental landmark for that, the way I have for the northern hemisphere. Also I blame my wall map of the world, which cuts off most of Antarctica, thus making NZ closer to the bottom of the map than Iceland is to the top of the map!

Washington DC is at about 39 degrees, making it closer to the 40s than Reykjavik.

Edited Tuesday at 01:38 AM by secnarf

[Bastet]

Dammit!  I was rooting for Alison.  At least Rishabh didn't win; I'm still salty about them giving him credit for that FJ answer of gibberish that when translated to actual letters most closely resembled "Cudumlaq", not "Columbia". 

I missed three in games, but if not for that I'd have kicked ass in the first round; I only missed two more in the entire round (spring in days and chador in "ch").

DJ wasn't great, but not terrible.  I only ran motor, but I almost got there in weak and memoirs, getting all but puny and Bossypants, respectively.  I missed three in agriculture and two each in the rest.

I got FJ as a guess I was fairly confident in.  Bring on the abbreviations: Getting a FJ that's a TS in the ToC is PDC (pretty damn cool).

Edited Tuesday at 06:46 AM by Bastet

[Driad]

I knew that the Roaring Forties are in the southern hemisphere.  From there it was a guess, and I was lucky.

[30 Helens]

Little choreographed dance… nope. Finger guns… hell no. Non-embarrassing friendly wave… there you go. I was rooting for Allison from the start.

Will further annoyed me with his haphazard guesses. (The Harlem district? Why, because she’s a Black woman?) And Rishabh, with whatever showboating answer turned out to be wrong. Too much, both of them.

While it’s a shame that Alicia Keys songs were met with a bunch of blank stares, I was surprised that “Empire State of Mind” was the highest value clue in that category. It’s probably her most famous song. 

To the surprise of no one, I did not get the geography FJ. I, too, went north and planted my flag in the decidedly NOT 40 latitude of Oslo.

 

Edited Tuesday at 04:38 AM by 30 Helens

[SomeTameGazelle]

38 minutes ago, Driad said:

I knew that the Roaring Forties are in the southern hemisphere.  From there it was a guess, and I was lucky.

I had never heard of the Roaring Forties but as soon as I realised that both Ottawa and Rome fit in the north 40s I concluded that it must be New Zealand, at which point I could not remember the name of any city other than Christchurch.

The only one of these three I remembered was Alison.

I got Far from the Madding Crowd and Bossypants, but couldn't remember the name of the butler in The Remains of the Day even though I know I read the book and saw the movie. All that I could think of was Anthony Hopkins. 

[Browncoat]

7 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

but couldn't remember the name of the butler in The Remains of the Day even though I know I read the book and saw the movie. All that I could think of was Anthony Hopkins.

I very confidently said "Anthony Hopkins" for that clue.  And then laughed at myself.

[Shrek]

So close but yet so far with FJ, I said the capital of New Zealand & couldn't remember the name of the damn place.🙄

[MrAtoz]

15 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

New Zealand, at which point I could not remember the name of any city other than Christchurch.

Whenever I have to think of the capital of New Zealand, the incorrect answer that I invariably come up with is Auckland.

[shapeshifter]

4 hours ago, Shrek said:

So close but yet so far with FJ, I said the capital of New Zealand & couldn't remember the name of the damn place.🙄

I was just far.
I said Reykjavik just to say something,
and then tried to come up with the capital of Greenland because I figured at least the population would be closer to the clue.
It's: Nuuk.
Like baby pacifiers.

[proserpina65]

I did not remember any of last night's players at all.  And that was not an inspiring game, especially not for the TOC.  Rishabh was kind of annoying though, so I'm glad he didn't win.

I did okay, not great, but possibly better than the contestants.  I only ran Agriculture, but did manage to get all but one clue in Game Time, Special Days, "CH", Literary Characters, That Happened and Celebrity Memoirs.  Would've run that last one if I'd said Connie Chung instead of Julie Chen.  D'oh.

I got 8 stumpers/missed DDS: Poconos, edema, US Open, Girl On Fire, Grandma Moses, Far from the Madding Crowd, Bossypants and Griffin Dunne.  And I got FJ despite starting with Ottawa.  I realized pretty quickly that it had to be in the Southern Hemisphere, though, and came up with Wellington in time.

 

[proserpina65]

18 hours ago, secnarf said:

I do think Reykjavik was a bad guess just because I know that the bulk of the border between Canada and the US is at the 49th parallel. And Iceland is quite north of that. Google tells me Reykjavik is at 64 degrees north.

Having said that, I would have guessed Wellington was much further south than 41 degrees. But I guess I don't have a good mental landmark for that, the way I have for the northern hemisphere. Also I blame my wall map of the world, which cuts off most of Antarctica, thus making NZ closer to the bottom of the map than Iceland is to the top of the map!

Washington DC is at about 39 degrees, making it closer to the 40s than Reykjavik.

Like Alison, I suck at latitudes but somehow Wellington came to mind as being maybe in the right area.

16 hours ago, Bastet said:

At least Rishabh didn't win; I'm still salty about them giving him credit for that FJ answer of gibberish that when translated to actual letters most closely resembled "Cudumlaq", not "Columbia". 

Was he that guy?  Now I'm really glad he didn't win.

8 hours ago, Browncoat said:

I very confidently said "Anthony Hopkins" for that clue.  And then laughed at myself.

That's the clue I missed because all I could come up with was Anthony Hopkins.  I completely forgot the character's name.  Couldn't tell you the name of Emma Thompson's either even though I liked the movie.

16 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

While it’s a shame that Alicia Keys songs were met with a bunch of blank stares, I was surprised that “Empire State of Mind” was the highest value clue in that category. It’s probably her most famous song. 

I said New York State of Mind, then "damn, that's Billy Joel".  Personally I can't stand Alicia Keys but was second-hand embarrassed for her.  Even though her clues took forever.

16 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

Will further annoyed me with his haphazard guesses. (The Harlem district? Why, because she’s a Black woman?)

If you don't know much about NYC, you guess what you've heard.  Although really, you shouldn't guess.  I'd never have come up with the theater district in a million years but I wouldn't have buzzed in.

47 minutes ago, MrAtoz said:

Whenever I have to think of the capital of New Zealand, the incorrect answer that I invariably come up with is Auckland.

I used to do that too but have since trained myself to remember that Wellington is the actual capital.  Not sure how I did that, though.

[Driad]

30 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

I used to do that too but have since trained myself to remember that Wellington is the actual capital.  Not sure how I did that, though.

I trained myself that when I think Aukland I say "Awk, that's not the capital!"  Wellington was a duke, pretty high up on the social scale.

[ams1001]

19 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

Little choreographed dance… nope. Finger guns… hell no. Non-embarrassing friendly wave… there you go. I was rooting for Allison from the start.

I missed the intros last night but I remember really liking Alison when she originally played. Show's just starting as I'm writing; I remember Grant and Amy (not sure about David yet). I remember liking both.

3 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

If you don't know much about NYC, you guess what you've heard.  Although really, you shouldn't guess.  I'd never have come up with the theater district in a million years but I wouldn't have buzzed in.

I thought Broadway...at least I was close.

[Katy M]

I forgot exactly what I said for FJ, but it wasn't right. 6/7/1776, maybe.  Which doesn't work anyway.

I got the missed clues of Corvair, Amityville Horror, Dr. Doolittle, something I can't read but looks  like newlviea, Starsky & Hutch, Miami Vice and typo..

For Mr Bean I said Mr Peanut, Mr Bill.  I would have gotten there eventually LOL.

[illdoc]

What can I say about FJ? Well, I have heard of Handel. I might have heard of "Water Music". Could I have told you "Handel wrote Water Music"? No. Could I have told you what century Handel was from? No. Gives you an idea about my response to FJ. I do, however, know what a palindrome is!

[Browncoat]

I was in the right ballpark with "July something" but since I had no idea on the year (or the century), that was as far as I got.

But I did get the TS of Dunkirk, Corvair, Amityville Horror, New Guinea, Amity, Starsky & Hutch, and Miami Vice.

[kathyk2]

40 minutes ago, Katy M said:

I forgot exactly what I said for FJ, but it wasn't right. 6/7/1776, maybe.  Which doesn't work anyway.

I got the missed clues of Corvair, Amityville Horror, Dr. Doolittle, something I can't read but looks  like newlviea, Starsky & Hutch, Miami Vice and typo..

For Mr Bean I said Mr Peanut, Mr Bill.  I would have gotten there eventually LOL.

That wasn't a good game I thought the questions were easier today than yesterday.

[ams1001]

January 28:

53% / 60% / 56%

In J I missed one in Foreign Words & Phrases, two in Noises, Pop Music, and Literary Swine, three in Uncle Ken's Casa de Pre-Owned Vehicles, and four in WWII Facts. In DJ I missed one in Above the Waist and Archaeological Discoveries, two in Winged and TV Show to Film, and three in Geographic Neighbors and In Compatibility. No clue for FJ.

TSes: (J had 5 + the DD; DJ had 10) I got snoring, Amityville Horror, Kahlil Gibran, Lyceum (DD), Starsky & Hutch, and balmy.

So in the first round there was Doolittle and Dr. Dolittle, and Amityville Horror, then "amity" in the second round.
 

1 hour ago, Katy M said:

something I can't read but looks  like newlviea

New Guinea, maybe?

[bad things are bad]

Glad Amy won. Laughed hysterically at Edsel

[chessiegal]

1 hour ago, bad things are bad said:

Laughed hysterically at Edsel

There were several head-scratcher answers. Answering the Cadillac convertible "a truck". 

[proserpina65]

15 hours ago, illdoc said:

What can I say about FJ? Well, I have heard of Handel. I might have heard of "Water Music". Could I have told you "Handel wrote Water Music"? No. Could I have told you what century Handel was from? No. Gives you an idea about my response to FJ. I do, however, know what a palindrome is!

I know some of Handel's music.  I knew he wrote the piece referred to as Water Music.  I could even hazard a decent guess as to the century but would never have come up with the right date.

It was a mediocre game for me (rather like it was for the contestants).  I only ran one category (Pre-Owned Vehicles) and got all but one clue in 7 others (Foreign Words, Noises, Pop Music, Swine, TV Show To Film, Above The Waist and Archaeological Discoveries.)  I did get 7 stumpers: Dunkirk, snoring, Amityville Horror (didn't remember that the pig was named Jodie but the book was all the rage in the late 70s), Corvair, Starsky & Hutch, Miami Vice and typo.

I actually vaguely remembered all 3 contestants last night!  And don't remember hating any of them.  Yay!

16 hours ago, Katy M said:

like newlviea

New Guinea, maybe?

 

[Bastet]

I'm so glad Amy won!

I watched at my parents' house so didn't keep track, but judging by their reactions I had a great game.  I had absolutely no idea for FJ, though (but I did know what a palindrome is, FFS).  When it was revealed, I had to go look up whether the year or day/month it was composed is somehow a well-known fact I'd never come across (because if you knew one or the other - and what a palindrome is - there's your answer) and, nope, not that I could tell.  

[Katy M]

5 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

New Guinea, maybe?

Yep, that was it.  I clearly should have been a doctor. The facts that I'm squeamish, not particularly good at science, and am not someone you want in charge during an emergency pale against my qualification of terrible handwriting.

[ams1001]

January 29:

70% / 67% / 67%

In J I ran 3 of a Kind, missed one in American Food & Drink and Movies with Subtitles, two in Parts of Speech and History, and three in Hemingway.

In DJ I missed one in Broadway Debuts, Chemistry, and Piano Lesson, two in How Far Is It? and Religious Words & Phrases, and three in Bodies of Water.

I had FJ somewhere in my brain but I just couldn't pull it out.

TSes: (J had 2; DJ had 2 + both DDs) I got Austria, god's gift, and percussion & strings (DD), .

 

I would have gotten Sunset Boulevard, anyway, but Nicole Scherzinger was just on The Late Show the other night:

 

[Katy M]

I knew it was the wrong century, but I said Gulliver's Travels.

I got the missed clues of A Moveable Feast, Austria and God's gift (actually I said God given, but I'm still giving it to me).

 

[Browncoat]

I just sat here with a blank expression on my face for FJ tonight.

And the only TS I got were A Moveable Feast, Matthew Broderick, Midway, and strings & percussion.

[ams1001]

oops, wrong thread

Edited 20 hours ago by ams1001

[shapeshifter]

8 hours ago, Katy M said:

I knew it was the wrong century, but I said Gulliver's Travels.

For FJ, my brain first went to Don Quixote, but no, not English.
Then I went to Gulliver's Travels but, like @Katy M, the century wasn't right.
Finally, with plenty of time left, I confidently landed on Pilgrim's Progress
— which was my first FJ in 2½ weeks!

TS instaget was Austria, and missed DD instaget was Strings & Percussion.

Yesterday TS instagets were Snoring, Corvair, and Miami Vice
— all 3 because I'm old.

 

Edited 12 hours ago by shapeshifter

[Bastet]

Boo to Weckiai not winning, but Neilesh was once again dominant.  I sympathized with her sigh of frustration at the end of DJ, because I saw her unsuccessfully try to ring in a number of times.  I don't remember the other guy at all.

I did not know a single movie.  I was almost as bad in 3 of a kind -- I missed three, but it would have been four if not for hyoid as I didn't recognize the other two bones.  Lettuce was the only clue where I knew all three kinds listed.  Not a good first round.  I only ran parts of speech, although I did get all but whoopie pie in food, all but Austria in history, and all but A Farewell to Arms in Hemingway (doing well in that category was a pleasant surprise; I didn't think I knew much about him other than he had a bunch of polydactyl cats).

DJ was a bit of a mess, too.  I missed three in chemistry when that's usually a strong subject for me.  I missed another three in religious phrases; vocabulary is typically a very strong subject for me, but toss in religion and that's what happened.  I ran how far and Broadway, but missed two each in the rest.

I capped it off by not getting FJ; I know nothing about that book other than it exists.

[30 Helens]

Someone should have warned me to take a Dramamine before the show. Neilesh was making me seasick. (Again.)

I think I enjoyed the Second Chance tournament more than this ToC. The clues were equally difficult, the contestants were equally mostly unrecognizable, yet somehow there seemed to be a lot more joy in the room.

Can someone explain to me how 46-year-old Nicole Scherzinger playing Norma Desmond makes any casting sense?

 

[bad things are bad]

8 hours ago, Bastet said:

don't remember the other guy at all.

Was actually rooting for him as he is active on another website I frequent (Whats on Tonight)

[Clanstarling]

On 1/27/2025 at 4:34 PM, Katy M said:

I got the missed clue of Grandma moses.

I did too - my guideline being "does it look awful and childish" (don't hate me, I've never understood her fame, other than being old)

6 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

Can someone explain to me how 46-year-old Nicole Scherzinger playing Norma Desmond makes any casting sense?

Thank you! I looked at the photo and asked "who did she play?"

[Browncoat]

27 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

I did too - my guideline being "does it look awful and childish" (don't hate me, I've never understood her fame, other than being old)

I've never understood the appeal, either. 

[proserpina65]

17 hours ago, Browncoat said:

And the only TS I got were A Moveable Feast, Matthew Broderick, Midway, and strings & percussion.

The only ones I got were A Moveable Feast, Austria and percussion & strings.  I almost said Matthew Broderick but then thought he was only in the movies.  Oops.

14 hours ago, Bastet said:

Boo to Weckiai not winning,

She was the only one I remembered and I definitely did not like her during her original run, so I was thrilled that she lost.

1 hour ago, Clanstarling said:

I did too - my guideline being "does it look awful and childish" (don't hate me, I've never understood her fame, other than being old)

Some people really love Primitives.  I am not one of those people.  Of course, I am not one of those people who like modern art either.