Jeopardy! Season 41 (2024-2025)

[SomeTameGazelle]

I got Baldur.

Couldn't think of anything for FJ. It's been several decades since I read Dr Doolittle and all I remember is the existence of the Pushmi-Pullyu.

[shapeshifter]

It was interesting to see Andrew enthusiastically applauding for the new champ since he was relatively withdrawn after his own wins. 
His style of play seemed influenced by Matt Amodio, like picking off the highest priced clues first. Or is that something Matt got from someone else? 

 

57 minutes ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

Couldn't think of anything for FJ. It's been several decades since I read Dr Doolittle and all I remember is the existence of the Pushmi-Pullyu.

I seem to be reaching a cognitive stage where older memories are easier than newer ones. Dr. Doolittle was an instaget, although I did briefly think it was wrong because: Jane Goodall?
But my only alternative was possibly a character from Babar whose name I didn't know, so Dr. Doolittle it was.
Indeed. 

Likewise, I got Wednesday's TS of the 1970s because "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" was one of Mom's thousands of best seller purchases that I actually read. 

Thursday's TS of Lake Huron was an instaget because my sister has lived near that lake in Canada for 40 years. 

[30 Helens]

6 hours ago, ams1001 said:

FJ was an instaguess. And I'm realizing I actually know nothing about the story of Dr. Doolittle other than he talks to animals.

That’s the extent of my knowledge, as well. And that he was played by Rex Harrison in a musical. 

I had no idea for FJ. My guess was The Man in the Yellow Hat. (Hey, he liked monkeys!)

[Prevailing Wind]

12 hours ago, ProudMary said:

Music geek here. FJ wasn't quite an instaget for me, but I did get there quickly.

On another (music) forum, one of the members used a picture of the marquee of the STAX museum as his avatar. We were all forced to become familiar with STAX.  LOL.

[MrAtoz]

13 hours ago, BuckeyeLou said:

When he said he was a Flugelhorn player

I wonder if he can Flugel the Minute Waltz in 50 seconds? (That's a Music Man reference).

[proserpina65]

14 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

Couldn't think of anything for FJ. It's been several decades since I read Dr Doolittle and all I remember is the existence of the Pushmi-Pullyu.

I remember the giant sea snail.  I said Tarzan for FJ, unable to think of any other Africa-related fiction.  Yeah, it was a stupid answer.

6 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

On another (music) forum, one of the members used a picture of the marquee of the STAX museum as his avatar. We were all forced to become familiar with STAX.  LOL.

I tend to prefer Stax's form of Southern soul and R&B to Motown's more pop-oriented direction.  Hey, Stax brought us Otis Redding, so . . . 

[Driad]

All I knew about Dr. Doolittle was that he talked to animals and lived in England, so I ruled him out. Looking it up later, I learned that there were several books.

[dgpolo]

I did get FJ, Africa, monkeys and epidemic didn't leave me with many fictional character choices. I too paused because none of that equaled Jane Goodall!!

 

[Trey]

27 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

I said Tarzan for FJ, unable to think of any other Africa-related fiction.  Yeah, it was a stupid answer.

I said Jane (Me, Tarzan. You, Jane) for FJ and figured it was pretty stupid but it was all I had.

[DXD526]

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I had no idea for FJ. My guess was The Man in the Yellow Hat.

That was also my guess! I knew it probably was incorrect, but Dr. Doolittle never occurred to me. It should have, as it was one of the first movies I saw as a child (the original, 1967 version 😱)

[Katy M]

This was definitely not my night.  I feel like a raging moron.

I knew the cross of gold speech was William Jennings Bryan, but the problem is he ran 3 times.  I said Teddy Roosevelt, but I'm not entirely sure he even ran against him.  I guess I should have known it would have been the first time.

The only missed clue I got was hernia.

I got the entire categories of music and women wrong.

 

 

 

[ams1001]

April 18:

43% / 50% / 46%

Ugh. I blame the fact that I took a much longer nap than intended. In J I missed two in G in the Middle and The Liver, three in Food Brands, Music, and Stand, and four in Our Top Story Tonight. In DJ I missed one in Notable Women and Movie Locales, two in Book Titles and 6-Letter Vocab, four in Around the Pacific, and five in The Arts. No clue for FJ. 

TSes: (J had 5; DJ had 5) I got King Arthur flour, Better than Ezra, and gazebo.

Liam looks like he should be in the kids' tournament. I was rooting for the champ to keep going, but good for the new guy.

8 minutes ago, Katy M said:

This was definitely not my night.  I feel like a raging moron.

You are not alone...😕

[Browncoat]

Add me to the raging moron table tonight.  I just randomly guessed a president, and of course was wildly incorrect.

I did get the TS of cryogenic, gluten, and hernia.

18 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

Liam looks like he should be in the kids' tournament. I was rooting for the champ to keep going, but good for the new guy.

Agreed!  

[SoMuchTV]

Wow, impressive players tonight. I kind of wanted the defending champ to win, just to see what other color sweaters he has. But also really liked the woman in the middle. But “Medium Sheldon” (and I mean that in the best possible way) couldn’t be beat!

[HissyFit]

Tween Sheldon ... also best possible way.

Edited April 19 by HissyFit

[Prevailing Wind]

7 hours ago, Driad said:

Looking it up later, I learned that there were several books.

I discovered them in elementary school. Imagine my surprise to discover my dad had also read them as a kid. (They were newly-published for him. LOL)

[HyeChaps]

Oh my goodness! Young Sheldon is on Jeopardy!

[Ancaster]

1 hour ago, HyeChaps said:

Oh my goodness! Young Sheldon is on Jeopardy!

Do you think he has any idea or is it parent/producer/wannabee driven?

 

Edited April 19 by Ancaster

[Chippings]

'Young Sheldon' was kind of amazing.  First I thought 'Oh gosh who let this poor little guy on here!?' -- and then 'He's just too young to know about many of these subjects' -- and indeed he was trying hard with the buzzer several times but the others were beating him.  And yet -- There we are.  Can't wait to see what staying power he has.  

[ams1001]

2 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

Wow, impressive players tonight. I kind of wanted the defending champ to win, just to see what other color sweaters he has. 

I was just looking at the comments on the reddit thread for this game and he wrote:

"And yes, I totally dressed like Ned Flanders on purpose. The pink dress shirt has always been one of my favorites, and when I was shopping for new sweaters to bring to the Jeopardy! taping I couldn't pass up the opportunity to buy a garish green one to pair it with. Unfortunately it didn't confound my opponents as well as Ned's ski suit did to Homer."

 

And for those who, like myself, don't keep up on the Simpsons, I googled the ski suit...

Edited April 19 by ams1001

[SoMuchTV]

4 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

I was just looking at the comments on the reddit thread for this game and he wrote:

"And yes, I totally dressed like Ned Flanders on purpose. The pink dress shirt has always been one of my favorites, and when I was shopping for new sweaters to bring to the Jeopardy! taping I couldn't pass up the opportunity to buy a garish green one to pair it with. Unfortunately it didn't confound my opponents as well as Ned's ski suit did to Homer."

 

And for those who, like myself, don't keep up on the Simpsons, I googled the ski suit...

Lol, so tonight’s game was Ned Flanders vs Sheldon vs (nerdy but extremely engaging and competent woman- I’m not coming up with a popular culture comparison but I’m sure there’s one out there). Peak Jeopardy!

[ams1001]

Okay, I did a little more googling and found Liam's Linked In. Looks like he is set to graduate college in June. I also found a little video about him on a YT channel called Wheel of Jeopardy, which doesn't say his age (despite the title implying it's in there) but someone in the comments says he'll be 21 this summer. 

[SomeTameGazelle]

4 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Add me to the raging moron table tonight.  I just randomly guessed a president, and of course was wildly incorrect.

None of it was meaningful to me so I attempted to reason gold cross => Catholic => JFK => Nixon.

[graybrown bird]

I knew FJ instantly because of a Vachel Lindsay poem I loved long ago, a paean to William Jennings Bryan.  I think its title is simply "Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan" ( can that be right?)  I remember it refers to McKinley scornfully as "that suit of clothes."

[shapeshifter]

I f'loved all the players last night. Surely the Jeopardy! think tank can come up with a name for a special competition that brings them back together. 

And my heart melted at Liam's sweet smile when he won. 
BTW, he has zero poker face. 
If Matt Amodio is my Jeopardy! son, Liam is my Jeopardy! grandson.💞
 

No FJ for me, but I managed to get the TSs of gluten and hernia.

[Clanstarling]

16 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Add me to the raging moron table tonight.  I just randomly guessed a president, and of course was wildly incorrect.

Mine was too. The mister knew the quote and who he was running against. He's a bit of a history buff. I rarely beat him to the punch on an American history question. 

[possibilities]

On 4/18/2025 at 2:27 AM, 30 Helens said:

My guess was The Man in the Yellow Hat.

I am glad Goodall was not influenced by Curious George. 

 

Liam looked very young. Like maybe Kids Tournament young.

Edited April 20 by possibilities

[30 Helens]

On 4/18/2025 at 9:53 PM, ams1001 said:

And for those who, like myself, don't keep up on the Simpsons, I googled the ski suit...

Stupid sexy Flanders.

Now I’m sad Steven is gone. Anyone who brings a sense of humor even to his Jeopardy wardrobe is ok by me. 

2 hours ago, possibilities said:

I am glad Goodall was not influenced by Curious George. 

She had to get her curiosity from somewhere…

Edited April 20 by 30 Helens

[Quickbeam]

I knew McKinley because I had to do Cross of Gold in college forensics/rhetoric. And..had to explain its significance in US political history. A bit of academic life that did not move the needle on my job prospects but did serve to wow my spouse 50 years later. So you know, a win. 🤣

[Katy M]

FJ was an instaget.

I got the missed clues of Wahini and Nelson Mandela.

I got the entire category of sci fi wrong.  Not a great night, but way better than Friday.

[HissyFit]

Did everyone else get a new Jeopardy on this Easter Monday? My station reran an episode from last week — Andrew's penultimate, before Steven's sweaters or Young Liam. And I still missed most of those "change one letter" TV shows.

[chessiegal]

11 minutes ago, HissyFit said:

Did everyone else get a new Jeopardy on this Easter Monday? My station reran an episode from last week — Andrew's penultimate, before Steven's sweaters or Young Liam. And I still missed most of those "change one letter" TV shows.

We got a new Jeopardy! today.

[Browncoat]

We got a new Jeopardy, and I had no clue for FJ.  I managed to get as far as South America, but that was about it.  I hope it's not going to be another one of those weeks.

The only TS I got were Nebraska, and Boyz n the Hood.

[ams1001]

April 21:

Watched at my parents' house so I didn't keep score. Just checked for TSes (J had 3 + the DD; DJ had 6); I got guinea worm and Nelson Mandela. Didn't get FJ.

Ken said at the beginning that he learned after yesterday's game that Liam was born during Ken's original run, 20 years ago. Wow.

Edited April 22 by ams1001

[SoMuchTV]

50 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

Ken said at the beginning that he learned after yesterday's game that Liam was born during Ken's original run, 20 years ago. Wow.

My “baby” daughter, for her last “legal” trick-or-treating (so, age 12) dressed as then-reigning champ Ken Jennings. The people who recognized her/Ken gave her extra candy!

I just texted her… ya wanna feel old…?

Let's see if this works...

Edited April 22 by SoMuchTV
trying to add a photo, for posterity

[HyeChaps]

In Sixth Grade we learned there was one country in South America that had two capitals.

[ECM1231]

I knew Bolivia had 2 capitals but was surprised that there were so many indigenous languages. 

[30 Helens]

I know people have been comparing him to Young Sheldon, but is anyone else getting Alfred E. Neuman vibes from the current champ?

   

[illdoc]

3 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

I know people have been comparing him to Young Sheldon, but is anyone else getting Alfred E. Neuman vibes from the current champ?

I get a Wesley Crusher vibe: 

[ProudMary]

42 minutes ago, illdoc said:

I get a Wesley Crusher vibe: 

Don't let Sheldon hear you speak those words!

[ams1001]

April 22:

67% / 53% / 59%

In J I missed one each in Fast Food Slogans, Heist, "RTH" Day, and Penguins, and three in Chat GPS and Sports. In DJ I missed one in I'll Take That Action and Before & After, two in Hot Sports and Ancient Symbols, and four in Music on TV and Biographies & Memoirs. Did not get FJ.

TSes: (J had 3; DJ had 3 + 1 DD) I got ice dancing and Baker Street.

 

[Grizzly]

I had ice dancing, Sarek, and FJ.

[chessiegal]

Shout out to @Browncoat! You got your own category 👏

[Katy M]

Took me a couple of seconds, but I got FJ.

i got the missed clues of ice dancing, Baker Street and Al Pacino.

I got th entire category of heist right and the entire category of action wrong.

[SoMuchTV]

My “joke answer” for FJ was “a bandaged ear”. Apparently we’re all in joke answer territory now. 

[Browncoat]

I did not get FJ tonight.  My brain is apparently non-functional today.

But I did get the TS of ice dancing, Baker Street, childbirth, Al Pacino, and Sarek.

Incidentally, as I said in another thread, those things on the sides of penguins are NOT flippers.  They are wings.  Wings, Ken.  Flippers should not have been accepted, imo.

[ams1001]

42 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

Incidentally, as I said in another thread, those things on the sides of penguins are NOT flippers.  They are wings.  Wings, Ken.  Flippers should not have been accepted, imo.

I questioned that, too, but wikipedia says "Animals with flippers include penguins (whose flippers are also called wings)..."

[SomeTameGazelle]

2 hours ago, Katy M said:

Took me a couple of seconds, but I got FJ.

Same. I spent a moment grumping about how I could possibly be expected to pay attention to something like that, then noticed that the reference was to a self portrait and then everything clicked.

[possibilities]

I got FJ, but was thinking I was just being absurd. I dfidn't watch the GOP Convention, and thought there must have been something else.

[Prevailing Wind]

1 hour ago, possibilities said:

I dfidn't watch the GOP Convention, and thought there must have been something else.

Nope. A bunch of 'em had maxi-pads stuck to their ears.