Jeopardy! Season 41 (2024-2025)

[Clanstarling]

14 hours ago, Grizzly said:

I wish I had seen the champ's answer before knowing what the answer was. Not sure I would have gotten Columbia from that mess.

We paused the screen and looked through it. We could make out the letters, as messy as they were.

I said Columbia, because I knew Columbia SC (not in relation to football), and thought there was probably another Columbia in the region. Still, I was surprised when I was right. :)

[ProudMary]

14 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

I yelled at my tv when the FJ! clue was revealed, this is not about colleges or towns, it’s about sports!

I totally agree. The core knowledge needed to respond to that clue is which colleges are in the SEC. That's sports knowledge. I live in South Carolina so I know that the Gamecocks are in the SEC, but I had no idea that Missouri was. I don't follow college sports at all so I didn't get FJ. 😏

I do follow MLB. ⚾ Let's Go Yankees!! Also, Let's Go Mets. I would love another Subway Series in my lifetime. 🙂

[januaryman]

I enjoy the champ but I would have liked Rachel to stick around as well.

[shapeshifter]

Of all of the players I've suggested for Second Chance this year, Rachel *really* deserves it.

TSs I knew yesterday were: red, Orion,
with Tropic Thunder on the tip of my tongue.

Huh. I actually ran Astronomy.

For FJ I could only get as far as "it begins with a C."

[proserpina65]

20 hours ago, ebk57 said:

Always a good choice!

I grew up an Orioles fan, so the Yankees had to lose.  Stopped watching after Peter Angelos bought and ruined the team, but some things still linger.

16 hours ago, opus said:

Yeah, I wasn’t reading Columbia in there either.

I didn't know the answer but I certainly wouldn't have gotten it from the illegible jumble of letters the champ wrote.

16 hours ago, ams1001 said:

I guess if I squint...

...then again I know what I'm looking for...

I'm seeing something like "colundaf" or "Cdumlay".  Rachel was robbed, and if they have another second chance tournament (which I hope they don't unless they invite me back), she deserves a spot.

16 hours ago, Browncoat said:

I also got the TS of harp, Wipeout, beta-carotene, Tropic Thunder, red, The Silver Chair, and Orion.

I didn't get beta-carotene or FJ, but I did get the rest.

16 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

I yelled at my tv when the FJ! clue was revealed, this is not about colleges or towns, it’s about sports!  I was told there wouldn’t be sports!

There are some college sports I know, and had this been about ACC schools, I might've stood a fighting chance, but Cdumlaq was not a city I know.

16 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

 It’s been explained on their Inside J!  podcast and probably elsewhere, that the judges can see in real time what they’re writing.  So, yeah, I can buy that they saw him writing the correct letters. 

Which seems wrong as two left feet to me.  If the end result is not legible, the contestant should not get credit.  Also, under this system, "Harriet Tubman" should've been credited to the contestant who got screwed on that FJ last year because the "n" would've been clear in real time.  Also, I don't buy that all the letters in Columbia were clear when he was writing it either.

I had a great game, got most of the stumpers and missed DDs and only missed a few clues overall.  I was on fire.

 

1 hour ago, ProudMary said:

I live in South Carolina so I know that the Gamecocks are in the SEC,

Best bumpersticker I ever saw was on a car at a restaurant in Myrtle Beach: Go Cocks!

36 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

TSs I knew yesterday were: red, Orion,
with Tropic Thunder on the tip of my tongue.

I was disappointed that none of them got Tropic Thunder.  RDJ deserved an Oscar for that performance.

Edited October 17 by proserpina65

[opus]

 I'm hoping around here Cdumlaq joins the pantheon of Kit Carson and The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald.

[laredhead]

What's with the latest statement of "let's go" to whatever topic is being chose.  I've noticed it with several of the contestants recently.  Almost as annoying as Matt Amodio's "what's" prefacing his answer.  I liked Matt BTW.

[ebk57]

1 hour ago, proserpina65 said:

I grew up an Orioles fan, so the Yankees had to lose.  Stopped watching after Peter Angelos bought and ruined the team, but some things still linger.

Angelos is gone, so it's safe to come back! 

And with that, I'll stop derailing this tread with baseball talk.  ☺️

[Katy M]

I said Whistler.  

I got the missed clues of maple trees, Penelope, The Maze Runner (guess) and NOW.  

I got the entire partial category of slogans wrong.

I missed questions I knew the answers but couldn't access in my memory banks in time. So frustrating.

[Bastet]

I'm going to be watching football tonight, so just checked the archive.  I have to guess at how I'd have done in Picture the Hit Song -- I think I'd have known everything except "Lavender Haze".

NOW being a TS bummed me out.

I only ran blows, but it wasn't a bad first round; I missed three in slang (which I expected as soon as I saw "recent") but got all but Stuyvesant in trees, all but Waco in U.S., and all but messenger in websites.

DJ was a bit rough; I was terrible in books, only coming up with Go Ask Alice, and missed three in biopics.  I ran slogans and got all but iridium (couldn't get it from brain to mouth in time) in I_I_I, but missed two each in the rest.

No idea for FJ.

[Browncoat]

Not a clue for FJ tonight.  

I got the TS of Maple, Orson Scott Card, Edison & Westinghouse, Shadowfax, Penelope, fairies, and NOW.  

17 minutes ago, Bastet said:

NOW being a TS bummed me out.

Same.

[ams1001]

October 17:

70% / 59% / 65%

Not terrible in J...I missed one in Planted By, Recent Slang, and That Blows, and two in Picture the Hit Song, Around the US, and App & Website Us"er".

Not so good in DJ…missed one in Books of Mormons and "I_I_I", two in Biopic Subjects and Horsing Around, and three in Historic Slogans and Women's Organizations.

Other than "it must be a portrait artist" I had no clue for FJ.

TSes: (J had 5 + the DD; DJ had ) I got orbiting, maple trees (DD), beige flag, Orson Scott Card, Maze Runner (DD; but only after he got it wrong), fairies, and N.O.W.

I wasn't loving anyone tonight but found myself rooting for Aaron…until he blew that true daily double…. Then I was just hoping Angel would manage to get out of the red.

6 hours ago, opus said:

 I'm hoping around here Cdumlaq joins the pantheon of Kit Carson and The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald.

If we all remember how to spell it...

Edited October 18 by ams1001

[30 Helens]

I see all the letters of Columbia in that answer-- with, perhaps, the exception of the "a". It appears to have gotten away from him and somehow developed a tail. I might understand ruling against him for that part, but the rest of the letters are definitely there. They're just a little smushed together.

[Prevailing Wind]

FJ came to me as the music was ending; I would not have had time to write it down and would have ended up with something less legible than Cdumlaq.

[SomeTameGazelle]

I had no idea for FJ and was wondering whether there was any logical way to get to Sargent without recognizing the quote. Or was it just a gamble based on the date and currency? 

[Clanstarling]

On 10/17/2024 at 7:45 AM, ProudMary said:

I totally agree. The core knowledge needed to respond to that clue is which colleges are in the SEC. That's sports knowledge. I live in South Carolina so I know that the Gamecocks are in the SEC, but I had no idea that Missouri was. I don't follow college sports at all so I didn't get FJ. 😏

My late brother was a Gamecocks fan and lived in Columbia...I guess that's were my answer came from, though I didn't consciously know that until I read you post. I used to make fun of the Gamecocks name, you know, sisterly teasing.

On 10/17/2024 at 7:50 AM, januaryman said:

I enjoy the champ but I would have liked Rachel to stick around as well.

So would my husband 😉

22 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

I was disappointed that none of them got Tropic Thunder.  RDJ deserved an Oscar for that performance.

I knew it, could see him in it, but couldn't get the danged title out of my  brain.

[Shrek]

11 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

So would my husband 😉

 

Me three. 😜

[Grizzly]

Let's hear it for librarians!!! A relatively easy FJ except my brain said; that F Scott Fitzgerald novel we had to read in high school that had that silly woman and people leaving lanterns at the end of docks. Sigh. The filing cabinet ain't what it used to be.

[ams1001]

October 18:

63% / 73% / 69%

Did better in the second round than the first. In J I ran Exercising, missed one in Lighter Vers, two in Peak Experiences, Too Little, and "OO" Late, and four in Soccer.

In DJ I ran 12-Letter Words, missed one in Biology and Culture Shark, and two in 19th Century Photos, Twinning, and Choreographers.

FJ was an instaget.

TSes: (J had 5; DJ had 8 + 1 DD) I got buckaroo, Valley of the Shadow of Death, bluestocking, Michael Row Your Boat Ashore.

Yay, Kelly!

[Katy M]

I finally got FJ.  Too bad the rest of my game sucked horrifically.

I got the missed clues of buckaroo, you must be this tall, and Michael Row Your boat ashore.

[Browncoat]

Instaget FJ for me tonight.

I also got the TS of buckaroo, you must be this tall, drought, valley of the shadow of death, Shaffer, and Michael row your boat ashore.

Yay, Kelly!!!  But for future reference, don't bet big on a category you know nothing about!

[Prevailing Wind]

12 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

I had no idea for FJ and was wondering whether there was any logical way to get to Sargent without recognizing the quote. Or was it just a gamble based on the date and currency? 

i got it based on portraiture.

[shapeshifter]

40 minutes ago, Grizzly said:

Let's hear it for librarians!!!

And she did the math!!! 🙌
I got FJ too but was distracted during most of the game.

$52,802 should put a dent in Rishabh's student loans for U Penn. 
Hopefully taxes and disqualifications for scholarships due to the added income don't eat it all up.

[SoMuchTV]

52 minutes ago, Grizzly said:

Let's hear it for librarians!!! A relatively easy FJ except my brain said; that F Scott Fitzgerald novel we had to read in high school that had that silly woman and people leaving lanterns at the end of docks. Sigh. The filing cabinet ain't what it used to be.

 

21 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

Yay, Kelly!!!  But for future reference, don't bet big on a category you know nothing about!

Wait, are we trying to say librarians don’t know everything about everything? 

And I’d say anything other than “all in” arguably doesn’t qualify as “betting big”. Anyway, happy it worked out for her. 

[Browncoat]

10 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

Wait, are we trying to say librarians don’t know everything about everything? 

Nope, just saying that when you hit the DD as the first clue in a category that has a somewhat cryptic name (unlike, say, Biology), maybe play it a little safer.  But that's also why I think they should at least start at the top of the category to get a feel for what the category's about before jumping to the high dollar clues.

[Ancaster]

Just coming here to say I've never heard anyone pronounce oeuvre as "oovre" before.  I'm sure Alex wouldn't.  🤣

[dgpolo]

3 minutes ago, Ancaster said:

Just coming here to say I've never heard anyone pronounce oeuvre as "oovre" before.  I'm sure Alex wouldn't

I was expecting Ken to say something about 'Robbie Burns' the way Alex used to, with an accent.

[SoMuchTV]

27 minutes ago, Ancaster said:

Just coming here to say I've never heard anyone pronounce oeuvre as "oovre" before.  I'm sure Alex wouldn't.  🤣

Now I’m overthinking but how would you pronounce it?  I think that  ("oovre") would be my best guess at how to represent it. 

[ams1001]

37 minutes ago, dgpolo said:

I was expecting Ken to say something about 'Robbie Burns' the way Alex used to, with an accent.

Me, too. Robert Burns and "genre" are the ones that really make me miss Alex.

[Ancaster]

1 hour ago, SoMuchTV said:

Now I’m overthinking but how would you pronounce it?  I think that  ("oovre") would be my best guess at how to represent it. 

The first syllable is like "er" - at least the way I pronounce it!  (Without pronouncing the r.)

(I speak French so I may just be being pretentious!)

Edited October 19 by Ancaster

[30 Helens]

6 hours ago, ams1001 said:

Me, too. Robert Burns and "genre" are the ones that really make me miss Alex.

The over-pronounced “jjj-OHN-hhra” used to drive me crazy in the Alex days, but I find myself missing it (and other weird Alex tics) too. I love Ken, but Alex will always be the gold standard.

I guess I missed something today, but how would one pronounce oeuvre other than “oo-vhreh”? Was something different said? (Credentials: 3 years high school French + 2 years college)

Thank you, F Scott Fitzgerald, for saving me from a shutout FJ week. Gatsby was an instaget. 

 

 

[Ancaster]

14 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

 

I guess I missed something today, but how would one pronounce oeuvre other than “oo-vhreh”? Was something different said? (Credentials: 3 years high school French + 2 years college)

 

The "oeu" (in the French/British pronunciation) is the same as in "oeuf" (egg), which I'm sure is a word you learnt during your studies.

Prof. Google however has taught me that "oovre" is the typical US pronunciation.  Since I've lived here over thirty years, I guess that tells me it's a word one doesn't hear very often.

Edited October 19 by Ancaster

[Clanstarling]

16 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

Wait, are we trying to say librarians don’t know everything about everything?

If other librarians are like me (when I used to be one), librarians know a little about a lot. That could just be me, though. It's useful when people underestimate you. It was my secret weapon as a young woman.

Edited October 19 by Clanstarling

[SomeTameGazelle]

9 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

The over-pronounced “jjj-OHN-hhra” used to drive me crazy in the Alex days, but I find myself missing it (and other weird Alex tics) too

I wouldn't call it a "weird tic". Alex was brought up speaking both French and English -- his mother was Francophone.

[Bastet]

I watched with friends, so didn't keep track, but we all - still pissed about him getting credit for Columbia - cheered when Rishabh got beat by Kelly.  And FJ was an instaget for all of us.  So that was fun all around.

Looking up the TS, I got all of them but swallowing, Shaffer, and Michel Fokine.

[SomeTameGazelle]

5 hours ago, Bastet said:

Looking up the TS, I got all of them but swallowing, Shaffer, and Michel Fokine.

I had no idea that the playwrights of Sleuth and Amadeus were related, let alone twins. I don't know if they would have accepted my answer because I would have said Shay-fer rather than Shaffer (and thought it was probably spelled Shaeffer or Schaefer).

[SomeTameGazelle]

On 10/18/2024 at 7:37 PM, ams1001 said:

TSes: (J had 5; DJ had 8 + 1 DD) I got buckaroo, Valley of the Shadow of Death, bluestocking, Michael Row Your Boat Ashore.

I got bluestocking but I was peeved with their definition. I don't think it is specific to female writers but more generally a female intellectual.

[ams1001]

1 hour ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

I had no idea that the playwrights of Sleuth and Amadeus were related, let alone twins. I don't know if they would have accepted my answer because I would have said Shay-fer rather than Shaffer (and thought it was probably spelled Shaeffer or Schaefer).

I think it's a reasonable mispronunciation based on the spelling, though. They've certainly accepted iffier answers.

1 hour ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

I got bluestocking but I was peeved with their definition. I don't think it is specific to female writers but more generally a female intellectual.

I just looked it up and the wikipedia article doesn't even contain the word writer or author. "Bluestocking...is a term for an educated, intellectual woman, originally a member of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society from England...The term now more broadly applies to women who show interest in literary or intellectual matters."

[Prevailing Wind]

2 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

I would have said Shay-fer rather than Shaffer

Paul Shaffer, Letterman's band leader, pronounces his name Shay-fer

[ProudMary]

14 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

Paul Shaffer, Letterman's band leader, pronounces his name Shay-fer

I guess Paul likes "having more than one."

 

 

 

*You have to be ancient for this one.

[Katy M]

I waffled between pieta and misericordia (sp?, and no idea why), but picked pieta.  I think I was just afraid it was too obvious.

I got the missed clues of witch, with, fiddlers 3, Big Sur and quoits.

I got the entire category of pups right.

Finally ended up in the black. It's seriously been a while.

[ams1001]

October 21:

77% / 50% / 62%

Pretty good first round…ran Pup Quiz (making Saber proud!), missed one in Lose a Letter, Fashion, and Nursery Rhyme Lines, and two in Iran and Movie Rom-Drams. Terrible in DJ…missed one in Nonfiction, two in Rock & Pop Firsts, and three in everything else.

Got zero DDs and no FJ.

TSes: (J had 6; DJ had 7 + 1 DD) I got witch/with, spider, fiddlers three, and option.
 

[Browncoat]

I actually got FJ -- it was a wild-ass insta-guess, but it counts!  

I also got the TS of spider, fiddlers three, acquit, Cape Breton, consulate, Cliffs of Insanity, er, Moher, and quoits.

I was rooting for Kelly.

[Bastet]

I'll be watching football, so just checked the archive.  Thankfully, not being able to see the photos was not an issue.

Please tell me Ken didn't actually pronounce Iran like "I ran".  With the "so far away" part of the clue, I fear it's so, but I cannot stand when Americans mispronounce Iran (and Iraq) that way.

The witch and with TS surprised me a bit.

I dreaded the rom-droms category, but I knew all but Brooklyn.  My dread of nursery rhymes turned out to be well founded, though; I missed three (but I did get the spider TS).  I missed two in Iran and ran the rest, so a decent first round.

I only ran invested in DJ, but it was still a pretty good round -- I missed two each in assassins and nonfiction, but got all but "Norwegian Wood" in music, all but quoits in words, and all but Cape Breton Island in coasts.

No idea for FJ, but I did the V-8 head smack when it was revealed.

[Browncoat]

23 minutes ago, Bastet said:

Please tell me Ken didn't actually pronounce Iran like "I ran".  With the "so far away" part of the clue, I fear it's so, but I cannot stand when Americans mispronounce Iran (and Iraq) that way.

I am sorry to tell you that he did, indeed, pronounce it as "I ran so far away."  But the contestants pronounced it correctly.

[ams1001]

26 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

I am sorry to tell you that he did, indeed, pronounce it as "I ran so far away."  But the contestants pronounced it correctly.

I blame the writers who apparently can't resist a pun, but I was glad that the players said it right.

[SomeTameGazelle]

2 hours ago, ams1001 said:

I blame the writers who apparently can't resist a pun, but I was glad that the players said it right.

The true test is how Ken pronounces it when it is not forced by the pun. When it was in a clue (the Daniel one) in the category he did not say it as "eye ran", it was more like "uh ran". 

Never heard of Mary's Seven Sorrows before  but came up with pieta through sheet inability to think of any other artistic sorrowful Mary action let alone one with an Italian name.

Felt very smug to have thought of acquit.

Edited October 22 by SomeTameGazelle

[Quickbeam]

Pietà! My husband and I both said it at once. It was at the 64-65 Worlds Fair and I must have seen it 20 times. It was very memorable. I remember as a kid thinking “wow, that’s some talented sculptor!”. 🤣

[Bastet]

4 hours ago, Browncoat said:

I am sorry to tell you that he did, indeed, pronounce it as "I ran so far away."  But the contestants pronounced it correctly.

4 hours ago, ams1001 said:

I blame the writers who apparently can't resist a pun, but I was glad that the players said it right.

The players not, well, playing into this nonsense makes me happy; thanks for the news.

[bad things are bad]

I said, "Mary holding Jesus's body after he was taken down from the cross, like the Pieta." Does that count? 

Saw the actual statue in April,  it is indeed beautiful