Jeopardy! Season 41 (2024-2025)

[bad things are bad]

9 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

Then he said “yeti cat” and it was all over.

Oh, that was funny.  

[proserpina65]

20 hours ago, ProudMary said:

I'll take it a step further. I like the reigning cham, but I was pulling for a Ram victory because he also seemed to be a very good player with a wide range of knowledge, but mainly because I found him very attractive. 😉

I thought he was attractive too.

20 hours ago, possibilities said:

I got that one, too... and didn't realize it was no longer in use and that knowing what it is means I'm old! 

They're still in use at my house.  They hook up my dvd player to the tv.  I was just assuming these young whippersnappers on the show didn't get it because they were too young, lol.

I did okay last night.  Ran Man-Agrams, State Holidays and WWI.  Got all but one clue in Communications, Outdoor Cats (Damn you, caracal, why weren't you the serval cat I keep saying you were?), Starts With "H" and TV Foursomes.  Also got 8 stumpers/missed DDs: Mt. Ararat, semaphore, Timbaland, snow leopard, Helios, Sopwith Camel (no Great Pumpkin fans among the contestants?), Liege and Three Rivers Stadium.

FJ was an instaget for me.  I actually good see my copy of Paul Theroux's book by that name on my bookshelf while watching the show.

19 hours ago, chessiegal said:

The clue didn't say they are no longer in use. Coaxial cables are still in use - they connect my tvs to the cable tv outlets, and our internet router, which is what the clue says they are used for.

Clue: "Used to carry high frequency signals for TV & Internet connections, it's the type of cable seen here."

Yeah, I was just assuming relative youngness as the reason none of the contestants got the clue, figuring they'd all be more familiar with other methods of connecting to their tvs for streaming and whatnot.  Now get off my lawn.

9 hours ago, Achilles765 said:

Well everyone. Root either for or against me as I will be competing on this Wednesday’s episode!

Congratulations for making it!  Hope you enjoyed your experience and will be rooting for you to do well.

[shapeshifter]

10 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

Then he said “yeti cat” and it was all over.

Yeesh. "Yeti cat" almost wiped out the embarrassing 14 TSs.
Even I was yelling "Snow Leopard!"
Maybe he had a touch of stage fright and blanked with the focus of the DD? 
He did get his other DD of Hindenburg, so maybe he just needed a practice session. Do they do that?
Or would the 14 TSs indicate there was some back-stage/on-stage kerfuffle before the game? 

I had no clue for FJ and got hung up on volcanoes, thinking of the Three Sisters peaks in Oregon.
Note to self: When nonplussed by FJ, refocus on the category (this has happened before).
The correct response made sense, except maybe the category should have been something like Geography of Mythology? (Pillars of Hercules)
Oh well. Often it seems FJ is more about the wager, and in this case, I think that was true.

[30 Helens]

10 hours ago, Achilles765 said:

Well everyone. Root either for or against me as I will be competing on this Wednesday’s episode!

Oooh! How exciting! Can you at least tell us which podium you’re at so we know who to root for (or against)? Either way, please come back and share your experience. It’s always fun to get an insider’s perspective. And congratulations for making the show! That’s no small feat.

[ProudMary]

10 hours ago, Achilles765 said:

Well everyone. Root either for or against me as I will be competing on this Wednesday’s episode!

Nice to "meet" you. Congratulations on making it to the Alex Trebek Stage! 

I see that you just joined Primetimer a few hours ago and this is your very first post. How exactly did you find our little corner of the world?

[ams1001]

December 17:

63% / 67% / 66%

In J I missed one in Amphibians & Reptiles and Name a Woman, two in Books & Authors, Swap a Vowel, and For a Dollar, and three in 19th Century Sports. In DJ I ran Jury Duty, missed one in Crossword Clues R, two in World History, From the AFI Catalog, and Art Class, and three in Canadiana. I got FJ right (though at first I said Blanche Devereaux, and then thought, wait, that's not right).

TSes: (J had 5; DJ had 4) I got piddle/puddle, Ptolemaic Dynasty, and Newfoundland.

[Katy M]

I got FJ.

I got the missed clues of piddle/puddle, sand dollars and Newfoundland.

I got the entire category of art right.

[illdoc]

For FJ, I couldn't get past "White=Bianca"

[ams1001]

Just now, illdoc said:

For FJ, I couldn't get past "White=Bianca"

I thought "Bianca" first but got around to Blanche after a few seconds.

[Browncoat]

I did get FJ today, while we are sailing north from Kaikoura.  We had a lovely morning, either whale-watching or seabird sighting -- I chose the birds, and they were delightful.  Seas are currently pretty calm, and we hope that by staying another half day in Kaikoura, we can avoid the giant storm near Napier and Gisbourne.  That storm is causing us to have to bypass both Napier and Gisbourne, as the seas will be too rough and the winds too fierce to get us safely ashore.  No great loss, really, all things considered.

And apparently there was a large earthquake near Vanuatu yesterday?  Along with a smaller one not too far from where we were anchored?  We didn't notice anything, but I'm very glad there was not an associated tsunami!

[possibilities]

21 hours ago, Achilles765 said:

Well everyone. Root either for or against me as I will be competing on this Wednesday’s episode!

I tried to guess which player you are, but whichever one you are, you played well!

[SoMuchTV]

2 minutes ago, possibilities said:

I tried to guess which player you are, but whichever one you are, you played well!

Wait, are we in different time zones?

[chessiegal]

27 minutes ago, possibilities said:

I tried to guess which player you are, but whichever one you are, you played well!

Our new member is appearing Wednesday, not today, Tuesday.

[SoMuchTV]

2 hours ago, illdoc said:

For FJ, I couldn't get past "White=Bianca"

I got totally misled by my high school Latin, and was stuck on alba? Alabaster? Albacore? Wait, what’s “woods”? Forest? Oh, glad it was obvious to all the players!

[30 Helens]

Woo hoo! I was saved by Blanche today. Or, more accurately, my knowledge of French. (Although, to be precise, “Blanche DuBois” does not mean White Woods. It means White of the Woods or White from the Woods.) Side note: Boise, Idaho was so named because it was wooded.