Jeopardy! Season 41 (2024-2025)

[Katy M]

It took me almost the entire time, but I got FJ.

I got the missed clues of The Glass Menagerie, Syracuse, fire plug, nickel, and Rochester.

I got the entire categories of hit makers and geology wrong.

Terrible game for me.

[Browncoat]

I can't believe I missed FJ, but I completely blanked.  I'm choosing to blame the snowstorm.

But I did get the TS of Glass Menagerie, Syracuse, fireplug, nickel, limestone, and foxhounds.

[shapeshifter]

Having lived in Rochester for 4 years now, and having been to the Eastman Museum, I would question my cognitive state if I'd missed the TS of “The Eastman School of Music's Kodak Hall seats about 2,300 for concerts at the university of this city.” IEIYKI

FJ of John McCain was an instaget. 

I'm glad Drew won. I want him to go on winning so we can see him compete against someone like Matt Amodio.

I'm also glad that the nerdier appearing guys got this far, but I have so much empathy (or maybe just sympathy?) for their awkwardness that I cringe. 
Sam answered 21 correctly in this game, so he should have some bragging rights.

The TS of “plug nickel" was appropriately assigned a lowly $200 value for me and any of my generation or older, but they may have to start re-evaluating such references, like they seemingly did by making Michael Landon a $1200 clue yesterday.

[SomeTameGazelle]

52 minutes ago, Katy M said:

I got the entire categories of hit makers and geology wrong.

I think Adele might have been the only hit maker I got.

I was glad that Drew and Sam made up some ground on Enzo on the second day, and any of the three would have been a deserving winner, but I was rooting for them in the order of Sam, Enzo, Drew. However since Sam's guess for FJ wasn't really an American, I am fine with Drew winning.

[SoMuchTV]

9 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

The TS of “plug nickel" was appropriately assigned a lowly $200 value for me and any of my generation or older, but they may have to start re-evaluating such references, like they seemingly did by making Michael Landon a $1200 clue yesterday.

Didn’t they very recently have a TS for “don’t take any wooden nickels”? Or was that on Celebrity J? Anyway, I guess potential contestants need to brush up their old-timely nickel expressions. 

[SoMuchTV]

14 minutes ago, possibilities said:

I got 3/5. I would have had 4, but I sself-doubted myself out of one of my answers. Alas!

Cornetto for everyone

 

Bringing this back over from the FJ contest thread. I thought that was a Nutty Buddy. Mr. TV thought it was a drumstick. Now that I’ve checked the category (“begins with a musical instrument”), I know I wouldn’t have gotten credit, but wouldn’t “drumstick”?

[Prevailing Wind]

But they had a drumstick clue withe the chicken leg.

When I see Drew, I think "Young Val Kilmer."

[shapeshifter]

7 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

Mr. TV thought it was a drumstick.…the category (“begins with a musical instrument”), I know I wouldn’t have gotten credit, but wouldn’t “drumstick”?

7 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

6 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

But they had a drumstick clue withe the chicken leg.

Yes, “chicken leg” was the $400 clue for “drumstick” in the BEGINS WITH A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT category,
but that clue was the 25th clue revealed after the $2000 clue (#12) of:

• “In this Italian frozen dessert, a layer of chocolate insulates the cone from the ice cream.”

However, since the $2k clue specifies “Italian,“ the judges probably assumed that they would not have to accept “drumstick.” 

 …but, on the third hand, Wikipedia does include:

• ’Due to the historic popularity of this dessert, it is commonly called a "drumstick" even if it is manufactured by some other company and branded otherwise.… [citation needed]’
  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumstick_(frozen_dairy_dessert)#History).

…but note Wikipedia’s “[citation needed],” which I suppose would give the Jeopardy! judges an out, whichever way they would rule — if Drew had said “Drumstick” instead of “Cornetto.”

But it seems to me that the Clue Crew should have only picked one of those 2 clues for that category.🤷🏼‍♀️
Or maybe the Clue Crew likes to live on the edge.🤣
Perhaps the $2K clue would have been better worded:

• In this Italian[-named] frozen dessert, a layer of chocolate insulates the cone from the ice cream

I vaguely recall the pre-assembled and wrapped ice cream cone called “Drumstick” from my youth as being of inferior quality to freshly scooped ice cream cones.

…but I don’t think I’ve encountered the "Italian" (Unilever brand) of “Cornetto” (wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornetto_(frozen_dessert)).


…which is probably a geographic or generational distribution difference.

Edited 14 hours ago by shapeshifter

[SomeTameGazelle]

2 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

…but I don’t think I’ve encountered the "Italian" (Unilever brand) of “Cornetto” (wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornetto_(frozen_dessert)).


…which is probably a geographic or generational distribution difference.

The only reason I have the word cornetto in my head is because of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's "Cornetto Trilogy". We never called the ice cream cornetto, always drumstick. I don't know whether cornetto is used in North America at all. But even though I occasionally indulge in a drumstick from my local convenience store nowadays I don't remember thinking of it as either a drumstick or a cornetto recently, which makes me wonder what is on the label. 

I do occasionally wonder why some of the clues seem extra British. 

I very confidently guessed Ghost for the 1990 movie with the tagline "His story will touch you, even though he can't"

Edited 12 hours ago by SomeTameGazelle

[Trey]

2 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

I very confidently guessed Ghost for the 1990 movie with the tagline "His story will touch you, even though he can't"

So did I.

13 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

Didn’t they very recently have a TS for “don’t take any wooden nickels”? Or was that on Celebrity J? Anyway, I guess potential contestants need to brush up their old-timely nickel expressions. 

Yes, they did.  I thought they also had a "plug nickel" lately too but the archives say not.

Instaget FJ for me.

I am glad Drew won but any of the contestants would have been fine with me.

[Shrek]

5 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

Yes, “chicken leg” was the $400 clue for “drumstick” in the BEGINS WITH A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT category,
but that clue was the 25th clue revealed after the $2000 clue (#12) of:

• “In this Italian frozen dessert, a layer of chocolate insulates the cone from the ice cream.”

However, since the $2k clue specifies “Italian,“ the judges probably assumed that they would not have to accept “drumstick.” 

 …but, on the third hand, Wikipedia does include:

• ’Due to the historic popularity of this dessert, it is commonly called a "drumstick" even if it is manufactured by some other company and branded otherwise.… [citation needed]’
  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumstick_(frozen_dairy_dessert)#History).

…but note Wikipedia’s “[citation needed],” which I suppose would give the Jeopardy! judges an out, whichever way they would rule — if Drew had said “Drumstick” instead of “Cornetto.”

But it seems to me that the Clue Crew should have only picked one of those 2 clues for that category.🤷🏼‍♀️
Or maybe the Clue Crew likes to live on the edge.🤣
Perhaps the $2K clue would have been better worded:

• In this Italian[-named] frozen dessert, a layer of chocolate insulates the cone from the ice cream

I vaguely recall the pre-assembled and wrapped ice cream cone called “Drumstick” from my youth as being of inferior quality to freshly scooped ice cream cones.

…but I don’t think I’ve encountered the "Italian" (Unilever brand) of “Cornetto” (wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornetto_(frozen_dessert)).


…which is probably a geographic or generational distribution difference.

I remember Wall's as a British ice cream company & that looks exactly like I remember the cornetto from when I was a teenager, the nuts were usually hazelnuts which are used a lot in the U.K. with Cadbury whole nut being my favourite chocolate bar.

Edited to add that I always remember the tv commercial being set in Italy & some of the song from it.

Here you go for those interested, from 1981

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Shrek

[possibilities]

I felt some affection for Enzo, which was only increased by his thank you monologue. 

 

[Clanstarling]

On 1/9/2025 at 1:30 PM, Bastet said:

Yes, thank you.  All the fires have missed my neighborhood, so I've just dealt with power outages and a lot of smoke, but I know people who've lost homes and it's a sad, stressful time here.  We've had non-stop news coverage on all the local stations, of course, so no J! and when I tried to check the archive I couldn't manage to concentrate on it.  But I'll be back in the conversation soon, I'm sure.  Thank you for checking on me, and I hope any other L.A. posters are okay as well.

I'm so glad. I live in fire territory as well, and that's the worst I've ever seen. The winds, man, they are devastating and hard to fight. We had a much smaller version of what's going on in a town to the west of us a few years ago. Horrible. Hang in there.

On 1/9/2025 at 5:10 PM, Browncoat said:

I also got the TS of Pike's Peak, Ginsberg, Michael Landon, water, Wedgwood, and Family Ties.

Me too.

15 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

I think Adele might have been the only hit maker I got.

I didn't get any - I'm a classic, you know. Old and not seen/heard as often. 😄

12 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

When I see Drew, I think "Young Val Kilmer."

I can see that - though Drew is cuter, imho.

[Prevailing Wind]

8 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

I very confidently guessed Ghost for the 1990 movie with the tagline "His story will touch you, even though he can't"

I went with "The Boy in the Bubble."