Jeopardy! Season 41 (2024-2025)

[Katy M]

FJ was an instaget again.  I would feel quite smart instagetting 2 nights in a row with no contestant getting it right, but the rest of the game says that can't be true.

I got the missed clues of red-handed and geometry right.

and I got the entire clues of bay and mall wrong (and I actually just went to the mall earlier this week. And went in an Old Navy).

 

[Browncoat]

I did get FJ, but it was not an instaget.  Aqueduct took me to Rome, and Oceanus made the water connection that led me to the correct response.  I wasn't certain of it, though.  Yay, asterisk again!

I also got the TS of Starliner (assuming they would have accepted it without Boeing), frilled, long-tailed, and geometry.

[SomeTameGazelle]

  On 3/27/2025 at 11:29 PM, ams1001 said:

TSes: (J had 3 + the DD; DJ had 5 + 1 DD) I got pillbox hat, long-tailed pangolin.

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I didn't know any varieties of pangolin so I confidently shouted "pine cone!" 

I knew geometry and I went with the Trevi Fountain for FJ, although when Ken started to stress aqueducts I started to doubt myself.  

[secnarf]

My logic was a little less educated: Aqueduct = water, Pietro Bracci = Italian. Looking for a landmark to do with water in Italy with multiple carvings/statues, and from there the Trevi Fountain was easy for me, as I am lucky enough to have been there. If I hadn't been, I'm not sure I would have got it.

[ams1001]

  On 3/28/2025 at 1:35 AM, SomeTameGazelle said:

I didn't know any varieties of pangolin so I confidently shouted "pine cone!" 

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Me, neither, but it needed a descriptor ending in -ed and its tail looked pretty long, so...

[Prevailing Wind]

  On 3/28/2025 at 2:00 AM, secnarf said:

My logic was a little less educated: Aqueduct = water, Pietro Bracci = Italian. Looking for a landmark to do with water in Italy with multiple carvings/statues, and from there the Trevi Fountain was easy for me, as I am lucky enough to have been there. If I hadn't been, I'm not sure I would have got it.

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Yes, you would have. I've never been to Europe and I got it right, using the same logic.

 

[shapeshifter]

  On 3/28/2025 at 12:03 AM, Browncoat said:

I also got the TS of Starliner (assuming they would have accepted it without Boeing),

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The opposite for me.
Any chance "Boeing" would satisfy the clue of "one of these spacecraft"?

[Bastet]

  On 3/28/2025 at 3:35 AM, shapeshifter said:

Any chance "Boeing" would satisfy the clue of "one of these spacecraft"?

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No. 

I didn't keep track, but I had a pretty "meh" game.  I think Starliner and FJ* may have been the only TS that didn't also stump me.  I did manage to get all but one in the Bible category, so that was impressive.

*I correctly guessed FJ based on the Italian landmark involving water logic.

[30 Helens]

The return of sportsball (is this almost over??) means I’m out again until Monday. I read the FJ clue on j-archive, but I had no idea.

[ams1001]

March 28:

77% / 57% / 67%

Pretty good first round! Ran Angels and Modern Lingo, missed one in Book Title Adjectives and Something to Wear, two in US Geography, and three in Your Name is a Sentence. In DJ I missed one in Opera and Science, two in Pop Culture Titles in Roman Numerals (but I missed the Ariana Grande clue because I didn't know the song, not because I wouldn't be able to figure out the Roman numeral) and Business Terms, three in From "M" to "M", and four in the 19th Century (but so did they so I don't feel so bad).

FJ was an instaget. Never heard of the Land of the Morning Calm, but I knew NK was the Hermit Nation.

TSes: (J had 6 + the DD; DJ had 7) I got Robin Quivers, Stinky (Cheese Man), miniskirt (DD), Theo Van Gogh, and spleen.
 

[Katy M]

I said Tibet and Nepal, but since one of the contestants did also, it couldn't have been that bad of an answer.  is this 3 nights in a row of none of the contestants getting FJ?  that's pretty rare.

I got the missed clues of stole, John Tyler and Theo Van Gogh.

I am absolutely shocked that I only missed the $400 clue in opera.  That is crazy.

[Browncoat]

I really didn't have a clue for FJ, but "Hermit Nation" sounded like North Korea, so I took a guess.  Woo hoo!  5/5 this week!

I also got the TS of Lake Powell, stole, mini skirt, stinky, Big Little Lies, Theo Van Gogh, and spleen.

Every time Ken said Mike's name, all I could think of was Mike Wazowski from Monsters, Inc.

[ProudMary]

Three TS in a row for FJ. Wow. I managed to get two of them, but not tonight's. 

For the $400 clue in Well, That's Just Science, in my head I heard the voice of CJ Cregg saying, "And the chemical abbreviation for table salt is NaCl."

 

[secnarf]

I thought tonight's FJ was an instaget - the "Hermit nation" is something I have heard before about North Korea. I don't think I would have known South Korea just from that part of the clue, but paired with the Hermit nation, it came to me easily.

 

[Grizzly]

Darn, Mike was hot. Josh starts slow, he seems beatable. Then he gets on a roll, clears some categories, and finds the DDs. It's a good formula for success. He's pleasant enough but I could use a change.

[The Wild Sow]

Missed FJ this time. I may have been too busy giggling over “Animal Locomotion.” Because to get to my daughter’s house, you turn from the main road onto Fox Chase, then turn right on Pheasant Walk, then another right onto Elk Rush! On the way you pass Deer Run, Beaver Run, and Ruffed Grouse Drive (how do their feet reach the pedals?)

We always say her neighborhood should be called Animal Locomotion!

[Bastet]

  On 3/29/2025 at 12:25 AM, ProudMary said:

For the $400 clue in Well, That's Just Science, in my head I heard the voice of CJ Cregg saying, "And the chemical abbreviation for table salt is NaCl."

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Same here.  I probably would anyway, but I recently re-watched seasons one through three, so the C.J. vs. Sherri Wexler smackdown was fresh in my mind.

I watched with friends, so didn't keep track, but I know I had a great game.  In the first round, I was terrible in book, only getting immortal, but I think I ran everything else.  I did very well in DJ, too.  And FJ was an instaget; I'm not sure where along the way I picked up and retained that North Korea = the hermit nation, but I did, so even though I'd never heard of the other nickname, I was all set.

[possibilities]

Josh is getting stronger. I wonder if it's because of getting better with his buzzer timing.

I was shocked to get everything in the business word category.

Thinking about the issue of replying in languages other than English, I propose they add a bonus scoring incentive along these lines: if you answer correctly in a language other than English, you get a bonus equal to double the point score of whatever the clue was-- but it can only be used once per game.  Not once per person per game, but once per game by whoever uses it correctly first, period. So you'd have to use strategy to decide when to use it, and on what clue. It would add a little interest, without becoming a total distraction with constant work for the judges to look it up and then have Ken clarify and translate for the audience. It's a small thing, like the Daily Doubles, but it would be an added challenge. Even if it was used every game, it wouldn't be a problem. And if it was only used once in a while, it would be like a wildcard adding interest.

[proserpina65]

I ran the Opera category on Friday's show, as I always expect I will, and would've bet everything on that DD.  I did not, however have a single clue for FJ.  I did get the Trevi Fountain for Thurday's FJ at least.

 

  On 3/28/2025 at 2:00 AM, secnarf said:

My logic was a little less educated: Aqueduct = water, Pietro Bracci = Italian. Looking for a landmark to do with water in Italy with multiple carvings/statues, and from there the Trevi Fountain was easy for me, as I am lucky enough to have been there. If I hadn't been, I'm not sure I would have got it.

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Mine was "Pietro Bracci is not a Roman name so it has to be later and Oceanus belongs on something water-related in Rome, Trevi Fountain!"

 

  On 3/29/2025 at 12:01 AM, Browncoat said:

I also got the TS of Lake Powell, stole, mini skirt, stinky, Big Little Lies, Theo Van Gogh, and spleen.

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I got mini skirt, stinky, Big Little Lies, Theo van Gogh and spleen.

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[proserpina65]

  On 3/29/2025 at 10:18 PM, possibilities said:

Josh is getting stronger. I wonder if it's because of getting better with his buzzer timing.

I was shocked to get everything in the business word category.

Thinking about the issue of replying in languages other than English, I propose they add a bonus scoring incentive along these lines: if you answer correctly in a language other than English, you get a bonus equal to double the point score of whatever the clue was-- but it can only be used once per game.  Not once per person per game, but once per game by whoever uses it correctly first, period. So you'd have to use strategy to decide when to use it, and on what clue. It would add a little interest, without becoming a total distraction with constant work for the judges to look it up and then have Ken clarify and translate for the audience. It's a small thing, like the Daily Doubles, but it would be an added challenge. Even if it was used every game, it wouldn't be a problem. And if it was only used once in a while, it would be like a wildcard adding interest.

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Too complicated, and they've already made too many changes to the game already.

[gonzosgirrl]

  15 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

Too complicated, and they've already made too many changes to the game already.

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I've only started watching regularly in the last few months or so. I haven't noticed any obvious changes since the last time I watched on a regular basis (probably around the time of Ken's original run). What am I missing?

[proserpina65]

  14 hours ago, gonzosgirrl said:

I've only started watching regularly in the last few months or so. I haven't noticed any obvious changes since the last time I watched on a regular basis (probably around the time of Ken's original run). What am I missing?

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They added unnecessary tournaments, changed the format of the Tournament of Champions and use a tie-breaker so that there are no longer co-champions (that is not a recent change, though, it's been around for several years).  Plus the judges' rulings have gotten more lenient when previously the host would've indicated that a contestant needed to be more specific.  Those are just a few.

[ams1001]

March 31:

63% / 57% / 60%

In J I ran Constitutional Amendments, missed one in Rhyme Time, two in Simple Machine and Big as a Whale, and three in Country Music and Cars. In DJ I missed one in Religion, two in "A.B.", Nepo Parents, and Oxymorons, and three in Birth of a Nation and 20th Century Novels. Did not get FJ.

TSes: (J had 1; DJ had 5) I only got Swann.

[Katy M]

I said Morse code even thought i was pretty sure that was developed by Morse code.  I kept thinking 8 x 8, but that didn't help. 

I got the entire category of amendments right.

I got the missed cluse of Swann and Little Big Man.

 

[dgpolo]

  8 hours ago, ams1001 said:

 Did not get FJ.

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I guess I misunderstood the clue, I thought of Braille but I thought it had an immense number of combinations, I mean, it spells words and there are a lot of words! then I thought semaphore, boo.😛

[ams1001]

  8 hours ago, dgpolo said:

I guess I misunderstood the clue, I thought of Braille but I thought it had an immense number of combinations, I mean, it spells words and there are a lot of words! then I thought semaphore, boo.😛

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I also guessed semaphore. I didn't even think of Braille.

[Browncoat]

My initial thought for FJ was Morse code, but I didn't think Morse was a student.  Then I thought semaphore, but discarded that, too.  I landed on the right response in the nick of time.

The only TS I got was Little Big Man.  I love that movie.

And I loved the "Got me a car" category.

[secnarf]

  8 hours ago, dgpolo said:

I guess I misunderstood the clue, I thought of Braille but I thought it had an immense number of combinations, I mean, it spells words and there are a lot of words! then I thought semaphore, boo.😛

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It spells words, but with "letters" - and there are far fewer letters/numbers/symbols than there are words.

I also initially thought too few for Braille, and then realized that the math makes sense for letters/numbers/symbols.

[chessiegal]

My newspaper has a "Today in History" feature. I often think many would make good J! clues. The 23rd amendment was mentioned last Saturday. 

[SomeTameGazelle]

  8 hours ago, ams1001 said:

I didn't even think of Braille.

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I rejected Braille because I thought 64 was too many for 26 letters + 10 digits even if there were a few punctuation marks and I didn't realise there was a set of 6 dots. I did realise that 64 was 2 to the power of 6 and even though I knew that the binary system has to be able to get to more than 64 I thought maybe it was some rudimentary use that required an adjective I couldn't think of. 

  8 hours ago, Browncoat said:

And I loved the "Got me a car" category.

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I sometimes complain about unnecessary stories mixed in with clues, but when Ken read the categories I wanted *all* the lyrics and was happy to hear them spread throughout the car clues. 

Exciting for it to be such a close game.

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And another thing!

[Ancaster]

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[dgpolo]

  5 hours ago, Ancaster said:

Am I the only one who found them all missing the Amendment clue shocking?

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? am I missing something? All the amendment clues were answered, 2 by Josh, 2 by Bryce, 1 by Allison.

[possibilities]

I used to use Braille a lot-- I wrote it and sight read it. A Braille cell is two dots horizonatlly and 3 vertically. That's 6, not 8. I don't really understand where the 8x8 idea is coming from.

Each letter of the alphabet is formed by a particular combination of those dots inside a cell.

There are also a few codes that are used for punctuation and to indicate numbers, and a few words also have a cell (like "and"). 

 

 

[dgpolo]

  4 hours ago, possibilities said:

I used to use Braille a lot

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Eddie Timanus wrote on Twitter: It pretty much goes without saying that this was a #Layup for me.

[SomeTameGazelle]

  4 hours ago, possibilities said:

That's 6, not 8. I don't really understand where the 8x8 idea is coming from.

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It's 2^6 or 2x2x2x2x2x2 which happens to be the same as 8x8. The clue just specified 64 but trying to solve it using 8x8 didn't lead anywhere.