Prevailing Wind March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 I'm surprised it wasn't a video clue. 2 Link to comment
Browncoat March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 Grrrrr! I hate my local affiliate this time of year. They pre-empt Jeopardy! and all the prime-time shows in favor of the ACC basketball tournament. I'm sad that I missed out on a Weird Al clue! Link to comment
proserpina65 March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 (edited) Okay, I'm going to admit (anonymously, of course) to one of my worst Jeopardy blunders ever: in Litera-Sea, I completely screwed up the Horatio Hornblower clue. To understand the magnitude of my error, you need to know the following: A) Among my greatest interests in life are sailing ships, nautical history & fiction, and the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, B) I've read some of each book series, have watched both the Hornblower TV series and Master & Commander more than a few times, C) I own a copy of both Thomas Cochrane's autobiography and a biography of him, and D) I actually write Hornblower-related fan fiction, for dog's sake! But for some idiotic reason, I saw "C.S. Forrester" in the clue and my brain managed to make that into "Patrick O'Brian" thus allowing my mouth to blurt out "Jack Aubrey" when I knew very well that Forrester based Hornblower on Nelson and Cochrane. So there you have it. my (internet) name is proserpina65, and I am a freaking moron. Edited March 12, 2015 by proserpina65 3 Link to comment
peeayebee March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 Hi, proserpina65. I have moronic moments, too. I feel your pain. 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 You are not a moron. You just sometimes suffer bouts of moronitude. as we all do. 3 Link to comment
dcalley March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 Fun* fact: The current champ is married to a 6-time champ. * Or not, if you're my husband, who's been in the pool twice and grumbled something about giving some other family a chance when I told him this. 1 Link to comment
WickedTuna March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 Wow. Has there ever been a FJ like that before? Link to comment
opus March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 Wow. Has there ever been a FJ like that before? Kristen looked so lonely...... (but I think its happened before) Link to comment
rubaco March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 I don't recall ever seeing a single-person FJ before. I actually thought Alex was kind of funny, "We're going to start with you. You were in third place and in the lead." LOL. 5 Link to comment
opus March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 (edited) Looked it up. It has happened before : http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-601049.html And you can find a clip on YouTube. Edited March 12, 2015 by GaryE Link to comment
M. Darcy March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 I vaguely remember years ago a game with only one person around for FJ. Link to comment
chessiegal March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 What happens if no one is around for FJ? 2 Link to comment
possibilities March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 Schadenfreude. I bet they'd just have three new players the next day, but I don't know how they'd fill the FJ time. Chatter from Alex? A clip from a classic episode? Link to comment
GreekGeek March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 (edited) I've seen all three players go for broke in FJ and all be wrong, and I've seen someone become champ with $1.00. But I can't imagine someone seeing his/her two opponents going into the red and risking joining them. I'd just stand in silence knowing I couldn't lose. Weird game. It seemed so even at the end of the first round, too. Edited March 13, 2015 by GreekGeek 1 Link to comment
CarpeDiem54 March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 And I actually got FJ today. That was very odd, but Alex was funny. A picture of Dickens. *le sigh* Does it bug anyone else when a contestant answers correctly and then just stands there? WTH, people, pick up the pace. 1 Link to comment
YoureSoUrban March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 What a horrible Double Jeopardy round. I'd rather stand there silent than keep guessing and guessing myself thousands into the hole, but maybe that's just me. 5 Link to comment
teebax March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 What a horrible Double Jeopardy round. I'd rather stand there silent than keep guessing and guessing myself thousands into the hole, but maybe that's just me. I'd be the opposite and decide to try to get the worst score ever. 5 Link to comment
Etta Place March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I'm a horrible person, but that was kind of hilarious. 5 Link to comment
peeayebee March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 That Edna Ferber clue was tricky. I also automatically said 'Giant." 7 Link to comment
opus March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I'd be the opposite and decide to try to get the worst score ever. Here's what you could shoot for: http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/april32014/index.html 1 Link to comment
alias1 March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 Fun* fact: The current champ is married to a 6-time champ. I really like the current champ. This being the case, I hope she stays at least as long as he did. They must play jeopardy at home. I wonder if Alex will ever mention this or not because it might jinx her. Interesting fact. Alex was actually funny 1 Link to comment
dcalley March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 Schadenfreude. I bet they'd just have three new players the next day, but I don't know how they'd fill the FJ time. Chatter from Alex? A clip from a classic episode? Ha! Yes, they would bring in three new players. As for any extra time, they'd probably just sell more ad space. Today's game was just weird. It's not like Kristin was playing all that well, even. Here's to Friday the 13th being better! Link to comment
Pallida March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I am almost ashamed to admit that I knew it was Social Security ____ and just couldn't bring Administration to mind. I'd love to see some economists do game theory on how people would bet in FJs like tonight's. Link to comment
Jesse March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I really like the current champ. This being the case, I hope she stays at least as long as he did. They must play jeopardy at home. I wonder if Alex will ever mention this or not because it might jinx her. We've been seeing her talk about it in a promo, but I guess it's not going to be mentioned on the show? Of if it is, that's a weird not-really-a-spoiler, because the promos have been running since her first day. That really felt like the worst episode ever. Link to comment
One Imaginary Girl March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I wish my dad were still around to have seen this. I used to say that contestants shouldn't get credit for FJ if they hadn't used a question mark (Come on! "Form of a question"), and he joked that they should also have to pay the producers if they wind up in the red. 1 Link to comment
M. Darcy March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I'm surprised that the middle guy just didn't shut up once he got out of the negative score in round 2. There was no way to catch up and then he could have stayed for FJ. Though, both of them might have just lost rational thought at a certain point. I kind of did the same thing - I got really flustered and didn't think that if I just stopped I could have made it to FJ (I ended with zero at the end of round 2). 1 Link to comment
proserpina65 March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 A picture of Dickens. *le sigh* I thought it was Lewis Carroll. I guess I've not seen many pics of Dickens, and the clue didn't help me at all. got FJ because my mother was one of two women who went to work in the regional Soc Sec office when Roosevelt started the program, and her 38 year career spanned the years of Health, Educ and Welare and the change to Health and Human Services. I had no clue, but my mom got it almost immediately. Go, Moms! Your mom sounds like a great person, btw. Link to comment
peeayebee March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I thought JM Barrie. I've seen pics of Dickens, and once the answer was revealed, I kicked myself for not remembering what he looked like. Link to comment
Etta Place March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I thought it was Lewis Carroll. I guess I've not seen many pics of Dickens, and the clue didn't help me at all. Me too, on Lewis Carroll. When I heard the answer, I said "oh right, that's why he looked familiar." Link to comment
DXD526 March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 we shouldn't make fun of anyone who was brave enough to audition and good enough to make the cut to appear on the show. Yes, obviously nobody is stupid who makes it all the way to appearing on the show in the first place. But it is unfortunate, after all that to not make FJ. I just hope neither of their moms gave Alex a hard time about it! 5 Link to comment
HelenBaby March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 (edited) So Big has been made into a movie twice, but if someone isn't into old movies or Ferber in generel the I could see why that was difficult. (Once in the thirties with Barbara Stanwyck and the fifties with Jane Wyman.) ETA: I just looked it up and it was made in the silent era too with Colleen Moore. I hadn't seen that version so I didn't know. Edited March 13, 2015 by HelenBaby Link to comment
PaulaO March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I looked up Jason Sausville. He's the one that reminded me of Terry to Toad in American Graffiti (aka Charles Martin Smith). I do not mean that as an insult! I liked him. The weird thing about last night's game is that Stephanie was ahead and I figured she was a shoe-in to win. Then she started to decline and by the end was just guessing. I immediately said SSA for FJ then decided SSA started with LBJ (huh?) and changed my answer to the TVA. D'OH! Link to comment
alias1 March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 If I remember correctly, the middle guy only had $200 at one point in DJ, so even if could have doubled that he wouldn't have won. I don't think either one of them would have done any better than getting their $1000 or $2000 at the end. They did get that, didn't they? (I didn't see the very end.) Link to comment
sugarbaker design March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 They got it, middle guy got $2K, lady on right got $1K. Link to comment
6 MeowMeowBeenz March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I like the champ but for the love of Mike, I wish she'd stop saying the whole category name. 2 Link to comment
teebax March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I like the champ but for the love of Mike, I wish she'd stop saying the whole category name. I hear ya. They didn't finish a baseball category, and that's my favorite subject. Very irritating! 1 Link to comment
opus March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 Some of you seem to have an unnatural hatred of pictures. If they put up Obama and said Who's this?, okay, but Dickens? 1 Link to comment
DXD526 March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 They didn't finish a baseball category, and that's my favorite subject. Very irritating! Very disappointing that they didn't finish. I was acing that category, and was interested to see if they could stump me. 1 Link to comment
Pallida March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 For me, I don't like when the clue provides enough info that a picture is extraneous (or the inverse). If the category name can be enough of a clue, the answer being "this person!l with a pic would be fine. Link to comment
opus March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I really like the current champ. This being the case, I hope she stays at least as long as he did. They must play jeopardy at home. I wonder if Alex will ever mention this or not because it might jinx her. Done.... Link to comment
dcalley March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 I can't remember the wording, but it seemed like they forgot about Rerun. Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver March 14, 2015 Share March 14, 2015 That FJ was pretty easy after they named off all those other territories -- how the guy in the middle got Arizona out of that I have no idea ? 3 Link to comment
Trey March 14, 2015 Share March 14, 2015 I can't remember the wording, but it seemed like they forgot about Rerun. I don't think they needed to mention Rerun; he wasn't nearly as well known as Lucy and Linus. I loved Rerun - he always seemed to be on the back of his mother's bike while she hit all the bumps. I thought FJ was easy although it wasn't exactly an instaget. I wonder what border the guy in the middle thinks Arizona is on. Link to comment
secnarf March 14, 2015 Share March 14, 2015 I thought the FJ was pretty easy - you really just needed a basic idea of where states are located. I'm really not sure how he came up with Arizona. I mean, I guess it's a border state with Mexico, but nowhere near Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.Just like I have no idea how the guy came up with British Columbia for the clue that was asking for a state...it did throw me that the clue mentioned Ontario, because my mind automatically goes to the Canadian province rather than the city in California, but I haven't the slightest clue where BC came from.Much better game than last night, though. And I like Kristin; I hope she continues to do well. 1 Link to comment
Etta Place March 14, 2015 Share March 14, 2015 I am astonished that given the wrong answer of "Mean Joe Brown," neither of the other two contestants could come up with the correct name. 5 Link to comment
chessiegal March 14, 2015 Share March 14, 2015 I am astonished that given the wrong answer of "Mean Joe Brown," neither of the other two contestants could come up with the correct name. Us three. 1 Link to comment
peeayebee March 14, 2015 Share March 14, 2015 Was it the champ who said Tennessee Williams wrote Mame? 2 Link to comment
Tunia March 14, 2015 Share March 14, 2015 Does anyone recall the category name for the clue whose answer was "risotto"? Link to comment
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