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Jeopardy! Season 31 (2014-2015)

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GreekGeek
GreekGeek

I'm quite enjoying Mike as champ, New England accent and all, despite my dislike of runaway games. I felt bad for Ashley on the very first question today, though. After accepting "Roosevelt," "Adams,"

Bazinga
Bazinga

"Guthrie" is not enough of an answer!  There are two Guthries in the same field - Woody and son, Arlo - and both are well known.  "Guthrie" alone is simply unacceptable.  Alex following up with the fi

jeff6286
jeff6286

I'm really sorry if it's inappropriate to point this out, but the comments speculating about the looks of Alex's girlfriend seem insanely out of line. Is this a high school locker room?

mojoween

mojoween

I got FJ just in time. First I blurted out LBJ because the address seemed Texan to me (...I don't know either) but then I was like maybe 40 is important and then at that point it was remembering Obama is the 44th President and working backward.

Colin seems genial enough. I actually liked all of them even if Martha was kinda high-spirited.

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secnarf

secnarf

I would have known Reagan was the 40th president (or rather, I could have figured it out easily enough) - I just didn't get that the 40 in the address meant he was the 40th president.
Then again, I'm not American and this whole concept of "presidential libraries" is rather foreign to me, but it just seems weird that the number in the address could mean something other than simply being the address.

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peeayebee

peeayebee

I figured that 40 referred to the number of the President, but I didn't know who the 40th President was. Numbers just don't stay in my head. 

 

It really did shock me that none of the teachers knew Milton was blind. Are there any other famous British blind poets?

 

Sundance was pretty easy to get, imo. 

 

I kind of liked that Alex laughed at Colin's pronunciation of Cardinal Richelieu. "Richie Loo." But I do like Colin. If he were my teacher I'd have a huge crush on him.

 

I rarely text, so I didn't get many of the texting clues. For SITD, my guess was "Still in total denial."

 

I don't think there were many missed answers. That's nice to see. They were all good contestants.

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ottoDbusdriver

ottoDbusdriver

They did it again in that Non-fiction category in the clue about the sub-title of Gleen Greenwald's book -- it's actually "Edward Snowden" in the book title, but they let the middle contestant get away with just saying "Snowden".  But since they specifically indicated that the name of the person was in the title they should have asked for the full name.   She could have meant Lord Snowdon (http://www.biography.com/people/lord-snowdon-20846059).

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alias1

alias1

Sundance was pretty easy to get, imo. 

 

I rarely text, so I didn't get many of the texting clues. For SITD, my guess was "Still in total denial."

 

 

I couldn't believe it when she said "I almost said Sundance."  If you even thought the answer was Sundance, you would have said Sundance .  What a twit!

 

I thought an entire category on texting was kind of strange.  I think I only got one of them.  I write things out.

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Bastet

Bastet

but it just seems weird that the number in the address could mean something other than simply being the address.

 

Oh, it could just be an address, but not if they bother to put it in the clue.

 

I missed the episode, so I'll have to get caught up via the archive once it's updated, but I'm sure I will utterly fail at a category about text messaging, since I rarely do it and, when I do, I use words and punctuation (even though that involves a lot of number pushing on my ancient flip phone).

GreekGeek

GreekGeek

I also was saddened that Milton was a TS, but it's surprisingly easy to avoid particular authors (especially the older and difficult ones) during many college and grad school programs. I never read him myself until I took a summer seminar at age 40, and I learned about his blindness via a kids' book of mini-biographies called Hearts Courageous. 

 

I almost never text, but I could figure out the abbreviations. I always tell my students that abbreviating stock phrases is nothing new; the ancient Romans did it too.

 

On the other hand, the significance of the number "40" in FJ flew over my head. I got stuck on Washington because I thought that the first president was the likeliest candidate for an address called "Presidential."

ottoDbusdriver

ottoDbusdriver

You're not alone, Totale. My first thought was Sundance, but I thought "Isn't that in Colorado?"  I might have guessed that just to give an answer, but I would have been surprised to find it was correct.

 

The part that makes it even more confusing is that there is another small town film festival in Telluride, Colorado that has been in existence for over 40 years (and predates Sundance).

proserpina65

proserpina65

Final Jeopardy was kind easy with the big ole 40 in the clue

 

I suck at pretty much all political categories, so anything about presidents is a crapshoot for me.  But I was pretty sure that W was #43, so I counted back from there and got the right answer, and in time to write it down had I been on the show.  I was damned pleased with myself for getting something presidential right for a change.

proserpina65

proserpina65

I missed the episode, so I'll have to get caught up via the archive once it's updated, but I'm sure I will utterly fail at a category about text messaging, since I rarely do it and, when I do, I use words and punctuation (even though that involves a lot of number pushing on my ancient flip phone).

 

My nephews find it exceedingly amusing that I type out full sentences on my flip phone.  And that I still have a flip phone; hey, at least I never butt dial anyone.  But I work with enough young whippersnappers that I got all but one of the text clues.

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alias1

alias1

Maybe I'm the only one, but I assumed Sundance was in Colorado.  My uninformed picture of Utah's culture wouldn't put it there.

 

You're not alone, Totale. My first thought was Sundance, but I thought "Isn't that in Colorado?"  I might have guessed that just to give an answer, but I would have been surprised to find it was correct.

 

 

Didn't she guess Burning Man?  I have no idea what that is, but I thought there was no way she could have been thinking Sundance if that's what she guessed. 

 

Whenever I hear a reference to Sundance I think of Robert Redford (it was started by him), but more specifically it reminds me of The Electric Horseman, filmed in St George Utah.  I know technically that has nothing to do with Sundance, just a mental image I get.

ottoDbusdriver

ottoDbusdriver

Didn't she guess Burning Man?  I have no idea what that is, but I thought there was no way she could have been thinking Sundance if that's what she guessed.

 

Burning Man festival isn't even film-related, nor is it located in Utah (it's held in Nevada), so it was just a bad guess.  

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man

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Bastet

Bastet

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I just checked the archive, and after saying I'd probably stink at the text talk category since I hardly ever text and don't use "textspeak" when I do, I thought it was pretty easy.  VBG I knew from the early days of email (they should have put it in < >), and NSA, GMTA, and RBTL I figured out from the clues.  I had no idea on SITD, but otherwise I got them. 

 

I agree with those upthread who said Edward Snowden's first name should have been required, since they were asking specifically for the missing part of the title, not just who the book was about.

 

Also with those bummed Milton was a TS.

 

I'm always bad at religion/mythology clues, so I struggled with the I Myth You category, but I knew Quetzalcoatl so was surprised that was a TS.

 

I was also surprised the contestant didn't come up with the Sundance DD (and even moreso that she offered up Burning Man -- it must just be something she's heard of, but knows nothing about).

 

I would say, "Wow, who knew I was so knowledgeable about Liechtenstein," but I think it's just that the clues were all quite easy, especially for DJ.

 

I was obviously spoiled from having read the forum last night, but I feel confident I'd have known FJ anyway -- with really nothing in the clue other than 40, that had to be the key, and I don't think it would have taken me long to assume that corresponded to what number president he was, so it would just be a matter of working my way back.  And I'd only have to do it from Clinton, because for some reason it sticks in my mind that he was the 42nd. 

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Bastet

Bastet

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Did the contestant on the left really guess Benghazi as the Arabic word for tower?!  Since Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, I'd have figured at least one of three contestants could reason their way to burj, but that it was a TS doesn't give me pause.  But I really hope I misheard her with Benghazi.

 

Was Stephen Hawking's name written as Steven, or are my eyes suspect tonight, too?  (I was watching on a small TV, so that's entirely possible.)

 

FJ came to me quickly.

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ottoDbusdriver

ottoDbusdriver

Did the returning champ really guess Benghazi as the Arabic word for tower?!  Since Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, I'd have figured at least one of three contestants could reason their way to burj, but that it was a TS doesn't give me pause.  But I really hope I misheard her with Benghazi.

 

Yep, she said Benghazi.

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how55

how55

Now that the 'clue of the day' is back up, I spoil myself whenever I remember. Looked at yesterday's FJ and could not come up w/the word, perhaps because my brain's been frozen lately & working half-speed. While watching the show last night, about 1/2 way through the music the lightbulb went on as I was thinking of math words we get from the Arabic - like words that start w/Al- .

teebax

teebax

Very surprised Equus was a TS, it seems there's a revival every 10 years or so, the most recent that I can recall featured Daniel Radcliffe.

I only got Equus because it was the only play I could think of in the moment involving a horse. 

 

I'm also finding the clues during this tournament to be easy. However, I think the teachers are performing better than they have during the last couple of teacher tournaments I remember. Yes, there have been some bonehead answers, but I think it's going pretty well.

 

I'm so glad I had old, very unattractive women English teachers in high school, because I would never have been able to concentrate if Mr. O'Grady had been my teacher!  Yes, shallow I know....

They were probably 40 years old. When you're that age, everyone over 30 seems really old! I went back for a high school reunion and was surprised that quite a few of my former teachers are still teaching. I graduated in 1990 and, back then, I thought most of them were pretty old.

GreekGeek

GreekGeek

I don't really know why, but I really hate it when Alex responds to an incorrect answer with, "Boo, hiss."

As his quirks go, that's one I don't particularly mind. It seems to be his way of expressing sympathy for the person who got it wrong, especially if there was a lot riding on it.

 

Hooray for Eric for making tonight's game a runaway! I always root for the Latin teachers, being one myself. I was so annoyed at Alex for asking those same tired questions "Do they still teach Latin?" and "Why do people want to study Latin?" that we've heard a thousand times.

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ottoDbusdriver

ottoDbusdriver

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Hooray for Eric for making tonight's game a runaway! I always root for the Latin teachers, being one myself. I was so annoyed at Alex for asking those same tired questions "Do they still teach Latin?" and "Why do people want to study Latin?" that we've heard a thousand times.

 

Except for the fact that he screwed up the one question dealing with a Latin word, Eric did pretty good.  Is Alex unaware that Latin is used a lot by lawyers, doctors and scientists ?  Because studying Latin in high school would probably help with that going into college.  Just saying.

 

I hope we don't find out in tomorrow's news that Tracy's mom threw a hissy fit backstage and still wanted Tracy to participate in Final Jeopardy despite her negative dollar amount at the end of DJ.  </snark>

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CarpeDiem54

CarpeDiem54

Yay for Eric! He was smart and cute. I loved my four years of Latin. It was one of my favorite subjects in high school. Yes, I was a nerd but my teacher was young and good looking.

I'm glad Tracey flamed out. She annoyed me immediately starting with the highest dollar clues. Why wasn't she at her podium when the came back for DJ? Do they allow pee breaks?

I got Croatia, which was a TS, but was totally clueless on FJ.

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