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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?

peeayebee

peeayebee

I guess they were thinking Bruuuuuce was giving the speech that would've put Chicago into the RnRHoF. 

That's what I was thinking, too. I was picturing a Kennedy Center type award show where people give little speeches before the recipient gets the medal or whatever. I didn't even think of The E Street Band. Maybe I would have if I didn't have it in my mind that Springsteen was not one of the recipients. You want to know the first band that came to mind? Alabama. Then I thought, no… Maybe Kansas. Asia? 

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Totale

Totale

If I didn't happen to know that David Sancious was for a short time in Springsteen's band I too would have gotten caught up in the phrasing.  When someone is inducted into the R&RHOF there is a tribute speech not by the inductee and then (often, if they are there) an acceptance speech by the artist. The first speech is always there whether or not there's a second.  By "induction speech" I would have thought they were looking for examples of the first.

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biakbiak

biakbiak

When someone is inducted into the R&RHOF there is a tribute speech not by the inductee and then (often, if they are there) an acceptance speech by the artist. The first speech is always there whether or not there's a second.  By "induction speech" I would have thought they were looking for examples of the first.

 

Bruce did give the induction speech for the E Street band, they were put into the hall seperatly from Bruce. He was inducted in 1999 and the E street Band was inducted in 2014 and he gave the longest most boring that was all about him speech.

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Totale

Totale

Bruce did give the induction speech for the E Street band, they were put into the hall seperatly from Bruce. He was inducted in 1999 and the E street Band was inducted in 2014 and he gave the longest most boring that was all about him speech.

 

I don't give a fig about the Hall one way or another, but that's a perfect example of why so many music fans diss it.  I never heard of the band going in separately, but I looked it up and they had to invent a special category to get them in since without Brooce there's no reason on Earth they could justify it under the same rules everybody else plays by.

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Sharpie66

Sharpie66

I finally got all caught up on the last few episodes when I woke up really early this morning and had time before work.

 

The last few FJs were hit or miss for me--I got JFK for president when Obama was born because he is a few months younger than my brother, who was really quite freaked out when he realized that the new president was younger than him. But, I totally missed Juliette Low. I got hung up looking at the year of 1912 and first thinking of suffragettes, and then went with Margaret Sanger and Planned Parenthood as the organization.

proserpina65

proserpina65

That made me say, "WTF?"  Do you suppose they thought E Street was too obvious?

 

I answered E Street, then started to second-guess myself because it just seemed so obvious.  I almost switched to Chicago, thinking that Bruce had made the speech for their induction but then decided to just stick with my initial answer.  So I kinda understand what they were thinking.

ottoDbusdriver

ottoDbusdriver

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That Vatican city clue was WAY too easy for a DD in the Double Jeopardy round -- especially when Swiss soldiers were mentioned.

 

I can't believe that Velociraptor was the answer to a a $2000 clue in the Dinosaurs category because it was also way too easy -- thanks to Jurassic Park and its sequels that's probably the most well known dino next to T. Rex (there's even a basketball team named for it).  The clue even gave the first letter and that it was fast.  What else would it have been ?

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GreekGeek

GreekGeek

Tonight, James Bond was the first thing that popped into my head for FJ.

 

The new champ reminds me of someone, but I can't figure out who -- does she remind anyone else of someone?

Maybe she does, but I'm not sure who--perhaps a young version of Phyllis from The Office? I liked her, at any rate. She seemed almost timid, but she knew her stuff.

 

I can't tell you what suggested "James Bond" to me, since I've never read any of the books and seen all of 2 movies, neither of which was Casino Royale.

mojoween

mojoween

I like the new champ, she seems pretty personable and her surprise at knowing the answer was more endearing than off-putting.

The velociraptor clue was $2000? I thought they had skipped around and that was the first clue, not the LAST one. Holy balls.

Cee-Lo Green technically could be correct for "Crazy" but I know why it was not allowed.

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peeayebee

peeayebee

Cee-Lo Green technically could be correct for "Crazy" but I know why it was not allowed.

Why was that not allowed?

 

I like when Jen giggled about giving the answer Ewing (Patrick) when the male contestant's name was also Ewing. I expected Alex to make a comment, but it seemed to pass by everyone else.

 

Did nobody watch "I Claudius?" I remember the scene when Caligula smothered Tiberius.

 

I thought FJ was very easy. The line being about a casino just screamed James Bond to me.

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Bastet

Bastet

I missed tonight's episode thanks to a power outage (still ongoing, so apparently I will be having a tuna sandwich for dinner instead of the tasty meal I had planned), but I would assume CeeLo Green not being accepted for Crazy refers to the fact the song was recorded by Gnarls Barkley -- which is CeeLo and Danger Mouse together, not just CeeLo.

 

But, yeah - say Crazy without a year and I first think of Patsy Cline.  Then Gnarls Barkley or Aerosmith.  I like all those songs.

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ChicagoCita

ChicagoCita

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I can't tell you what suggested "James Bond" to me, since I've never read any of the books and seen all of 2 movies, neither of which was Casino Royale.

 

Years ago, when I was in high school, a friend and I read all the James Bond books, which we thought at the time were very racy and daring.  Now I snicker at what I remember of them (women fainting after James pleasures them, for example).  But as soon as that line went up on the board, I said "James Bond.'  I kept trying to talk myself out of the answer, but whatdyaknow, it was right.  This from a woman who can't remember half the things I was planning to do today, but I can remember the first line of a book I barely recall reading.

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proserpina65

proserpina65

Did nobody watch "I Claudius?" I remember the scene when Caligula smothered Tiberius.

 

Oh yes, I was shouting "Caligula" at the tv quite loudly.

 

I didn't get FJ, much to my shame, since I've watched almost all the Bond films (nothing after Daniel Craig's first outing, though, as I think he makes a terrible, humorless James Bond).  Something about the clue sounded like a hard-boiled detective to me and thus I answered Mike Hammer.  Well, first I answered Mickey Spillane, but changed it because I knew Spillane was the author, not the character.

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Totale

Totale

I thought FJ was very easy. The line being about a casino just screamed James Bond to me.

 

My wife got it, I didn't, even though I read a bunch of the books when I was a teenager and she has never read one.  What screwed me up was the first-person narration.  I didn't remember the books being in first person (don't have any to check).

Sharpie66

Sharpie66

Did nobody watch "I Claudius?" I remember the scene when Caligula smothered Tiberius.

 

Well, technically Tiberius was smothered by Macro (played by a very young John Rhys-Davies!), but it was for the benefit of Caligula (played by an even younger John Hurt!!). Love that miniseries--probably the best thing that has ever been on Masterpiece Theatre.

 

Another one who got James Bond immediately, mostly because I spent a portion of my weekend listening to a podcast talking about both Casino Royale and Skyfall (for me, Daniel Craig is the best Bond ever, just because he is a very dangerous man as portrayed by Craig, much better than Roger Moore, the Bond of my youth, or even Brosnan, the best-looking Bond who got saddled with some pretty weak scripts).

peeayebee

peeayebee

Well, technically Tiberius was smothered by Macro (played by a very young John Rhys-Davies!), but it was for the benefit of Caligula (played by an even younger John Hurt!!).

Thanks for the correction. I know I said I remembered the scene where Caligula smothered Tiberius, but a little voice in my head was saying that it wasn't John Hurt in that scene.

Prevailing Wind

Prevailing Wind

 

No chance to record?

I ditched cable over a year ago when I realized I was paying almost $80 a month to watch reruns of L&O that I'd seen so many times, I could quote dialogue (I waited until Leverage was over.)  Now I've got broadcast antennas for both TVs and the DVR doesn't have the proper connection port.  If I get another box to convert, I *could* record, but I'm sick of all these different boxes with remotes. And yet another expense.  It's not all *that* important.

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opus

opus

I ditched cable over a year ago when I realized I was paying almost $80 a month to watch reruns of L&O that I'd seen so many times, I could quote dialogue (I waited until Leverage was over.)  Now I've got broadcast antennas for both TVs and the DVR doesn't have the proper connection port.  If I get another box to convert, I *could* record, but I'm sick of all these different boxes with remotes. And yet another expense.  It's not all *that* important.

Fair enough. The best thing about recording Jeopardy is you can power thru an episode in 15-20 minutes.

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GreekGeek

GreekGeek

Way to go Kristin. From -200 to the champ.

How the hell old was Jim? He said he has been running for 25 years but I wouldn't have put him out of his twenties.

I had the same thought about Jim. I hope this isn't a racial stereotype, but I've noticed that many Asians tend to look youthful for much longer than Caucasians. 

 

An easy FJ.

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