Jesse December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 Man, that game was brutal. The only reason I'm not totally smug and superior is I also would have written "Doe, a deer" and wonder if they would have taken it. 5 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 I also thought Joyce's guess of noble gases for salt producing elements was pretty far off (but maybe it wasn't, chemistry isn't a strong suit for me). Joyce was off by one column -- the Noble gases are to the right of the Halogens in the Periodic Table. Here's a link to try if you're curious -- http://www.ptable.com/ 2 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 They should have accepted Doe a Deer since they accepted Song of Ice and Fire. It's Fire and Ice. Song of Ice and Fire was the correct answer for that clue, per Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_ice_and_fire 2 Link to comment
GreekGeek December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 What a bunch of underwhelming players! I'm not even going to list the 12 (that's right - 12!) TS I got and I even missed a couple. FJ was an instaget. Thanks for reminding people about the time. ;-) They should have accepted Doe a Deer since they accepted Song of Ice and Fire. It's Fire and Ice. I've always known the song title as "Do-Re-Mi," and I don't think I've ever heard of "Doe, a Deer" as a secondary title. I thought the epic was "A Song of Ice and Fire" also. Yeah, that game was pretty sad, but I loved the shot of Kelly's grandfather at the end. Of course, tomorrow, the first words out of Alex's mouth after the greetings will be snark about how badly everyone played and how low Kelly's total was. 1 Link to comment
Mondrianyone December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 Boy, either the population as a whole has gotten a lot dumber very suddenly or whoever is in charge of choosing the contestants from the pool of qualifiers has totally checked out. (And how did some of these people qualify?) It's gotten embarrassing. In Jarrett's defense, my friend who does the turkey every Thanksgiving used Bubble Wrap (it's a trademark, believe it or not) instead of Stove Top this year, and it was delicious. Very light, with such an otherwise heavy meal. Kelly's granddad should take the test. And Alex might want to stop editorializing. That's our job. 5 Link to comment
CarpeDiem54 December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 Song of Ice and Fire was the correct answer for that clue, per Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_ice_and_fire I stand corrected. I just looked at my book and it is indeed the Song of Ice and Fire.*hangs head in shame and slinks off* But I did know "Do Re Mi" for FJ, so there! ;-) 4 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 Boy, either the population as a whole has gotten a lot dumber very suddenly or whoever is in charge of choosing the contestants from the pool of qualifiers has totally checked out. (And how did some of these people qualify?) It's gotten embarrassing. Seriously, none of them had heard of Skylab. That's baffling. 3 Link to comment
purplemouth December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 I usually hate when Alex gets snarky, but they deserved it today! Terrible game. The chemistry category made me weep. 4 Link to comment
just prin December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 Boy, either the population as a whole has gotten a lot dumber very suddenly or whoever is in charge of choosing the contestants from the pool of qualifiers has totally checked out. Fer sure! Even when a lot of the J. questions have mysteriously dropped to Teen Tourney level and these folks are still drawing blanks! 3 Link to comment
secnarf December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 That's what I came up with too; I hope they would have accepted it I wouldn't be surprised if that game set a record fot TS's. I didn't get all of them but I got more than the contestants did. When Joyce and the guy in the middle were both in the red I hoped they would stay there and not get to play FJ. It was pretty close. The bubble wrap answer for Stove Top Stuffing was totally ridiculous; I also thought Joyce's guess of noble gases for salt producing elements was pretty far off (but maybe it wasn't, chemistry isn't a strong suit for me). Congrats to Kelly on her win - she seems like a great person. Joyce was off by one column -- the Noble gases are to the right of the Halogens in the Periodic Table. Here's a link to try if you're curious -- http://www.ptable.com/ I also thought noble gases was horribly off, because noble gases by definition are not reactive and therefore are pretty much the last elements you would expect to form salts. It never even occurred to me that it might be considered close because they are in close physical proximity on the periodic table :P 2 Link to comment
dcalley December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 (edited) My God that was excruciating. Except for Kelly's Grandpa. He was adorable. Thank you for reminding me of him, the only good part of the show! In Jarrett's defense, my friend who does the turkey every Thanksgiving used Bubble Wrap (it's a trademark, believe it or not) instead of Stove Top this year, and it was delicious. Very light, with such an otherwise heavy meal. Wait, Bubble Wrap is a brand of boxed stuffing? ETA: It's hard to get jokes online sometimes. I got it now, though! Edited December 4, 2015 by dcalley 3 Link to comment
Mondrianyone December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 Wait, Bubble Wrap is a brand of boxed stuffing? No, no--I was kidding. Please don't try this at home! Crushed Styrofoam, however, makes a great low-calorie substitute for mashed potatoes. (I'm kidding again. I'll stop now. Even though I'm privately envisioning an entire menu made of packing materials. Thanks, Jarrett.) 9 Link to comment
mjc570 December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 ugh, I just can't watch anymore. I've decided that about all I can do (other than to not watch completely) is FF directly to FJ. And I'm a pretty die-hard fan, who's been watching and enjoying Jeopardy! for years. 2 Link to comment
Moose135 December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 Wait, Bubble Wrap is a brand of boxed stuffing? It's a dessert topping and a floor wax... 11 Link to comment
biakbiak December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 How many years have they been holding onto that Chevy Chase category? He was on the set of Community! 8 Link to comment
Scott December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 I'm a day behind, due to pre-emption on Wednesday, so I just saw Wednesday's show tonight. In that episode, however, did Brad ever say "What is" before his answer to the first clue in Double Jeopardy (the white-tailed deer one)? I replayed it half a dozen times, and I absolutely did not hear him say it. Not gameplay related, but I did like Nicole's necklace. It was a diagram of a chemical molecule--with some online picture matching, I think it was serotonin. Whatever the chemical, it seemed appropriate for a med student. Link to comment
Browncoat December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 I'm bummed that I missed it! Between power outages Tuesday, an event Wednesday and football last night, I've only seen Monday's ep this week. And while it sounds like I didn't miss much, I miss being snarky with y'all! 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 did Brad ever say "What is" before his answer to the first clue in Double Jeopardy (the white-tailed deer one)? I replayed it half a dozen times, and I absolutely did not hear him say it. I didn't hear it, either, and kept waiting for him to be called on it. 2 Link to comment
proserpina65 December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 Oh dear god, that game was painful! How did these people even get on Jeopardy?!?!?!?! Regarding the previous game's Korea answer, here's the clue: "The Oscar was the largest container ship in the world when built by Daewoo in this country" Given that Daewoo didn't exist before 1967, "Korea" should not have been accepted as an answer; this was absolutely a 'be more specific' situation. 2 Link to comment
M. Darcy December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 That was just sad. Waste not want not????!!!!!! 3 Link to comment
mojoween December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 I do have to say the way Alex read the clue for the "monotony" answer was so irritating and I had no idea what they were going for there. 1 Link to comment
ClareWalks December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 I'm starting to think that Jeopardy plans to increase (VERY VERY) gradually in difficulty all year, finally ending in a crazy-hard ToC. I mean come on. This last week has basically been a Kid's Tournament. Such a weak week that Joyce, bless her heart, was a two-day champion. The only thing that could have made FJ even slightly challenging is if they'd removed "Rodgers and Hammerstein" from the clue. And it still would have been pretty dang easy. I do have to say the way Alex read the clue for the "monotony" answer was so irritating and I had no idea what they were going for there. Agree, repetition and monotony aren't the same thing. I didn't get it either. 4 Link to comment
Writing Wrongs December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 I didn't know "Do-Re-Mi" was the name of the song. I kept singing it to myself trying to figure out the title. LOL What a sucky game. 3 Link to comment
Good Queen Jane December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 Based on this game, I think Kelly was absolutely correct when she said her grandfather lets her win when they watch Jeopardy together. That was painful to watch. 9 Link to comment
DXD526 December 4, 2015 Share December 4, 2015 I don't like to get Bubble Wrap unless I'm eating at home, because everybody makes it different and you never know what you're going to get. As that game just kept getting worse and worse, I couldn't help but think how lively this board would be today! The most pathetic game I can ever remember watching. The number of TS's I got quite possibly reached double figures; I stopped counting at five, they were just mounting up too quickly. More proof of how bad a match that was. 5 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 As that game just kept getting worse and worse, I couldn't help but think how lively this board would be today! The most pathetic game I can ever remember watching. The number of TS's I got quite possibly reached double figures; I stopped counting at five, they were just mounting up too quickly. More proof of how bad a match that was. It's actually worse than you thought @DXD626 -- the game has finally been posted on J-Archive. Here's the stats. Jeopardy round TS count: 6 Including the fact that an entire category went untouched, that 6 clues out of 25 were TS (that's 24%) Double Jeopardy round TS count: 12 Including the fact that 2 clues went untouched, that 12 clues out of 28 were TS (that's a whopping 43%) Which totals up to 18 (18 !!!) out of 53 clues that were triple stumpers -- approx. 34%. More than 1/3 of all the clues. That is truly really embarrassing. Let's hope that Kelly can somehow break out in tonight's game, but it's not looking promising based on her performance yesterday's performance. 5 Link to comment
HelenBaby December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 Today was much better. Faster paced and very few missed questions. 2 Link to comment
secnarf December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I thought the clues were a bit more challenging than the last couple of games, but the Canadian landmarks category was ridiculously easy (except for the last one, which I am fairly certain I would never in a million years have been able to come up with). I mean, really, knowing the CN Tower?? And the province Edmonton is in?? Quakers?! QUAKERS?! Please don't post about the day's game until after 7pm eastern time. This really messed me up for FJ. 2 Link to comment
GreekGeek December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 Quakers?! QUAKERS?!LAKOTAS?It was an instaget for me. I guess the two ladies never listened to or read Garrison Keillor. It was a much better game than yesterday's, though, and AT barely alluded to yesterday's fiasco. So I was wrong about that. Nice come from behind win by John. 4 Link to comment
ClareWalks December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 Please don't post about the day's game until after 7pm eastern time. This really messed me up for FJ. I guess I was 7 minutes early. Oops. LAKOTAS? It was an instaget for me. I guess the two ladies never listened to or read Garrison Keillor. It was a much better game than yesterday's, though, and AT barely alluded to yesterday's fiasco. So I was wrong about that. Nice come from behind win by John. Yeah, she basically must have had no idea what the word "denomination" meant, and missed that the category was "Religion in America." LOL. Link to comment
Miss Chevious December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I don't mean to offend anyone, but is Kelly a boy or a girl? I wasn't sure. 2 Link to comment
GreekGeek December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I don't mean to offend anyone, but is Kelly a boy or a girl? I wasn't sure. I know what you mean. At first I thought she was a man with long hair. But her voice is a woman's, and Alex used female pronouns telling the story about watching the show with grandpa. 2 Link to comment
CarpeDiem54 December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I don't mean to offend anyone, but is Kelly a boy or a girl? I wasn't sure.Kelly's a female, which I only knew because Alex referred to her as "she" yesterday. I'm glad I'm not the only one who was a bit confused.Much better game today with somewhat more difficult clues with the exception of Gilligan's Island as a $1,000 clue. Jon seems okay, but it may take me awhile to forgive him for answering Paul Shaffer instead of Guy Lombardo. Although he must be the only one who remembers A Prairie Home Companion. 2 Link to comment
Trey December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 (edited) I don't mean to offend anyone, but is Kelly a boy or a girl? I wasn't sure. I know what you mean. At first I thought she was a man with long hair. But her voice is a woman's, and Alex used female pronouns telling the story about watching the show with grandpa. On yesterday's game at the interview portion, Alex made a real point of saying "SHE"...... Instaget FJ for me even though I have never listened to or read Garrison Keillor. I just figured all those Scandinavians would be Lutherans. I really like the new champion. Jon seems okay, but it may take me awhile to forgive him for answering Paul Shaffer instead of Guy Lombardo. Yeah, that was really wrong but I'll let it go:) Thanks, ottoDbusdriver, for getting the stats for us. It truly was a very pathetic game. Edited December 5, 2015 by Trey 2 Link to comment
Judois December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I'm convinced she was dressed as her grandpa as some kind of tribute to him. 6 Link to comment
Miss Chevious December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 Thank you for the clarification. I missed yesterday's episode, so I didn't know. I wasn't surprised Guy Lombardo was a TS, they were all too young to have remembered him. 1 Link to comment
Writing Wrongs December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I really hate how Alex has to overdo it on French names and phrases. It's pretentious and annoying. 3 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I really hate how Alex has to overdo it on French names and phrases. It's pretentious and annoying. To say nothing of today's Jamaican accent. 7 Link to comment
peeayebee December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 Here we're getting the games a day behind because of the San Bernadino coverage. I cracked up when that guy said "What is bubble wrap." I'm glad Kelly won. I like her. 2 Link to comment
YoureSoUrban December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 Jon seems okay, but it may take me awhile to forgive him for answering Paul Shaffer instead of Guy Lombardo. That made me sad. I was also sad Kelly didn't win. I'm also betting strategy deficient so I wonder whether the woman in the middle had a mathematical chance of winning even though she was wrong. 1 Link to comment
dcalley December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I'm also betting strategy deficient so I wonder whether the woman in the middle had a mathematical chance of winning even though she was wrong. To win, she had to get it right (with a proper bet) or both other players had to get it wrong. She bet $1000 more than she should have, which was weird, but that didn't make any difference. Actual bets: 7100, 2001, 6800 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I loved the Paul Shaffer answer. I laughed so hard. 3 Link to comment
backgroundnoise December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 To say nothing of today's Jamaican accent. Alex, don't ever do that again. Thanks. In the colorful expressions category, they didn't even have to get the entire phrase, just the color. "Red" was accepted for "red flag" and Alex called the guy's "green.." correct before he even finished "green belt." Is "green belt" a term for urban "green space?" I've never heard of a green belt. 1 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 In the colorful expressions category, they didn't even have to get the entire phrase, just the color. "Red" was accepted for "red flag" and Alex called the guy's "green.." correct before he even finished "green belt." Is "green belt" a term for urban "green space?" I've never heard of a green belt. That was just weird about Alex ruling the answer correct before the contestant had even finished saying it. WTF Trebek ? 1 Link to comment
Bastet December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 (edited) Is "green belt" a term for urban "green space?" I've never heard of a green belt. Green belts, green wedges, greenways, etc. are all land use concepts (the difference is in their shape - do they go around the populated area, through, etc.) to retain undeveloped areas for agriculture or wildlife. This organization is specific to the San Francisco Bay Area, but shows you the goals and strategies. I missed the whole freakin' week of shows, and was rather irritated about that, until I saw all the complaining about what easy questions they featured. I feel better now; thanks, pTV peeps! Edited December 5, 2015 by Bastet 4 Link to comment
DXD526 December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I don't mean to offend anyone, but is Kelly a boy or a girl? I wasn't sure. I cracked up every time I looked at her, because all I could think was: It's Pat! 6 Link to comment
cinsays December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 Ha.........yeah, she was a little like Pat from SNL in her somewhat androgenous appearance, unfortunately. Seemed like a very smart and nice gal, but she could sure use a make-over, I suggest she talk to Alexandra, the gal in the middle from the Friday show, with the really gorgeous dress. Enjoyed the new champ's enthusiasm too. He livened things up a bit in what has, otherwise, been a very dull and unchallenging week. 1 Link to comment
dcalley December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I thought Kelly looked great. She has such shiny hair! I did like Alexandra's top, too (I didn't see if it was a dress). 3 Link to comment
teebax December 5, 2015 Share December 5, 2015 I cracked up every time I looked at her, because all I could think was: It's Pat! I thought Kelly looked great. She has such shiny hair! I did like Alexandra's top, too (I didn't see if it was a dress). As someone who's been called sir, usually when someone only sees me from behind, I got a kick out of Kelly. When they first showed her, I asked my parents if she was male or female. Then they said her name, and I said, "it still could go either way!" That being said, I don't think she needs a makeover. I think we need to accept people as they are and not expect them to conform to anyone's ideas about what someone should look like. That's the kind of stuff that leads to eating disorders, plastic surgery, and sometimes even suicide. If she's happy, and it seems like she is, then who cares? 17 Link to comment
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