Jeopardy! Season 33 (2016-2017)

[GreekGeek]

All I could think of was Stanleyville for FJ and I was pretty sure it wasn't a national capital. (Plus it's no longer called Stanleyville.) I never heard of de Brazza.

Excellent game with no dud players and very few TS's. I knew dowel, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and God Bless the Child.

[CarpeDiem54]

I liked Christie because she didn't start in the middle or at the bottom of categories.

I agree, Trudeau screamed for a BMS.  

I got dowel, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and God Bless the Child.

I really need to study all things African.  I've been saying this for at least a year.  I've never heard of the FJ answer.  *hangs head in shame*

[Browncoat]

I've heard of Brazzaville, but never would have come up with it in a million years.  I said Stanleyville, too, Stanley being the only person I could think of. 

I got dowel, draft and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Overall a good game -- both boards were cleared!  But of course I rooted for Christie because she started at the tops of the categories.

[YoureSoUrban]

I third the wish for a BMS on "Trudeau", and I'm especially surprised proud Canadian Alex didn't call him on it.

I'm so glad the dude on the end didn't win. He struck me as humorless and too intense.

The only TS I remember getting is God Bless the Child. Had no clue on FJ; I recognize the name of the city but didn't know the country it's in.

Edited June 2, 2017 by YoureSoUrban

[Prevailing Wind]

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But of course I rooted for Christie because she started at the tops of the categories.

But she started her story with, "So..."

[PaulaO]

I've never heard of Brazzaville, but I am a geographic idiot.

[ABay]

The only time I remember hearing Brazzaville is in Casablanca. I didn't know it was named for anyone.

[Mystery Author]

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I knew dowel, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and God Bless the Child.

I was screaming YANKEE DOODLE DANDY and GOD BLESS THE CHILD. But they never, ever listen to me. My dog, Magic, used to flee the room when I screamed, but now she merely sighs. Bigly.

[Trey]

Yankee Doodle Dandy was my only ts.

I knew the FJ answer was somebodyville but could not remember the name.

[Driad]

The champ made quite a gamble on the DD, the alternating current clue. I was relieved that he and I knew the answer.

[Toothbrush]

Kerry's swaying drove me crazy! Unfortunate FJ wager by Lisette, but she took too long to choose clues and was kind of low energy so I'm good with the outcome. My TS were horses, wind, paratroopers, & Okinawa. 

We missed up until the contestant interviews on Thursday due to a newsbreak; the only TS I got was Yankee Doodle Dandy. I was sweating Joe's DD, and was relieved that he knew Tesla. 

On 5/31/2017 at 8:42 PM, PaulaO said:

I didn't get FJ! at all.  I could stand at that podium for a year and not come up with the answer.  Glad Lisette didn't win.  I couldn't deal with her flat affect.

Me too to both. I was thinking something ancient along the lines of the Rosetta Stone or hieroglyphics, and could have done without Dr. Toothbrush's sarcastic, "oh yes, the famous googly eyes hieroglyph", thank you very much. 

On 6/1/2017 at 0:15 AM, forumfish said:

I am surprised no one has mentioned Lisette's comment about her age. Talking about how long she's played the French horn, she said she "doesn't look" 49, right? Was it a conceited remark, or a failed attempt at self-deprecating humor?

The latter. But she should have said, "haha" or something to make it clear. Her whole demeanor was too low key for her joke to translate. 

On 6/1/2017 at 1:32 PM, Trey said:

 One of our cats is named Louie and her favourite spot to sleep is on the futon so, of course, it is known as the Louie Futon:).

LOL! 

18 hours ago, secnarf said:

'Trudeau' really needed a BMS. I was glad that at least 'Bush' required one.

I got it right, but I wonder if they would have accepted "the dad"? Probably not. 

Edited June 2, 2017 by Toothbrush

[illdoc]

My personal BMS moment was years ago. You had to name the Mayor of Chicago (probably who was mayor during the '68 convention) and the contestant answered "Daley". Alex "BMS" and the contestant said "Richard" (which was accepted). Of course, everyone laughed (both Mayor Daleys are named Richard (J. was the senior (correct) one, M. was his son (and mayor at the time of the question)).

[teebax]

On 6/1/2017 at 10:27 AM, proserpina65 said:

The same way I did, by not knowing diddly-squat about Herbert Hoover?

I'm not sure if you're being snarky but president and engineer equals Hoover.

[proserpina65]

5 minutes ago, teebax said:

I'm not sure if you're being snarky but president and engineer equals Hoover.

Nope, I was being honest.  I know diddly-squat about Herbert Hoover other than he was president.  Maybe the one when the Stock Market Crash hit?  Engineer + president meant nothing to me.  Even the dates didn't help.  Presidential and political categories are the bane of my Jeopardy existence.

I'll confess to answering The Meuse instead of The Marne to that WWI battle question, despite knowing about replacement troops being frantically ferried out to the battle by taxis from Paris, known as the Taxis of the Marne.  D'oh.

[ABay]

Yes, the only things I know about Hoover are: Hooverville (not to be confused with Hooterville) shanty towns, great depression, damn big dam he didn't build, song from Annie.

[mojoween]

I COMPLETELY blanked on the name and now know that "that place where they play the Masters" would not have been accepted.  Right when Alex got to whatshisface on the end I blurted out Augusta National.

Augusta Golf Club is WRONG.  I don't care what Alex said.

If you know Davy Jones, you're not too young to know Jerry Lewis FFS.

Miles was making me very anxious.

[Browncoat]

2 minutes ago, mojoween said:

Augusta Golf Club is WRONG.  I don't care what Alex said.

If I could like that 1000 times, I would.  Totally wrong.  Mind you, I couldn't come up with the correct name for the life of me, getting stuck at "that golf thing in Georgia with the green jacket".  Pretty sure that would have been ruled incorrect as well.

I did learn that "tel" means "hill" -- I had no idea.  I love when I learn something on Jeopardy!

[CarpeDiem54]

Joe still would have won, even though he got FJ wrong, but still...

I got Jerry Lewis (WTF!?) and tel (I have no idea how I pulled that out of my atrophied brain).

39 minutes ago, mojoween said:

I COMPLETELY blanked on the name and now know that "that place where they play the Masters" would not have been accepted.  Right when Alex got to whatshisface on the end I blurted out Augusta National.

Augusta Golf Club is WRONG.  I don't care what Alex said.

THIS!

[teebax]

I said Augusta National but didn't say the golf club part. 

[biakbiak]

48 minutes ago, teebax said:

I said Augusta National but didn't say the golf club part. 

If the accepted August Golf Club they would except Augusta National which is what it's commonly referred to by. It was an IG for me because much was made about Condoleezza but I wondered if including South Carolina in the clue would throw some people off.

I got all the Shakespeare clues which has got to be a first for me.

[DrScottie]

3 hours ago, CarpeDiem54 said:

I got Jerry Lewis (WTF!?) and tel (I have no idea how I pulled that out of my atrophied brain).

I got Jerry Lewis too. I figured someone would at least guess that. As for Tel, I didn't get that one. 

1 hour ago, biakbiak said:

If the accepted August Golf Club they would except Augusta National which is what it's commonly referred to by. It was an IG for me because much was made about Condoleezza but I wondered if including South Carolina in the clue would throw some people off.

Yeah, that threw me off for a second thinking of men's only clubs in South Carolina, but remembered it was a big deal when Condi was allowed in to Augusta National so I went with that. 

[Mystery Author]

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...shanty towns, great depression, damn big dam he didn't build, song from Annie.

"We'd like to thank you, Herbert Hoover...For really showing us the way...You dirty rat, you Bureaucrat, you made us what we are today." Why yes, I was in Annie. Why do you ask?!

I'm surprised they didn't include a photo of Jerry Lewis. Sheesh!

[mojoween]

I can't remember what day it was but they asked the elevator question, and I knew it was Otis.  And the only reason I knew it was Otis is because of a "Prison Break" episode from like 15 years ago.  (It was used in a riddle, something like "on the fourth floor you'll meet Otis Wright".)  

'Course if they had given me a BMS I would have said Kit because I had no idea what the guy's first name is.

[OneWouldHope]

13 hours ago, mojoween said:

I COMPLETELY blanked on the name and now know that "that place where they play the Masters" would not have been accepted.  Right when Alex got to whatshisface on the end I blurted out Augusta 

If you know Davy Jones, you're not too young to know Jerry Lewis FFS.

I couldn't remember the name of the club for the life of me but knew it was in Georgia where they played the Masters. All I could say over and over was, "That disgusting place that refused to allow women as members for freaking ever, the backwards sh*theads!" Maybe they would've accepted that? It's pretty specific!

Totally agree about Davy Jones and Jerry Lewis. Alex hasn't trotted out the old "You're too young to know that," (though that's not exactly what he said but it was implied) in a long time - and it was still as irritating as ever!

Going back a couple of days, I got Hoover because, as mentioned, president + engineer = Hoover, but I was second-guessing myself because the clue said the first chapter was Engineer: 1874-something. That threw me since I knew Hoover was born around 1874 so - he came out of the womb an engineer? Maybe he was a wizard with his blocks? Anyway, that confused me.

And finally, I think Lisette was serious about looking young for her age. She appeared fairly unlined... but the hair was very aging! I know sometimes I will think I look "good" for my age and then tell myself I'm only kidding myself. I think it's maybe a way of thinking about ourselves that we can fall into, regardless of the reality! Lol!

[Toothbrush]

I got Jerry Lewis, Tel, & Howard Carter (missed DD). I am surprised that Miles missed that since his knowledge seemed well-rounded. FJ was an instaget for Dr. Toothbrush, but I would have never gotten it. 

17 hours ago, mojoween said:

If you know Davy Jones, you're not too young to know Jerry Lewis FFS.

Miles was making me very anxious.

Agree to both. I would think that Jerry Lewis is more mainstream than Davy Jones, but perhaps Dean threw them off? Miles was very frenetic & made me nervous!

10 hours ago, Mystery Author said:

I'm surprised they didn't include a photo of Jerry Lewis. Sheesh!

No kidding! 

[YoureSoUrban]

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If you know Davy Jones, you're not too young to know Jerry Lewis FFS.

So true. I can't stand when Alex makes that lame excuse for contestants!

I took an instant dislike to the woman at the end whose first response was "Hemingway". Girl, please.

For FJ I just said "Augusta", fearing additional words would do me in. According to Alex, I would have been OK but it seems like Alex has been slipping lately with the YES! I mean NO! corrections.

My fragile nerves wouldn't have been able to take another game of Miles.

Edited June 3, 2017 by YoureSoUrban

[Spunkygal]

40 minutes ago, YoureSoUrban said:

So true. I can't stand when Alex makes that lame excuse for contestants!

I took an instant dislike to the woman at the end whose first response was "Hemingway". Girl, please.

For FJ I just said "Augusta", fearing additional words would do me in. According to Alex, I would have been OK but it seems like Alex has been slipping lately with the YES! I mean NO! corrections.

My fragile nerves wouldn't have been able to take another game of Miles.

Alex has been slipping. Was it yesterday's game when he quickly ruled Macbeth correct and then had to wake up and say no, sorry and then someone else said Hamlet? (Not sure that these were the answers which were actually given, but it was two Shakespeare-related answers.)

[harrie]

24 minutes ago, Spunkygal said:

Alex has been slipping. Was it yesterday's game when he quickly ruled Macbeth correct and then had to wake up and say no, sorry and then someone else said Hamlet? (Not sure that these were the answers which were actually given, but it was two Shakespeare-related answers.)

You got it right, that's exactly what happened. 

[Spunkygal]

Also, IMHO, the FJ responses should be totally complete to be ruled correct. I mean, my gosh, it's Final Jeopardy where a contestant has a chance to win or lose big bucks. Responses should include first and last names, complete titles or complete names of places. For me, the only correct response was Augusta National Golf Club. They've had book or movie titles that were "almost" correct but ruled incorrect so why accept Augusta Golf Club? Sure, everyone knew what the contestant was referring to, but still!

[peeayebee]

Jeopardy was preempted Thursday nite for basketball, so finally I caught up tonight.

 

14 hours ago, mojoween said:

I can't remember what day it was but they asked the elevator question, and I knew it was Otis.  And the only reason I knew it was Otis is because of a "Prison Break" episode from like 15 years ago.  

I learned Otis from doing crossword puzzles.

 

8 hours ago, Toothbrush said:

Agree to both. I would think that Jerry Lewis is more mainstream than Davy Jones, but perhaps Dean threw them off?

I didn't know which of The Monkeys was the right one. How was Davy the obvious choice?

I loved the Jeopardy commercial where they say you can win a tie from Alex's closet, and you see Alex pulling out a tie and saying, "Go, my child. Be happy."

In Friday nite's show (which I saw tonight), I only got Jerry Lewis and Macbeth. I also got FJ, though I said August Golf Club, which was accepted on the show BUT NOT HERE. ;) Anyway, I knew I didn't get the name quite right.

[mojoween]

33 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

I didn't know which of The Monkeys was the right one. How was Davy the obvious choice?

I think, if I am remembering correctly, that it was the Mancurian category and Davy is the only one who fits because he is the only one from England.

[peeayebee]

DOH! Of course! I was thinking along the lines of The Beatles: They're all from England, but which one is from Manchester. Brain fart!

[biakbiak]

1 hour ago, mojoween said:

I think, if I am remembering correctly, that it was the Mancurian category and Davy is the only one who fits because he is the only one from England.

Yep. Micky, Peter and Michael are all American. 

[teebax]

17 hours ago, Spunkygal said:

Also, IMHO, the FJ responses should be totally complete to be ruled correct. I mean, my gosh, it's Final Jeopardy where a contestant has a chance to win or lose big bucks. Responses should include first and last names, complete titles or complete names of places. For me, the only correct response was Augusta National Golf Club. They've had book or movie titles that were "almost" correct but ruled incorrect so why accept Augusta Golf Club? Sure, everyone knew what the contestant was referring to, but still!

I get what you're saying, but I'm okay with the Augusta ruling. Like you said, everyone knew what they were saying, and it wasn't ambiguous.

If they're asking for a specific title, I do agree that it should be complete. But the Augusta ruling was fine with me. I said Augusta National because I couldn't remember if it was Country Club or Golf Club. I hate golf, so the fact that I knew the Augusta National part was surprising enough to me!

Miles was stressing me the hell out. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but I definitely didn't want him to win.

11 hours ago, biakbiak said:

Yep. Micky, Peter and Michael are all American. 

Now there's something I didn't know. I know very little about the Monkees, and I love when this board teaches me something I may need for future reference. Thank you for that.

Now if one of you can get me to stop confusing Sinclair Lewis with Upton Sinclair and Monet with Manet I'll really be in business. 

[illdoc]

19 minutes ago, teebax said:

Now there's something I didn't know. I know very little about the Monkees, and I love when this board teaches me something I may need for future reference. Thank you for that.

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

[proserpina65]

On ‎06‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 11:11 PM, mojoween said:

I think, if I am remembering correctly, that it was the Mancurian category and Davy is the only one who fits because he is the only one from England.

Mancunian, but otherwise, you are correct.

22 hours ago, teebax said:

Now if one of you can get me to stop confusing Sinclair Lewis with Upton Sinclair and Monet with Manet I'll really be in business

The last time a clue called for Upton Sinclair, I actually got it right, mainly by saying the exact opposite of what I thought was the answer.

[bad things are bad]

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 I know very little about the Monkees, and I love when this board teaches me something I may need for future reference

 

Also, the Monkees rule. Just sayin'

[illdoc]

2 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

The last time a clue called for Upton Sinclair, I actually got it right, mainly by saying the exact opposite of what I thought was the answer.

I have a list of "Oh no. It's 'the other one'"---Upton Sinclair/Sinclair Lewis, Monet/Manet, Brigham Young/Joseph Smith, UCLA/USC, Thoreau/Emerson. I'm sure there are others. No matter which one I say, it's always "the other one". Even if I do the "I want to say this, so I'll say that instead, it turns out I should have said this.

[dcalley]

On 6/4/2017 at 0:35 PM, teebax said:

Now if one of you can get me to stop confusing Sinclair Lewis with Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair wrote the JUngle.

[peeayebee]

2 hours ago, illdoc said:

I have a list of "Oh no. It's 'the other one'"---Upton Sinclair/Sinclair Lewis, Monet/Manet, Brigham Young/Joseph Smith...

OMGosh. Brigham Young/Joseph Smith never fails to confuse me. I need to study up on that.

[Roaster]

Ouisconsin?  Who knew?

(As a Francophile, Alex probably knew, but I was surprised to learn this.)

[Browncoat]

Ooops, I said Orient Express, too -- didn't even think of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

I was surprised by some of the clues they missed and I got, though -- Last of the Mohicans, end run, Nebraska, Fort Ticonderoga, and especially King George and Cherokee.  I was glad that they revised middle guy's score after he left out a word in that weird category with words out of order.

Aw, Alex, do you think women are so terribly distracting just by existing that Joe couldn't possibly be able to study for Law School if he lived with them?

[Driad]

I chuckled at the first musical clue because there are unofficial words to it: "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a Mozart." A later one was "Papa Haydn wrote this tune ..."

[Babalooie]

6 hours ago, illdoc said:

I have a list of "Oh no. It's 'the other one'"-

I always choose the wrong one when it's Goddard or Teller.

[CarpeDiem54]

I hope Chantelle picks up the pace in choosing clues.  Nothing more entertaining than watching someone stare at the board.

I got The Last of the Mohicans, end run, Nebraska, King George III, and Wisconsin.

I, too, guessed Orient Express for FJ.

Edited June 6, 2017 by CarpeDiem54
I left out a word and didn't want it to cost me $1200

[mojoween]

"So Joe, when you had these four female roommates, were you a sexual deviant?"

Joe's wild guesses were driving me nuts.  It's not Washington!  Stop saying it!

I didn't see the picture, but they should have accepted endaround because it fit.

Edited June 6, 2017 by mojoween

[secnarf]

I wonder if they would have accepted "victory has a thousand fathers; defeat is an orphan", rather than "a hundred fathers".

[Browncoat]

12 minutes ago, mojoween said:

I didn't see the picture, but they should have accepted endaround because it fit.

The picture was of a diagram of a play in American football -- the end run.  I'm not an expert in football, but I've never heard it called an endaround.

 

5 minutes ago, secnarf said:

I wonder if they would have accepted "victory has a thousand fathers; defeat is an orphan", rather than "a hundred fathers".

I don't think so -- didn't you have to use just the words in the clue (and ALL the words in the clue, middle guy!)?

[peeayebee]

1 hour ago, Browncoat said:

I don't think so -- didn't you have to use just the words in the clue (and ALL the words in the clue, middle guy!)?

Yes. This was a prime example of why you shouldn't jump to the bottom clue in a new category. I had no idea what to think about a possible answer.

I had noted Buzz leaving out the "and", so I'm glad the judges caught up with me. :)

I got The Last of the Mohicans and Cherokee. I got King George, but I didn't get the III.

I was surprised when Chantelle said "Wogner" for Wagner. I thought everyone knew how to pronounce it.

[Fex]

20 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

Yes. This was a prime example of why you shouldn't jump to the bottom clue in a new category. I had no idea what to think about a possible answer.

Exactly!!!!

I felt like I knew nothing in the Jeopardy round, but was totally on fire for Double Jeopardy. Was it easier, or just the luck of categories?

Less than a week ago, I got "permission" from a librarian friend to quit reading Naked Lunch because I hated it so, so much. So I definitely knew that answer! I stuck it out for quite a while, because I could tell Burroughs was a talented writer, but I just couldn't enjoy being grossed out!