Jeopardy! Season 34 (2017-2018)

[mojoween]

Oh also Alex has done that Lenny “voice” before and it always irritates me because while I get there is a movie, first and foremost it’s a book so who knows what Lenny really sounds like?  Alex is just mimicking one person’s interpretation of it.

Edited March 27, 2018 by mojoween

[DrScottie]

26 minutes ago, mojoween said:

I wasn’t much of a fan of most of the categories today.  And FJ could have been written in Mandarin for all I knew about it.  Although King Arthur did come to mind, but it seemed like the year in the clue was too early for that.

I just looked it up. Malloiry's Le Morte d'Arthur was first published in 1485. Really close to the time of the second printing of Chaucer's work. 

48 minutes ago, GreekGeek said:

I also thought the table in FJ was the Round Table. I couldn’t see the people well enough to tell that they were a more diverse bunch than the Knights.

Neither could I. I said Le Morte d'Arthur a;so thinking it was THE Round Table.  

1 hour ago, M. Darcy said:

No one knew the Metropolitan Museum of Art?! That’s just wrong - From the Mixed Up Files is one of the best books ever. 

Why wouldn't anybody at least guess that? The Met is the go-to answer for museums in New York City. 

[teebax]

23 minutes ago, Spunkygal said:

A shout out for In Living Color? Snap!!

Two snaps in Z formation! 

[saber5055]

Trebek started out on the wrong foot with me by announcing first thing: "Spring has sprung and we're all feeling really good." Yeah, maybe if you're a millionaire living in So Cal, but I spent my weekend shoveling 14 inches of snow, which caused me to miss a very important event. The only thing springing around here is my bad mood.

Meanwhile, in the Meat category, is "On the lam" really a MEAT answer? Because lam is not lamb. An escapee is not on the "lamb." All the other answers were indeed meats, like ham. Spelling counts. 

I did love Tristan's shirt. I think I have one like that.

I hated when Trebek said "WHOA!" to Tristan's DD bet. Get over it Trebek. How much SHOULD he have bet? Or did you know ahead of time he was going to miss it?

The TS of groove/grove was a no brainer for me. But my answer when showed the picture of the googol/gogol was WTF. I even yelled WTF! at the teevee.

All I could come up with for FJ was Le Morte d'Arthur since the table was round. But yeah, way too many "knights." I looked up the illustration used and it's a woodcut from the second edition of The Canterbury Tales printed in 1483.

So I'm back to tanking on FJ this week too it appears.

I didn't mind Tristan (love his name) and I appreciated his gutsy DD bets even if Trebek did not.

ETA: I LOVE Men on Film. That gets two snaps up from me.

Edited March 27, 2018 by saber5055
Because spelling counts.

[GenerationX]

I got U.K. (Great Britain is the main island, United Kingdom is the country) and Googol/Gogol.

Even though it was a runaway, I was disappointed in the new champ betting zero.  You're on the show and you're about to win, bet something.

[opus]

40 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

Spelling counts. 

Especially in today's geography category.

[peeayebee]

9 hours ago, PaulaO said:

I think of chifferobe as a southern word, from To Kill A Mockingbird.  "Boy, I'll give you a quarter to bust up my old chifferobe." 

I can NEVER hear 'chifferobe' without thinking of To Kill A Mockingbird.

 

2 hours ago, Browncoat said:

I know there were a couple I didn't get -- and no one got them because they didn't understand the category/clue because they started in the middle!  There is a reason (other than my preference) to start with the easier clues at the top!

ARGH! That was so frustrating. I think it was Tristan who chose a clue in the middle of a new category, no one buzzed in, then he went back to the top with a little smile, like, "Ah, well, that was a mistake. Back to the top!"

 

1 hour ago, teebax said:

... and Google/Gogle (never heard of Gogle but figured it out based on the category).

It's Gogol. 

 

51 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

Meanwhile, in the Meat category, is "On the lam" really a MEAT answer? Because lam is not lamb. An escapee is not on the "lamb." All the other answers were indeed meats, like ham. Spelling counts. 

The category was Sounds Like Meat, so it fits that "lam" sounds like "lamb."

I got zero TSs. I didn't get FJ either. I was thinking along the line of King Arthur and the Round Table, but a specific work didn't come to mind. 

[CarpeDiem54]

Okay, I confess.  I guessed The Bible for FJ because it looked like the Last Supper, although I couldn't figure out why there were about 30 apostles.

[Bastet]

I couldn't believe no one rang in with the correct spelling of Mediterranean when Johnny screwed it up.

I love categories where you have to spell the answer (also categories where you have to do math).

[DrScottie]

1 hour ago, saber5055 said:

Meanwhile, in the Meat category, is "On the lam" really a MEAT answer? Because lam is not lamb. An escapee is not on the "lamb." All the other answers were indeed meats, like ham. Spelling counts. 

The category was Sounds Like Meat, so it fits that "lam" sounds like "lamb."

I see this was already clarified. 

47 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

It's Gogol. 

I have never heard of Gogol, but I did know it was Googol minus an "O."

Edited March 27, 2018 by DrScottie

[peeayebee]

14 minutes ago, CarpeDiem54 said:

Okay, I confess.  I guessed The Bible for FJ because it looked like the Last Supper, although I couldn't figure out why there were about 30 apostles.

The Bible was the first thing that occurred to me, too, though I noticed the pig head on the table and thought pork wouldn't have been served at The Last Supper. But then I figured that The Bible wasn't actually medieval literature.

[teebax]

1 hour ago, peeayebee said:

It's Gogol. 

I stand corrected, as usual. I still would've been judged correctly based on my pronunciation, so neener neener neener! 

[Toothbrush]

Boring game, and I pretty much gave up when Jane Eyre was a $1,000.00 clue that pretty much gave the whole plot of the book. 

4 hours ago, teebax said:

I feel like In Living Color's Men on Film: HATED IT! 

 

4 hours ago, Spunkygal said:

A shout out for In Living Color? Snap!!

2 snaps and a twist!

3 hours ago, saber5055 said:

Trebek started out on the wrong foot with me by announcing first thing: "Spring has sprung and we're all feeling really good." Yeah, maybe if you're a millionaire living in So Cal, but I spent my weekend shoveling 14 inches of snow, which caused me to miss a very important event. The only thing springing around here is my bad mood.

I did love Tristan's shirt. I think I have one like that.

Move South! Little to no snow shoveling and you can wear your Hawaiian shirt pretty much year 'round. 

[mojoween]

5 hours ago, Bastet said:

I couldn't believe no one rang in with the correct spelling of Mediterranean when Johnny screwed it up.

I love categories where you have to spell the answer (also categories where you have to do math).

I like the spelling categories except when the clue writers choose long words and then the contestants hem and haw about them and almost an entire category is left on the board by the end of the round.  Boo hiss.

[Browncoat]

@Toothbrush, I live in the south, and still had to shovel a foot of disgusting, heavy, wet snow this past weekend!

[PaulaO]

Two snaps and a backfield in motion!

i first said The sSword in the Stone but realized that was not the real title, so I came up Canterbury Tales.  I did get googol and Gogol but in my mind spelled it google.

[DrSpaceman73]

11 hours ago, teebax said:

I feel like In Living Color's Men on Film: HATED IT! 

It's criminal to me that we only saw one of those Emmy clues. I guess none of them are tv fans. I also yelled at the TV that they'd have had no trouble with the removing an O category of they'd started from the top. Ugh. 

My gets were Grest Britain, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the 17 DD, groove/grove, Mediterranean (spelled correctly), and Google/Gogle (never heard of Gogle but figured it out based on the category). FJ was an instaget.

Off topic: The streets in my sister's neighborhood are all Canterbury Tales. She lives on Franklin Tale. The main drag is called Chaucer Lane. I always thought that was pretty cool. 

I know.......I wanted to see those Emmy clues more than anything. 

Sometimes I think they just try too hard with the topic categories and getting cute with them.  Last night they did so with several of them.  Between that rhyming one and dropping the "o" category, give these contestants a break.  Hard enough to be on a quiz show on national TV, to have to decipher in a few seconds what on earth each category means and what they are looking for, just too much. 

I knew FJ.  There aren't many medieval literature books to choose from.  I figured it was The Decameron or Canterbury Tales, the England part of the clue gave away Canterbury Tales. 

[teebax]

1 hour ago, DrSpaceman73 said:

I know.......I wanted to see those Emmy clues more than anything. 

Sometimes I think they just try too hard with the topic categories and getting cute with them.  Last night they did so with several of them.  Between that rhyming one and dropping the "o" category, give these contestants a break.  Hard enough to be on a quiz show on national TV, to have to decipher in a few seconds what on earth each category means and what they are looking for, just too much. 

I knew FJ.  There aren't many medieval literature books to choose from.  I figured it was The Decameron or Canterbury Tales, the England part of the clue gave away Canterbury Tales. 

I agree about the categories. When I watch old episodes of Jeopardy, the contrast between then and now is jarring. It was way more no-nonsense. 

I appreciate them trying to lighten up the tone of the show, but I'm not sure who they're doing it for, and it does feel like it's a bit too much. 

[GalvDuck]

20 hours ago, mojoween said:

Oh also Alex has done that Lenny “voice” before and it always irritates me because while I get there is a movie, first and foremost it’s a book so who knows what Lenny really sounds like?  Alex is just mimicking one person’s interpretation of it.

 

His impersonation reminded me more of "I shall name him 'George' and I will hug him and pet him and hug him and...." from the Bugs Bunny cartoon, which was obviously a rough impersonation of Lon Chaney.  

I guessed also Beowulf for FJ at first and then had "The Canterbury Tales" on the tip of my tongue, but would have lost if I needed to write it in time.  

Ditto on the Emmy clues.  I would have rocked those.  

Edited March 27, 2018 by GalvDuck
Because for some reason, I misspelled Bugs.

[saber5055]

11 hours ago, teebax said:

12 hours ago, peeayebee said:

It's Gogol. 

I stand corrected, as usual. I still would've been judged correctly based on my pronunciation, so neener neener neener! 

When I saw Peeayebee's post, I went back and fixed the spelling in my earlier post. Which Peeaye obviously missed, avoiding me public humiliation. (I just did that myself.)

10 hours ago, Toothbrush said:

Move South! Little to no snow shoveling and you can wear your Hawaiian shirt pretty much year 'round. 

Done deal. I'm packing my boxes now. I'll even make you stuffing with giblets ... and/or oysters! (I googled/googoled the recipe.)

[peeayebee]

4 hours ago, PaulaO said:

I did get googol and Gogol but in my mind spelled it google.

Ohhh. I didn't get that clue, but when Alex gave the answer, I thought the same as you, Google and Gogol. Doh.

 

1 hour ago, GalvDuck said:

His impersonation reminded me more of "I shall name him 'George' and I will hug him and pet him and hug him and...." from the Bug Bunny cartoon, which was obviously a rough impersonation of Lon Chaney.  

Ha! I always think of that line too when I cuddle the dog. I say, "I will hug you and pet you..." I need to look up the cartoon so I can get the line right. Thanks!

[PaulaO]

I will name him George...  

[GalvDuck]

17 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

Ha! I always think of that line too when I cuddle the dog. I say, "I will hug you and pet you..." I need to look up the cartoon so I can get the line right. Thanks!

I think the best one comes at 1:04.

(Sorry, mods...getting off-topic a bit.  But it was how Alex sounded.  )

[peeayebee]

I didn't realize there were so many versions of it. I like the old ones. You can tell the difference in the animation. I'm not exactly sure how, but to me it's clear. The abominable snowman ones are more recent than most of the others.

[PaulaO]

I liked Tristan a bit more when he said his pals gave him a varsity letter.  In geekdom, I think?  Anyway, that was an epic crash and burn on his part yesterday.

[Bastet]

20 minutes ago, PaulaO said:

I liked Tristan a bit more when he said his pals gave him a varsity letter.  In geekdom, I think? 

No, he got a varsity letter in quiz bowl, and his friends tease him for that being the thing he lettered in, but he said him appearing on J! is the closest any of them will ever get to playing professional "sports" so, neener neener to them.

Last night's game reminded me that airports and airlines are among my sure fire categories.  I don't know why - I travel a fair bit, but not extensively - but ask for the code, the city, the name, whatever, and I usually get it.  So I enjoyed that category.

[bad things are bad]

Glad I wasn't on stage for this game. I would have been very embarrassed.  I sucked

[Trey]

7 minutes ago, bad things are bad said:

Glad I wasn't on stage for this game. I would have been very embarrassed.  I sucked

Some games go like that for me too.  And other times I'm a star:)

I'm pretty sure I got a couple of ts's but didn't write them down so I've forgotten them already..  For FJ I said A Pilgrim's Progesss - I was off by only a couple of hundred years.

I didn't like or dislike any of last night's contestants so I didn't really care who won.

I did snicker a little when whichever contestant it was started in the middle, didn't understand the question, so went to the top of the category with a little shrug.

[saber5055]

21 minutes ago, Trey said:

I didn't like or dislike any of last night's contestants so I didn't really care who won.

Same here, which made for stress-free watching. I did think the second-place person betting it all for FJ was stupid though, since you don't get to keep that money, this isn't Wheel. But then again, why not bet it all since she was locked into second. It's a conundrum. Still, I'd rather tell people I had a total of X thousand dollars and second place after FJ than zero dollars. No one needs to know there were only two players!

[Mindthinkr]

39 minutes ago, bad things are bad said:

Glad I wasn't on stage for this game. I would have been very embarrassed.  I sucked

I pretty much sucked last night or I could blame it on the wine. One thing I’ve learned over the many years of watching Jeopardy is that you just have to keep with it. It’s good exercise for the brain. 

Edited to add that I was distracted in the beginning as Alex didn’t make a good knot in his tie. 

Edited March 27, 2018 by Mindthinkr

[illdoc]

18 hours ago, GreekGeek said:

So do Vicki and Tristan each get $1000 because they both finished with 0,

I believe, in the event of a tie score at the end of FJ, they go by who was leading at the end of Double Jeopardy (in this case Vicki) as to who is "second", which is why Vicki got $2000 and Tristan got $1000.

[saber5055]

Tristan didn't even compete in FJ so he was third. The show even kicked him off the set.

36 minutes ago, Mindthinkr said:

Edited to add that I was distracted in the beginning as Alex didn’t make a good knot in his tie. 

Ya'll have me checking out everyone's wardrobe now. Which isn't a bad thing since I have no interest in clothes. I mean, I WEAR them, I just don't care what anyone else has on. (Until now. Thanks guys.)

[Mindthinkr]

3 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

Tristan didn't even compete in FJ so he was third. The show even kicked him off the set.

Ya'll have me checking out everyone's wardrobe now. Which isn't a bad thing since I have no interest in clothes. I mean, I WEAR them, I just don't care what anyone else has on. (Until now. Thanks guys.)

Sorry @saber5055  and good on you for choosing to be dressed! 

[peeayebee]

1 hour ago, Mindthinkr said:

One thing I’ve learned over the many years of watching Jeopardy is that you just have to keep with it.

Yes. I do two sudokus and two crossword puzzles online every morning. I like when having done crosswords helps me with a Jeopardy answer.

[saber5055]

3 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

I like when having done crosswords helps me with a Jeopardy answer.

Like baobab tree! That used to be in every Chicago Tribune crossword and showed up on Jeopardy last week.

Edited March 27, 2018 by saber5055

[peeayebee]

Nah, I learned about that tree from the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books. :)

[Browncoat]

I learned about that tree from The Little Prince.

[Mindthinkr]

37 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

I learned about that tree from The Little Prince.

Bingo. Same here. I have Little Prince coasters and a tote too.  I inherited the book from my sister when she passed and I was 10. 

 

46 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

Yes. I do two sudokus and two crossword puzzles online every morning. I like when having done crosswords helps me with a Jeopardy answer.

I love to do crossword puzzles too. All good mental gymnastics. 

[deemac]

Boy I've been away for a long time.  First it was just irritation with the show....is it having a bigger tv screen than in the past that makes me so easily  irritated?  Because I'm old? 

Then NCAA came along and of course Jeopardy disappeared.  First game I've see in a looong time was last night, and once again I have no desire to watch for a probably equally long time.  I was too stunned to even  think about answers.

[Kathira]

18 hours ago, CarpeDiem54 said:

Okay, I confess.  I guessed The Bible for FJ because it looked like the Last Supper, although I couldn't figure out why there were about 30 apostles.

Me too! I knew there were early printed versions of the Bible before the King James and I thought it was possible that this was one. But yeah, that was a lot of apostles. LOL

[Clanstarling]

20 hours ago, peeayebee said:

I got zero TSs. I didn't get FJ either. I was thinking along the line of King Arthur and the Round Table, but a specific work didn't come to mind. 

Chaucer was required reading in college (lit major) and I imprinted on that drawing, apparently. When you get past the language (which is majorly hard to do) there are some pretty funny, rude and crude stories in those Tales.

20 hours ago, Bastet said:

I couldn't believe no one rang in with the correct spelling of Mediterranean when Johnny screwed it up.

I can't reliably spell it on a keyboard without spell check, so I could believe it. It's one of my problem words.

3 hours ago, peeayebee said:

Nah, I learned about that tree from the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books. :)

Didn't like the books so much, but the tv series brought it to life for me. There were times I had chills from the beauty of the landscape and singing.

[saber5055]

9 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

Didn't like the books so much,

It's the only book I returned to the library after only reading -- and hating -- the first few pages.

[proserpina65]

On 3/26/2018 at 7:40 PM, NYGirl said:

I wasn't crazy about Tristan and Johnny at least has personality but I fear we will lose him tomorrow for some reason.  I can't put my finger on it.

Johnny seemed nice and was obviously smart, but I just can't with bushy beards.

Last night's FJ was one of my dream categories, and I'd have bet everything on it and been correct.  My college degree was in Medieval & Renaissance Studies, after all.  I didn't do terribly well overall, though.

22 hours ago, saber5055 said:

Meanwhile, in the Meat category, is "On the lam" really a MEAT answer? Because lam is not lamb. An escapee is not on the "lamb." All the other answers were indeed meats, like ham. Spelling counts. 

Wasn't the category "Sounds LIke Meat"?  If so, then "lam" fits.

21 hours ago, peeayebee said:

I can NEVER hear 'chifferobe' without thinking of To Kill A Mockingbird.

For me, it brings up a line in a porn spoof.

 

34 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

Chaucer was required reading in college (lit major) and I imprinted on that drawing, apparently. When you get past the language (which is majorly hard to do) there are some pretty funny, rude and crude stories in those Tales.

Indeed, just ask Amy Farrah Fowler.  Although "nether ye" isn't what one hopes it is.

Edited March 27, 2018 by proserpina65

[Browncoat]

Johnny must have way overthought FJ tonight -- can't blame him there.  The Beatles seemed way way too obvious, but I went with them anyway since I couldn't think of anyone else who fit the clue.  Not that it matters, since I'm glad to see him gone.  Also glad Katy didn't win.  She just got a tad too cutesy there toward the end.  Katy, dear, we are not eight years old.

I had to laugh at the French names category, though Alex and his accent were denied when most of the clues were answered correctly.  The only TS I wrote down were gneiss and show jumping.  I think show jumping was another one of those that just seemed too easy.

[saber5055]

8 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

I think show jumping was another one of those that just seemed too easy.

Mindthinkr, tell me you got "show jumping." Because I did ... of course! (A horse is a horse, of course of course.)

Katy was irritating me no end with all her acting like a girl. Holy cripes, you made it on a  brainiac game show so stop it. Too bad you didn't learn how to bet DDs and FJs before you came on though. You played like a wimpy little girl so deserved to lose.

Glad gross Beard Man is gone.

Complaint: Sylvester's canary foe is named Tweety PIE, not Tweety BIRD. Damned judges.

Again Trebek said the players were all "too young" to know the FJ category. And once again, he insults everyone. He didn't say yesterday that players were all "too young" to know Canterbury Tales. What's up with that?

My cranky hat is starting to itch. And git off my lawn.

[secnarf]

21 hours ago, peeayebee said:

I can NEVER hear 'chifferobe' without thinking of To Kill A Mockingbird.

I don't think I've ever heard the word 'chifferobe' outside of TKAM!

FJ tonight was an instaget. I was in the other room, half-listening, missed the category and still instantly said "Beatles Hard Day's Night and 8 Days A Week".

[proserpina65]

21 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

Johnny must have way overthought FJ tonight -- can't blame him there.  The Beatles seemed way way too obvious, but I went with them anyway since I couldn't think of anyone else who fit the clue.  Not that it matters, since I'm glad to see him gone. 

He may have done what I did, come up with Beast of Burden and get stuck.  I said the Rolling Stones as well.  (Didn't help that I'm not much of a Beatles fan.)

4 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

Katy was irritating me no end with all her acting like a girl.

I'm trying to figure out what this means.  She seemed fine to me, if a little surprised that she got the bird daily double.

3 minutes ago, secnarf said:

I don't think I've ever heard the word 'chifferobe' outside of TKAM!

FJ tonight was an instaget. I was in the other room, half-listening, missed the category and still instantly said "Beatles Hard Day's Night and 8 Days A Week".

I've never read To Kill A Mockingbird (or seen the movie), but I did come across a line in a story in an erotica collection where a woman asked a hunky, barely-legal neighbor to help her break up her chifferobe.  Apparently that author had read the book, lol.

[CarpeDiem54]

Tonight's game was the opposite of last night's.  Either it was extremely easy or my dead brain cells rose from the grave.  I practically ran every category.  I liked all three contestants (all started at the top.  Yay!).   I was rooting for Katy, but I agree, she bet like a wimp.

I got Saint Joan, The Pope of Greenwich Village, and show jumping.

FJ was my dream category.  Not only was it an instaget but I had time to write down the answer and both song titles.  As for the "too young to remember" comment , suck it Trebeck!

[teebax]

It was a surprisingly pleasant game for me, but I was too busy to write down anything. FJ was an instaget. 

I wasn't surprised by Katy's wager. She didn't seem very confident the whole game. Maybe she was nervous.

I was surprised Johnny started at the top after how yesterday's game went. He didn't bother me at all today,even though I also hate his beard. 

[saber5055]

1 minute ago, CarpeDiem54 said:

As for the "too young to remember" comment , suck it Trebeck!

About too young to remember ... I was trying to think of Tennessee Ernie Ford's backup band's name (hint: he didn't have one) for FJ as "Sixteen Tons" came immediately to mind when I saw the clue. Problem is, that was a hit in 1955, but you guys are "TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER" that tune.

As I posted yesterday, I'm back on my roll of tanking FJ. I predict it will happen again tomorrow.