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Jeopardy! Season 34 (2017-2018)

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teebax

teebax

My only gets today were Hong Kong and chipotles. FJ was an instaget. 

The contestants seemed okay today, but I was multi-tasking and not paying much attention to the screen. I did hear someone mention a Jeopardy drinking game and was totally hoping he'd turn out to be a boardie and mention ours. If I ever make the show, I'm definitely going to mention our drinking game. 

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MrAtoz
MrAtoz

I hope it's not inappropriate for me to drop in here.  I'm Scott from last night's game.  I've actually lurked here for quite awhile, long before I was ever scheduled to actually be on the show, but I

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MrAtoz

Suzanne's not a librarian; she's a museum education manager.  I'm the librarian.  But then, I did badly in the books category, too, because I didn't catch on to the "month" gimmick. :-) I know I'

MrAtoz
MrAtoz

Thanks for the kind words, everyone.  Watching the show, it wasn't the fiasco that I remembered it being!  I'll cop to making a few silly mistakes, that Suzanne was able to capitalize on.  I don't thi

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CarpeDiem54

CarpeDiem54

Congrats to Ian.  All three contestants were okay with me.  I wish Alex would just come out and say, "You only need to say the full name of the category the first time it's chosen."  Way too much "full freaking name of the category for xxx dollars, please, Alex".  One guy even said "let's finish off the category" and then said the full name.  Sheesh!

A picture of Steve McQueen.  *facepalm*

 I only got Clara Bow and chipotle.

For FJ, I said Nixon but didn't think it was correct because I thought he keeled over in California.

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GenerationX

GenerationX

I knew Canada Day (July 1st), probably from desk calendars.  I also knew Nixon was born in CA and figured that was probably the furthest west in the continental U.S., so I guessed him for FJ even though I didn't know where he had died.  I still have a very insightful book he wrote - 1999: Victory Without War - that he signed for me shortly before his death.

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Mindthinkr

Mindthinkr

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I got October for Houdini. Don’t know how I came up with that but it entered my mind so I went with it. I did get the FJ of Nixon but I thought that he died in NJ but close enough to NY so I was correct. 

Edited to add: I did get Steve McQueen. Probably another one or two as well. I can’t think straight as I am sick. 

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YoureSoUrban

YoureSoUrban

10 hours ago, teebax said:

I root extra hard if a contestant is from where I live, or even a place I used to live. I assume most of us do the same, although I wonder if boardies from large cities well-represented on Jeopardy feel the same.

Yep I typically root for the Brooklynites.

Sorry to see Jeffrey go but I think Ian played well and deserved the win. 

For TS I got Hong Kong and chipotle, and the missed Remains of the Day DD. FJ was an instaget.

2 hours ago, CarpeDiem54 said:

A picture of Steve McQueen.  *facepalm*

It makes me sad to think a contestant wouldn't know him.

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Mondrianyone

Mondrianyone

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Today's my birthday, so I was out eating Mexican food and getting drunk with friends while J! was on.  (So it's ironic that I couldn't pull "chipotle" out of my brain.)  Then I came home to find we'd had a power outage at the beginning of the show.  The DVR recording started just as Jeffrey was explaining how he looks like Brad Pitt.  I figured I must still be drunk.  But I see from above that that really happened. 

My husband's b'day is a week from today, and he asked for one of those 8645 T-shirts.  I hadn't seen the logo till just now.  Thanks, Tunia!

I got Nixon, but I couldn't remember whether he died in NY or NJ.  It turns out that he was living in NJ but was taken to the hospital in NYC.

Forgot about the Steve McQueen pic.  Every time I happen so see that The Great Escape is on TV, I tune in just to watch him go airborne on that old motorcycle.  I'll never get tired of that.

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I got October for Houdini. Don’t know how I came up with that but it entered my mind so I went with it.

Tony Curtis...I mean Harry Houdini died on Halloween.

I didn't know there was an 8645 tee. I'll have to get one of those immediately if not sooner!

I shed a tear for the 3 Jeptestants who did not know Steve McQueen -- from a photo for cripes sake.

My mom was supposed to be the next Clara Bow (the next IT GIRL) but she married my dad instead, for which I'm infinitely grateful.

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Prevailing Wind

Prevailing Wind

I think I missed the party. HBD!

I think I fell in love with McQueen during "Love with the Proper Stranger."  He died of mesothelioma. When Warren Zevon was diagnosed with it, he said, "All I wanted was Steve McQueen's HAIRCUT."

Whoever told Jeffrey he looks like Brad Pitt needs new glasses. I don't see Will Ferrell, either. I'm still thinking there's some character actor we haven't touched on yet, like Lionel Stander or somebody.

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Clanstarling

Clanstarling

14 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Brad Pitt?  I don't see that, or Will Ferrell, either.

My husband thought that, and I see it - but it's when he holds his head in certain ways and has a particular expression on his face.

14 hours ago, Tunia said:

For some reason, Nixon popped into my head instantly for FJ, and I was sure it was wrong.  Darn near fell over when it turned out to be the answer.

Was debating between Nixon and Reagan, I thought both were born in CA and died in CA - so I came up blank. Sigh...

13 hours ago, teebax said:

The contestants seemed okay today, but I was multi-tasking and not paying much attention to the screen. I did hear someone mention a Jeopardy drinking game and was totally hoping he'd turn out to be a boardie and mention ours. If I ever make the show, I'm definitely going to mention our drinking game. 

I was hoping that as well, as I was explaining to my husband why I seemed so eager to hear his story.

12 hours ago, CarpeDiem54 said:

A picture of Steve McQueen.  *facepalm*

I had the biggest crush on Steve McQueen. I might have cried just a little when he died - even though I was no longer a kid.

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Mondrianyone

Mondrianyone

Thanks for the birthday wishes, everybody!  I wish you'd been there so we could've hashed out (guacamoled out?) once and for all, live and in person, who Jeffrey really looks like.  He had one more chance last night to squirt Alex with his boutonniere, but alas . . .

6 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

I had the biggest crush on Steve McQueen.

Get in line, hon.  ;o)

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saber5055

saber5055

55 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:
2 hours ago, Mindthinkr said:

I just wanted to climb into one of those fast sports cars with Steve Mcqueen and go for a really thrilling ride. 

I agree with parts of that sentiment. ;)

It depends on one's definition of "ride." Count me in for a Steve McQueen "thrilling ride." (Such a dream boat.)

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Toothbrush

Toothbrush

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I would have been ok with any of Friday's contestants winning, but Ian's buzzer smashing was a little annoying. The look on his face when he won was really nice, and I laughed when Alex wished Ian & the screamer from the audience a nice weekend together, then hurriedly added, "if that is your wife" Oh, Alex! 

I too was hoping that Dan's J! drinking game would be as snarky as ours is. We need to add "contestant talks about a J! drinking game" to our drinking game. 

TS I got were Hong Kong, July, The Remains of the Day, Steve McQueen, Clara Bow, chipotles. I correctly pre-guessed FJ only because I was born during the Nixon administration, and I had no idea what they were going for, so why not? Once the clue was revealed, I had no idea as I did not realize he died on the East coast.  

Today in Toddler Jeopardy: <picture of Steve McQueen> Who's this? South African city that begins with a P?, which I think was a DD. Also, Sam Shepard acted in an astronaut movie, Ian, but wasn't an astronaut IRL. He didn't even play on in the movie as I recall. 

Belated Happy Birthday @Mondrianyone! 

 

My favorite turtles. I also like turtle soup 

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Sharpie66

Sharpie66

On 6/1/2018 at 7:19 PM, saber5055 said:

Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, a very small town about 40 minutes from where I live. He died in California. The CEO where I worked at the time took off to attend. Sometimes one can't help but know some things.

I thought he was born in Dixon, but he just grew up there. I’ve been to Dixon (Grandma and I had lunch there once—she lived in Mt. Morris), but never to Tampico. Even when we were there in 1990 or so, Reagan was allll over Dixon.

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secnarf

4 hours ago, Toothbrush said:

Today in Toddler Jeopardy: <picture of Steve McQueen> Who's this? South African city that begins with a P?, which I think was a DD. Also, Sam Shepard acted in an astronaut movie, Ian, but wasn't an astronaut IRL. He didn't even play on in the movie as I recall.

Called my dad afterwards in case he hadn't caught the show, as Gus Grissom was his favourite astronaut as a kid (and still is, for that matter). He had seen it, and said he couldn't stop laughing at the Sam Shepard answer, conflating the actor in The Right Stuff with Al Shepard.

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Clanstarling

Clanstarling

11 hours ago, secnarf said:

Called my dad afterwards in case he hadn't caught the show, as Gus Grissom was his favourite astronaut as a kid (and still is, for that matter). He had seen it, and said he couldn't stop laughing at the Sam Shepard answer, conflating the actor in The Right Stuff with Al Shepard.

I laughed at that one too. Gus Grissom may not be my favorite Mercury astronaut (gotta go with Glen - for real, then cemented in by the movie), but I do have a soft spot for him. I'm old enough to remember when he died in the Apollo 1 fire. It was very shocking and sad for us.

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saber5055

saber5055

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On 6/2/2018 at 9:32 PM, Sharpie66 said:

I thought he was born in Dixon, but he just grew up there. I’ve been to Dixon (Grandma and I had lunch there once—she lived in Mt. Morris), but never to Tampico. Even when we were there in 1990 or so, Reagan was allll over Dixon.

Ha, I just got back from Dixon a little bit ago, stopped there for groceries on my way home from Woodstock, where the movie Groundhog Day was filmed. Yes, Reagan lived in Dixon, then moved to the Quad Cities where he did sports radio broadcasts for WOC in Davenport, Iowa. The picture of him at the WOC mic was all over the papers when he got elected, like he was a home boy even though he worked in Davenport radio for just a fraction of time before he left for California. His boyhood home in Dixon was added to the historic register in 1982. I've seen the signs, never seen the house. His birthplace was an apartment above a tavern in "downtown" Tampico. It's on the national historic register too. Tampico: Population 790.

And now you know, if Reagan is ever a J category.

ETA: I like turd-duls too.

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lb60

lb60

Nice to see Buzzy is still a douche.

I didn't like the old champ, and I don't like the new champ.  Or her outfit (this from the person with no fashion sense, at all).

Tonight I got Austin and Waltzing Matilda.

FJ was an instaget.  Once the answer was revealed.  lol  I couldn't access the section of my brain that contains that piece of info.  

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Browncoat

Browncoat

Ugh.  Shut up, Buzzy.  And go away.  And take your idiotic belt with you.

FJ was by no means an instaget for me, though in the end, I blurted out "death and taxes", after a rock and a hard place had entered my head.  I had a hard time thinking of anything relevant that Ben Franklin might have said, and really didn't think "death and taxes" was correct.  It still doesn't seem to fit the clue.

I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I got outwit, particularly since I've never seen a single episode of Survivor.  No idea how that wormed its way into my brain.  I also got Austin, Remington, and Waltzing Matilda.  Hey, Jeptestants, if it's a male artist of the American West, it's likely to be Remington!

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Trey

Trey

3 minutes ago, BuckeyeLou said:

And shouldnt' the answer have been "Salem, Massachusetts" for the trial(there are other towns of Salem in other states)

I really thought they should have bms'd this too. Even though I couldn't remember which state it was in:)

 

1 hour ago, illdoc said:

I thought FJ belonged in (as an earlier poster put it) "Toddler Jeopardy". Doesn't everyone (except the 3 contestants) know that "nothing is certain except death and taxes"?!!! I couldn't believe how badly they guessed!!!

Exactly! Got it before Alex was halfway done reading the clue.

Ben Franklin + quote + two words + durability - how could they have missed it?

I got Austin and Remington which I think were both DD's, also got Waltzing Matilda.

It was a pretty good, even game, right up until FJ.

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Mindthinkr

Mindthinkr

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In the first round I thought that nobody was going to get Pasty Cline because they were all waiting for the music to stop before they hit their buzzers. I got Outwit, the DD Remington, and Wonderstruck. I didn’t get FJ...hanging my head in shame. 

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I didn’t proofread. Shame on me.
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