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DrSpaceman

DrSpaceman

Just getting caught up from weeks of being out of town. 

Could not stand Ryan.  I can't believe he won 7 games or whatever.  At times he gave really stupid answers.  I know part of it was he basically got two chances, but still.  And now he will be back again in the tournament of champions. 

"Name the most recent year two former governors ran for president"  1962!!!!  That was not even a presidential election year! 

Not watching the tournament of champions rerun.  Or any reruns. 

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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

MrAtoz
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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Clanstarling

Clanstarling

23 hours ago, saber5055 said:

Everyone who actually looks at the main page of PTV's Jeopardy site, that's who. There are 25 other Jeopardy-topic threads here. 26 if you count this one.

I'm one of those who almost never go to the other threads (there was an exception, and I don't remember why). So if it doesn't appear here, it doesn't exist for me. ;)

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Clanstarling

Clanstarling

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So, I'm posting this in this thread, not the media one - since we often discuss when Jeopardy is unavailable due to network news and sports: Jeopardy Making Streaming Debut on Hulu.

Although we've worked out our issues with our digital antenna, I'm looking forward to having a backup source.

Edit - after checking it out, I'm not sure they will be streaming the current season. I guess we'll find out in 6 weeks (or sooner if someone else gets better information).

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SoMuchTV

SoMuchTV

On 8/10/2018 at 9:48 AM, Driad said:

Preempted here too, and I can't find it on Youtube, likely because it was a rerun. Does anyone know the original air date?  adTHANKSvance!

According to the listings for my area: 

Episode: Tournament of Champions: Week 2 / S34, E49 (First Aired: Nov. 16, 2017)

Also, I see what you did there.

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DrScottie

DrScottie

1 hour ago, Toothbrush said:

"So" <drink>, anyone who skipped the tournaments during the regular season is spoiled for the college tournament since the winner was in the ToC. 

I'll just rewatch the episodes with the young lady Alli Ross that attends my alma mater, WPI. She did quite well and represented my old school quite nicely. 

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biakbiak

biakbiak

1 hour ago, saber5055 said:

During the college tourney rerun yesterday I was tickled with myself that I remembered and said out loud the answer to this clue (paraphrased here) about a transplant, a person donated this organ to his sibling. We all know that answer: It's HEART!

My boyfriend hadn’t seen this when it originally aired and made that joke and died when the person said it.

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saber5055

saber5055

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5 hours ago, M. Darcy said:

Darn it, I made the same mistake on FJ that I did the first time the episode was shown.  I said Gettysburg :-( 

I was excited that I was going to get it correct this time. I didn't have a clue watching the first time, but now I knew the answer was Gettysburg.

Well, I was one step closer to correct than I was first time around, so there's that. Baby steps, like they say.

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zoey1996

zoey1996

No Jeopardy on Friday or Saturday (stupid football, and then one of those "don't you feel sorry for the children so you'll send a donation" programs on Saturday., But they broadcast the College Final Sunday morning, 12:35 a.m.  So I recorded and rewatched.  I'd forgotten how much I liked the champ, and what a runaway it was for him.  

biakbiak

biakbiak

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22 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

Re: The teachers -- I thought teachers applied specifically for the tournament, and were not in the general pool of contestants?

Teachers go through the same process as a regular contestant they just make a note of it at the audition if you are a teacher.

Teens and college students apply differently. 

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MrAtoz

MrAtoz

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14 hours ago, biakbiak said:

Teachers go through the same process as a regular contestant they just make a note of it at the audition if you are a teacher.

 

At the audition, they tell the teachers that they are also eligible to be picked for the Teachers Tournament as well as for the regular show.  How they decide which teachers are chosen for the tournament and which for the regular show is a secret known only to the contestant coordinators.

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Browncoat

Browncoat

4 hours ago, MrAtoz said:

At the audition, they tell the teachers that they are also eligible to be picked for the Teachers Tournament as well as for the regular show.  How they decide which teachers are chosen for the tournament and which for the regular show is a secret known only to the contestant coordinators.

Thanks for the info!  I don't know why I thought the Teacher's Tournament was like the others.

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Tunia

Tunia

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Watching the Teachers Tournament re-run, Alex asks contestant Bob during his interview about rapping the countries of the world "How many countries ARE there in the world"?  Bob said he couldn't answer that question, but I note that Alex didn't offer the answer either.  I wonder if Alex was "winging it" and didn't know himself, and got caught by it when Bob couldn't answer.  Alex needs to heed the advice given to aspiring trial lawyers:  Don't ask questions you yourself don't know the answer to.  The answer, BTW, is 195.

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secnarf

secnarf

2 hours ago, Tunia said:

Watching the Teachers Tournament re-run, Alex asks contestant Bob during his interview about rapping the countries of the world "How many countries ARE there in the world"?  Bob said he couldn't answer that question, but I note that Alex didn't offer the answer either.  I wonder if Alex was "winging it" and didn't know himself, and got caught by it when Bob couldn't answer.  Alex needs to heed the advice given to aspiring trial lawyers:  Don't ask questions you yourself don't know the answer to.  The answer, BTW, is 195.

196 sovereign countries.

Tunia

Tunia

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1 hour ago, secnarf said:

196 sovereign countries.

Ahhh - I was going by this:  http://www.worldometers.info/geography/how-many-countries-are-there-in-the-world/, but see other references to 196.  I concede!  And that's why I'm not on Jeopardy!  LOL

BTW, is anyone else missing their edit/quote/quotemultiple, heart buttons and the forum buttons from the top of page?  I periodically lose them (such as now) and have to guess and click on spaces to accomplish a task.

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Clanstarling

Clanstarling

9 hours ago, Tunia said:

Ahhh - I was going by this:  http://www.worldometers.info/geography/how-many-countries-are-there-in-the-world/, but see other references to 196.  I concede!  And that's why I'm not on Jeopardy!  LOL

BTW, is anyone else missing their edit/quote/quotemultiple, heart buttons and the forum buttons from the top of page?  I periodically lose them (such as now) and have to guess and click on spaces to accomplish a task.

I haven't had that problem, but some browsers are more erratic than others. So it could be that. Also, the typical IT first pass solution is to clear your cache (which works an amazing amount of the time), but I have no idea if it has anything to do with your problems.

MrAtoz

MrAtoz

9 hours ago, Tunia said:

Ahhh - I was going by this:  http://www.worldometers.info/geography/how-many-countries-are-there-in-the-world/, but see other references to 196.  I concede!  And that's why I'm not on Jeopardy!  LOL

As this page: https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/how-many-countries-are-there-world-2018 shows, there are varying answers to that question.  It all depends on exactly how you define "country," which can sometimes be a rather controversial decision.

Prevailing Wind

Prevailing Wind

https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/how-many-countries-can-you-name

I've learned all 196 by doing this quiz multiple times.  Hints: DPRK works for North Korea, ROK for South K.  PNG for Papua New Guinea and you can type "paraguy" and "uruguy" without the A and still be correct. I always omit the Z in Kyrgystan and it still gives it to me as correct. "Congo" gives you both countries with Congo in their names. UAE and CAR work as abbreviations, too, but DR doesn't work for Dominican Republic. I have the most trouble remembering Singapore and Kuwait. At the bottom of the map it says "show missing countries" - click on that, and you get a black dot where each country is. I've spent hours at this site.

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Tunia

Tunia

4 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

I haven't had that problem, but some browsers are more erratic than others. So it could be that. Also, the typical IT first pass solution is to clear your cache (which works an amazing amount of the time), but I have no idea if it has anything to do with your problems.

For whatever reason, all items are back today without doing anything, but that's typical...they seem to come and go without reason.  Thanks for responding.

 

58 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said:

https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/how-many-countries-can-you-name

I've learned all 196 by doing this quiz multiple times

Oh my - even worse than I thought I was.  This could be a great memory training device!

4 hours ago, MrAtoz said:

As this page: https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/how-many-countries-are-there-world-2018 shows, there are varying answers to that question.  It all depends on exactly how you define "country," which can sometimes be a rather controversial decision.

Interesting.  Thanks, MrAtoz.

secnarf

secnarf

6 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/how-many-countries-can-you-name

I've learned all 196 by doing this quiz multiple times.  Hints: DPRK works for North Korea, ROK for South K.  PNG for Papua New Guinea and you can type "paraguy" and "uruguy" without the A and still be correct. I always omit the Z in Kyrgystan and it still gives it to me as correct. "Congo" gives you both countries with Congo in their names. UAE and CAR work as abbreviations, too, but DR doesn't work for Dominican Republic. I have the most trouble remembering Singapore and Kuwait. At the bottom of the map it says "show missing countries" - click on that, and you get a black dot where each country is. I've spent hours at this site.

I also learned all 196 by doing that quiz over and over again. And the world capitals one, although that one took me MUCH longer to master.

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