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Jeopardy! Season 34 (2017-2018)

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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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Browncoat

Browncoat

I had to guess for FJ -- I wasn't sure if a state had to have at least two representatives, but I ended up going with the lowest possible number, which of course is three.  Government would not be one of my dream categories!

I have ridden the ride Zach was talking about, and I loved it so much that I rode it multiple times -- we'd get off and just circle back around to get back in line.  It was so bad that the ride operators asked our names and greeted us each time we got back to the front of the line. 

Too bad Alex couldn't have inserted a comment about Stephen Hawking, but it was terribly coincidental to have a clue about him on the day he died.

I don't remember too many TS, but I did get Maundy Thursday and Streetfighter, though Streetfighter was a guess -- it was the only video game I could think of that had the word "street" in it.

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Jesse

Jesse

3 hours ago, Cotypubby said:

Was that two days in a row where the answer was asking what the Latin word "mensa" meant? Weird.

That's what I thought! "Didn't we just learn that from Jeopardy??" It was at least very recent.

I also think contestants should pay more attention to Hamilton by now, since the writers have clearly been obsessed with it.

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teebax

teebax

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Oh my God, they killed Hawking. Those bastards! 

It's amazing how frequently that happens. It is almost like the Sports Illustrated curse. 

I had What's new on the Rialto, Cromwell, Bacchus, Street Fighter, and continental drift. FJ was an instaget to the point where I wondered if it was a trick question. 

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My tablet sucks.
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saber5055

saber5055

Thanks Mondrianyone. I took your YouTube advice so "now I know." I follow a Washington Post reporter on twitter so I thought I knew the answer, but ya'll can add me to the dumb*sses who missed it. Irritatingly, the video was followed by a commercial for a multi millionaire running for Illinois governor, so now I know YouTube tracks IPs to match them to advertisers. Plus this guy is buying YouTube time. Geez. And he's not even Russian. I don't think.

Meanwhile, I did get Maundy Thursday (all those years of Sunday school) and Street Fighter.

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tallykat

tallykat

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I completely freaked out at the start of the show. My daughter’s name is Allison Berke—pronounced the same, spelled differently. And her husband works in cyber security. 

I see we now have Kevin Spacey as our Jeopardy champion. 

TS for me were Cromwell (DD), Bacchus, Maundy Thursday, and continental drift. 

FJ was an instaget. 

I groaned when I saw the British Monarchy but I did surprisingly well. Or it was surprisingly easy. 

I loved the “Perfect for Jeopardy” category! I wish the contestants could have gotten what they were going for. Every now and then an “answer” that’s already a question comes up. I wonder if I would have the presence of mind to not add the “What is” in front. 

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GenerationX

GenerationX

Had to watch a replay of the show on YouTube due to preempting in Chicago.  Everybody looked short and fat, because I could not get my old laptop's screen resolution aligned right when connected to our TV.  The new champ's purple shirt matched the studio background color exactly, too, though that could've been due to my set-up.

Got Maundy Thursday.  Almost ran two categories, but Mrs. GenX beat me to the punch on the big $ questions in both.

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saber5055

saber5055

15 minutes ago, tallykat said:

Every now and then an “answer” that’s already a question comes up. I wonder if I would have the presence of mind to not add the “What is” in front.

Trebek irked me when he chastised that woman for turning a question answer into a question/question answer. It's difficult enough to solve the clue and buzz in first without having to evaluate that it's a question so one doesn't need to add "What is." Nuts to that! I'm adding it regardless of the answer. But Trebek was actually getting cranky about it. And to that, I say: "What is ... Get over it Trebek."

Just now, GenerationX said:

The new champ's purple shirt matched the studio background color exactly, too, though that could've been due to my set-up.

LOL at this! It was the same color on my teevee too, because I thought if he took off his jacket, he would be just a floating head as his torso disappeared into the background. That would have been cool!

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Bastet

Bastet

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1 hour ago, teebax said:

I forgot to mention I expected a correction on "Dancing in the Street." I thought it was "streets," no?

No, singular. 

The new champ performed very well. 

I said frameless, instead of rimless, for the glasses.  I guess that’s shower doors, not eyeglasses.

Continental drift was my surprising TS for the night.  Not shocking, given general science knowledge, but still a little surprising.  I got a few others (bacchus, Chernow, and one or two others I'm blanking on), but that was the only one that I was surprised no one else got.

I thought Prince George and, especially, changing of the guard were too easy for DJ.  I thought the same of the FJ clue; isn’t the electoral college process a fresh hell in all our minds?

I’m glad the South American capitals category wasn’t entirely made up of “what’s the capital of this country?” clues.

“Easy for me to say” when the contestant stumbled over “Marlboro Man” – which I also had to say carefully to spit out – gave me a chuckle.

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peeayebee

peeayebee

2 hours ago, saber5055 said:

Meanwhile, for the entertainment of those who think Zach Dark is a Radar O'Reilly twin, here is Trebek posing with Zach who is wearing his Radar outfit.

Zach OReilly Dark.jpg

That's real, not photoshopped?

 

42 minutes ago, GenerationX said:

The new champ's purple shirt matched the studio background color exactly, too, though that could've been due to my set-up.

I didn't notice that, but Alex's ties are usually color-coordinated with the background.

I got zero TSs, and I didn't get FJ right either. I feel ignorant reading here that it was a no-brainer.

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Conotocarious

Conotocarious

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Nobody knew Ron Chernow? Everyone goes on and on about Hamilton and no one knows who wrote the book that inspired the damn thing?

His book about Alexander Hamilton was incredible. Grant even more so. I have read nearly all his books and he’s a must for the history buff.

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saber5055

saber5055

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1 hour ago, peeayebee said:

That's real, not photoshopped?

It's both, so to speak. It's a real photo of Zach with Trebek. I took the hat, glasses and uniform (with Teddy) from three different photos of Radar. Here's the original Radar-less Zach.

ETA: I just noticed Trebek's tie matches the background. Something new to watch for. Thanks Peeaye.

Zach Dark on Jeopardy Orig.jpg

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Brookside

Brookside

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2 hours ago, Conotocarious said:

Nobody knew Ron Chernow? Everyone goes on and on about Hamilton and no one knows who wrote the book that inspired the damn thing?

His book about Alexander Hamilton was incredible. Grant even more so. I have read nearly all his books and he’s a must for the history buff.

 

Who wrote the book for Wicked, The Book of Mormon (the musical, not the original), Urinetown, Hello Dolly?  Just throwing out a few shows there that even theatre buffs wouldn't be able to give names to, whether author, composer, director, or even original players.  You obviously love Chernow, but not everyone knows him.

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Toothbrush

Toothbrush

Dr. Toothbrush & I both gasped when the Stephen Hawking clue was uncovered. It's uncanny how often that happens!

I will miss Zach, even though he was a little shouty at times, but good comeback for Peter. Poor Allison disappeared for a bit in DJ.

TS I got were Cromwell (Peter's missed DD), Bacchus, Maundy Thursday, continental drift. FJ was an instaget.

@saber5055 - well done photoshop of Alex, Zachdar(k) O'Reilly, and teddy! 

3 hours ago, Bastet said:

I said frameless, instead of rimless, for the glasses.  I guess that’s shower doors, not eyeglasses.

Continental drift was my surprising TS for the night. 

“Easy for me to say” when the contestant stumbled over “Marlboro Man” – which I also had to say carefully to spit out – gave me a chuckle.

We said frameless also, which I think would have been accepted. 

Dr. Toothbrush said continental shift, which I do not think would have been accepted because I know it to be a term related to shift work.  

I chuckled at Zach stumbling over Marlboro Man too, since I had trouble pronouncing it myself. 

3 hours ago, peeayebee said:

I didn't notice that, but Alex's ties are usually color-coordinated with the background.

I love seeing whose clothes match the background. Today it was Alex's tie and Peter & Allison's shirts. 

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EllenB

EllenB

I said Continental Shift too, and then felt it was wrong but the brain wouldn't let go of it.  I think I grabbed the general sound first and would have had to go through the damn alphabet to get back on track.

 

The Chernow book was a huge non-fiction best-seller.  It's also not the same as a musical "book" for a show.  But "Hello, Dolly" is a musicalized version of The Matchmaker", a play by Thornton Wilder, who is probably best known for "Our Town.". And that's my Cliff Claven moment for the day. 

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Conotocarious

Conotocarious

Chernow’s book is a historical biography. It has nothing to do with musicals except that it is credited as inspiring the play Hamilton. I knew that as someone who enjoys historical biographies. I know nothing about Hamilton the play. I’ve never even heard a song. So being a theater buff has nothing to do with it. Also Grant was released in October and is much more recent. It’s not theater knowledge, it’s an author of historical biographies question. And it shouldn’t have been terribly difficult for anyone on Jeopardy.

48 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I couldn't think of Chernow - I said the other one, David McCullough.  And I suppose most of us would know L. Frank Baum for the inspiration for Wicked.

Yeah but you had the right idea. An author’s name associated with historical biographies. McCullough is a great guess. 

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peeayebee

peeayebee

8 hours ago, saber5055 said:

It's both, so to speak. It's a real photo of Zach with Trebek. I took the hat, glasses and uniform (with Teddy) from three different photos of Radar. Here's the original Radar-less Zach.

Wow. I'm impressed with your skills. 

 

1 hour ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I couldn't think of Chernow - I said the other one, David McCullough.  And I suppose most of us would know L. Frank Baum for the inspiration for Wicked.

The play Wicked was based on the book Wicked by Gregory Maguire. That book was of course inspired by The Wizard of Oz. Although I read Maguire's book several years ago, I admit I had to google his name.

I couldn't think of Chernow either. I've heard about his book on Grant and that it's fantastic, so it's definitely on my must-read list.

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DrSpaceman

DrSpaceman

The way the FJ was asked made it easy, it was a very leading question. 

To make it harder they should have just gone with the simple question "Washington DC has this many votes in the Electoral College, the fewest possible".  Then I would have had to think about if they have only one or three, since they technically don't have any Senators (they have two "shadow senators" that are elected but do not have any voting power in the Senate and are not officially seated in the Senate) and just have one representative.  Despite having no actual senators they still get two EC votes for two senators. 

But the way the question was asked, it was obviously three. 

And yes again the Jeopardy curse with Stephen Hawking. 

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saber5055

saber5055

2 hours ago, peeayebee said:

Wow. I'm impressed with your skills. 

I'm blushing. But thank you Peeayebee. It's part of what I do for a living.

Side note: Hamilton the play happened sort of by coincidence. Lin-Manuel Miranda bought the book to read on vacation and he was so impressed by it, he turned it into the play. He had been invited to the White House and asked to perform songs from his current play, In The Heights, but he sneaked in some Hamilton rap to test out on the Obamas and it was roundly applauded. (Second side note: I have a huge crush on Mr. Miranda.)

20 minutes ago, DrSpaceman said:

Then I would have had to think about if they have only one or three, since they technically don't have any Senators (they have two "shadow senators" that are elected but do not have any voting power in the Senate and are not officially seated in the Senate) and just have one representative.  Despite having no actual senators they still get two EC votes for two senators.

I knew this about Washington D.C. senators not having voting power but knew nothing about the electoral college. So I said ZERO for FJ.

Okay, go ahead, point and laugh everyone.

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dcalley

dcalley

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2 hours ago, DrSpaceman said:

The way the FJ was asked made it easy, it was a very leading question. 

To make it harder they should have just gone with the simple question "Washington DC has this many votes in the Electoral College, the fewest possible".  Then I would have had to think about if they have only one or three, since they technically don't have any Senators (they have two "shadow senators" that are elected but do not have any voting power in the Senate and are not officially seated in the Senate) and just have one representative.  Despite having no actual senators they still get two EC votes for two senators.

And the one representative is a delegate with very limited voting abilities (procedural and committee only). Thus the slogan below:

DC_2013.jpg

Credit: Qpqqqq - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Browncoat

Browncoat

Woo hoo!  I found when my local station showed Jeopardy!  Thank you DVR "record new episodes" feature!  I found it for tomorrow night, too, but padded it just in case basketball runs long.  But that never happens, right? [/sarcasm]

Anyhoo, FJ was an instaget for me tonight, possibly because I was addicted to the Summer Olympics two years ago (I get addicted to the Winter Olympics, too).  And it was a good game, although middle girl struggled, and wasn't happy about it.  Not too many TS that I remember, but I managed promenade, Gibson, Caesar Augustus, and Dada.  I will freely admit that Dada was a complete and utter guess -- I don't even really know how I pulled it out of my, um, hat.  Art categories are either super easy or super hard for me.  There's no middle ground.  I did love the Science category, though.

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CarpeDiem54

CarpeDiem54

Yay, Peter (who's blue shirt matched the blue background)!  I didn't like either of the other contestants.  Tracey got very aggressive with the buzzer until she was almost lunging over the podium to mash it by the end of the game.

I wish they'd completed the State Holidays category in the J round.

I only got Virginia and Sadaam Hussein.

For FJ I guessed Switzerland.

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Mondrianyone

Mondrianyone

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I'm gonna put on my grouchy old bat hat and say I don't think Peter's answer for FJ should've been accepted.  I remember someone here telling me a while back that Alex tells the contestants during the break which interrogative word they should write for FJ before the clue is revealed.  So if they're already spotting you the first word, how hard is it to write the verb--"is," for Pete's sake, two letters!--to make a complete question?  "What Ukraine?"  The one by Romania?

I think we were all alive when Saddam Hussein was captured and swabbed for DNA.  Again, already spotted the last name, you seriously can't come up with that?

If my lawn weren't buried in snow, I'd be chasing people off it.

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grouchy ≠ sloppy
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DrSpaceman

DrSpaceman

Had no idea on FJ.  I also guessed Switzerland.  I didn't know the Danube went that far east to the Ukraine. 

But they asked a Simpsons question, and one about my favorite episode of the series and the best song of the series. 

"Stop!  The human is about to escape.  Get your paws off me you dirty ape!" 

I love legitimate theater. 

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