Jeopardy! Season 35 (2018-2019)

[Katy M]

25 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

I've never heard it called anything other than medfly!

And can anyone enlighten me on the leid(?) category?  Did I miss an explanation,  or do I just have a gaping hole in my knowledge?

I thought it was short for leiderhosen, but probably not.

[SoMuchTV]

1 minute ago, Katy M said:

I thought it was short for leiderhosen, but probably not.

I admit I was only half paying attention.  It seemed like it had something to do with songs...?  Oh well, looking it up is a project for tomorrow.

[lb60]

Due to missing both Mr. Rogers and Pip, I hereby disqualify all of tonight's contestants. Really, contestants? Really? Quite a motley trio tonight, IMO.

I also got federal insurance, cytoplasm, and a few others I didn't write down.

FJ=instaget. Good for me!

[SoMuchTV]

1 minute ago, lb60 said:

Due to missing both Mr. Rogers and Pip, I hereby disqualify all of tonight's contestants. Really, contestants? Really? Quite a motley trio tonight, IMO.

Thanks to a college roommate, I know Mr. Rogers was from Latrobe, so Pittsburgh didn't connect with me.  Okay, I guess it was the nearest city with TV stations...

[Katy M]

1 minute ago, lb60 said:

Due to missing both Mr. Rogers and Pip, I hereby disqualify all of tonight's contestants. Really, contestants? Really? Quite a motley trio tonight, IMO.

I didn't get Mr Rogers.  I think the whole "Night of the Living Dead" thing was throwing me. I was like, that's not a kids' show.  There was a nother clue, but I forget which one, that I couldn't even process what they were asking.  I think that one was a TS also, but not sure.

[ABay]

Lieder is a German song style from the 19th century.

I knew it was Jean Claude Killy but all I could think of was Claudine Longet. Free association, gotta love it.

[Katy M]

On a completely unrelated note, why are they hyping the Tournament of Champions already?  I don't remember them advertising it 4 months early any other year.

[Abstract]

I got Pip, cytoplasm, Schubert, can't remember what else. And FJ was an instaget.

They're hyping ToC because of James.

[Katy M]

Just now, ABay said:

Lieder is a German song style from the 19th century.

I knew it was Jean Claude Killy but all I could think of was Claudine Longet. Free association, gotta love it.

I didn't know that was someone's name.  I thought some Olympian killed people one year.  So, I was like "the biathlon?" because that's the only thing I could think of that involved shooting.  LOL.

[PaulaO]

OMG, the chick on the end.  I thought she was going to faint when she hit the DD.

[Prevailing Wind]

• I got FJ before *I* finished reading the clue, much less Alex.  Gumshoes are why Gummo Marx got that as his nickname.
• I don't know why the bullets thing has been activated.
• I didn't do it.
• Chick on the end was serial-killer scary looking. Or attempting to be a winsome puppy doggo, with her head down & eyes up, Doggies always do that to seduce you into thinking they're harmless, cute pieces of fluff.
• I'm tired of the champ but the other two weren't any better with all the TSs tonight.

[BuckeyeLou]

30 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said:

• I got FJ before *I* finished reading the clue, much less Alex.  Gumshoes are why Gummo Marx got that as his nickname.
• I don't know why the bullets thing has been activated.
• I didn't do it.
• Chick on the end was serial-killer scary looking. Or attempting to be a winsome puppy doggo, with her head down & eyes up, Doggies always do that to seduce you into thinking they're harmless, cute pieces of fluff.
• I'm tired of the champ but the other two weren't any better with all the TSs tonight.

My husband said the same thing about the girl on the end, he said she was "Scary looking" 🙂  She had odd eyes, she bent her head & had her hair hanging too close around her face.  Meanwhile, the Champ guy has a very 70's 'porn stashe" 🙂

[Bastet]

31 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I got FJ before *I* finished reading the clue, much less Alex.

Same here.

I only saw bits and pieces of tonight's game, but I was annoyed that a couple of the clues (among those I saw) in the Acronyms category were initialisms, not acronyms -- PDA and BCE are not pronounced as words (e.g. SCUBA), you just read out the letters. 

[peeayebee]

2 hours ago, Browncoat said:

I wondered if they'd give it to me if I said MedFly.

Ohhhh. So THAT'S why mayfly came to my mind. I knew that wasn't right, but I couldn't remember Mediterranean fruit fly. (I should have, as I was living in SoCal at the time.)

I got Pip, skiing, and Federal Insurance. I got a little confused with the change-a-letter category. The Sulu/Solo clue had me thinking there was a Star Trek episode where Sulu went into another dimension which changed his name to Solo.

I got FJ, too. I didn't know that word origin. Cool.

2 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

And can anyone enlighten me on the leid(?) category?  Did I miss an explanation,  or do I just have a gaping hole in my knowledge?

This is what sometimes happens when the contestants skip the first clue. That's where the explanation was. "Typically, 19th century lieder, or songs, were arranged for 1 vocalist and 1 accompanist on this instrument"

Edited July 13, 2019 by peeayebee

[SHD]

Did the woman on the end even answer a single question before the first commercial break? I thought for sure she was a goner but she rallied nicely. I was rooting for middle guy. I do like Sam’s gutsy DD wagering, though.

[Bastet]

2 hours ago, peeayebee said:

I got Pip, skiing, and Federal Insurance.

I didn't see those first two clues (I saw the show only in bits and pieces tonight), but that last one surprised me as a TS - none of them know what that deduction on their paycheck stands for?  Even with all the "Who's FICA, and why is he taking all my money?" jokes, I was surprised none of the three knew.  Even if they didn't know what it stood for, but knew it funds Social Security and Medicare, I'd have thought someone would look at the letters FI preceding contribution and think, "Oh, wait - federal insurance?"

[Trey]

From Wikipedia:

Quote

Lied. ... Lieder are normally songs for a singer with piano accompaniment. They were mostly composed in the 19th century which was the period known as the Romantic period. The most famous composers of Lieder were Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss.

I thought the woman on the end was looking a little odd too but she played very well.

My only ts's were Pip and skiing.  I had trouble with some of the clues last night, misreading them and therefore coming up with stupid answers.

But I did get FJ, not quite an instaget but very close.

[Clanstarling]

13 hours ago, Browncoat said:

So many TS tonight!  The ones I got include Mr. Rogers, Solo, Nana, Pip, Tan, Federal Insurance, and I wondered if they'd give it to me if I said MedFly.  I decided they would, since that's what everyone called those back in the day.

That's what my mind was trying to pull out. I must have buried the memory deep - the helicopters coming over our house and spraying malathion was traumatic.

12 hours ago, ABay said:

Lieder is a German song style from the 19th century.

I knew it was Jean Claude Killy but all I could think of was Claudine Longet. Free association, gotta love it.

I got it from "lied" which is really just the generic word for song in German, and "lieder" was the plural. At least that's the way it was used when I grew up there. Never knew there was a specific origin to the word.

[Prevailing Wind]

I remember MedFlies in Florida in the 50s. They had sprayed northern FL and were moving south. We were on a family vacation and, on a back road near Lake Okeechobee, agents stopped us and told us we could go no further north if we had any fruit with us.  Our family of 4 stood there, on the side of the road, eating at least two peaches each before they confiscated the rest of the fruit and let us go.  Fun memory, alright!

[Toothbrush]

Happy 95th birthday to Johnny Gilbert!!! 

[clubsauce]

I apologize in advance because I know this has been asked before, but does anyone know where I can watch jeopardy online other than the livestream on abc.com? My cable company has blocked the channel it’s on and we haven’t been able to watch for two weeks! 

[GenerationX]

At the start of the game, it looked like Middle Guy was going to run away with it, but then Breakfast Club Basket Case caught fire.  Porn Stache stayed strong throughout and was lucky to have NOT found the nonsensical Lieder category DD.  Not that it mattered after FJ.

[Katy M]

I got FJ, but the only TSs I got were Morgan and Harbor Barber.  I did not do well in Supreme Court Clerks, or the Bartlett's quotations, or documentaries.  I did do well in TV deaths and horses.

[Browncoat]

Almost an instaget FJ today -- my initial response was, "The woman who wrote The Lottery!  Shirley... Shirley.... JACKSON!!!!"  I got it in plenty of time to write it down.  But, gee, I don't know if I would have gotten it if the category hadn't been "Women Authors" -- I might have gotten all confused, thinking they were looking for a man.

I'm not a fan of the DD being under the lowest value clue.  Second-lowest is okay, but when you (sensibly) start at the top of the category, you don't really know what the category is about.  So when that clue is the DD, how do you know how to wager?  I'd be inclined to wager less on one of my (many) weaker categories, and more on a stronger one.  At least this time the category was straightforward.

Thank you, "Justin Morgan Had A Horse" (by another woman author, Marguerite Henry) for that TS that I got!  I also got harbor barber, Feeding America, France (surprising TS), and fascists.

[Grundoon59]

I was right there with you Browncoat following the same route to FJ.  I remember getting totally creeped out the first time I read The Lottery.  

Somewhat sad the the Woody Guthrie quote was a TS and perplexed as to how a guitar was supposed to kill trees. 

[Abstract]

I was spoiled for FJ. I might have gotten it from the clue, but we'll never know.

I'm liking Sam more and more. He brought the attitude today and backed up the swagger with 2 big DDs and a runaway game. I have a strong suspicion that he's going to lose tomorrow, though.

What was the correct response for the clue about Tesla in the Friends category? My satellite feed cut out briefly. My guess is pigeons. If that is right then I got 22/30 on the Jeopardy round, my best in awhile. We won't discuss DJ. 

TS: Little Lord Fauntleroy, Morgan

Edited July 16, 2019 by Abstract

[SHD]

36 minutes ago, Grundoon59 said:

Somewhat sad the the Woody Guthrie quote was a TS and perplexed as to how a guitar was supposed to kill trees. 

Acoustic guitar...made of wood...trees had to die to make it. It was a very literal guess, but it still made me laugh.

[Kimmmmmm]

19 minutes ago, Abstract said:

I was spoiled for FJ. I might have gotten it from the clue, but we'll never know.

I'm liking Sam more and more. He brought the attitude today and backed up the swagger with 2 big DDs and a runaway game. I have a strong suspicion that he's going to lose tomorrow, though.

I sure hope he loses tomorrow...can't stand that smug greaseball much longer.

[PaulaO]

@Abstract, the answer was pigeons.  I’m re reading Shirley Jackson’s books about raising her family, and it’s hard to believe the same woman wrote “The Lottery.”

Edited July 16, 2019 by PaulaO

[peeayebee]

Rats. I love 'The Lottery', but Shirley Jackson never occurred to me. I was torn betw Patricia Highsmith and Daphne du Maurier. I went with the latter.

The only TS I got was Feeding America, which I give to regularly.

I got a chuckle out of Alex saying, "Alger Hiss. Boo hiss." 😄

[zoey1996]

3 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Almost an instaget FJ today -- my initial response was, "The woman who wrote The Lottery!  Shirley... Shirley.... JACKSON!!!!"  I got it in plenty of time to write it down.  But, gee, I don't know if I would have gotten it if the category hadn't been "Women Authors" -- I might have gotten all confused, thinking they were looking for a man.

Thank you, "Justin Morgan Had A Horse" (by another woman author, Marguerite Henry) for that TS that I got!  

Jackson was almost an insta-get for me.

When I was a horse-crazy pre-teen, I received that book.  Loved it!  My bucket list included the pony swim from Assateague to Chincoteague that Henry wrote about in Misty of Chincoteague, and I've gotten to go twice!  For a Kansan, that was a dream come true!

Edited July 16, 2019 by zoey1996

[alias1]

I thought it was funny that Alex pronounced "Enclave" (twice) the way it looks, and the champ kept pronouncing it the way I always thought it was pronounced, "on-clave." 

[Pallida]

I record the show. I sometimes don’t pay attention to the FJ category because I’ve fast forwarded too far. I sent my family a message of “Alex gave them a huge hint by saying ‘her’” and then I came here and read the category name. Oops. 

Feeding America does great stuff. More people should know them! 

[Katy M]

9 hours ago, SHD said:

Acoustic guitar...made of wood...trees had to die to make it. It was a very literal guess, but it still made me laugh.

I said trees, too.  I think partly because it rhymed with "these" although that would obviously have had nothing to do with anything.  More a subliminal thing my brain did.

[Clanstarling]

12 hours ago, Grundoon59 said:

I was right there with you Browncoat following the same route to FJ.  I remember getting totally creeped out the first time I read The Lottery. 

That was an awesome story. I got FJ right away, because it's stuck with me - despite all of the horror stuff I've read and seen since.

10 hours ago, peeayebee said:

I got a chuckle out of Alex saying, "Alger Hiss. Boo hiss." 😄

I missed him saying that - but then I was saying "Boo hiss" at the time. 😄

9 hours ago, SierraMist said:

I thought it was funny that Alex pronounced "Enclave" (twice) the way it looks, and the champ kept pronouncing it the way I always thought it was pronounced, "on-clave." 

Both are correct - I say "on-clave" as well. I would have expected Alex to say it that way, as it sounds more like French (which is where it English "borrowed" it from, according to Merriam Webster).

Edited July 16, 2019 by Clanstarling

[M. Darcy]

12 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Thank you, "Justin Morgan Had A Horse" (by another woman author, Marguerite Henry) for that TS that I got! 

I know!  Everything I know about horses is thanks to her. 

Last night it occurred to me that the champ looks like Will Forte and now I can't unsee it. 

[Abstract]

57 minutes ago, M. Darcy said:

I know!  Everything I know about horses is thanks to her. 

Last night it occurred to me that the champ looks like Will Forte and now I can't unsee it. 

I just did an image search and you're right. Although I see the other resemblances that people have mentioned as well.

Sam said on Reddit that he has "generic white guy face" so that's why he looks familiar to people.

[Trey]

12 hours ago, peeayebee said:

I got a chuckle out of Alex saying, "Alger Hiss. Boo hiss." 😄

Me too😄

Instaget FJ even though the only book of hers I've read is Life Among the Savages.  I don't like horror stories at all.

[M. Darcy]

Good timing on the Alan Turing question.  It was announced yesterday that he's going to be on the Bank of England's new design of the £50 note. 

[Trey]

Yes, I saw that on the news.  They honour him now after he committed suicide because of their restrictive anti-homosexual laws.

[proserpina65]

On ‎07‎/‎12‎/‎2019 at 10:28 PM, BuckeyeLou said:

Meanwhile, the Champ guy has a very 70's 'porn stashe" 🙂

Having recently watched Chernobyl, I think of it as an 80's Soviet porn stache.  I still like him a lot, but as I previously admitted, I find him quite attractive, which washes away a lot of sins.  Including super-aggressive buzzer jabbing.

On ‎07‎/‎12‎/‎2019 at 10:36 PM, peeayebee said:

The Sulu/Solo clue had me thinking there was a Star Trek episode where Sulu went into another dimension which changed his name to Solo.

I got that one right away, was very amused by it, and deeply disappointed when none of the contestants got it.

On ‎07‎/‎14‎/‎2019 at 10:40 PM, GenerationX said:

At the start of the game, it looked like Middle Guy was going to run away with it, but then Breakfast Club Basket Case caught fire.  Porn Stache stayed strong throughout and was lucky to have NOT found the nonsensical Lieder category DD.  Not that it mattered after FJ.

I don't think it would've been nonsensical if they'd started at the top of the category - this was one of those times when it really mattered.

16 hours ago, Katy M said:

I got FJ, but the only TSs I got were Morgan and Harbor Barber.  I did not do well in Supreme Court Clerks, or the Bartlett's quotations, or documentaries.  I did do well in TV deaths and horses.

I also did well in Horses and TV Deaths, even knew Hank without ever having watched a single episode of Breaking Bad.  I did okay with the quotations, too, except for Woody Guthrie's guitar, and surprised the crap out of myself by actually getting some of the SC Clerks right.

16 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Thank you, "Justin Morgan Had A Horse" (by another woman author, Marguerite Henry) for that TS that I got! 

I couldn't remember who wrote it, but I knew the book.  Loved it when I was a horse-crazy adolescent.

13 hours ago, zoey1996 said:

My bucket list included the pony swim from Assateague to Chincoteague that Henry wrote about in Misty of Chincoteague, and I've gotten to go twice! 

That was pretty much the only extended family trip I ever took with both my parents and my brother.  Tried like hell to bring a pony back with me.

1 hour ago, Trey said:

Yes, I saw that on the news.  They honour him now after he committed suicide because of their restrictive anti-homosexual laws.

Well, things have changed a bit in Britain since then, thank goodness.

[bad things are bad]

16 hours ago, SHD said:

Somewhat sad the the Woody Guthrie quote was a TS

My son who barely finished (alternative) high school got it, but I didn't. 

[MrAtoz]

54 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

I don't think it would've been nonsensical if they'd started at the top of the category - this was one of those times when it really mattered.

Exactly.  I thought that was a very easy Daily Double, if you understood what the category was about.  And if you know classical music, I suppose.  Schubert is probably the name most closely associated with Leider, and "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel" is one of his better known songs.  I would have rocked that category.

[Katy M]

I didn't get FJ because I'm an idiot and said Yugoslavia.

For TS I got: Profane, scale, frog's legs, Concord and rampart.

[Browncoat]

I didn't get FJ tonight -- I just completely blanked on any country's name with "North" in it while I did the math to see if that would help.  It didn't.

And apparently I know too much about the language of labs -- I don't know if they would have given me any of my answers (though they all were technically correct), including "balance" instead of "scale". 

At least I got rampart, I guess.

[Abstract]

I was not able to keep score today because my kid kept distracting me. But I know I got scale, profane, rampart, House of Cards. No clue on FJ.

So Sam is a 5-day champ and yet they decided to announce the ToC early and give a spot to a 3-day champ. This doesn't make sense.

Edited July 17, 2019 by Abstract

[Grundoon59]

I was rooting for JJ since she took such obvious delight in being there.  Also she knew The Friends of Eddie Coyle.  It's one of my favorite small movies.

[Brookside]

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Edited July 17, 2019 by Brookside

[peeayebee]

1 hour ago, Abstract said:

I was not able to keep score today because my kid kept distracting me.

I was not able to keep score today because your kid kept distracting me.

Nah. I got nothing. Goose egg. Nada nada nada. No TSs. No FJ. No idea.

[Abstract]

3 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

I was not able to keep score today because your kid kept distracting me.

Man, I know he's been a pain all day today, but I didn't realize his talent for being annoying was this extensive. (I love my son dearly, it's just been one of those days.)

I came so close to running the Andrew Davies category, then I was too slow coming up with George Eliot.