Jeopardy! Season 36 (2019-2020)

[biakbiak]

FJ was an IG, I don’t understand the Uber guess but she would have lost anyway. 

I will miss Elise dresses. 

[secnarf]

12 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

I was all set to complain that one of the clues for the Naval Academy category was wrong since Wally Schirra was not the only astronaut to have missions in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, but then I re-read the clue this morning:

"Wally Schirra, who was the only astronaut to fly in all 3 of these NASA programs"

Yeah, you can't say that Gus Grissom flew during his Apollo mission.

I had the same thought when the question aired. Al Shepard is another one who was in all three programs but didn't actually fly in all of them (missed out on his planned Gemini flight due to his ear).

[lb60]

Tonight I got Amélie (I've actually seen it) and constellations.

I said Levi for FJ thinking there was no way it was right because it was just wayyyyyy too obvious and hey, it's right! No way!

In news that will probably shock no one, I'm not a fan of the new champ.

[kathyk2]

I got Amelie and the Alienist. I had no clue for Final Jeopardy.

[Browncoat]

I should have gotten Amelie.  I could picture scenes from the movie (I’ve seen it, too!), but I just could not for the life of me come up with the title.

[solarfire]

Sorry to see Elise go, I was really liking her!  A little quirky and not boring 🙂

I said Levi but thought it was too easy so I thought I was wrong.

In general, it seems we are going back to top clue first as a pattern.  I don't mind either way or when they jump around.  However, what really bugs me is when Alex says 1 minute to go with one category left and the player who is behind starts at the top. It seems really dumb to me even if you're not sure of the category. You have to be aggressive and start at the bottom because you have limited time to get the most money. Anyway, one of my pet peeves.

(and no James as the next host, please)

[Clanstarling]

I got Levi only because of the jeans, but was confused about why they'd have a public stock offering so late. I didn't believe I was right until  Alex told me I was.

11 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

Aww, I’ll miss champ Elise and her striking dresses, but I don’t not like the new champ. 

I liked Elise, but I'm going with short girl solidarity here, plus I like the new champ too. (as well as the double negative in your post)

[DXD526]

Starting at the tops of the categories is fine with me, but if there's one James-ism that I wish had carried over, it's big DD wagers. When someone has a good amount of money and bets only a grand or two on the DD, I find that excruciating! Go big or go home! 

[opus]

10 hours ago, kathyk2 said:

I had no clue for Final Jeopardy.

Well, you had one clue...

>>>The NYSE allowed jeans on the trading floor for the initial public offering of the stock with this 4-letter symbol<<<

[Trey]

Like so many of you, I got LEVI right away but couldn't believe it was correct.

I had a pretty good game overall but my only ts was Gurkha.

I will miss Elise's dresses too - I loved last night's bright print.

[annzeepark914]

44 minutes ago, Trey said:

Like so many of you, I got LEVI right away but couldn't believe it was correct.

I had a pretty good game overall but my only ts was Gurkha.

I will miss Elise's dresses too - I loved last night's bright print.

Y'know...I could see the Gurkhas but just could not bring up their name. They guarded Mr. P914 & his associates when they worked in Iraq (in the palace after Saddam skedaddled). He said they are very impressive!

[Gimmick Genius]

6 hours ago, DXD526 said:

... if there's one James-ism that I wish had carried over, it's big DD wagers. When someone has a good amount of money and bets only a grand or two on the DD, I find that excruciating! Go big or go home! 

How did the new champ put it? "Faint heart never won fair lady - or TV quiz show...!" before her big bet.

[SpiritSong]

10 hours ago, solarfire said:

(and no James as the next host, please)

James is my all time favorite contestant but I don't think he has the personality to be a good host. I don't see him easily schmoozing people. It's like with politicians, some are just better at connecting with people. Reagan and Bill Clinton come to mind. Both could effortlessly work a room. The show needs to find a host with the gift of gab who is at ease with people of all stripes.

[HissyFit]

Last week I got the giggles just saying "Champ Elise." Today I've got the sads, longing fur Elise.

[annzeepark914]

Well...I did get a TS: Squanto. Oh, and another TS--Cathedral of St John the Divine. And New Orleans (actually, I yelled "Jackson Square New Orleans", just showing off!) FJ? I thought it would be easy. Had *no* idea. All I could think of was A Chicken In Every Pot 😊

[lb60]

The only thing I got tonight was United States/United Kingdom.

I did not get FJ. In my defense, I couldn't concentrate because I was still afraid that Julie's fist was going to fly out of the tv and punch me in the face. Flail, much? 

I did at least know that they were looking for two words that were one syllable each. Go, me! 

I really should gave gotten FJ.

That is all!

[ABay]

POCAHANTAS???!!!

I always thought the phrase was a rhyme: Faint heart ne'er/won lady fair. But everyone seems to use the non-rhyming version like the current champ.

[Browncoat]

I feel like I should have gotten FJ, but all I could come up with was OK.  I figured it was wrong, though. 

I did get cyclotron, and was shouting "St. John the Divine!" at my TV.  And I may or may not have shouted "WTF????" at the so very wrong guess of Pocahontas.

[SHD]

42 minutes ago, ABay said:

I always thought the phrase was a rhyme: Faint heart ne'er/won lady fair. But everyone seems to use the non-rhyming version like the current champ.

What bugged me about her saying that was you could tell she had it all lined up to use if she ever bet big. 

Today may be the first time in history that I got a FJ that was a TS. 

I really liked the middle contestant’s joy and enthusiasm. I didn’t like her jabby buzzer hand.

Lack of concentration mistakes today. Putting a two syllable word when they asked for mono, the champ guessing “Paris” in a U.S. Cathedrals category. Odd.

[Grundoon59]

I came up with FJ seconds after the music ended (which is probably what would happen if I were ever on the show).  Tonight however I am attributing the delay to my repeated mutterings of "seriously, Pocahontas, dude?"  I may be able stop before dinner on Thursday.

[solarfire]

Another day when I thought it was too easy and thought I was wrong. I was like well, if it's not that, I have no idea!

[MrAtoz]

12 hours ago, ABay said:

I always thought the phrase was a rhyme: Faint heart ne'er/won lady fair. But everyone seems to use the non-rhyming version like the current champ.

I don't think I've ever heard it phrased as a rhyme.  To me it's always been "Faint heart never won fair lady."

Final Jeopardy should have been easy, but I couldn't come up with it.  "Fear itself" obviously couldn't have been right, not being two monosyllables, but it's all that I could think of as well.  Sometimes people write something down, even if they know it's obviously wrong, just to avoid writing nothing at all.

I finally settled on Squanto, but I was momentarily torn between him and Samoset.  Both of them had early contact with the Pilgrims.  I don't remember the exact text of the clue--was there any wording that would have helped distinguish between the two of them?

[Clanstarling]

It took some thinking, but I did come up with "New Deal" - because it was a campaign year I did think of "chicken for every pot" (or however that phrase went), but of course that didn't meet the criteria. I decided the quote that FDR "attached no importance" to it was saying it was no big deal - which got me to deal and then new. It was quite a train of thought, I'm amazed I got through it in time, particularly after the crappy day I had.

Pocahontas did surprise me. I can see how he got there, but it was oh so wrong. I only got it because I saw "Squanto: A Warrior's Tale), and it stuck with me (I love Adam Beach). I wasn't at all sure there was a real person named Squanto even so.

[Fex]

Just watched last night's game, and I did get FJ. Go me! I think it may be one of those times where knowing less is an advantage. New Deal is one of only a few things I know about FDR. It makes frequent appearances in crossword puzzles. 

[Browncoat]

I picked "Stella!" too -- I don't even know what year Streetcar came out!  I probably should have gotten Rosebud, though I've never seen Citizen Kane.  For that matter, I probably should have gotten Plastics, too.  I've actually seen The Graduate!  Oh well.

I was sad that Billy Dee Williams was a TS.  I got that one, along with pumpernickel, compounding, Georgia and South Carolina, and Utah and Arizona.

I feel like I should have known innumerate, since I am not particularly mathletic.

Incidentally, rabbits and hares are not the same species.  Rabbit should not have been accepted for hare.

[Fex]

5 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

Incidentally, rabbits and hares are not the same species.  Rabbit should not have been accepted for hare.

That's what I thought! But I wasn't sure. 

I said Rosebud instantly, then got as far as The Graduate just as the music ran out. I didn't get to 'plastics'.

[BuckeyeLou]

I came up with "Plastics" right away, but was straining my brain to think of a movie from 1941, I was like the one fellow who said "Nuts"(the General who replied "Nuts" to the Nazis when ordered surrender), but that was in 1944.  I will miss Beth, I liked her pleasant voice.

[Clanstarling]

2 hours ago, Browncoat said:

I was sad that Billy Dee Williams was a TS.  I got that one, along with pumpernickel, compounding, Georgia and South Carolina, and Utah and Arizona.

I never get pumpernickel. I ate lots of dark rye bread growing up in Germany, but it was always called schwartzbrot (black bread) but as it was nothing like the stuff sold under that name in American stores, it could have been a regional thing.

1 hour ago, BuckeyeLou said:

I came up with "Plastics" right away, but was straining my brain to think of a movie from 1941, I was like the one fellow who said "Nuts"(the General who replied "Nuts" to the Nazis when ordered surrender), but that was in 1944.  I will miss Beth, I liked her pleasant voice.

I remember the movie that qoute was used in, "the battle of the Bulge" which was made in 1965. Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, and a host of others.

I literally fell asleep just before the FJ clue was shown and woke up just before time was up. So I got nothing. ☹️

Edited November 28, 2019 by Clanstarling

[M. Darcy]

No one knew Billy Dee Williams?! That’s just wrong.

I’m surprised that at least one of them didn’t get FJ. I knew it right away. 

[The Wild Sow]

12 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Incidentally, rabbits and hares are not the same species.  Rabbit should not have been accepted for hare.

Snowshoe rabbit and snowshoe hare are both accepted names for this animal (Lepus Americanus, the varying hare, whose fur turns white in winter.)  I mean, a jackrabbit is also a hare, but we still call it a jackrabbit!  Eh, they're both Leporidae.

I got "Plastics", knew 1941 was too early for "Stella!", and ran out of time.

[biakbiak]

I got Rosebud immediately, no clue on the second one but given I have never seen the graduate that is not surprising.

[saber5055]

For some reason, I was imaging the single-word movie quote was from the end of the movie, like "Rosebud" is. I've seen The Graduate multiple times, including when it was a new release in the theaters (it was quite controversial at the time ... "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me ... aren't cha?") so my takeaway one-word quote from that film is "EILEEN!" as Dustin Hoffman is trying to break the glass in the church. At the very end, there is no dialogue.

Long story long ... I didn't get FJ.

[Trey]

I've seen The Graduate but I have no memory at all of "Plastics" being a famous quote.  Mind you, I didn't get Rosebud either but at least I know about it.

[Driad]

Later yesterday evening, PBS aired a documentary on recycling plastic, including some history and the quote from "The Graduate."

[Clanstarling]

2 hours ago, saber5055 said:

For some reason, I was imaging the single-word movie quote was from the end of the movie, like "Rosebud" is. I've seen The Graduate multiple times, including when it was a new release in the theaters (it was quite controversial at the time ... "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me ... aren't cha?") so my takeaway one-word quote from that film is "EILEEN!" as Dustin Hoffman is trying to break the glass in the church. At the very end, there is no dialogue.

Long story long ... I didn't get FJ.

I would have said "Eileen!" if only I could have remembered her name. LOL

43 minutes ago, Trey said:

I've seen The Graduate but I have no memory at all of "Plastics" being a famous quote.  Mind you, I didn't get Rosebud either but at least I know about it.

My husband was the same age as the character, and from the same region, so "plastics" really stuck with him (he too was not at all interested in going into plastics). He's the one who got it. Both of us missed Rosebud (hangs head in shame)

[saber5055]

1 hour ago, Trey said:

I've seen The Graduate but I have no memory at all of "Plastics" being a famous quote.

It was during the party held for Ben after he came home after graduating college. Here is a 15-sec. clip of the scene. 

I looked up the AFI list. Rosebud is No. 17. Plastics is No. 42. "Stella" was a great guess (wrong, but a great guess!) except the entire quote is recorded as "Stella! Hey Stella!" and is No. 45. "Attica" and "Toga" could have been answers except they were said twice for the list. My "You're trying to seduce me" quote is No. 63, and my fav quote, "I'm walkin' here," is No. 27 (Midnight Cowboy). Side note: Hoffman totally improvised that line, it was not in the script.

Interestingly, I've seen all but maybe five of the movies on the list.

For the record, I don't think "Plastics" is as well known as the "Seduce me" line from that film.

Edited November 28, 2019 by saber5055

[illdoc]

3 hours ago, Clanstarling said:

I would have said "Eileen!" if only I could have remembered her name. LOL

Apparently, either neither of you remembered her name or I don't remember her name correctly, but...isn't it "Elaine" and not "Eileen"??? ETA: Just check imdb. It is indeed "Elaine".

Edited November 29, 2019 by illdoc

[zoey1996]

6 minutes ago, illdoc said:

Apparently, either neither of you remembered her name or I don't remember her name correctly, but...isn't it "Elaine" and not "Eileen"???

Yup, it’s Elaine.

[Kimmmmmm]

 Knew "Rosebud" right away, but "Plastics" took me a minute..."The Graduate" is one of my favorite films.  And I loved that whole AFI list. My favorite line is "Leave the gun...take the cannolis", from my number I favorite film.

LOL.Just checked and "Leave the gun..." isn't even on the list. No matter...still my favorite.

Edited November 29, 2019 by Kimmmmmm

[Browncoat]

Ugh. What a terrible game tonight!  So many TS. I got a bunch of them, but since I’m not at home, I didn’t write them down. I do remember groundhog, and I ran the fish category — there were several in that one, weren’t there?

But for all that, I did not get FJ. I kept trying to think of something along the lines of prophet.  I don’t think avatar would ever have come to me, though it was an “of course!” moment when it was revealed.

[saber5055]

1 hour ago, illdoc said:

Apparently, either neither of you remembered her name or I don't remember her name correctly, but...isn't it "Elaine" and not "Eileen"??? ETA: Just check imdb. It is indeed "Elaine".

OMGosh, that is so funny, or maybe not. I have two friends, one is Eileen and the other is Elaine. I have to be careful to not call them by the opposite name. The other day I stumped myself trying to remember which was which. So yeah, I'm not surprised I messed up Benjamin's girlfriend's name. Thanks for clearing that up. Now if I only can remember it ...

[Clanstarling]

13 hours ago, Kimmmmmm said:

 Knew "Rosebud" right away, but "Plastics" took me a minute..."The Graduate" is one of my favorite films.  And I loved that whole AFI list. My favorite line is "Leave the gun...take the cannolis", from my number I favorite film.

LOL.Just checked and "Leave the gun..." isn't even on the list. No matter...still my favorite.

My two favorites, one on the list and one not (according to my quick perusal) are "You're need a bigger boat" and "Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?" - we use both of them constantly.

12 hours ago, saber5055 said:

OMGosh, that is so funny, or maybe not. I have two friends, one is Eileen and the other is Elaine. I have to be careful to not call them by the opposite name. The other day I stumped myself trying to remember which was which. So yeah, I'm not surprised I messed up Benjamin's girlfriend's name. Thanks for clearing that up. Now if I only can remember it ...

Since I had no recollection, I happily trusted you, Saber. Still do - mistakes happen, and you have a great reason for getting them mixed up.

[Prevailing Wind]

I was at my brother's. On Wednesday, I completely forgot it was Wednesday and I was spending an inordinate amount of time looking through the cable "GUIDE" for something to watch. When I finally gave up, I heard the cuckoo clock strike eight and it dawned me,"Damn! We could've been watching Jeopardy!"

Yesterday, I made the mistake of asking to see the vacation pics from when they went to Italy. I'm watching J! while my brother is moving the TV around to plug in the flash drive. Next thing I know, before I get to finish the G-G category, we're looking at file folders with vacation photos in them.  Turned out to be lovely pics, but he might've waited until J! was over. (It was only fair, though - I made 'em look at my Maine pics.)

Now that I'm home, I'll get to watch J! tonight!  I don't care if the cats hawk up hairballs, I'm not moving until FJ is over.

[Browncoat]

Another night, another missed FJ. I could have sat there for ever and not come up with Dracula.  

And next week, I’ll be away, so I’ll have to binge-watch when I get back.

[saber5055]

55 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

Another night, another missed FJ. I could have sat there for ever and not come up with Dracula.  

Same here. I was thinking some Dickensian waif like Oliver Twist or Nicholas Nickleby. I even thought of Jean Valjean, although Hugo was French. Interesting side note: There is a porn actor named Jean Val Jean.

Safe travels, @Browncoat.

Edited November 30, 2019 by saber5055

[Brookside]

3 hours ago, saber5055 said:

Same here. I was thinking some Dickensian waif like Oliver Twist or Nicholas Nickleby. I even thought of Jean Valjean, although Hugo was French. Interesting side note: There is a porn actor named Jean Val Jean.

Safe travels, @Browncoat.

And you know this because . . . ?  😉

[Sharpie66]

All I could think of for FJ was Ivanhoe, so missed that one. 

[ABay]

I thought of Wuthering Heights, and then realized it couldn't be because the category didn't specify Women Authors...

[Clanstarling]

12 hours ago, saber5055 said:

Same here. I was thinking some Dickensian waif like Oliver Twist or Nicholas Nickleby. I even thought of Jean Valjean, although Hugo was French. Interesting side note: There is a porn actor named Jean Val Jean.

Safe travels, @Browncoat.

The mister came up with Nicholas Nickleby - which was a strong contender for this English Lit major.

7 hours ago, Sharpie66 said:

All I could think of for FJ was Ivanhoe, so missed that one. 

Thank you! That's what I came up with too - castles led me there.

Edited November 30, 2019 by Clanstarling

[Trey]

6 hours ago, Sharpie66 said:

All I could think of for FJ was Ivanhoe, so missed that one. 

That was my answer too. 

Only two ts's for me, Younger and Henry the Navigator.