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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Yeah I remember once seeing one where a sportswriter got an all sports category. It's just a coincidence that occasionally happens, like that Cheers episode. I have a soft spot for doctors getting medical categories. Especially when they get first year anatomy wrong.
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Ughhh, the Teen Tournament starts one week from now. Guess I'm not watching for two weeks. At least there's two weeks of Tournament of Champions after that.
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WHAT ARE THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS YOU UNBELIEVABLE PIECE OF poo poo!
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THE GUTENBERG loving BIBLE HOW DO TWO OF YOU MISS THAT e: they literally just showed them a Gutenberg Bible and were like "Hey, what is this?" I am currently dying. "What is 'us'" You absolute morons! Pride and Prejudice? Yeah, Susie. "P" comes before "S." Maybe go to kindergarten you IDIOT poo poo PISS To clarify what I'm mad about: "The first book Jane Austen had published in her lifetime, it is the last of her books alphabetically." I haven't been so angry over Sense and Sensibility since I read it. Glenn_Beckett fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Jan 24, 2013 |
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funktopus posted:Ughhh, the Teen Tournament starts one week from now. Guess I'm not watching for two weeks. You know what I love about the Jeopardy Teen Tournament? I keep getting older, and they stay the same age.
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jscolon2.0 posted:You know what I love about the Jeopardy Teen Tournament? I keep getting older, and they stay the same age. What is Dazed and Confused?
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Old James posted:What is Dazed and Confused? Who is Matthew McConaughey?
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I thought that episode was easy as hell, but that just rolled out of bed, mismatched a sweater with a dress shirt and tie, still-wet-from-the-late-shower hair motherfucker cleaned up with it. Also, Sense and Sensibility was a guess. I only know 3 of Austen's 6 novels offhand, Emma, Pride, and Sense. Also, Alex made me laugh my rear end off when he said "offhand I can think of 5 or 6 women authors" Really? The two Bronte's, Rowling, Woolf, Alcott, Austen, Alice Walker, Plath, Dickinson, Christie, Shelley, Harper Lee... And that's historically acclaimed authors, not even lovely modern-day ones (although, some of you all will hate me for it, but I feel Rowling fits both categories). And I am 26 and not nearly as well-read as I should be... 
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Glenn_Beckett posted:THE GUTENBERG loving BIBLE HOW DO TWO OF YOU MISS THAT As much as I enjoyed Jeopardy before this thread I enjoy it so much more with your rantings to no one. Also what I love about the Teen Tournament is that they could still kick my rear end in basically anything on the board. I love to be made to feel like a dumbfuck by a handful of teenagers who are scientifically programmed to do dumb things inherently.
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escape artist posted:And I am 26 and not nearly as well-read as I should be... Eh, I feel like literature and poetry are really over-represented in Jeopardy. It's one of the things that's made me hesitant about trying to get on, I always blank on those categories. On the other hand, I blitz science and math categories and wish they were on more often.
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funktopus posted:Eh, I feel like literature and poetry are really over-represented in Jeopardy. It's one of the things that's made me hesitant about trying to get on, I always blank on those categories. On the other hand, I blitz science and math categories and wish they were on more often. I find all of those categories to be easy as hell. I was a molecular biology major who enjoyed literature in his spare time. And naturally, with any hard science, math comes with the territory. Opera, baseball, ballet, alcoholic beverages... But don't you guys think Alex's comment was funny/ignorant/maybe tongue-in-cheek/if not straight up misogyny.
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escape artist posted:But don't you guys think Alex's comment was funny/ignorant/maybe tongue-in-cheek/if not straight up misogyny. I didn't think it was meant to be ironic and was duly horrified. Five or six women authors. Good lord. I can think of about twenty off the top of my head that they WOULD ASK ABOUT alone. Many more that they wouldn't.
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escape artist posted:But don't you guys think Alex's comment was funny/ignorant/maybe tongue-in-cheek/if not straight up misogyny. I think it could be taken that way. Another quote that raised an eyebrow was a few months ago, when he mentioned that a contestant had "the 2nd highest money total for a female player" or something along those lines.
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Glenn_Beckett posted:I didn't think it was meant to be ironic and was duly horrified. Five or six women authors. Good lord. I can think of about twenty off the top of my head that they WOULD ASK ABOUT alone. Many more that they wouldn't. Seriously man. I can think of 20 that I know have been answers on Jeopardy before, even including crappy ones like Anne Rice. Funny thing is, I've read that he WRITES a good percentage of the questions.
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uublog posted:Also what I love about the Teen Tournament is that they could still kick my rear end in basically anything on the board. I love to be made to feel like a dumbfuck by a handful of teenagers who are scientifically programmed to do dumb things inherently. Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I remember hating the Teen Tournament because the questions are easy as hell. Same with Celebrity Jeopardy (wolfblitzer.jpg notwithstanding). It does make the best "Cool story, Jeopardy contestant!" bits though. The Soup loved that girl who saw a bear.
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ElwoodCuse posted:Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I remember hating the Teen Tournament because the questions are easy as hell. This is possible. It's also possible that I'm an idiot.
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uublog posted:This is possible. It's also possible that I'm an idiot. Well, a lot of it is teen-oriented questions. If it's academia, it's super easy, but if it has to do with pop culture, specifically whatever the teens listen to nowadays, I am stumped. However, watching how awkward the teens are is funny as hell. Looking forward to the Tournament of Champions though. Those are always fun and challenging.
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I think WABC just spoiled tonight's episode by airing the commercial for tomorrow's show: Joshua is going to win big again
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Bahahhahahaha, yes, Joshua, let me get out my propeller yarmulke. That's totally a thing.
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ElwoodCuse posted:"Cool story, Jeopardy contestant!" Seeing this segment on The Soup got me to actually start paying attention to the anecdotes again. I've been catching up on the show in little mini-marathons and noticed that January is the month of contestants telling hamburger-related stories. There's been at least 4. What's up with choosing to tell the world that you ate a burger?
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No Manners No posted:Seeing this segment on The Soup got me to actually start paying attention to the anecdotes again. I've been catching up on the show in little mini-marathons and noticed that January is the month of contestants telling hamburger-related stories. There's been at least 4. What's up with choosing to tell the world that you ate a burger? December was the month of "I was invited to a fundraiser for some guy named Barack Obama but didn't think he would be anybody" anecdotes.
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I wish to heaven that some contestant had just said "some black guy." e: aaand Jeopardy! is coming on. Please someone post so I don't double-post my rant!
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM YOU INCREDIBLE FUCKS GEORGIAN UGH I'M DYING Final Jeopardy! is Funny Girl. e: AAAAA YOU loving RETARDS HOW DID NONE OF YOU GET IT KISS MY PISSSSSSSSSS Tonight the true star is the half-inch of snow that deigned to fall in Norfolk, VA. Our local ABC affiliate, which carries Jeopardy!, decided to air a report on road conditions (hours after the snowfall ended). I never do this, but here's what I wrote them: "Dear Weather, I don't ask for much. I don't think I'm owed anything. The sole comfort I have in this world is knowing that Jeopardy! comes on at 7:30 pm on my local ABC affiliate. Pardon my bluntness, but I don't care a bit that a half inch has fallen. Today I missed two entire categories on the Jeopardy! board. Are you actually kidding me? I would rather drive a 5-inch screw into the head of my penis than miss a single question. You have officially, then, driven ten 5-inch screws into the head of my penis. Thank you for telling me about the snow that ceased hours ago. You are true heroes. Love, [Glenn]" Glenn_Beckett fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jan 26, 2013 |
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Ugh, the categories were crap today. Houses in London? Poetry? Clowns? Musical Theater Final Jeopardy? Yeah, I'm out.
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So, today I found out that the online test to get an audition is approximately 50 times harder than the gameshow itself, bollocks.
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Glenn_Beckett posted:STEPHEN SONDHEIM YOU INCREDIBLE FUCKS I usually get at least half of the Jeopardy clues, but I didn't reach that mark, and I drat sure didn't get any of the answers to clue that you seemed to find so easy. However, there were a good deal of clues that went unsolved today, that were easy as hell. Simiain posted:So, today I found out that the online test to get an audition is approximately 50 times harder than the gameshow itself, bollocks. Oh, undoubtedly.
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gobbles posted:WHEN DO I GET MY EMAIL??? Sometime around the end of March, beginning of April. It's not a quick process.
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Jenkin posted:Sometime around the end of March, beginning of April. It's not a quick process. That is if you are lucky to have A) passed the test B) been drawn at random from those who did pass the test
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Jenkin posted:Sometime around the end of March, beginning of April. It's not a quick process. People got emails last year as late as June or so.
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I took the test last year and got my email in October for a December audition. I had forgotten all about it by that point.
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My husband said Yetl as well. He knew it was wrong, but just couldn't make the final connection. I, on the other hand, guessed West Side Story because it is one of about three Broadway plays I can name. Then I wonder how I got 27 on the online test.
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I may be speaking too soon, but I'm pretty sure some intern switched the Teen Tournament answers into today's board. Guessing Best New Artist for final jeopardy. e: would have been the only one to get it. Welp. Glenn_Beckett fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jan 29, 2013 |
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Yeah, I guessed Best New Artist too... I thought that was a really easy question, and nobody got it.
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HookShot posted:I didn't really understand the question so I didn't come up with anything Other than Best New Artist, Grammy Awards are awarded for Songs, Albums, and Performances and not Artists.
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jscolon2.0 posted:Other than Best New Artist, Grammy Awards are awarded for Songs, Albums, and Performances and not Artists. What about the lifetime achievement award? That was my guess anyway, wonder how they would have scored it.
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Benminnn posted:What about the lifetime achievement award? That was my guess anyway, wonder how they would have scored it. They specifically said "competitive". Lifetime achievement isn't a competitive award.
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