This! Is! JEOPARDY!

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haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

A couple of months ago there was a bible category and someone ended up giving the answer "What is 'Am I my brother's keeper?'?". I've always wondered if they would have accepted that without the "what is" since it's already in the form of a question.

# ? Jul 11, 2013 16:34

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# ? May 10, 2024 01:22

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

mennoknight posted:

As the contestant coordinators told us - we don't care what question you use, or even if it makes sense...as long as it's a question,

Ha, you could just go full Yossarian on them: "Who is Spain? Why is Hitler?"

The guy who kept saying "Where is such-and-such?" was driving me crazy, because the answers to which he would provide those questions didn't make sense when phrased as "where".

"Where is Poland?" "Marie Curie was born in this country." See, doesn't work.

Although I guess that applies to most Q&A phrasings on Jeopardy, for some reason this type particularly bothered me.

# ? Jul 11, 2013 16:43

The Human Cow: May 24, 2004; hurry up

For Final Jeopardy, they even tell you beforehand how your answer should start ("who were," "what is," etc.) and you write it down while you're making your wager.

# ? Jul 11, 2013 16:45

ElwoodCuse: Jan 11, 2004; we're puttin' the band back together

Whoever didn't make the $200 clue be Ned Flanders is a stupidhead

# ? Jul 11, 2013 19:16

Tavarin: May 10, 2003; I am definitely a madman with a box

ElwoodCuse posted:

Whoever didn't make the $200 clue be Ned Flanders is a stupidhead

Yeah, I was very disappointed when there was no Ned mention.

# ? Jul 11, 2013 19:28

3 Action Economist: May 22, 2002; Educate. Agitate. Liberate.

What does it say about me when the clue was "Barbara Gordon" and I said "Oracle" instead of "Batgirl"?

I imagine they would've said it was wrong and had to come back and award it to me.

# ? Jul 11, 2013 21:43

jscolon2.0: Jul 9, 2001; With great payroll, comes great disappointment.

Colonial Air Force posted:

What does it say about me when the clue was "Barbara Gordon" and I said "Oracle" instead of "Batgirl"?

I imagine they would've said it was wrong and had to come back and award it to me.

Just that you're a certain age, frankly. She's only been Batgirl again recently and Killing Joke was in the eighties.

# ? Jul 11, 2013 22:19

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

In comic book continuity, perhaps. In other media--movies, cartoons, video games, etc.--Barbara Gordon is almost always Batgirl. The Arkham Asylum games may be the only notable exceptions.

# ? Jul 11, 2013 22:26

Cordyceps: May 16, 2011

I can't believe this dummy is gonna take our boy down. Jeopardy is a fickle lover.

# ? Jul 12, 2013 00:53

Gene Hackman Fan: Dec 27, 2002; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

mennoknight posted:

As the contestant coordinators told us - we don't care what question you use, or even if it makes sense...as long as it's a question,

Posting to confirm that it's been the rule for a long time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bClXPNwLeCw&t=511s

Although according to Merv Griffin, there was a rule in the very, very beginning that they insisted on grammatically correct phrasing. Like only accepting "When does the action in Buck Rogers take place?" for a clue of "In the 25th Century."

They dropped that rule in a drat hurry. Mind you, this was back when Merv was still staging this as a comedy game.

Gene Hackman Fan fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Jul 12, 2013

# ? Jul 12, 2013 02:15

escape artist: Sep 24, 2005; Slow train coming

Cordyceps posted:

I can't believe this dummy is gonna take our boy down. Jeopardy is a fickle lover.

The king is dead!!!

# ? Jul 12, 2013 11:03

Island Nation: Jun 20, 2006; Trust No One

If anyone cares, Ben did a AMA on Reddit about his run on the show:

https://pay.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1i4g6i/hi_im_ben_i_won_seven_and_a_half_games_on/

# ? Jul 12, 2013 14:11

3 Action Economist: May 22, 2002; Educate. Agitate. Liberate.

Island Nation posted:

If anyone cares, Ben did a AMA on Reddit about his run on the show:

https://pay.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1i4g6i/hi_im_ben_i_won_seven_and_a_half_games_on/

Man, he and Ken Jennings should do standup together, or form some kind of comedy duo.

# ? Jul 12, 2013 21:28

Nerdfest X: Feb 7, 2008; UberDork Extreme

I recall seeing a celebrity Jeopardy where the contestant always added the question part at the end. "Spain, where is that" and "Winston Churchill, who's that?"

# ? Jul 14, 2013 07:34

Arms_Akimbo: Sep 29, 2006; It's so damn...literal.

haveblue posted:

A couple of months ago there was a bible category and someone ended up giving the answer "What is 'Am I my brother's keeper?'?". I've always wondered if they would have accepted that without the "what is" since it's already in the form of a question.

Yes. It usually catches Alex off guard for a second, but I've seen it a bunch and if the question is already in the form of a question, its an acceptable response.

And this has probably been asked, but I kept a cable subscription for nearly two years basically just to watch Jeopardy, since we can get everything else we like from other places. I can't justify the cost for one show anymore, is there anyplace online that will take my money to let me watch this show?

# ? Jul 16, 2013 04:34

Myst Hat: Jul 10, 2004; ...

Arms_Akimbo posted:

I can't justify the cost for one show anymore, is there anyplace online that will take my money to let me watch this show?

If you're in the USA, you should be able to get it over an antenna on one of the local news stations.

Myst Hat fucked around with this message at 06:27 on Jul 16, 2013

# ? Jul 16, 2013 05:10

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Myst Hat posted:

If you're in the USA, you should be able to get it over an antenna on the local CBS station.

It's ABC here, not CBS. But yeah, it should be on basic cable.

# ? Jul 16, 2013 06:16

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

That loving Winston Churchill answer

edit: good grief, how do you come up with the Paris to Dakar Rally over the Tour de France? Or think that it takes 94 hours to run a marathon.

zakharov fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Jul 18, 2013

# ? Jul 18, 2013 00:14

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

zakharov posted:

That loving Winston Churchill answer

edit: good grief, how do you come up with the Paris to Dakar Rally over the Tour de France? Or think that it takes 94 hours to run a marathon.

Was just coming here to say this. Holy poo poo the contestants on this episode were bad.

Also forgot the comedy answer of "Ironman".

# ? Jul 18, 2013 00:56

escape artist: Sep 24, 2005; Slow train coming

I thought everyone would get that because it was so easy, and yet not a single on of them got it.

# ? Jul 18, 2013 02:30

Cordyceps: May 16, 2011

I think "marathon" might be my favourite FJ answer of all time. Which marathon? Who cares!

# ? Jul 18, 2013 02:53

mennoknight: Nov 24, 2003; I WILL JUST EAT ONE MORE SANDWICH
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Goddamnit, I auditioned with that John guy. This week's FJs have all been cakewalks. When oh when will you call?

# ? Jul 18, 2013 13:48

Gabriel Grub: Dec 18, 2004

"Maiden voidage"

# ? Jul 19, 2013 04:19

Apollodorus: Feb 13, 2010; TEST YOUR MIGHT

They start calling people who auditioned about the next season starting in August, right?

# ? Jul 19, 2013 04:22

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

Apollodorus posted:

They start calling people who auditioned about the next season starting in August, right?

It's a rolling process. They'll call if and when they feel like it. Just relax and try to forget the audition ever happened.

# ? Jul 19, 2013 04:25

HookShot: Dec 26, 2005

Cordyceps posted:

I think "marathon" might be my favourite FJ answer of all time. Which marathon? Who cares!

My favourite is still the girl in the college one who answered "Himmler" to a question whose answer was "Schindler".

I mean, you can't really get further from the right answer there.

# ? Jul 19, 2013 05:39

Cordyceps: May 16, 2011

HookShot posted:

My favourite is still the girl in the college one who answered "Himmler" to a question whose answer was "Schindler".

I mean, you can't really get further from the right answer there.

...okay, that's way better.

# ? Jul 19, 2013 05:40

3 Action Economist: May 22, 2002; Educate. Agitate. Liberate.

HookShot posted:

My favourite is still the girl in the college one who answered "Himmler" to a question whose answer was "Schindler".

I mean, you can't really get further from the right answer there.

And the clue was about a Jewish organization naming him like Man of the Century or something similar.

# ? Jul 19, 2013 16:31

Bulgaroktonos: Aug 24, 2010; by Lowtax

Today's contestants were uniformly terrible.

# ? Jul 19, 2013 23:30

Cockblocktopus: Apr 18, 2009; Since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun.

I can't watch this anymore. This is just painful. :negative:

# ? Jul 20, 2013 00:19

J. P. Beagley: Apr 11, 2008

It was fitting that the answer to today's FJ was "A Confederacy of Dunces."

# ? Jul 20, 2013 04:49

Nerdfest X: Feb 7, 2008; UberDork Extreme

No Jeopardy! today due to Royal Baby. In the US.

# ? Jul 22, 2013 20:47

ElwoodCuse: Jan 11, 2004; we're puttin' the band back together

Nerdfest X posted:

No Jeopardy! today due to Royal Baby. In the US.

On Alex Trebek's birthday? THIS WILL NOT STAND

# ? Jul 22, 2013 21:39

CPColin: Sep 9, 2003; Big ol' smile.

Nerdfest X posted:

No Jeopardy! today due to Royal Baby. In the US.

code:

   WHAT IS
 THIS BULLSHIT

   $TEXAS

# ? Jul 22, 2013 21:54

Apollodorus: Feb 13, 2010; TEST YOUR MIGHT

zakharov posted:

It's a rolling process. They'll call if and when they feel like it. Just relax and try to forget the audition ever happened.

Huh, okay. They told us August, but I'm not sure I could even fly out to LA if they did call.

Still, I kicked rear end at the audition. It's not something I plan on forgetting, regardless of whether I get on TV again as a result!

# ? Jul 22, 2013 21:57

Punch Card: Sep 13, 2005; by Ralp

Apollodorus posted:

Huh, okay. They told us August, but I'm not sure I could even fly out to LA if they did call.

Still, I kicked rear end at the audition. It's not something I plan on forgetting, regardless of whether I get on TV again as a result!

They start in August, but they'll be taking people from this group of auditions over the next 18 months.

# ? Jul 22, 2013 22:24

Bulgaroktonos: Aug 24, 2010; by Lowtax

As expected, Alan didn't last past today. He opened up by twitching and mugging like crazy, and, once again, failed to answer in the form of the question.

Alex sounded pissed.

# ? Jul 22, 2013 23:14

3 Action Economist: May 22, 2002; Educate. Agitate. Liberate.

Did they say that guy is a "freeloader"?

# ? Jul 23, 2013 00:38

totally losing my mime: Aug 3, 2012; The quiet can scrape
All the calm from your bones.
But maybe it should.
Maybe we need to be hollowed
To get up and grow,
And stop fucking around,
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Colonial Air Force posted:

Did they say that guy is a "freeloader"?

Preloader, though I thought they said that originally, too.

I actually went to college with Patrick a few years ago. If I remember right, his roommate had a great habit of pissing in the dorm hallway. I'm looking forward to seeing if that's one of his stories with Alex this week...

# ? Jul 23, 2013 01:00

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# ? May 10, 2024 01:22

DaisyDanger: Feb 19, 2007; Sorry, a system error occurred.

Colonial Air Force posted:

Did they say that guy is a "freeloader"?

I thought this too and had to Google if that is a real job title. When I got no results, I came here and found my answer!

# ? Jul 23, 2013 06:47

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