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I thought it was a fairly easy final Jeopardy, but the woman who bet 0$ had me cracking up with her expression. Sometimes you just know it isn't your category.
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http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2013/07/19/jeopardy_audition_puts_toronto_star_reporter_to_the_test.html I AM SO FAMOUS OH MAN Three 'facts' about me, two of them are incorrect, and he clearly missed the whole tone of the audition process. I even said to him "It's not about being smart, I have no notion that I'm smart. I just remember stuff."
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Jul 23, 2013 15:29
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Holy poo poo. At the first commercial break. Please please please win. Your delivery is perfect. EDIT: YES! VICTORY! SentSix fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Jul 24, 2013 |
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Jul 24, 2013 00:10
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Listening to this David guy doing that *tsk* sound all but five times he spoke is an exercise in masochism.
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Jul 24, 2013 01:00
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Apparently we're getting an "It's Not Matt Lauer" category this week. I'm pretty sure they're just promoting it to capitalize on *~*speculation*~*, but I've been convinced we'll find out who the next host will be ever since Alex told a contestant that he was the new host of Jeopardy at the end of an episode.
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Jul 24, 2013 04:00
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I know the dates don't really work, but Trebek was driving me crazy implying there aren't two male actors named Fonda on that Final Jeopardy question.
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Jul 24, 2013 04:04
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I was thinking Douglas myself.
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Jul 24, 2013 04:57
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO http://deadspin.com/jeopardy-flummoxes-contestants-with-tough-sports-movi-902329017
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Jul 25, 2013 01:19
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ElwoodCuse posted:BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO This comment: quote:[hears "ding!" from computer]
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Jul 25, 2013 02:01
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My PVR went nuts a few days ago and I wasn't able to watch the episode where Alan ended up champion... what was the story behind that?
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Jul 25, 2013 05:24
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a really easy answer, I thought. Three names, buried in special section of Westminster Abbey. Westminster Abbey has a place for poets. I came up with the answer immediately and couldn't think of anyone else who would've fit the criteria. I would've won like 30k on that episode.
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Jul 25, 2013 16:39
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escape artist posted:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a really easy answer, I thought. Three names, buried in special section of Westminster Abbey. Westminster Abbey has a place for poets. I knew that it was a poet, but I thought it was Ralph Waldo Emerson too. Edgar Allen Poe is also another three-name poet from the same time period, but I knew it wasn't him. I also considered Henry David Thoreau, but he was born slightly later.
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Jul 25, 2013 17:42
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Mnemosyne posted:I knew that it was a poet, but I thought it was Ralph Waldo Emerson too. Edgar Allen Poe is also another three-name poet from the same time period, but I knew it wasn't him. I also considered Henry David Thoreau, but he was born slightly later. The reason I discounted those names was because I was thinking of someone who was almost exclusively a poet. Whereas, all the others you mentioned do short stories, novels, essays, etc. What's weird is I know literally nothing about Longfellow. Just the name. But it just came to me instantly.
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Jul 25, 2013 17:45
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So we've got Kids Week next week followed by 6 weeks of repeats. Man the summer hiatus sucks. Let's take this time to discuss how stupid it is that in the year 2013 there is no online Jeopardy game.
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Jul 28, 2013 18:33
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Jul 28, 2013 20:47
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God help me, I watched a Kids Week episode today.  Final Jeopardy: The Civil War "Abraham Lincoln called this 1863 document 'a justified war measure'" or something like that. "What is the 2nd Amendment?" 
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Jul 31, 2013 23:06
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zakharov posted:Let's take this time to discuss how stupid it is that in the year 2013 there is no online Jeopardy game. Seeing as the choice between the existence of online Jeopardy and Google is mutually exclusive, I'll take the latter.
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Jul 31, 2013 23:15
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zakharov posted:Let's take this time to discuss how stupid it is that in the year 2013 there is no online Jeopardy game. The internet of the 90s was so much cooler. Sony had online versions of all their games, bullshit-free.
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Jul 31, 2013 23:17
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None of them got Invader Zim. Between that and Ruthie from 7th Heaven being in Maxim, I'm feeling mad old this week.
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Jul 31, 2013 23:22
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:God help me, I watched a Kids Week episode today. Literally guffawed out loud at "the second amendment," holy poo poo little girl.
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Aug 1, 2013 00:58
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E: ^^ Never knew there was a spelling rule either. I thought it was a bit harsh to penalise a little kid over spelling (not that it would have mattered). It wasn't so wrong that it ruined the meaning or understanding, and these are the general knowledge smart kids not the spelling ones. Those are waiting for a kids WoF. Yesterday was kinda great because of the kids, Sally in particular and the way Alex had to gently tell her stuff like when she kept hitting the buzzer because she was so excited. Towards the end I texted someone not to think of it as Jeopardy but rather a reality show about a kindly grandfatherly babysitter who makes the kids in his charge compete in trivia rounds for his attention. Also, asking these kids about 2009 is like asking my grandma about 1970. jojoinnit fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Aug 1, 2013 |
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Aug 1, 2013 01:08
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$66,000.  I felt bad for the emancipation kid. He clearly knew what it was. Also, Sallie from last night was just adorable.
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Aug 1, 2013 04:00
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Yeah, 66000. I've noticed in a lot of the kids and teen tournaments, the contestants sometimes end up with higher yields. I think it has a lot to do with these kids being willing to lose everything. They don't seem to care a whole lot about the money, but then, when I was 12, I don't think I'd have cared either. I'd have wanted to make an impact. And yeah, totally agreed. Sallie yesterday was great. I don't think anyone who was watching wasn't rooting for her. I wanted her to overtake that poncy little poo poo that won so bad, but it was not meant to be. I've been watching Jeopardy every day since late January when my grandpa died as it's kind of become a thing I watch with my widowed grandma, and I'm starting to think I might actually have a shot at the show. I may try and get in next time online registrations open up.
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Aug 1, 2013 04:11
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zakharov posted:So we've got Kids Week next week followed by 6 weeks of repeats. Man the summer hiatus sucks. There's a version on Xbox (and probably PS3) that has online play, and medium/hard difficulty has you type your answers, but online is a ghost town and I imagine the categories get pretty stale after you've played it for awhile. Only downside is there's auto-completion lists, so sometimes if you kinda know the answer ("oh man, its Bob something...",) you can use the list to cheat a little. Still, if people have the Xbox version, haven't run through all the categories already, and want to play a few matches sometime, I'm down.
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Aug 1, 2013 04:31
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jscolon2.0 posted:None of them got Invader Zim. Between that and Ruthie from 7th Heaven being in Maxim, I'm feeling mad old this week. What was the Invader Zim question? That's one of the last cartoons I would expect to see referenced on Jeopardy. Man, now I feel old too. 
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Death Bear posted:What was the Invader Zim question? That's one of the last cartoons I would expect to see referenced on Jeopardy. They did an all Kids Shows category just on account of it being Kids week. Stupid little kids, with their iCarly and Phineas and Ferb. 
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Aug 2, 2013 01:18
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jscolon2.0 posted:They did an all Kids Shows category just on account of it being Kids week. Stupid little kids, with their iCarly and Phineas and Ferb. 
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Aug 2, 2013 13:22
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It was one g! Just give her the money!
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Aug 5, 2013 22:12
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The bad news: today begins a multi-week stretch of reruns The good news: Colby is back up in dis bitch
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Aug 6, 2013 00:14
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Wait, Colby was in the Teacher's Tournament too? Was this before or after his regular Jeopardy run and then the Tournament of Champions? Or did he get a place in the Tournament of Champions because he won the Teacher's Tournament?
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Aug 6, 2013 00:38
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Wait, Colby was in the Teacher's Tournament too? Was this before or after his regular Jeopardy run and then the Tournament of Champions? Or did he get a place in the Tournament of Champions because he won the Teacher's Tournament? The latter.
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Aug 6, 2013 00:53
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Death Bear posted:What was the Invader Zim question? That's one of the last cartoons I would expect to see referenced on Jeopardy. J-archive says it's: Irk is the home planet of this title "invader"
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Aug 6, 2013 06:22
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DaisyDanger posted:$66,000. Jennings spoke up on this. Spelling rule is based on plausible pronunciation. Emencipation would be OK. Emancipitation would not.
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Aug 6, 2013 15:54
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They've always used the phonetic spelling rule and being a test of knowledge and quick thinking how to spell words or at least how to make a pretty good guess at writing a pronunciation are part of the challenge. I don't know why this is so controversial. I know they're supposed to go easy on the kids but they aren't giving out participation ribbons here.
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What kind of a delay is there between taping and airing of an episode? It must have been at least a few weeks since he made the mistake, but he (and his parents) somehow think it's appropriate to have been stewing over it this entire time. Great missed opportunity to teach your kid to accept his mistakes and learn from them. Nope, let's wait until the show airs and then make a huge stink about it because  .e: Aha, found a source saying it was taped in February. Also it seems to mostly be "the internet" making a big deal out of it. But still, he got an answer wrong 6 months ago and would have won the same $2000 if he'd gotten it right. Myst Hat fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Aug 6, 2013 |
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Aug 6, 2013 17:23
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I can't feel too sorry for the kid, it was a lock game and he would have still lost regardless of spelling. It just seems odd to have a kids FJ be a relatively complex word to spell. BTW, this occurred in the teachers game that re-aired last night too.
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Island Nation posted:I can't feel too sorry for the kid, it was a lock game and he would have still lost regardless of spelling. It just seems odd to have a kids FJ be a relatively complex word to spell. A teacher who can't spell waiting correctly doesn't deserve to get the points. And she would have finished in third anyway I believe.
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Aug 6, 2013 18:27
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If they made a stink beforehand they'd also have to deal with Jeopardy suing them for violating an NDA
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jscolon2.0 posted:Jennings spoke up on this. Spelling rule is based on plausible pronunciation. Emencipation would be OK. Emancipitation would not. The way I saw it is that "The Emancipation Proclamation" is the title of the document, and titles must be exact, including spelling. Like the episode played yesterday with the response of "Waitin For Godot".
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Also I wasn't saying they should've given it to the kid, just that it sucks for him. Same with Waitin last night. Both knew the right answer and misspelled it, but them's the breaks.
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