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Mnemosyne posted:It's Cordelia. Yeah, I got that (along with Josephine and Chopin) literally right after I finished it. Still, a 36 isn't bad, no?
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When I realized I only got 11 of the first 30 right, I stopped counting. What a brutal test. I thought I did so well, too!
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I'm glad it was a hard test and it's not just that I'm an idiot.
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Jan 10, 2014 06:31
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Ugh, I only took the test from last night. First time I've done it, never felt so stupid in all my life. I think I got maybe 15-20, tops. Glad to hear other people thought it was difficult.
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Pretty funny that that guy didn't realize how mugshots work in that video Daily Double.
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It was crazy that nobody yesterday knew what Vitameatavegamin was from, right? I'm a fairly young person not from America who's never seen an episode of I Love Lucy but I've still seen that bit referenced many, many times in various things.
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GraPar posted:It was crazy that nobody yesterday knew what Vitameatavegamin was from, right? I'm a fairly young person not from America who's never seen an episode of I Love Lucy but I've still seen that bit referenced many, many times in various things. I'm 29, from America, and this is the first I've ever heard of this.
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Pierce and Pierce posted:I'm 29, from America, and this is the first I've ever heard of this. They even spotted you Lucille Ball and you couldn't get it?
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zakharov posted:They even spotted you Lucille Ball and you couldn't get it? I didn't take the test, I was just commenting on 'Vitameatavegamin'.
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Don't think these got posted yet, an OK looking list of Thursday answers. Think I managed 40.
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I think there's a video on page one but for whatever reason that thread never got updated with the text like the other nights did.
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Everybody stopped giving a gently caress when they realized how brutal Thursday's test was.
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Congratulations to Michelle for managing to tell an actual funny joke on Jeopardy.
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poo poo, none of them got enrichment? That was easy as hell. And yeah, that Selena joke was excellent.
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gently caress, I forgot to take the test. Probably a good thing. I'm probably dumber now than I was a decade ago.
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jscolon2.0 posted:LiLo Ha, I love that most of pilots' actual call-signs are usually fun little in-jokes and such. I'd like to imagine that if anyone in flight school tried to get people to call them something like "Maverick" or "Iceman" they'd get laughed at so hard and end up being called "Pussy Willow" or "Nematoad." Wait...poo poo, Nematoad is awesome, can I be Nematoad?  Oh, and for Jeopardy talk, I'm sad the pilot is gone. LiLo was cool.
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I always root for attractive women on Jeopardy but Emily made that very difficult for me today when she said that the last living Civil War vet died in 2011 and answered Ellen Degeneres for a clue asking about a rapper. oh and she said Pope Alexander advised a British monarch to take a concubine in FJ.
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The Piper posted:I always root for attractive women on Jeopardy but Emily made that very difficult for me today when she said that the last living Civil War vet died in 2011 and answered Ellen Degeneres for a clue asking about a rapper. I don't know why Trebek pointed out how stupid an answer that was, when everyone else thought the same thing and the actual answer was Martin Luther. It's okay if one religious figure says "better that one person go to Hell than an entire country" but ridiculous when another does it? The other answers are indefensibly dumb, though.
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jscolon2.0 posted:I don't know why Trebek pointed out how stupid an answer that was, when everyone else thought the same thing and the actual answer was Martin Luther. It's okay if one religious figure says "better that one person go to Hell than an entire country" but ridiculous when another does it? I think Luther was a moron for even suggesting it but it's not like Henry would've cared either way. The only possible explanation is that she was thinking Pope Alexander VI who was one of the Borgias but he was dead for 30 years at that point. The other two didn't even try to guess a specific Pope so she had the best wrong answer of the three Her other wrong answers should be rightfully mocked by all
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Trebeck: "I usually [put my legs behind my head] too, but only after I've been drinking."
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No, Trebek's been sober for years; dude has just always had a goofy-assed sense of humor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzc9ZadFpP0
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Everyone who sees that final category and doesn't bet the house is dumb. That was always gonna be Silent Spring with an outside shot at In Cold Blood.
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50 Shades of Gray?? I hope that was a pre-arranged shoutout to someone because good lord.
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Everyone who sees that final category and doesn't bet the house is dumb. That was always gonna be Silent Spring with an outside shot at In Cold Blood. I saw that category and immediately said out loud, "In Cold Blood." I don't know what Silent Spring even is.
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Everyone who sees that final category and doesn't bet the house is dumb. That was always gonna be Silent Spring with an outside shot at In Cold Blood. Never heard of em. Wouldn't consider them that groundbreaking.
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yourafagpleasedie posted:Never heard of em. Wouldn't consider them that groundbreaking. I hadn't heard of it either, but apparently it is credited with beginning an environmentally conscious movement. I'd say that's the among the most groundbreaking accomplishments, as we live in a different world than we would without the book.
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Silent Spring is a really huge deal. As mentioned it is in many ways responsible for the environmental movement as it exists today (for good and bad), but it is also pretty much solely responsible for the popular support for and subsequent implementation of pesticide testing and regulation in the US. As far as classic books it is also very misunderstood; people assume it is anti-pesticide but it's not, Carson was in favor of responsible pesticide use. So yeah check it out
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What was the category and prompt that she missed? My power went out and dvr missed the ep.
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thathonkey posted:What was the category and prompt that she missed? My power went out and dvr missed the ep. Groundbreaking Nonfiction: "This book, something something 1962, had chapters that included [insert chapter name here], [insert chapter name here], [insert chapter name here] and [insert chapter name here]"
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escape artist posted:Groundbreaking Nonfiction: One of the titles was about not being able to hear the birds singing. Equally obvious the other way round with no year and just titles.
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