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This last Final Jeopardy came to me rather quickly for some reason, even if it did stymie all of the contestants. Malta used to be a British colony/naval port that they used to maintain their naval superiority over the Mediterranean, along with Gibraltar, Crete, and Cyprus, right? And after the British pulled out of the latter, fighting between the Greek and Turkish parts of that island to this day have never really subsided, so it would makes sense that those two languages would be the ones that would be official languages there. Gibraltar is still a British territory, so that's out, and Crete's been a part of Greece for a while now, so process of elimination makes the answer Malta. Or am I just over-complicating a relatively simple Final Jeopardy?
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You did better than me. I just wild-guessed Malta and got lucky. Before and After is the best category by a mile.
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Jun 10, 2014 01:05
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I had Malta as a guess but the wording on the clue didn't make it fully clear that it had to be an island so I thought they might speak English in Israel.
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Jun 10, 2014 02:39
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Me and my parents had Malta immediately; they're both from Europe and I love geography, so that made it easy. And yeah, the wording was a bit ambiguous that it had to be an island.
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Jun 10, 2014 03:50
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I had Malta as a guess but the wording on the clue didn't make it fully clear that it had to be an island so I thought they might speak English in Israel. Israel was my first guess until I realized the island part, then I knew it was Malta.
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Jun 11, 2014 00:34
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Molly is not the strongest player in the world, as evidenced by missing tonight's cupcake FJ, but she had some pretty laughable competition tonight. Jason seemed to be buzzing in with complete wild guesses. It's like he'd never watched the show. Did he not realize he was losing money?
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Jun 11, 2014 00:37
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zakharov posted:Molly is not the strongest player in the world, as evidenced by missing tonight's cupcake FJ, but she had some pretty laughable competition tonight. Jason seemed to be buzzing in with complete wild guesses. It's like he'd never watched the show. Did he not realize he was losing money? If he'd negged just once more, Molly would have been only the third player and first woman to play Final Jeopardy by herself.
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Jun 11, 2014 00:52
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She just needs to win one more game for the privilege of getting embarrassed in the Tournament of Champions
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Jun 11, 2014 00:57
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zakharov posted:Molly is not the strongest player in the world, as evidenced by missing tonight's cupcake FJ, but she had some pretty laughable competition tonight. Jason seemed to be buzzing in with complete wild guesses. It's like he'd never watched the show. Did he not realize he was losing money? I love how eager he was to buzz in with Boyz II Men (as anyone would have been)
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Jun 11, 2014 01:20
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I missed more than half the show, including all of DJ, due to local news cutting in with stupid weather alerts and repeating themselves 3 times in the same alert. 
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Jun 11, 2014 02:08
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Wow, I came up with that Final Jeopardy really quickly, mostly because I'm a huge geography guy and hit instantly on which two countries the clue was referring to, and then easily came up with their capitals. About the only problem I would've had with that clue is spelling Canberra correctly... Everyone always gets tripped up with the capital of Turkey too, since most people think it it Istanbul like Sari did. And then there are the people who think the capital of Australia is Sydney instead of Canberra... Police officer takes it with a smart bet too, even if he missed Final Jeopardy with the rest of them.. In other news, my official Jeopardy photo with Trebek came in last night, 2 weeks before my episode is to air. I personally think I look terrible in it, but it's not going to keep me from posting it after the episode airs. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Jun 12, 2014 |
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Jun 12, 2014 00:28
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I was pretty pleased with myself for getting it, but I had to work forward from Ankara cause if you'd asked me an hour ago what the capital of Australia was I would've said Sydney.
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Jun 12, 2014 00:31
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I got Canberra right off but then had to think about if any countries in the Caucasus might be considered intercontinental.
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Jun 12, 2014 02:12
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:She just needs to win one more game for the privilege of getting embarrassed in the Tournament of Champions I was really looking forward to this 
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Jun 12, 2014 02:25
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In fairness all three did well in the first two rounds, off the top of my head I can't remember any they got wrong
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Jun 12, 2014 02:49
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Real simple Final again this episode, but Joe's answer had me cracking up. "Basically a soap opera" indeed. Darren bet too low despite being in the lead, so he doesn't get to play the next game. Wonder why he decided on that bet amount...
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Jun 13, 2014 00:30
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I would watch the poo poo out of The Bachelor if it were directed by Romero.
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Jun 13, 2014 00:32
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I am dead. Darren's bet from first place has killed me and I am now Ghost Posting. BET TO WIN also "The Bachelor" lmao
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Jun 13, 2014 00:32
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Huh. My DVR just recorded the episode you guys talked about yesterday, today. I guess my local affiliate skipped a day?
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Jun 14, 2014 01:25
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What was the deal where Alex was presenting some dude a certificate or something before FJ? Just caught a glimpse with no sound.
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Jun 14, 2014 04:12
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:What was the deal where Alex was presenting some dude a certificate or something before FJ? Just caught a glimpse with no sound. Alex was receiving the Guinness world record for most game show episodes hosted by one person.
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Jun 14, 2014 04:17
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Dude thinks Nostradamus was in the bible
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Soothing Vapors posted:Dude thinks Nostradamus was in the bible His name was literally Winner. He was tempting fate by coming on the show at all. I finally got a Word Origins final right!
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Jun 17, 2014 01:33
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Did goons actually like Colby or was it ironic? I just got through the tournament and thought he tired way too hard and acted like he thought he was as cool as The Rock. I don't look to Jeopardy to see the US's Coolest and Most Well-Adjusted people, but he really rubbed me the wrong way every time I saw him over the last few years.
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Bigass Moth posted:Did goons actually like Colby or was it ironic? I just got through the tournament and thought he tired way too hard and acted like he thought he was as cool as The Rock. I don't look to Jeopardy to see the US's Coolest and Most Well-Adjusted people, but he really rubbed me the wrong way every time I saw him over the last few years. Most of liked Colby a lot. By all accounts he wasn't trying to put anything on (it's hard to adopt a new personality under the Jeopardy format), that's just how he came across on camera.
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Jun 17, 2014 23:43
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Most Jeopardy champions seem to be pretty cool in context. Jennings is probably the best example; he's quick-witted, but knows that there's more to that than merely being sardonic. Colby is  incarnate but still a person.
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Bigass Moth posted:Did goons actually like Colby or was it ironic? I just got through the tournament and thought he tired way too hard and acted like he thought he was as cool as The Rock. I don't look to Jeopardy to see the US's Coolest and Most Well-Adjusted people, but he really rubbed me the wrong way every time I saw him over the last few years. For reals.  edit: Wow, that's the easiest final I've ever heard. jscolon2.0 fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Jun 18, 2014 |
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jscolon2.0 posted:For reals. Yeah, I was like "Hmm, I like the 19th Century, but I suck when it comes to literature...." And then we got a $200 question.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:32
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What did the guy who won write his answer in, cuneiform? I stepped out directly after seeing the World's Easiest FJ and missed his explanation.
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Jun 18, 2014 03:30
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He didn't win - there weren't any actual words there. Paige the JAG won.
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Jun 18, 2014 04:17
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The guy in the black rimmed glasses, beard, and sweater refuses to leave the Bukowski category. Despite clearly knowing nothing about the man's work. Hipsterism in action.
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Man, I know they tape these things months in advance (because I'm on next week and my episode was filmed in March), but the sheer incongruity of seeing a clue about Maya Angelou tonight weeks after she passed really hit me. And of course there was no comment by Alex about that after the clue was answered because when the episode was taped, she hadn't yet... Also, that looked to be the perfect clue during Final Jeopardy for a JAG, even if the category didn't immediately point that way. Too bad she was too far behind. And using an alternate name for the Marine Corps Band, even if it was accepted, showing off her military background there, I guess. Alex basically said as much with the SEAL Team 6 answer; I guess the writers were prepared to just accept plain old Navy SEALs for that one. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Jun 19, 2014 |
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Jun 19, 2014 03:11
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Oh, Troy you saucy Adam-Scott esque boy.
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jscolon2.0 posted:Oh, Troy you saucy Adam-Scott esque boy. He does a podcast with John Yoo so gently caress that guy, glad he's gone. Angie may have lost, but at least it wasn't because she forgot to say "What is" on her Daily Double. That would have been The Worst.
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zakharov posted:Angie may have lost, but at least it wasn't because she forgot to say "What is" on her Daily Double. That would have been The Worst. Yeah, that would've been terrible. At least she corrected herself before time ran out. And with that being a True Daily Double, she would've been pretty boned. The other Daily Double in Double Jeopardy was missed and in that attempt they didn't even bother attempting to answer in the form of a question. Found it funny when Angie looked like she wanted so badly to buzz in and get that Seattle question about Pike Place Market in the Neon category in Double Jeopardy when Troy got to it first. When it came down to Final, I guessed it rather quickly, but I could see where Angie and Troy could've gotten their own answers from, as all of those companies came into trouble at about the same time. Too bad that the two of them were so close in money that they had to bet big and both missed it. Eventual winner spent a bunch of time in the negative, especially near the end of regular Jeopardy, but he wound up getting a decent amount then capitalized when he got Final right and the two leaders got it wrong and bet what they did. Anyway, there'll be one face I've met in person on tomorrow's show when the Champion of the first episode they taped when I was there makes their appearance and wins their game. Won't say much more about them until the episode airs tomorrow so as not to give anything away about who it is that won, but I will say that I struck up a conversation with them on the shuttle ride over to the Sony Studios without ever knowing that they were the returning champion until the head contestant coordinator mentioned it in the contestant green room and did an introduction for them to the rest of us there. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Jun 20, 2014 |
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Jun 20, 2014 01:35
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Lots of sassy Trebek in today's episode.
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Jun 20, 2014 22:52
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Trebek is such an rear end in a top hat 
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Jun 21, 2014 00:40
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GhostStalker, you really forgot to stay CLAM
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Jun 26, 2014 02:13
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I was wondering if today was GhostStalker's episode but the forums were still down. It was pretty nerve-wracking watching those hard swings! Sorry you didn't win. I only knew one of the "Internet Slang" answers. 
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Was ghost stalker the asian guy? Yeah you hosed up.
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