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Crossposting from TVIV: Last summer I was at a bar playing darts and noticed that Jeopardy was on the TV. I thought that was kind of weird until I noticed that one of the contestants was actually there in the bar with a group of friends to watch his game's broadcast. He won the match, and in his slightly buzzed celebration I heard him say something about attending the newly started bar trivia the next night at that same bar. "Oh poo poo," I thought, since I had been planning to attend with a group of friends for a few weeks. This guy was going to stomp us!! He went on to win 8 matches of Jeopardy in a row and won something stupid like $200,000. Fortunately, the reason I heard him talking about the trivia is because he was the host. His name is Ben Ingram, and he's going to be competing in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions tomorrow since he won his match last Monday. He's a nice dude, super smart, writes great trivia questions. Check him out and send him all your smart vibes! (even though the match has already been filmed and decided)
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timp posted:Last summer I was at a bar playing darts and noticed that Jeopardy was on the TV. I thought that was kind of weird until I noticed that one of the contestants was actually there in the bar with a group of friends to watch his game's broadcast. He won the match, and in his slightly buzzed celebration I heard him say something about attending the newly started bar trivia the next night at that same bar. "Oh poo poo," I thought, since I had been planning to attend with a group of friends for a few weeks. This guy was going to stomp us!! He went on to win 8 matches of Jeopardy in a row and won something stupid like $200,000. I wanted to do the whole bar thing myself when my episode aired back in June, but the World Cup was going on then, and there was no way that was going to happen. Didn't even win anyway, so I had a small party at my house instead. And Ben Ingram is a pretty cool dude. Missed his episode last week because of school and travel stuff (as well as the first episode of the semi-finals yesterday due to the former), but I'll try to catch his episode tomorrow if I don't piss around after school. Missed the Friday episode like I said I would, but it's a pretty decent slate of semi-finalists and matchups. Gonna catch the Arthur game tonight since I don't have anywhere to go in between now and when the episode airs in less than 30 minutes. Julia apparently winning yesterday makes the fabled Julia/Arthur/Ben (or maybe Sandie) Final even more likely, and I wouldn't miss that for the world.
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Nov 19, 2014 00:37
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It's Chulia time! Any French Lit FJ is gonna be one of those 3 books. That game was brutal. Really tough board especially if you're bad at de-scrambling anagrams quickly like me. Can't wait for the final.
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Nov 19, 2014 05:02
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I went to college with Ben, just wanted to confirm he is indeed A Cool Dude You Should Be Rooting For. Hilarious Twitter as well.
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Nov 19, 2014 23:45
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This is going to be the greatest Tournament of Champions finals ever!
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Nov 20, 2014 01:35
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Did Ben mouth "holy poo poo" when he got Final right or was it just me? Either way, he's now played 11 games and gotten 11 finals right - very impressive. What a buzzsaw, even if this board seemed way easier than some of the others in this tournament. This final should be incredible.
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Nov 20, 2014 04:47
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zakharov posted:Did Ben mouth "holy poo poo" when he got Final right or was it just me? Either way, he's now played 11 games and gotten 11 finals right - very impressive. I'm certain he did, he did not expect at all to be correct in final. The answer makes sense in hindsight although I had blown it since I was not familiar with the book. A 20 (?) time champ, a player who's goon approved and one of the biggest trolls in jeopardy history & you've got the making of a proverbial classic championship battle.
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Nov 20, 2014 14:41
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zakharov posted:Did Ben mouth "holy poo poo" when he got Final right or was it just me? Either way, he's now played 11 games and gotten 11 finals right - very impressive. Not sure about the final, but I did just see him post this on Facebook in response to the question, "What were you mouthing during the intro?": quote:"Here's a health Carolina". That's part of USC's alma mater, 'cause I did part of Wofford's alma mater last Monday. No one ever figured that one out [...] I forgot what I said next two times, so we'll all be surprised together. He went to Wofford for his undergrad and S.Carolina for his masters. One more piece of Ben Ingram trivia: his favorite TV show of all time is Sanford and Son. He used to ask such a high volume of Sanford and Son trivia questions that I actually had to start doing some research on the show. Seriously, there was at least one S&S question per week out of 50 questions, and sometimes he'd even do an entire round of S&S questions.
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Nov 20, 2014 14:53
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timp posted:One more piece of Ben Ingram trivia: his favorite TV show of all time is Sanford and Son. He used to ask such a high volume of Sanford and Son trivia questions that I actually had to start doing some research on the show. Seriously, there was at least one S&S question per week out of 50 questions, and sometimes he'd even do an entire round of S&S questions. I read some of his reddit AMA and his username was Red Foxx related, and he referenced a Red Foxx bit at least one time. So yeah, that's not surprising. I'll be happy if Ben wins but I think I still gotta root for Julia in the final.
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zakharov posted:It's Chulia time! Any French Lit FJ is gonna be one of those 3 books. zakharov posted:Did Ben mouth "holy poo poo" when he got Final right or was it just me? Either way, he's now played 11 games and gotten 11 finals right - very impressive. Island Nation posted:I'm certain he did, he did not expect at all to be correct in final. The answer makes sense in hindsight although I had blown it since I was not familiar with the book. Missed Ben Ingram apparently demolishing everyone yesterday, but I did see Arthur Chu's episode. And yes, it was crazy brutal. But still, my dream ToC matchup is here, and I'm making sure to watch both episodes so see the outcome. It's going to be amazing.
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Nov 21, 2014 00:41
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I was so proud of Julia's true daily double, and then the final was just.... 
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Nov 21, 2014 01:32
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Colonial Air Force posted:I was so proud of Julia's true daily double, and then the final was just.... My husband and I literally cheered when she got her true daily double, and I may have fist-pumped when she passed Arthur on the board. That final was super . I really want her to come back and win it all tomorrow.
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Nov 21, 2014 01:37
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Julia made some BIG PLAYS today with those Daily Doubles. Too bad Ben didn't miss FJ to keep it closer tomorrow.
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Nov 21, 2014 01:47
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That FJ was pretty tough. I was certain it was 1960 and then at the last second I remembered the "No VPs" stipulation and blanked. I had forgotten that FDR was the VP candidate in 1920 even though I watched the drat Ken Burns Roosevelts doc. 
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Nov 21, 2014 01:57
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I said 1928 - totally forgot FDR was on the ticket in 1920. Julia had some serious guts with those Daily Doubles, and I don't think she's out of it. Nobody is outclassed here. Ben has STILL yet to miss a Final.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:That FJ was pretty tough. I was certain it was 1960 and then at the last second I remembered the "No VPs" stipulation and blanked. I had forgotten that FDR was the VP candidate in 1920 even though I watched the drat Ken Burns Roosevelts doc. I am probably in the 0.000001% of people in the world with knowledge of US presidential elections - I used to go through every single one and read about them as a kid and study political science for a living. Still was thinking 1960 until Trebek mentioned James Cox and was like gently caress, it was 1920 and if I was on the show I would have gone all in and lost everything
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Nov 21, 2014 04:37
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It's a shame that Julia didn't have enough to stay in it at the end, but I can't feel bad about Ben winning. He seems like a great guy!
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Nov 22, 2014 00:36
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Well that was anti-climactic. Boring and disappointing outcome.
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Nov 22, 2014 00:51
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PrincessKate posted:Well that was anti-climactic. Boring and disappointing outcome. I'm okay with it. I think like most of the thread, I was cheering for Julia, but Ben is a cool dude. Now Ben can buy an even bigger bed.
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Nov 22, 2014 01:28
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Ben's down home aw shucks routine and collection of dumb faces are really getting on my nerves
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Nov 22, 2014 01:40
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Ben is cool. I'm okay with him winning because he is not Arthur.
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Nov 22, 2014 01:49
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Soothing Vapors posted:Ben's down home aw shucks routine and collection of dumb faces are really getting on my nerves I'm sort of relieved Julia didn't win because then someone would've felt compelled to post a wrong opinion like this one about her, and I would have thrown things at said person
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Colonial Air Force posted:I'm okay with it. I think like most of the thread, I was cheering for Julia, but Ben is a cool dude. I fast-forward through the interviews so I don't know anything about him from that. He has no personality during the actual game. I don't remember his original run at all and I'll forget him by next week, which is why it's disappointing. I was so hyped on seeing Julia v. Chu! Julia was just horrible in this last game; I wonder if she was still sick, or if it was nerves. I think it's because she wasn't wearing a sweater 
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PrincessKate posted:I fast-forward through the interviews so I don't know anything about him from that. He has no personality during the actual game. I don't remember his original run at all and I'll forget him by next week, which is why it's disappointing. I was so hyped on seeing Julia v. Chu! Ben's "lack of personality" during games is one of the things I like most about him. He focuses on making sure to time his buzzes (and do whatever thinking he needs to do on the occasional non-basic trivia question) because he wants to win games and get paid, not have random people fall in love with how quirky he is or whatever. I know the type from various academic quiz shows and real life quizbowl stuff and most people like that tend to be chill as gently caress when they aren't actually competing. If I had to choose between hanging out with my hypothetical conception of Ben or the Arthur I've seen on television, I know which one I'm picking.
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Nov 22, 2014 08:16
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I figured out why I remembered Ben. It was because I told the hockey thread some dude that looked like Chris Pronger was kicking rear end on Jeopardy during his original run.
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ElwoodCuse posted:I figured out why I remembered Ben. It was because I told the hockey thread some dude that looked like Chris Pronger was kicking rear end on Jeopardy during his original run. Hahaha, awesome.
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Nov 22, 2014 10:13
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PrincessKate posted:I fast-forward through the interviews so I don't know anything about him from that. You missed two insanely over-rehearsed speeches about the people of South Carolina, and beds.
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As soon as I saw the FJ category, I knew the answer was going to be either "Oasis" or "The Spice Girls."
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Nov 25, 2014 01:31
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Nov 25, 2014 02:07
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How the gently caress do you NOT get Spice Girls as the answer to that FJ?
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HookShot posted:How the gently caress do you NOT get Spice Girls as the answer to that FJ? I can say that girl groups didn't even enter my mind for some reason. Must have been the comparison to the Beatles.
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Nov 25, 2014 05:35
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A shameful, shameful triple stumper today. Come on, how was that not an instaget? Duran Duran wasn't even in the right decade! And what the hell is Bunny?
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Nov 25, 2014 06:04
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HookShot posted:How the gently caress do you NOT get Spice Girls as the answer to that FJ?
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zakharov posted:A shameful, shameful triple stumper today. Come on, how was that not an instaget? Duran Duran wasn't even in the right decade! And what the hell is Bunny? To be fair, Bunny was clearly a pet name for someone he knows. He gave a little wink at the audience off camera when his answer was read.
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I never would have thought that Oasis (or Oaisis) would turn out to be the BEST answer of the three. But come on, did anyone ever know who was in Oasis besides the Gallaghers? Seriously, can't believe they all missed it.
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It's a really misleading question because there was such a huge push on the "Oasis is the new Beatles" angle when Oasis debuted in the US, but at the same time, as has been pointed out, only Noel and Liam were notable individuals whereas each Beatle and each Spice Girl has a unique identity. Basically it's a lovely question and whomever wrote it is a boner.
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Punch Card posted:It's a really misleading question because there was such a huge push on the "Oasis is the new Beatles" angle when Oasis debuted in the US, but at the same time, as has been pointed out, only Noel and Liam were notable individuals whereas each Beatle and each Spice Girl has a unique identity. Basically it's a lovely question and whomever wrote it is a boner. I don't think it was a lovely question. It was an easy question if you thought about it correctly, as you just explained. Incidentally, I happened to be reading through a random 2008 game at the j-archive today and was surprised to see that game also included a Spice Girls question (basically, "They performed 'Wannabe' and 'Say You'll Be There'") and nobody in that game knew the answer, either! The lesson is obviously that when you're at a loss on Jeopardy, guess the Spice Girls.
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Nov 27, 2014 02:37
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The 2 day champion who lost yesterday was literally an egg. I can't be the only one who saw that
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jojoinnit posted:The 2 day champion who lost yesterday was literally an egg. I can't be the only one who saw that The one who was plain or the one who was bland?
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