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Many cultures don't linguistically distinguish between "nephew" and "great nephew" so yeah, that question was Eurocentric As Duck
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bad wagering in final last night going into final the scores are 8400 and 21200 and 15400 so obviously the leader should wager 9601 to ensure she wins even if the guy in second place doubles. she wagered 7000 and won with 29200 he wagered 5801 and came in second with 21201 He would have won if he had wagered enough to double his money. The woman who won just got lucky she won even using suboptimal wagering strategy
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The next Jeopardy ToC is currently in the can, according to a bunch of Jeopardy alums who made the trip out to compete or be in the audience, like this is a regular thing. Apparently they taped the quarterfinals on Monday and the semis and finals on Tuesday instead of their usual Tuesday/Wedensday tape dates, moving them up due to the Jewish holidays the rest of the week, according to former College Champion (and Final Wager betting strategy proprietor, current NYT columnist) Keith Williams, who apparently didn't make the trip out but spoke with a bunch who did. No info on who won, so I guess we'll see when the episodes air, likely for November sweeps? GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Sep 20, 2017 |
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Is there another app that lets you keep score while watching Jeopardy? I used Trivia Tracker but they didn't update for iOS11. Yes, I know, calculator, but this was a lot easier and faster.
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Confirmed by last year's Teachers Tournament winner and ToC participant on Facebook, this year's ToC will air the week of Election Day, the first full week of November. And it's supposed to be a really good one according to former Jeopardy contestants who were in the audience (and have been to a bunch of ToCs), so get hype.
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please don't post insider information from people who are illegally disclosing their foreknowledge do audience members sign NDs too?
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Ein cooler Typ posted:please don't post insider information from people who are illegally disclosing their foreknowledge I don't believe so. Still, saying that it's going to be a good ToC or talking about airdates isn't exactly Illegally releasing insider information; I have no idea what will happen during said tournament and won't until it airs.
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Ein cooler Typ posted:please don't post insider information from people who are illegally disclosing their foreknowledge Breaching a contract isn't illegal.
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Ein cooler Typ posted:please don't post insider information from people who are illegally disclosing their foreknowledge Haha look at the noob
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The audience doesn't sign anything. They're asked nicely to not say anything.
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Unfortunately for the staff of Jeopardy!, "What is a nondisclosure agreement?" isn't legally binding.
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Also, just occurred to me that Thursday's Final Jeopardy clue on Len Wein and Wolverine was kinda timely, since he just passed a couple weeks ago. The show was apparently taped back in August and is just airing now, but that's a helluva coincidence. His wife is also a former contestant and he was apparently very active in Learned League, which is chock full of Jeopardy alums, so that adds even more serendipity, I guess. One of the runner ups of last season's Teachers Tournament knew him professionally as well, which I only found out through a condolence posted on FB. My former Artist Alley boss at New York Comic Con and current boss of C2E2, the Chicago equivalent of NYCC run by the same company, ReedPop, was also friends with the guy, and through him, I saw a bunch of condolences from industry types on my Facebook.
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Sir Lemming posted:Unfortunately for the staff of Jeopardy!, "What is a nondisclosure agreement?" isn't legally binding. yeah but you can bet if you break it you'll be blackballed from all other game show audiences
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Keep doubling down. It's entertaining.
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Sep 24, 2017 13:39
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if you don't stop cyberbullying me my fist is gonna double down on your face
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Ein cooler Typ posted:if you don't stop cyberbullying me my fist is gonna double down on your face Let's keep it constructive. How about you propose how they would track down an audience member leak.
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if anything from a game is leaked, everyone who was in that audience has to do 50 push-ups Full Metal Jacket style punishment
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Ein cooler Typ posted:if anything from a game is leaked, everyone who was in that audience has to do 50 push-ups You know...that's not a bad idea. I'm starting to like you. I would have gone full-tilt sadistic and asked for a number of pushups = to the winner's cash total.
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NFL category tonight of course none of the nerds got any right the female even thought the Colorado Rockies were a football team lol
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Sep 26, 2017 00:44
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losing because you didn't bet enough to cover 2nd place is shameful
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Alex was so fascinated by talking to a blue collar person.
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Ein cooler Typ posted:NFL category tonight Ein cooler Typ posted:the female
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Soothing Vapors posted:losing because you didn't bet enough to cover 2nd place is shameful I'm pretty sure the guy did the same thing on Friday, but he lucked out when 2nd place only bet a portion of her amount.
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that showing in the nfl category was loving pathetic.
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True Americans don't like the NFL now. Good for them!
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Ein cooler Typ posted:bad wagering in final last night Same with Thursday's game. Only two people still in the game, you know the the second-place player is going to try to double, why wouldn't you wager to cover that difference?
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is tonight's champ the guy the commercials promised us was the new Matt Jackson? because i hate him about as much as I hated Matt (at first)
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"Is it formic acid?"
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What was the deal with Jennie? During the interview segment she said used to be a management consultant, but then she had an accident so she couldn't do that anymore, so she became an actor instead. So what accident could make you incapable of consulting but still capable of acting? There's something's odd about her story, Was her accident caused by her poor consulting?
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Soothing Vapors posted:is tonight's champ the guy the commercials promised us was the new Matt Jackson? because i hate him about as much as I hated Matt (at first) impossible. Matt Jackson owned this guys a huge shithead
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Real lot of (virtual) ink spilled over the Monday game, and I don't blame people for it. The obligatory Deadspin article about the living up to stereotype failure of the contestants at the NFL category got a lot of angry banter on Facebook, but apparently Anupama owned up to a former contestant (I forget who) about the brain fart she had at the end of the (mercifully cut short) category, saying that she knew her answer was wrong as soon as she said it and she should've kept clam instead. Oh well. A couple of formal contestants called Deadspin out on peanut gallery criticism on the category, but a bunch of others said it was a fair cop instead and they wouldn't have been able to get those clues tight either. Or Deadspin commentators owning up to the fact that they wouldn't have the breadth of knowledge to do Jeopardy either despite knowing this category. Whatever, it got to the point where commentating had to be turned off on the link to the article posted in our Facebook group (to cut down on the back and forth and due to the informal "we shouldn't criticize the play of other contestants in this group" rule we have). Didn't stop previous ToC participant Vaughn Winchell and others from mentioning the poor Final Jeopardy wager from Ivan preventing him from repeating as champion in the Jeopardy page comments though. Dunno what the hell happened there.
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banned from Starbucks posted:impossible. Matt Jackson owned this guys a huge shithead it took me 4-5 episodes to realize Matt was the greatest human being who has ever lived 4-5 episodes of Austin and I'm probably going to kill myself
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Ein cooler Typ posted:What was the deal with Jennie? During the interview segment she said used to be a management consultant, but then she had an accident so she couldn't do that anymore, so she became an actor instead.
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GhostStalker posted:due to the informal "we shouldn't criticize the play of other contestants in this group" rule we have). This is ridiculous.
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That guy's OK, but lol at "Dirk Bentley".
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Croatoan posted:Austin may be the most enjoyable champ ever, y'all are dumb and hate personalities. I would walk out of any bar that had a dipshit like him working the bar.
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Croatoan posted:Austin may be the most enjoyable champ ever, y'all are dumb and hate personalities. please do not troll the jeopardy thread, thanks to you in advance Timby posted:This is ridiculous. the j! street boyz got each other's backs
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Soothing Vapors posted:the j! street boyz got each other's backs they roll deep
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