My mom has lived in Canada since the 80s and speaks English fine (albeit accented) but Jeopardy moves wayyyyyyyyu too fast for her to get anything other than the science questions that are gimmes for her. She just can’t parse the questions quickly enough to answer them.
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# ? May 26, 2021 14:23 |
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I'm a native English speaker but the classical music categories and a hyper focus on Christianity are the ones that throw me off the most. I get some of them due to (thankfully only) a few years of Christian indoctrination but my partner didn't have any so it's a complete miss for them. Further on being familiar with the format, etc., as soon as they reveal the categories I'm already brainstorming what the possible questions would be. I'm sure I'm not the only viewer that does that but if I were completely new to the show I would just let the questions come at me one by one. Vvvvvvvv: yeah, Rudyard kipling/ jungle book comes up like once a month. The Sean fucked around with this message at 14:48 on May 26, 2021 |
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If you watch the show enough you know the answers to clues based on them asking similar clues in the past. Some people not used to those may overthink the answer. And the wordplay ones have got to be killer if you aren't an American.
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# ? May 26, 2021 14:48 |
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Groovelord Neato posted:If you watch the show enough you know the answers to clue based on them asking similar clues in the past. Some people not used to those may overthink the answer. And the wordplay ones have got to be killer if you aren't an American. "This scottish poet..." WHO IS BURNS
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# ? May 26, 2021 14:49 |
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Poque posted:"This scottish poet..." “This Finnish composer…” WHO IS SIBELIUS
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# ? May 26, 2021 15:12 |
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"This final book of the Bible..." WHAT DOESN'T HAVE AN "S" AT THE END OF IT
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# ? May 26, 2021 15:31 |
GhostStalker posted:“This Finnish composer…” "This Norwegian playwright..." WHO IS IBSEN I love Jeopardy pavlovs.
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# ? May 26, 2021 16:21 |
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wooger posted:The show concept and pace is fine, though it does seem far too dependent on buzzer timing vs anything else, at least in regular Jeopardy. It would be a more fair trivia contest to let people buzz in whenever but it's a better television show the way it is. I have found newcomers to be baffled by the answer-and-question format that's now barely followed. No real reason for them to still be doing "what is" other than it being tradition.
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# ? May 26, 2021 17:10 |
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Sarah Jett Rayburn has made a couple posts on the Jeopardy subreddit that have been really beautiful and I'd like to link one she posted today. https://www.reddit.com/r/Jeopardy/comments/nl7uar/the_most_perfect_jeopardy_moment/ I really enjoyed her on her run (I found her chattiness very endearing) and she really seems like a wonderful person. Very cool contestant.
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# ? May 26, 2021 17:26 |
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Orzo posted:I was all about defending Ryan for his excitement in his first game that some people called rude, but this time his attitude was just poor sportsmanship. Unfortunate. Why? Dude was sour sure, but it seemed just competitive and to be honest I think he seemed more angry at himself. HookShot posted:My mom has lived in Canada since the 80s and speaks English fine (albeit accented) but Jeopardy moves wayyyyyyyyu too fast for her to get anything other than the science questions that are gimmes for her. She just can’t parse the questions quickly enough to answer them. She at least gets the hockey questions right ? “This general manager needs to be fired asap” “Who is Benning….wait Bergevon….wait at Treviling!” Correct answer: all of them
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# ? May 26, 2021 18:01 |
Duckman2008 posted:She at least gets the hockey questions right ? LOL. Yeah, right.
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# ? May 26, 2021 20:25 |
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Groovelord Neato posted:And the wordplay ones have got to be killer if you aren't an American. Only from an occasionally odd pronunciation point of view - the wordplay works fine in Britain I think. There is some other oddness, though I think it’s just bad questions. The contestant in correctly answering a ‘homophones’ questions the other day knew perfectly well that content and content are not homophones.
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# ? May 26, 2021 22:29 |
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I really dislike any question that depends on pronunciation. My personal favorite topic like that was about silent "L"s and the contestants pronounced the L when they gave the correct answers for 'calm' and 'stalk'.
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# ? May 26, 2021 22:51 |
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I move that letters only be considered silent if the word is pronounced exactly the same without it. So no to the L in calm because cam has a different vowel sound. Of course, by extension this means the K in brick is silent and so is the C.
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# ? May 26, 2021 23:01 |
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Why bet 5,000 there. City of gold!? Come on, Nic Cage, you're better than that.
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# ? May 27, 2021 00:52 |
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Poor Nibir hit his limit. Jason might could have made it in either of the first two semifinals, but Jennifer was that much better. I am so pepped for the final.
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# ? May 27, 2021 01:55 |
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Barely got that final at the last second. I immediately thought of the William Tell Overture but I was completely blanking on the name of the composer. I'm really excited that Jennifer won. I'll still be rooting for Veronica in the finale, though.
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# ? May 27, 2021 03:34 |
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My brain betrayed me. The William Tell Overture was playing in my brain, but decided to go, "Oh, the guy who wrote the 1812 Overture....Tchaikovsky!"
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# ? May 27, 2021 03:45 |
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Digging this final crew and rooting for VVV to take it! This has been a great TOC so far.
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# ? May 27, 2021 05:10 |
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Wow Sam with the big bet to crank the pressure up tomorrow!
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# ? May 28, 2021 04:05 |
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I love jeopardy
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# ? May 28, 2021 05:02 |
That game was so good.
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# ? May 28, 2021 05:07 |
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That was good. Feel like a idiot for overthinking Final like Sam did. It's only my opinion but Buzzy has by far been the best host. Ken and Aaron look like amateurs next to him. I doubt he'll get it due to a low Q score to the other candidates but he should be the conversation.
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Island Nation posted:It's only my opinion but Buzzy has by far been the best host. Ken and Aaron look like amateurs next to him. I doubt he'll get it due to a low Q score to the other candidates but he should be the conversation. Buzzy absolutely smoked every other guest host thus far. Trebek didn't want another generic white guy to take over the show, but if that's the direction Richards & Co. go, I would not complain. He combined enthusiasm with intelligence and authority, plus a genuinely friendly attitude.
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# ? May 29, 2021 02:42 |
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How can they preempt Jeopardy in Portland when Veronica’s a finalist? No one in Portland cares about either of these teams!
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# ? May 29, 2021 03:00 |
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I don't know if I would call Buzzy generic tbh.
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# ? May 29, 2021 03:17 |
I read about that stupid loving stretch armstrong TWELVE loving HOURS AGO. DO YOU THINK I WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH IT TONIGHT? NO. OF COURSE NOT.
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Buzzy did such a good job. HookShot posted:I read about that stupid loving stretch armstrong TWELVE loving HOURS AGO. You bring shame to your household.
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# ? May 29, 2021 04:17 |
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Buzzy is my new top pick. Awesome job and awesome tournament
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# ? May 29, 2021 04:20 |
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Crazy that we’re getting Mike Richards after that performance (I’m just trolling at this point but I believe it)
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# ? May 29, 2021 04:31 |
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I didn’t know about Buzzy at the beginning but he won me over. Give him the job out of everyone so far. HookShot posted:I read about that stupid loving stretch armstrong TWELVE loving HOURS AGO. My wife thought it was Mr. Stretch. Her parents must have gotten her the generic Cracker Barrel version growing up
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I would not be mad if Buzzy got the job, let's just put it that way.Hed posted:My wife thought it was Mr. Stretch. Her parents must have gotten her the generic Cracker Barrel version growing up
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# ? May 29, 2021 05:12 |
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I like Buzzy and I think he's been the best so far but I do agree with this obersation:feetnotes posted:I’ve noticed Buzzy seems to get caught up in the energy of the competition and his reading of the answers gets punchier, louder, and faster at times as the momentum heats up. Like he’s matching the contestants’ excitement rather than balancing it with a calm demeanor. It’s actually pretty good for the tournament format but it would probably get fatiguing.
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# ? May 29, 2021 05:15 |
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I don't remember being much of a fan during his original run but man Buzzy loving ruled as TOC host. I like Ken and at the start I'd have said sure just give it to him because of his connection and because of how much he obviously wanted it, but compared to Buzzy and Aaron Rodgers maybe he played it a bit too safe? Like he was fine but being better than 90% of the guests wasn't all that hard. I respect Alex but his opinion on who deserves the spot is meaningless to me especially knowing he was friends with Dr fuckface Oz. My order would prob go Buzzy, Rodgers, Ken. I don't give a ahit about any of the ones still to come.
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# ? May 29, 2021 06:32 |
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frogbs posted:How can they preempt Jeopardy in Portland when Veronica’s a finalist? No one in Portland cares about either of these teams! Even knowing the results it was a fun game to watch and I really liked Sam's reaction when they officially named him the champion. I'll agree with the sentiment on Buzzy too. I thought it was a really out-of-left-field pick when it was announced, but he did a great job and I think he'd do great as a permanent host.
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# ? May 29, 2021 06:46 |
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Who is looking forward to Mayim Bialik this week? I can't beleive she's hawking brain pills on TV.
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# ? May 29, 2021 18:40 |
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Mister Kingdom posted:Who is looking forward to Mayim Bialik this week? A legitimate doctor promoting quack science and hosting Jeopardy!? That’s a second
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# ? May 29, 2021 19:26 |
Don't forget a woman who blamed the #metoo movement on other actresses acting slutty.
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# ? May 30, 2021 18:54 |
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I just cannot imagine trying my whole life to get onto a game show and finally getting on and then getting on and then Blossom is at the lectern. If it was Six I'd let it slide.
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They should have the gal from Small Wonder do it in her robot voice
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