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If anybody watched today, my friend Jen (librarian on far right) was on! We’ve been friends since high school, her brother was my best friend in high school, and she’s one of the nicest, smartest people I know. I’m so excited for her and so proud! My weekly trivia teammate did fantastic (although she was annoyed at her final wager … nerves)!!
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My wife and your friend became friends on Facebook a few hours ago.  She loved her, and the third woman was also delightful.
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Jul 9, 2021 01:10
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Golbez posted:My wife and your friend became friends on Facebook a few hours ago. That’s awesome. A whole bunch of us watched the episode together via Zoom and Jen mentioned how much she liked this pair of ladies she was up against.
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Jul 9, 2021 01:58
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Golbez posted:My wife and your friend became friends on Facebook a few hours ago. Make sure they join the women of jeopardy Facebook group ! My wife loves that community.
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Jul 9, 2021 12:08
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Groovelord Neato posted:"Beautiful Day" was a monster hit and that was 2000 so that must've got them some newer fans. Couple other tracks off that album were hits too. They're too big to fail at this point, meaning most of their new albums are actually regarded as bad, but millions of people feel obligated to check them out anyway. Their '80s run is still cemented as legendary in the minds of aging rock historians. Walk up to any Boomer and just start saying "War. Unforgettable Fire. Joshua Tree." and they'll spontaneously launch into a video essay about how The Edge's guitar tone changed everything.
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Jul 9, 2021 12:56
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Sir Lemming posted:They're too big to fail at this point, meaning most of their new albums are actually regarded as bad, but millions of people feel obligated to check them out anyway. Their '80s run is still cemented as legendary in the minds of aging rock historians. Walk up to any Boomer and just start saying "War. Unforgettable Fire. Joshua Tree." and they'll spontaneously launch into a video essay about how The Edge's guitar tone changed everything. My boss has these massive U2 poster things in her office which I'm pretty sure were lobby decorations for a show years ago she somehow got her hands on. They're nearly wall length.
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Jul 9, 2021 13:30
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Duckman2008 posted:Make sure they join the women of jeopardy Facebook group ! My wife loves that community. Already in! And a group of champions! I told her she's now in multiple real smart-people secret societies, not a fake one like Mensa.  Incidentally, she was a little awkward in her second interview because they had TOLD HER that the interview segment would be about our Australian honeymoon where she hugged a koala. Then they realized, what, she's a U2 superfan, we should ask about that! And she only had one segment to prepare the story.
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Jul 9, 2021 15:10
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I guess the Hulu series has fallen by the wayside, Much less The Testaments. Has there been other times where a incorrect article in a otherwise correct answer occured? I'm not sure if it should've been ruled correct
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Jul 10, 2021 01:01
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I would have ruled against that. They don't penalize you if the article is meaningless, but I think it matters here. I do remember the rule coming up before, but I have no idea when.
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Jul 10, 2021 01:44
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RC and Moon Pie posted:They don't penalize you if the article is meaningless, but I think it matters here. the classic example is "invisible man" vs "the invisible man", since there's not really a "(The) Handmaid's Tale" (i don't even know which is right lol) i can understand why it's not disallowed, but i agree that it's kind of a weird rule to care about and apply the way it does
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Jul 12, 2021 17:45
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My wife was still at the studio and told me that there was a lot of confusion on set about that, and they told everyone to leave while they figured it out. To me, it looks like the bit where Dr. Gupta is explaining that they don't penalize for a wrong initial article was filmed later. Nikole said they will do a lot of pickups of explanations, etc. (Also, Ellen, the third place woman in Nikole's second game, her interview story ran way too long and she had to re-record it after the rest of the episode) From me, it feels like they figured it would be poor form to boot her for "A Handmaid's Tale" when the other two didn't even get that much, and were left with almost no money. I could see it totally being a combination of trivia justice and pragmatism.
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Jul 12, 2021 18:51
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There are so many third-party lawyers involved to ensure everything is fair that there is no way any of it is pragmatism and to do with how much money people have left. Ever since those big cheating game show scandals, there are lawyers involved to make sure there's nothing that could be remotely close to "cheating" at every step of the way. Long delays while they figure out scores and answers seem to be somewhat regular. My second game we all got to stand at the podium for 30 minutes before FJ while they figured out which of my two opponents were going to get money for one particular clue they both had a stab at.
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Jul 12, 2021 19:05
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Becoming a Game Show Lawyer, poo poo, why didn't I think of that when I was asked what I wanted to be when I was a kid?
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Jul 12, 2021 21:27
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There's a lawyer whose job is to literally watch as you pick one of the folded-in-half pieces of paper that says if you're going to be in the middle podium or the far end when you're going up for your first game lol. I mean, I'm sure that's not their only job, but still...
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Jul 12, 2021 22:57
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Just  at the "Gamer's Delight" category with only one question "past and present" that didn't involve the PlayStation
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Jul 13, 2021 00:39
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Iron Crowned posted:Just Uh yeah, Astro's Playroom, Destruction Allstars, and Ratchet and Clank are all Sony-published exclusives. And then a question about PS5 hardware.  edit: completely forgot Jeopardy was a Sony Pictures production.
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Jul 13, 2021 00:57
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HookShot posted:There are so many third-party lawyers involved to ensure everything is fair that there is no way any of it is pragmatism and to do with how much money people have left. Ever since those big cheating game show scandals, there are lawyers involved to make sure there's nothing that could be remotely close to "cheating" at every step of the way. Yeah, I realized my error, the game show laws are pretty ironclad. My guess is there was precedent, and they knew there was precedent for this, but didn't have it handy.
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Jul 13, 2021 01:11
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It was just weird hearing it like that. George seems to be the Anderson route, competent but not above his normal role
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Jul 13, 2021 02:03
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I can't get over how much Stephanopoulus looks like 1988 Michael Dukakis.
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Jul 13, 2021 02:24
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Golbez posted:Yeah, I realized my error, the game show laws are pretty ironclad. My guess is there was precedent, and they knew there was precedent for this, but didn't have it handy. Haha yeah, totally. Although they still make mistakes sometimes and I will not stop being mad about Barry/Berry. I never thought “Netflix and chill” was going to be a J! answer although technically she could have just said chill.
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Jul 13, 2021 02:28
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I know shoehorning a Sony cross-promotion into Jeopardy isn't anything new, but that PS5 category felt worse than normal.
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Jul 13, 2021 02:58
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Yeah it's not like the first time but that was somehow uniquely atrocious and also it's not like they need to increase demand?
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Jul 13, 2021 03:02
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Who was the person presenting the playstation clues? Are we supposed to know him
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Jul 13, 2021 03:32
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I just love that two contestants somehow picked the gaming category right off the bat
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Jul 13, 2021 03:48
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mlnhd posted:Who was the person presenting the playstation clues? Are we supposed to know him What's it like being OLD and OUT OF TOUCH with today's COOL YOUTH??? (I also did not know who he is)
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It seems ham fisted that the category was a long commercial for the PS5, a console that has been sold out for months due to limited supply. The one exception was a game older than Nintendo's console history much less Sony or Microsoft.
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Jul 13, 2021 11:37
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I really don't keep up with YouTubers, so I have no clue either. That category was probably the worst I've ever seen. It's big failing is that all the clues were advertising something no one would likely know, so they had to be written in a way that anyone could figure it out.
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Jul 13, 2021 12:43
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I found out he is the son of the guy who did the voice of Granddad on The Boondocks cartoon
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https://twitter.com/buzzerblog/status/1414763314127818753 https://twitter.com/buzzerblog/status/1414764704468176896
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Jul 13, 2021 17:08
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It seems weird to target professors directly like that. Are they going to have a Professors Tournament? If so, isn't there a separate channel they use for tournaments that isn't just the normal test? Maybe they want a better mix of players instead of lawyers, librarians, gamblers, and moms. So maybe they are going to have an ad targeting a different demographic on today's show?
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Poque posted:What's wrong with that casting call? you know what, i think alex here interpreted that as trying to get types ahead of talent. which, i can kinda see how that is, but there's a difference between "hey, we want [demographic] to take the test" (how i'm interpreting this) vs some sort of scheme where certain types get to jump line. i mean, heck, i remember when maya angelou ruffled feathers talking about the small number of black contestants during the 90s. Gene Hackman Fan fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Jul 13, 2021 |
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Looking at that instagram, 99% of the posts are about Shark Tank, and three are about Jeopardy - two promoting the college tournament, and this post about college professors. I suspect this is just their "this is our Shark Tank + Jeopardy college outreach" casting director. More college professors means more exposure to colleges means more college applicants. Gotta fool them into trying out for the college tournament, since that makes you ineligible for the real thing
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Poque posted:What's wrong with that casting call? I don't think there's anything wrong with it per se, but I don't think they are going to get a ton of bites from a population that is typically more at-risk to die of COVID and is educated enough to understand they are more at risk. You're not going to get a ton of professors willing to travel, at least based on the faculty I know at a handful of universities.
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Golbez posted:Looking at that instagram, 99% of the posts are about Shark Tank, and three are about Jeopardy - two promoting the college tournament, and this post about college professors. I suspect this is just their "this is our Shark Tank + Jeopardy college outreach" casting director. They've aired as ads the last two nights on Jeopardy as well. Helluva Double Jeopardy today. I hope Tim can stay awhile.
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Jul 14, 2021 02:24
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loving Marines.
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packetmantis posted:loving Marines. I told my roommate that if I ever make it on Jeopardy that I have to wear a fictional uniform.
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Good player, despite his jar head
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