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I honestly thought I had my best year yet. 40/50 by my count. Ones I missed (that I remember) include: 4th president of the US (said Quincy Adams, was Madison) Author of "The Optimist's Daughter (had no earthly, was Eudora Welty) The river in Venezuela that empties out near Trinidad (said azul, it's Orinoco) Author of "What is the What" (had no earthly, was Dave Eggers) 7-Letter word for "putting money in the palm of a bureaucrat" (panicked and said 'buttering,' but pretty sure they wanted 'bribing') Author of 100 Years of Solitude (said Martinez, was Marquez) Tallest mountain in Greece (panicked like a dolt and said Vesuvius, it's effing Olympus) Maybe: Roman emperor's personal bodyguard (spelled it 'pretorian," but it's spelled 'praetorian')
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Dude I hope you got the Gene Hackman question right They'll probably give you pretorian
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Jan 28, 2016 04:04
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zakharov posted:Dude I hope you got the Gene Hackman question right Ha! I almost panicked thinking they were looking for the directors, but it really helps when you read the damned clue. quote:They'll probably give you pretorian Hell, even if they don't, 39 is still an all-time personal best. If they call, they call. If they don't, gently caress it -- they're bringing back The $100,000 Pyramid this summer and I can always use an excuse to visit my brother in New York. (Can't even remember what the Emma Lazarus question was, but I'm pretty sure I got that wrong)
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Jan 28, 2016 04:15
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44 if the test is about as lenient on spelling as the show is. Missed Orinoco, asparagus, Sutter Mill, Eudora Welty (froze and spat out Carson McCullars at the last second), lion (said mountain lion), rivet (no excuse, somehow got to "rebar").
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Jan 28, 2016 04:18
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:44 if the test is about as lenient on spelling as the show is. Same. Definitely my best year, so obviously I won't get a callback from the random pool they choose.
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Jan 28, 2016 04:20
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Still offering Corina's email for contestant referrals if anyone thinks they did well enough and want another (possible) leg up!
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Jan 28, 2016 04:21
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GhostStalker posted:Still offering Corina's email for contestant referrals if anyone thinks they did well enough and want another (possible) leg up!
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:I honestly thought I had my best year yet. 40/50 by my count. I missed a lot of the same ones, I think I got 38-39.
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Jan 28, 2016 08:31
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I think I got at least 43. Really really hoping that's good enough.
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Jan 28, 2016 21:50
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Nice wager, Fred, you utter dipshit
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Jan 29, 2016 01:57
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Soothing Vapors posted:Nice wager, Fred, you utter dipshit At least we won't get that annoying pause when he picks a category anymore.
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Jan 29, 2016 02:07
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GhostStalker posted:Still offering Corina's email for contestant referrals if anyone thinks they did well enough and want another (possible) leg up! Out of curiosity (because I know I didn't hit it) what is considered good enough to hit the potential pool? 37-ish?
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Jan 29, 2016 03:53
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HookShot posted:Out of curiosity (because I know I didn't hit it) what is considered good enough to hit the potential pool? 37-ish? They release no info about this, but past years suggest 35/50 is generally required. Finally Fred's godawful betting bites him in the rear end. Bye!
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Jan 29, 2016 04:22
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One minute! Good luck, everyone!
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Jan 29, 2016 05:01
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drat, that was rough. Way tougher for me than the practice test.
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Jan 29, 2016 05:13
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Pretty sure I broke 35, I had a rough patch in the beginning though.
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Jan 29, 2016 05:15
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I think I got around 35... Curious to see the answers whenever they're collected
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Jan 29, 2016 05:19
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From Jboard, can't guarantee these are right 1 Gables 2 Ultron 3 lever 4 Carson City 5 Sikh 6 Pizarro 7 Michener 8 Ramadan 9 Sodom and Gomorrah 10 spinach 11 regatta 12 Ontario 13 White Stripes 14 Patricai Cornwell 15 John Quincy Adams 16 symbiosis 17 sonata 18 nave 19 lexicon 20 Eat, Pray, Love 21 Clara Barton 22 petition 23 The Tempest 24 fifth? 25 Tierra Del Fuego 26 Law & Order 27 Mr. Darcy 28 bases 29 Kanye West 30 Saudi Arabia 31 Australia 32 mongrel 33 Vines 34 melting pot 35 The Jungle 36 Yosemite 37 Jennifer Aniston 38 Amnesty International 39 MRI 40 Vincent Van Gogh 41 lipstick 42 Gaelic 43 Rangers 44 Mayan 45 Ta-Nehisi Coates 46 waltz 47 cube root 48 Daniel Day-Lewis 49 The Grinch 50 alchemy
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Jan 29, 2016 05:34
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e: nope nevermind
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Jan 29, 2016 05:47
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I think I got 33, poo poo.zakharov posted:47 cube root Vulture Culture fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Jan 29, 2016 05:56
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Wow, seems like every year one of the three days is way, way easier than the others. Guess that was yesterday.
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Jan 29, 2016 06:16
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zakharov posted:They release no info about this, but past years suggest 35/50 is generally required. Cool, interesting to know. One year I'll actually start learning things about the poo poo I know nothing about (America, books, the bible) and maybe then I'll get there 
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Jan 29, 2016 06:33
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the gently caress was fred thinking with that bet.
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Jan 29, 2016 12:15
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Groovelord Neato posted:the gently caress was fred thinking with that bet.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:34
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my biggest pet peeve is people not knowing how to do basic wagering (like i said before not even going into game theory). i know at least three times i've seen a third place person lose when they woulda won by betting nothing but for god knows what reason they bet the house. you always bet 0 when you're way behind 1st and 2nd. poo poo is triggering as gently caress.
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Jan 29, 2016 19:11
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Groovelord Neato posted:you always bet 0 when you're way behind 1st and 2nd.
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Groovelord Neato posted:my biggest pet peeve is people not knowing how to do basic wagering (like i said before not even going into game theory). i know at least three times i've seen a third place person lose when they woulda won by betting nothing but for god knows what reason they bet the house. you always bet 0 when you're way behind 1st and 2nd. poo poo is triggering as gently caress. Or they just don't care about the most autistically "correct" wager and just want to ball out in the likely one time in their life they'll be on national television.
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Or they just don't care about the most autistically "correct" wager and just want to ball out in the likely one time in their life they'll be on national television.
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zVxTeflon posted:how the gently caress was todays FJ a triple stumper? quoting this because it also applies to todays show
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Jan 30, 2016 06:50
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I thought it was pretty easy and hoped one of the contestants would've mistakenly guessed Benedict Cumberbatch instead
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Jan 30, 2016 10:39
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Vulture Culture posted:hmmmm yes trying to win a game show with a cash prize is a very characteristically autistic thing to do I don't know if you realize how dumb this sounds but yeah. From a strict mathematical odds standpoint it makes the most sense but it also requires both opponents getting it wrong and betting enough to overtake them. It's the safest move but you're still probably going to lose. E: And I guess the actual autistic thing is getting upset irl about people wagering wrong. mr. mephistopheles fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Jan 30, 2016 |
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Jan 30, 2016 17:45
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mr. mephistopheles posted:I don't know if you realize how dumb this sounds but yeah. From a strict mathematical odds standpoint it makes the most sense but it also requires both opponents getting it wrong and betting enough to overtake them. It's the safest move but you're still probably going to lose. mr. mephistopheles posted:E: And I guess the actual autistic thing is getting upset irl about people wagering wrong. Vulture Culture fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Jan 30, 2016 |
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Jan 30, 2016 17:47
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Of course it happens but you have no way of knowing if it's going to happen in your game and "gently caress it bet it all I lost anyway" seems like a pretty normal response. Some people just want to play a guessy game on TV and not maximize their game show earnings potential. There are a ton of ideal strategies that few people use because they just aren't invested in it to that degree. You're looking at it from a "do everything possible to win" perspective when I think most people view the experience as "have a fun story to tell people and maybe win some money if I'm lucky." I think most contestants are just stoked to get on the show and of course they'd like to win but not to the point that they think of all the ways to maximize their odds in all scenarios. E: And yeah you'd think they would with how hard it is to get on, but eh. mr. mephistopheles fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Jan 30, 2016 |
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Jan 30, 2016 17:55
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I think the #1 factor in betting is their confidence in the topic. If I'm in third place and the topic is something I know, I'm going to bet it all in hopes of maximizing my money. I would be playing to win, not to not-lose if the other two are wrong.
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Jan 30, 2016 18:01
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I can understand messing up a bet from 2nd or 3rd but wagers like Fred's that allow to you to lose even if you get it right from first place annoy me. It's the most basic betting.
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Jan 30, 2016 18:08
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Anne Whateley posted:I think the #1 factor in betting is their confidence in the topic. If I'm in third place and the topic is something I know, I'm going to bet it all in hopes of maximizing my money. I would be playing to win, not to not-lose if the other two are wrong. Yeah that is probably the most common response I bet
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Jan 30, 2016 18:55
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I'm pretty sure I got 46 out of 50 on the test. If they give me credit for "Welly" instead of "Welty" and "praetor" instead of "praetorian". Which they probably won't. But still pretty good, unfortunately on those two clues I was typing super fast at the buzzer. And I fuckin' forgot Gene Hackman was in Unforgiven, so that was a dumb mistake.
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Anne Whateley posted:I think the #1 factor in betting is their confidence in the topic. If I'm in third place and the topic is something I know, I'm going to bet it all in hopes of maximizing my money. I would be playing to win, not to not-lose if the other two are wrong. you STILL need them to both get it wrong if you get it right and bet in that scenario though, that's why it's stupid to even chance it by wagering
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Jan 31, 2016 19:56
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Yes, but then I would win double the money. It's not the most conservative strategy, but it's definitely the way humans work. There's also a possibility that they didn't feel confident in the topic and bet a small amount, and we were close enough that if I bet all of mine, I would be able to win even if they got it right.
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The real winning strategy is just to own them so hard that final doesn't matter.
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