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Jack Gladney posted:I haven't been able to watch in a few weeks, but I recently saw a promo for a talk show interview with a Jeopardy contestant who was supposedly treated unfairly or lost due to a technicality or something. Does anybody know the deal with that story, or where I could find more information? I think I saw the promo around December 18 or so. I tried Googling to see if I could find anything for you, but unfortunately searches looking for people losing jeopardy based on a technicality are very much law based and not TV show based.
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I totally registered too, I figured once I put in my residency as Canada they would say I can't, but go figure, I'm still eligible!
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Glenn_Beckett posted:I also registered. Not a lot of testing sites near VA, though, so if I pass the online test (I won't) I have to go to Nashville, TN. Like an IDIOT! I live in Vancouver and the closest testing place to me was literally Los Angeles, a three hour plane ride again. I chose Toronto so I can stay in the same country, seeing as it's only an extra two hours by plane.
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I rarely watch them because PVR, but I always laugh when the person's anecdote is even worse than most of them because you just KNOW that is the most interesting thing that has ever happened in that person's life.
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escape artist posted:There are probably a lot of entertaining stories that are not told because You're ruining my judging of people I don't know on a nerd quiz show. 
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Jan 3, 2013 21:57
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MondayHotDog posted:That 10 letter daily double question was bullshit. When was the last time anyone used the word "videophone"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGkvXp0vdng
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Jan 5, 2013 06:09
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Yeah, I'm doing Thursday at 10pm. Also you forgot LITERARY QUESTION and AMERICAN LITERARY QUESTION
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Jan 8, 2013 18:34
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Geography, French Revolution, Sherlock Homes, James Bond, Renaissance Art, Hockey Basically my perfect lineup of categories.
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Jan 8, 2013 22:11
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drat it, I can't believe you eastern people got the African Geography question, that's basically my favourite category.
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Jan 9, 2013 22:21
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Let's face it, there's like an 80% chance the writers forgot Djibouti exists.
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Jan 10, 2013 08:00
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So who else is in tonight's crew?
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Jan 10, 2013 20:43
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Maybe it's because I'm fluent in French but that totally continued this week's streak of easy FJ questions. I'm doing the test at 8 Pacific.
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Jan 11, 2013 02:52
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drat questions about America 
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Jan 11, 2013 05:14
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I typed in Captain Nero  What was the auto repairman's terrors? I typed in mechanic's hysterics but I doubt that's it.
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Jan 11, 2013 05:19
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Officer Sandvich posted:mechanic's panics
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Jan 11, 2013 05:20
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drat it, it was Hudson, I answered Cabot.
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Jan 11, 2013 05:27
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Someone correct me if I screwed these up. 1. WORLD WAR I This treaty officially ended WWI military actions vs. Germany Versailles 2. NOVELS IN BRIEF Cuban harpoons marlin; struggle ensues The Old Man and the Sea 3. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace is part of this university near Palo Alto Stanford 4. CELEBRITIES In 2012 this singer signed a $50 million deal with Pepsi, including having her face on a can Beyonce 5. LAKES This Great Lake is the only one located entirely within the United States Michigan 6. OPERA He composed "Tosca" Puccini 7. INVENTORS N 1769 he obtained his first patent, a separate condensing chamber & other improvements to the steam engine James Watt 8. SHAKESPEARE In this comedy Viola loves Orsino, who loves Olivia, who loves Viola (who's disguised as a man) Twelfth Night 9. FOOD Pad Thai consists of these, pan fried with egg, shrimp & tofu Noodles 10. U.S. STAMPS Born a slave in 1820, in 1978 she became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp Harriet Tubman 11. LATIN 101 This 2-word phrase, Latin for "good faith", means "authentic" in English Bonafide 12. CENTRAL AMERICA The narrowest point of Central America can be found in Darien in this country Panama 13. PRIMETIME TV In 2011 Ted Danson joined the cast of this Vegas-set show CSI 14. MAGAZINES Fashion designers grover before Anna Wintour, editor of this magazine Vogue 15. ANCIENT WORDS Used by Aristotle, this Greek word has come to mean excessive pride that leads to tragic downfall hubris 16. CHILDREN'S AUTHORS In 1972 she published "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" Judy Blume 17. "B" IN SCIENCE The study of the way projectiles, such as nuclear missiles, move in flight Balistics 18. CONGRESS Created July 24, 1789, it's the main committee in the House that deals with tax bills Ways and Means 19. ANCIENT GREECE Among the Greek city-states, only this one had a standing army Sparta 20. BROADWAY MUSICALS "I Can Do That" & "The Music And The Mirror" are songs in this musical A Chorus Line 21. CHARACTERS IN FRENCH LIT In a 19th century novel, he commands the Nautilus sub Captain Nemo 22. WORLD CURRENCY It's the main monetary unit of South Africa Rand 23. "PRE"-CISELY A synonym for "victorious" that's also used of the predominant wind direction Prevailing 24. STATE CAPITALS The capital of "The Mount Rushmore State" is this city Pierre 25. ART TERMS The Merode Altarpiece is a famous one of these 3-panel works Triptych 26. RHYME TIME An auto repairman's terrors mechanic's panics 27. TECH BUZZWORDS This type of network computing stores your data on a remote server rather than on your own hard drive Cloud 28. BOOKS OF THE BIBLE This New Testament book is sometimes called Apocalypse Revelation 29. RECENT FICTION Amy Dunne's disappearance makes her the title character of this Gillian Flynn novel Gone Girl 30. TERMS IN ASTRONOMY As many as half of the stars in the Milky Way may be these, also called double stars Binary? 31. ACTORS He plays Jean Valjean in the 2012 film of "Les Miserables" Hugh Jackman 32. CROSSWORD CLUES "R" "Buyer's" guilt (7 letters) Remorse 33. HOLIDAYS A 1983 act of Congress made it a federal holiday MLK Jr Day 34. AMERICAN POETS Some of his most famous poems appeared in the 1914 collection "North of Boston" Robert Frost 35. U.S. PRESIDENTS He was the 22nd & 24th President of the United States Grover Cleveland 36. MEDICINE IN THE NEWS In 2012 the Duchess of Cambridge was hospitalized with hyperemesis gravidarum-- severe this Morning Sickness 37. RIVERS The 12th-longest river in the world, it flows through Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam Mekong 38. ARCHITECTS L.A.'s Disney Hall & Seattle's Experience Music Project are designs by this man Frank Gehry 39. PLAYWRIGHTS In 1894 this man & his arms gave us "Arms And The Man" George Bernard Shaw 40. BIG BUSINESS In 2010 this airline merged with Continental United 41. METALS Brass & bronze are alloys using this reddish metal Copper 42. 5-LETTER WORDS From the Arabic, it's a Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels Jihad 43. BIOGRAPHIES "The Last Lion", the final volume of a biography of this man, came out in 2012 Churchill 44. WEIGHTS & MEASURES 10 gallons equals 37.854 of these metric units Liters 45. POP CULTURE He's the creator & the voice of Brian the dog & diabolically clever baby Stewie Griffin Seth MacFarlane 46. 17th CENTURY EXPLORERS In 1609 this Englishman led an expedition up a river leading to present-day Albany Hudson 47. U.S. MOUNTAINS Mount Whitney is the highest peak in this Spanish-named mountain range Sierra Nevadas 48. IN THE COURTROOM Opposing counsel may object to this type of question that puts words in a witness' mouth Leading 49. ANIMALS Found in Indonesia, this largest living lizard has a toxic bite Komodo Dragon 50. MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN This tragic title figure of Euripides' play gets even with her husband Jason Medea I've got 27 HookShot fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Jan 11, 2013 |
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Riptor posted:Ways and Means But yeah, good luck everyone!
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Jan 11, 2013 18:32
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jscolon2.0 posted:Deep down, the producers are seething at having to pay off another tie for her. Double prize money has to add up. Meh, the first three days she was on she got like $17k, plus if you add the extra 7 the other dude got that still averages under $10k/day. The last week or so of contestants (except Ashok) have been really, really dumb.
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Jan 15, 2013 03:42
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I liked Alex's double take when he realized they gave a NASA analyst an entire catagory about NASA acronyms. Though to be fair they were just kind of general astronomy questions.
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Jan 16, 2013 02:45
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My husband said Yetl as well. He knew it was wrong, but just couldn't make the final connection. I, on the other hand, guessed West Side Story because it is one of about three Broadway plays I can name. Then I wonder how I got 27 on the online test.
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Jan 28, 2013 08:06
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Jan 29, 2013 05:25
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I fully intend to look like an rear end in a top hat if I ever get on the show.
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Jan 30, 2013 06:28
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I've seen contestants wearing like 50s style floral print t-shirts that made my TV want to kill itself and they vetoed one of your solid coloured ties? Wow.
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The best thing about Jeopardy teen tournament is the cringe worthy ads for the teens online test.
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In the last kids tournament on a daily double in the double jeopardy round a kid had like $10,000 and Alex asked him what he wanted to bet and he answered $10. Alex asked him if he was sure, the kid said yes. Then got the question right. I mean he was like 8 years old or something but I still laughed my rear end off.
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This is late but I'd never heard of "The Troubles" or know very much about Ireland at all, and as soon as the question came up I still instantly knew it was Belfast because it's the obvious city that has Catholic/Protestant problems, even today. Also psycho-killer is totally going to end up running a cult one day. I was cheering for Leonard because his facial expressions throughout the game are awesome.
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zakharov posted:When does the TOC start?
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Feb 12, 2013 05:44
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Yay Leonard!! What an awesome ending.
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I hope Stephanie makes it into the next round, I like her
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Feb 14, 2013 06:10
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The best reply was the one in the game with Colby (I haven't watched in a few days and just caught up tonight) when the guy guessed Lake Louise as the answer to the lake between Austria, Germany and Switzerland and Alex is like "No, the correct answer is Lake Constance, the one in Europe" because the best Alex moments are when he gets indignant that Jeopardy contestants usually don't know a lot about Canada.
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Feb 17, 2013 07:39
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I did too, I don't know what broadcast I record though so I can't really help much. I think it's one of the CBS Eastern channels though, since I record it at 4:30.
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Apr 25, 2013 06:26
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I'm irrationally angry at the fact that a guy who thinks a place called Alexanderplatz is in Canada is now a two day champion.
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Apr 29, 2013 02:21
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The contestants in general have been so loving stupid the last couple weeks. One of the episodes before the College tourney final Jeopardy was basically "name a country in the south pacific" (near the international date line). One contestant picked Seychelles, which is literally I'm going to guess ONE HOUR in front of Greenwich, and about as far from the IDL as you can get, and the other answered Antilles, which ISN'T EVEN A GOD DAMNED COUNTRY and is also not even close to the date line.
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Cordyceps posted:I think "marathon" might be my favourite FJ answer of all time. Which marathon? Who cares! I mean, you can't really get further from the right answer there.
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Jul 19, 2013 05:39
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My PVR went nuts a few days ago and I wasn't able to watch the episode where Alan ended up champion... what was the story behind that?
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Jul 25, 2013 05:24
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Yeah, I hate how many categories are about literature because I know SFA about it, but I totally understand why it's there.
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zakharov posted:Teacher's Tournament! I'm rooting for Anne, who's teaching her kindergarteners French. Going from the word of French she pronounced on that first day (I'm about 3 episodes behind) she certainly isn't doing it well. I didn't even recognize what word she was going for with the answer.
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Just put in fake info and take the test anyway? I don't think I can do it this year. There's a tiny chance I'd be around on the Thursday but I think even if by some stroke of luck all the questions were about geography and I did somewhat decently I don't think I'd be able to make auditions
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escape artist posted:Where are you located that the episodes are airing so early? I live in Vancouver, but my cable gets me the channel from Halifax, so I actually get Jeopardy on at like 3:30pm PST, which is earlier than most. Of course I just record it and watch it with dinner so it's kind of pointless for me, but that's how it happens.
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