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jscolon2.0
Jul 9, 2001

With great payroll, comes great disappointment.

HookShot posted:

Alex is so savage sometimes.

http://www.avclub.com/article/nerdcore-icons-slam-alex-trebek-dorky-diss-track-244358

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Soothing Vapors
Mar 26, 2006

Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.
and thus alex was proved correct

3 Action Economist
May 22, 2002

Educate. Agitate. Liberate.
Boo! I wanted Colin Firth to keep playing!

At least Alex pronounced "Concord" correctly.

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light
Shannon sucked. Good riddance.

zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:
The only 1960s science book they'll ever ask about is Silent Spring. Come on people.

zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:
Ok I usually don't get mad about betting but HOW DO YOU BET 0 FROM THE LEAD WHEN IT'S NOT A RUNAWAY???

Guy is drat lucky he was the only one to get that easy-rear end clue.

KICK BAMA KICK
Mar 2, 2009

How many variations can you come up with for "name a blind female author"?

Jeep
Feb 20, 2013
Why was Emily Dickinson one of the two names that should've come to mind? I didn't think she was blind &/or suffered any severed ocular troubles?

Gene Hackman Fan
Dec 27, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
One could argue that Dickinson's poems had a certain... preoccupation with death.

Number Ten Cocks
Feb 25, 2016

by zen death robot
This was an exceptional episode of Black Jeopardy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7VaXlMvAvk

FrumpleOrz
Feb 12, 2014

Perhaps you have not been to the *Playground*.
The *Playground* is for Taalo and for Orz, but *Campers* can go.
It more fun than several.
You can go there for too much fun.
What the hell kind of name is Yoey?

Christe Eleison
Feb 1, 2010

FrumpleOrz posted:

What the hell kind of name is Yoey?

Don't know - nickname? - but she sure was cute.

3 Action Economist
May 22, 2002

Educate. Agitate. Liberate.
Why would Booker T. Washington give a poo poo about Susan B. Anthony?

jscolon2.0
Jul 9, 2001

With great payroll, comes great disappointment.

Cup of Hemlock posted:

Don't know - nickname? - but she sure was cute.

http://jeopardyhotties.tumblr.com/

Martman
Nov 20, 2006

Why are there Wheel of Fortune people there. Makes me sick.

jscolon2.0
Jul 9, 2001

With great payroll, comes great disappointment.

Martman posted:

Why are there Wheel of Fortune people there. Makes me sick.

Don't kinkshame.

banned from Starbucks
Jul 18, 2004





This is ironic right?

3 Action Economist
May 22, 2002

Educate. Agitate. Liberate.
That should not have been a triple stumper.

3 Action Economist
May 22, 2002

Educate. Agitate. Liberate.
While I did play Communist France in Hearts of Iron....

PSXer
Aug 2, 2006

The most exciting use of 1s and 0s next to internet porn
Oh sure, pick the automotive category last and then run out of time with 3 clues left. I see how it is.

zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:

PSXer posted:

Oh sure, pick the automotive category last and then run out of time with 3 clues left. I see how it is.

This is me with every sports category.

PSXer
Aug 2, 2006

The most exciting use of 1s and 0s next to internet porn
Do the contestants usually know a lot about sports? I seem to remember them doing badly, but I might just be thinking of the 'power players' week where nobody even knew who Cam Newton is.

mennoknight
Nov 24, 2003

I WILL JUST EAT ONE MORE SANDWICH
OH MY HEAD EXPLORDED I'M JAY FATSTER

PSXer posted:

Do the contestants usually know a lot about sports? I seem to remember them doing badly, but I might just be thinking of the 'power players' week where nobody even knew who Cam Newton is.

No. on my show I almost swept an NBA category, and haven't watched a basketball game since David Robinson mini cards came in bags of Doritos.

GhostStalker
Mar 26, 2010

Guys, find a woman who looks at you the way GhostStalker looks at every bald, obese, single 58 year old accountant from Tulsa who managed to win $4,000 by not wagering on a Final Jeopardy triple stumper.

PSXer posted:

Do the contestants usually know a lot about sports? I seem to remember them doing badly, but I might just be thinking of the 'power players' week where nobody even knew who Cam Newton is.

mennoknight posted:

No. on my show I almost swept an NBA category, and haven't watched a basketball game since David Robinson mini cards came in bags of Doritos.

Yeah, this. The stereotype is most Jeopardy contestants couldn't know less about sports and leave it until the last category, although the questions are relatively easy to get, at least in my opinion. There's the ur-example of Jeopardy "villain" champ Arthur Chu hitting a Daily Double in a Sports Category, betting only $5, and then immediately saying I don't know after the clue was revealed to get it out of the way, even though I thought it was answerable in context. Dude said he never bothered studying about sports during his prep for being on the show too.

Colonial Air Force posted:

While I did play Communist France in Hearts of Iron....
When I first saw that response, my thought was that Thea had purposely tanked the question or something to give Vivek the win for whatever reason, but after connecting through the Jeopardy contestant FB network, I now think it was just a massive unfortunate brain fart. At least she has a good sense of humor about it on FB going off of her cover photo there (a map of Albania), though the Twitter mobs were roasting her over it apparently.

Also, anyone else notice that Trebek referencing his mother as "late" during the contestant interview segment with Sharon during the episode that aired on Thursday? I remember him wishing her a happy birthday on an episode that aired a couple months back, so she must've passed only a couple months after that, going off of when this episode was likely being taped.

Shame, I remember him talking about her to the audience when we were taping my episode 2 and a half years back.

The last clue in the Spanish Inquisition category on Friday's episode was good for a laugh. "Who will pay for the wall?" indeed. Still, that got a bunch of Trumpistas in the Jeopardy FB peanut gallery moaning about how Jeopardy was in the tank for Hillary in the election or whatever because of that reference. Whatever. There were also people still salty about that kid getting penalized for misspelling "Emancipation" two years back in the teen tournament bitching about it because of the answer to Final Jeopardy as well... Ugh.

Oh, and apparently the Teen Tournament starts on the Wednesday after Election Day? It's probably why they're starting it in the middle of the week, don't want to get preempted for election coverage or whatever. Never seen a tournament started in the middle of the week before...

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


GhostStalker posted:

Yeah, this. The stereotype is most Jeopardy contestants couldn't know less about sports and leave it until the last category, although the questions are relatively easy to get, at least in my opinion. There's the ur-example of Jeopardy "villain" champ Arthur Chu hitting a Daily Double in a Sports Category, betting only $5, and then immediately saying I don't know after the clue was revealed to get it out of the way, even though I thought it was answerable in context. Dude said he never bothered studying about sports during his prep for being on the show too.

when people made fun of him for it he said he was too busy having sex with his wife to learn about sports.

the well known stereotype of jocks being kissless virgins.

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

PSXer posted:

Oh sure, pick the automotive category last and then run out of time with 3 clues left. I see how it is.

Had to laugh at Alex giving the one-minute warning and the next clue being a huge rambling mess with visual aids that boiled down to "identify CO2".

PSXer
Aug 2, 2006

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haveblue posted:

Had to laugh at Alex giving the one-minute warning and the next clue being a huge rambling mess with visual aids that boiled down to "identify CO2".

But the other 3 clues could have been decent. It's possible. Maybe?

Did they tape an episode that was supposed to air tonight? I didn't see it on the TV schedule over here due to the election coverage.

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
the teen tournament is a joke

this star basketball player is a loving moron. he probably just got through auditions cause they wanted a chad instead of a nerd

and his name is "Porter"

dae think kids these days are dumber than we were as kids



"the hope diamond"

seriously?? is this guy trolling or is he an idiot

Ein cooler Typ fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Nov 10, 2016

GhostStalker
Mar 26, 2010

Guys, find a woman who looks at you the way GhostStalker looks at every bald, obese, single 58 year old accountant from Tulsa who managed to win $4,000 by not wagering on a Final Jeopardy triple stumper.

PSXer posted:

But the other 3 clues could have been decent. It's possible. Maybe?

Did they tape an episode that was supposed to air tonight? I didn't see it on the TV schedule over here due to the election coverage.

I think I got the episode that was to air on Tuesday being played on Monday.

Soothing Vapors
Mar 26, 2006

Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.
I realize I'm laughing at a literal child but the idea that the Hope Diamond was constructed in a French foundry over several years is deeply funny, that may be one of the worst FJ answers ever

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Soothing Vapors posted:

I realize I'm laughing at a literal child but the idea that the Hope Diamond was constructed in a French foundry over several years is deeply funny, that may be one of the worst FJ answers ever

Still, gotta love his button skills.

nikosoft
Dec 17, 2011

ghost in the shell, but somehow much worse
College Slice
Is it just me, or was that a poorly worded final Jeopardy? I think the way it was worded meant you really couldn't rule out the Great Wall of China as humans are living creatures, although obviously the wall isn't a Natural Wonder.

banned from Starbucks
Jul 18, 2004




Yeah i thought so too

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
I love Teen Jeopardy. They're so much more arrogant and petty.

One of the young men from Yesterday's episode is going to win the whole thing. They're the only two in the whole tournament who actually seek out the Daily Doubles.

Zesty fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Nov 17, 2016

Zero One
Dec 30, 2004

HAIL TO THE VICTORS!
That one kid could have wagered nothing and come from last place to the finals. Same thing happened in the quarters. He was way behind but won when the other two bet big and lost.

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


Met posted:

They're the only two in the whole tournament who actually seek out the Daily Doubles.

gently caress those people.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
Oh man, Antonio. -$4,200

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Met posted:

I love Teen Jeopardy. They're so much more arrogant and petty.



remember this whiny bitchboi complaining when he was rightfully ruled incorrect according to the established rules of the game

http://gawker.com/kid-who-misspelled-jeopardy-answer-i-was-cheated-jeop-1031330298

AbrahamLincolnLog
Oct 1, 2014

Note to self: This one's the shitty one

Ein cooler Typ posted:

remember this whiny bitchboi complaining when he was rightfully ruled incorrect according to the established rules of the game

http://gawker.com/kid-who-misspelled-jeopardy-answer-i-was-cheated-jeop-1031330298

That's loving hilarious. He couldn't have even won anyway; it's not like it cost him the game.

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Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


i thought the rule was about missing or adding a syllable not having an extra letter. i dunno if adding one letter is spelling it "badly".

i've seen people get away with worse.

gently caress there was that moon landing one (i think it was) where they brought people back because they said the clue was worded weirdly when it was actually easy to parse and the third place person got it right.

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