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I’m jealous of the username jeopardamy, or I would be if I had been on Jeopardy and my name were Amy.
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HookShot posted:The game I lost the category was "state birds" and the answer was "Baltimore Oriole" as the state bird of Maryland, but I didn't know that was a baseball team so all I could get from the clue (that asked for a two-word bird) was "oriole" because the clue said its name came from the latin for "gold" lol. It is funny how easy Jeopardy sports questions are because they know most of the players and probably a decent chunk of the viewers don't know much about it since we're all nerds. This was a triple stumper Final: When translated, the full name of this Major League baseball team gets you a double redundancy.
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Feb 26, 2022 18:32
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Groovelord Neato posted:It is funny how easy Jeopardy sports questions are because they know most of the players and probably a decent chunk of the viewers don't know much about it since we're all nerds. No idea what you mean. https://youtu.be/h33u2eeVqXo
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Feb 26, 2022 18:58
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Groovelord Neato posted:It is funny how easy Jeopardy sports questions are because they know most of the players and probably a decent chunk of the viewers don't know much about it since we're all nerds. I mean, yeah I don't know that. I looked up the answer and my reaction was, "Wait, I thought they made that up for that 90s movie Angels in the Outfield..."
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Feb 26, 2022 19:58
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BaronVonVaderham posted:I mean, yeah I don't know that. I looked up the answer and my reaction was, "Wait, I thought they made that up for that 90s movie Angels in the Outfield..." Yeah if you know sports that's a 200 maybe 400 dollar clue but the writers know their contestant pool/audience.
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Feb 26, 2022 20:55
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Yeah, I managed to sus that one out, and it only took me about 30 seconds. I figured it'd have to be Spanish, which narrows it down a bit.
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Feb 26, 2022 23:14
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Is anyone else here doing Alex Jacob's School of Trivia league? If you're not familiar, you can read about it on his Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/whoisalexjacob/ It's $8 a month, with a new season each month, and you can join anytime this week to catch up with the start of season 3. I'm enjoying it as a fun little diversion. I take it less seriously than Learned League.
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Feb 28, 2022 21:18
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No, I do Chris King's Loaded Questions though which is $5 a month and 10 questions. They're generally tough, too, I never know more than 2-3 of them. For actual trivia games I just do LL and I started playing OQL this season.
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Feb 28, 2022 21:23
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The Southern Californian in me died a little when "Jacaranda" was a triple-stumper. Purple sidewalk season is one of our main seasons!
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Mar 1, 2022 05:08
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Literally the only reason I knew that is because my husband says allllllllllllll the time "if you haven't started studying for finals by the time the Jacaranda trees bloom, you're hosed" (This was in Australia) So of course I shout out "jacaranda" at the same time as he goes "jasmin... ah, gently caress"
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Mar 1, 2022 05:29
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At least now I can listen to Bad Religion and know what those “Jacaranda boughs” are that are bending in the haze
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Mar 1, 2022 06:32
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Baller move by Christine to go without her wig.
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Mar 1, 2022 17:04
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Now imagine what Mayim would have said about it!
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Mar 1, 2022 17:39
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CPColin posted:Now imagine what Mayim would have said about it! Here's to hoping she makes it to the ToC tonight so Mayam has to state at her awkwardly
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Mar 2, 2022 01:32
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I don’t care that this isn’t jeopardy this is the worst thing ever https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1498823694269001728
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Mar 2, 2022 03:01
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how did the tournament of professors do ratingswise?
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I don’t care that this isn’t jeopardy this is the worst thing ever 
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Mar 2, 2022 03:22
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Once I channel surfed onto a Wheel bonus round which was one word, category "thing" GLO_E The lady guessed "glove", that wasn't it, and she couldn't make another guess. I think I stared at the TV in shock for about five minutes.
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Mar 2, 2022 03:26
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Zesty posted:Wheel of Fortune isn’t for people who are good at Wheel of Fortune.
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moonmazed posted:how did the tournament of professors do ratingswise? Actually averaged higher than the 2021 Tournament of Champions.
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Mar 2, 2022 09:16
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One time on Wheel of Fortune the board looked something like YES VIRGINIA _HERE IS A SAN_A CLAUS and the person said "where".
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Mar 2, 2022 13:04
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Zesty posted:Wheel of Fortune isn’t for people who are good at Wheel of Fortune. There was a while where I was watching Wheel because it was on before J! But it just makes me and my roommate angry
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Mar 2, 2022 13:13
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skaboomizzy posted:Once I channel surfed onto a Wheel bonus round which was one word, category "thing" I could totally see that happening to me though. A lot of times I'll just lock into the word I think it is and can't see the obvious one. Add the "being under the lights" pressure to that and I'm sure it would be easy to do. Last night's thing was just hilariously awful though.
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Mar 2, 2022 14:11
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Timby posted:Actually averaged higher than the 2021 Tournament of Champions. 
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Mar 2, 2022 14:14
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There was once a wheel of fortune where they had A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE And someone guessed K
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Mar 2, 2022 17:50
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npox4Fsh3ew apologies for the memey video, there used to be a better one but it's disappeared. Three morons
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Mar 2, 2022 18:20
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Timby posted:Actually averaged higher than the 2021 Tournament of Champions. WHY?? Ugh. The universe wants Mayim Bialik to host this show forever. Also, I am loving awful at Wheel of Fortune.
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Mar 2, 2022 18:21
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HookShot posted:WHY?? In case you haven't noticed we live in hell.
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Mar 2, 2022 18:22
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I don’t care that this isn’t jeopardy this is the worst thing ever Meanwhile, Tom Hanks is going, "I already did this sketch on SNL, Pat!"
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Mar 2, 2022 21:16
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I realized I should post this here. Fyi, Austin Rogers is doing a pub trivia tour / book signing. His first stop was here in St. Louis so we went and gave it a go with a few friends. If he’s stopping at your city, would recommend. Super chill , personable , def no ego thing, and it was a really fun trivia (and very fast paced). He stayed and took pictures, signed books, etc too. I wanted to ask him if he approved of Mayim or not but I chickened out on that one.
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Mar 2, 2022 21:39
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Duckman is a chicken...or a duck...or a man. News at 11
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Mar 2, 2022 22:04
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Goober Peas posted:Duckman is a chicken...or a duck...or a man. All 3 are incorrect. The answer is coward. Duckman is a coward.
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Mar 2, 2022 22:07
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I know he's always been the lesser game show host and is generally a little sus, but honestly I think Pat Sajak has the right take here: https://twitter.com/PatOnWheel/status/1499050877813870592 quote:It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry. Maybe overstating things a little, but I get it. It's not a phrase that gets used terribly often these days, and if you already know "hat" is wrong then your brain starts going to other places.
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Mar 3, 2022 13:41
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counterpoint, he's a moron too
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mennoknight posted:counterpoint, he's a moron too He's a boomer, there's a lifetime of brain damage from leaded gasoline you also have to consider. But even a clock missing one hand is right once a day. It's a classic case of playing in your living room being a lot different than playing on a soundstage. I laugh because it could just as easily have been me in that video being a fuckup. When I was on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, my primary goal was not to embarrass myself in front of Terry Crews, and everything after that was a bonus. Gene Hackman Fan fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Mar 3, 2022 |
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I was on Wheel a few years ago and I was impressed at how supportive everyone was, especially Pat who is a big cheerleader to all of the contestants during commercials. It makes sense because people playing well is better TV and a better paced game then people just not getting it, but the encouragement really does help. Of course, Pat only has to do it twice a week and gets like four months off.
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Edna Mode posted:Of course, Pat only has to do it twice a week and gets like four months off. I forgot who said it, but some sports broadcaster in the early oughts considered emceeing as the true American dream: spend what little time you do work giving other people's money away. I kinda compare it being a US senator, in that no matter who is getting the money, a portion of the population will consider the recipient as unworthy. The similarities end there, as there is an actual degree of accountability (even if it's just in the court of public opinion), a legal standard of ethics, and a much higher approval rating. Gene Hackman Fan fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Mar 3, 2022 |
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I think I'm following the right people on Twitter, because I saw more people reacting to the absurdity of all three contestants synchronizing their brain farts and unlucky spins than outright making fun of them for being "stupid" or whatever.
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My Jeopardy goal is the same as our team's old Science Olympiad mantra: Just don't come in last or get disqualified. Winning then going on a streak are goals, but secondary to this one. I'll happily embarrass myself with a really stupid answer if I still win the game (as long as it's not in physics, I could never live that down with my friends and colleagues). If I'm not buzzing in and taking a blind stab at a few clues I'm not taking enough risks.
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Yeah feather in your hat seemed reasonable, and tbh the funniest part imo is the guy who knows it and could solve it instantly never being able to do because of his unlucky spins
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