Jeopardy! - Part 20

Did Wednesday's winner, win again on Thursday?

The one who beat Kris?

I missed Thursday's show.

FYI, Part 19 is paywalled.

Woohoo Nick Klotz from Wisconsin!

Damn, he's hot. I'm so happy he won!

Those two bitches were BITTER at the end. They really hated that he won.

Oh, well. Too bad!

I love the new guy Adam!

He's cute and funny.

Actually, all three players yesterday were really good.

Nick was cute, but so was Adam. It was so hard to choose between them.

Adam looks a bit like Fred Savage.

Nick Klotz isn't as cute as I thought he was.

Did Adam win again today?

That show was insane!

Khalilah is a fucking maniac. Omg, she was the most aggressive player I've ever seen.

She's smart, but she's totally mental.

The other two players were just ... DUDS. Including yesterday's champ.

My gosh, that was one of the saddest games I've ever seen (in terms of smarts), but it was still exciting!

Good FJ. And two cutie pies in the game!

Glad Khaliyah lost. I really didn't like her style of play.

Happy for the new guy, especially because he's cute!

JR in the middle spot tonight is really damn cute.

I hope that Kyle and JR went back to the hotel after the show, and had hot sex.

R12, they did, with me. I was quite satisfied.

Kyle reminded me a lot of Mayor Pete.

Final was easy.

Oy, J.R.--wanted to see him play again... but Leanne was amazing and earned her victory. Her voice reminded me of Lilith's on "Cheers". Poor Kyle--good contestant, lousy game--he looked crushed.

Damn that Leeanne!

She ruined everything!

I see poor Glenn is delivering clues again. First her tag sale, now game shows. I can't imagine what she'll do next for a pay check. A sequel to "Maxie"?

Yay Hemant! I wanted him to win.

Haha Leanne. Good riddance. Sucks that she had to steal the win from Kyle and JR yesterday. Bitch!

Kami is weird.

Not surprising, but Jeopardy! suspended production —

3/20/20

Jeopardy! has suspended production until further notice.

The episodes that are currently airing were taped several weeks ago – well before concerns about the coronavirus. Any interactions between contestants, Alex or the studio audience took place when such actions were considered safe.

We take the well-being of our staff, crew, contestants, audience guests and host very seriously, and will not resume taping until it is completely safe.

Similarly, all previously scheduled contestant searches have been postponed. We will not resume contestant tryouts until it is safe to do so. However, please note that if you have not taken the Jeopardy! Anytime Test online, you may now do so whenever it is convenient for you from your home computer or mobile device.

Felicity has a boyfriend?

(Posting here since the Jeopardy 19 thread is paywalled)

Another update —

3/24/20

To All Current (and Future!) Contestants:

If you are currently in the Jeopardy! contestant pool, please know that the show has suspended production until the current health crisis has passed. However, the contestant team is taking this interruption into consideration, and the standard 18-month window of eligibility will be extended accordingly. At minimum, all current applicants will have their active status extended equivalent to the length of this hiatus.

If your shows have already been taped and you are anticipating air dates, there is a chance that some episodes may be rescheduled. In the event of a date change, the contestant team will contact you individually with detailed information as it becomes available and/or necessary.

Hemant choked. Good sport, though.

Surprise ending. Hearst??

I call dibs on Marshall. He’s not the brightest bulb on the tree, but he’s adorable and he knows how to bend over.

Emma is a cute girl but she’s in desperate need of a makeover.

No! I wanted dibs on him but was locked out of posting earlier! He is cute as hell. Didn't think there was a chance for him to win.

Marshall Comeaux is adorable.

My gaydar isn't great, but Marshall... yeah.

Marshall.... did you catch the ADHD? He could keep the button and the cord down, get lifting, twisting it... Adderall boy.

Marshall is very cute!

I'm so happy he won.

I honestly thought that Emma was going to leave him in the dust, but he managed to pull off a win. Good for him!

Btw, are we sure that Marshall isn't Datalounge favorite "Joel?"

He looks like he could play the part... lol.

R29, we’ll need to see Marshall in a Speedo, or less, to be sure.

R30 A scantily clad photo would be nice.

He’s cute — and from all appearances, gay. I’m glad that he made it to the semifinals, but he’s inconsistent. He knew a lot about some topics, but he made some odd, and incorrect guesses that pulled down his score. I think he just needs to calm down a bit.

R32, Marshall thought canine was spelled with a "k".

Don't see why some of you pegged him as gay. I don't get even a hint from him.

Marshall is a sophomore, so he's probably 20?

Yes, R33, he’s a sophomore. I scrolled through his limited IG posts. I definitely get a gay geeky vibe from him. Catholic high school, quiz teams, likes Mayor Pete. 🤷‍♂️ I’d say it’s certainly likely.

Yes, R33, he’s a sophomore. I scrolled through his limited IG posts. I definitely get a gay geeky vibe from him. Catholic high school, quiz teams, likes Mayor Pete. 🤷‍♂️ I’d say it’s certainly likely.

Yes, R33, he’s a sophomore. I scrolled through his limited IG posts. I definitely get a gay geeky vibe from him. Catholic high school, quiz teams, likes Mayor Pete. 🤷‍♂️ I’d say it’s certainly likely.

Top or bottom?

Marshall would make a terrific Robin.

R38 Marshall would make a terrific Bottom.

Glad to have found thread. Didn't know the previous one had been paywalled. In the future, please post a link to the new thread in the old thread. That always helps.

I didn't get gay vibes off Marshall. I got young, nervous and excited vibes off him.

Now, Felicity from last week. She had a boyfriend?!? That caught me off guard. She looked classic lesbian.

We'll know for sure if he's Joel if does really well in the category "Lhasa Apsos".

I don’t think Comeaux is a homo.

People who are paywalled can’t put a link in the old thread and no one else knows about the new one.

[quote] In the future, please post a link to the new thread in the old thread. That always helps.

Same thought as R43.

Usually the paywall comes up out of nowhere, it's impossible to link a new thread, because people are already locked out.

That's actually why a new thread has to be created. Because we can't post in the old thread.

^you CAN post, you’re just too cheap.

My local station is broadcasting a repeat program. Why is that?

Perhaps the solution is to go ahead the create Part 21 NOW. Publicize that thread in this thread and have everyone bookmark it. Then, leave it alone until it's needed. Continue using this thread until it is paywalled.

That way, those of us who are paying members will see it pop up in our thread watcher when people start using it thus signalling that the current one is Murieled.

Or we could just pay up.

Yalie is probably gay.

Yalie is the best player I've seen in a while.

Relieved to see that the Yale guy beat the two trash Florida girls.

Is this tournament new? It seems like it’s a repeat.

Nathaniel is definitely gay.

I was wondering the same thing, R51.

Is this a new tournament, or a re-run from 2019?

Seems to be new. There was a question about the movie Knives Out, which came out in Nov. 2019.

[quote]Or we could just pay up.

I'm paid up. Have been for a long time.

But others choose not to pay the $1.50 a month for various reasons. Not all of those reasons make sense to me, but the point is, these threads are more enjoyable with more people participating.

From the New York Post . . .

“Jeopardy!” fans were bowled over on Tuesday night when a clue on the board seemed to reference the coronavirus pandemic.

But the April 7 episode — in which three university students were competing as the storied ABC game show’s two-week-long College Championship — was filmed in early February.

Nathaniel Miller, a sophomore at Yale, selected an $800 clue during Double Jeopardy from the category “Health & Medicine".

Beloved host Alex Trebek, who is battling pancreatic cancer, read out the prompt: “From a Greek word for people, it describes a disease that affects many people at one time.”

Miller buzzed in with the correct answer, “What is a pandemic?”

The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic on March 11.

It didn’t take long for fans of the show to exclaim over the coincidence on social media.

^But nobody saw this coming!

R56 The deplorables still believe him.

Did Marshall win again?

R58, he wasn’t playing today but there was another cute gay named Alistair, who lost.

FJ was insanely easy, but only one got it correct.

Londyn kicked ass today! Good for her.

Sophomores have won three days in a row so far.

I guessed Dickinson for FJ like Alistair, then felt really dumb. Londyn was a terrific player.

Truman called Lee “Nelle” in Capote and Infamous.

What exactly did Londyn say she wanted to do for a career, when Alex somewhat scolded her for it?

I totally missed her interview, but caught the end part, when he was raising his eyebrow at her.

She was doing some dancing movement, and if I heard correctly (from far away) she said she wanted to meet a rich guy.

She said her major was Arabic and she might marry a rich Sheikh.

She seemed like a total airhead, but was an ace player.

No wonder she was trying to belly dance, R64.

Odd that her other career choice was to become a lawyer.

Joe seems like he wouldn't mind a good pounding. Just don't tell anybody.

I loved Beni’s hair. I’m sure I will be alone on that.

And I loved super gay Joe with his pressed white shirt under his sweatshirt and his love of musicals.

Joe needs wardrobe guidance. Send him to me.

Wonder what Beni's hair looks like now that he's been in quarantine a couple of weeks..... Good for Joe.

Joe deserves to have his pic poster here

Joe is adorable.

Great game today!

Musical queen Joe was very handsome. I love clean cut guys like him.

[quote] I loved Beni’s hair. I’m sure I will be alone on that.

At first I thought he was weird looking, but Beni is so adorable!

He had such a sweet personality, and he's a very smart kid.

Beni would have won, if it wasn't for those horrible Daily Doubles.

I hope he makes it to the Semi-Finals.

I got the impression that Beni is a mixed-race person, but really couldn't figure out which races is that might be? Final was a giveaway. Was no one else shocked that none of them could find Key West on a map???

Had anyone else heard of Hendrix College?

R75 Ha... I was fascinated and did some research. Very small Liberal Arts college connected to the United Methodist Church (but traced to the Southern Methodist... the southerners who wouldn't let go of slavery), 1200 students. Surprisingly rated 98th Liberal Arts college in American by US News Reports.

I guess they're going to have a gay twink on every episode of the college tournament?

Neat.

Even before the college twinks, there was an unusually long stretch of shows with hot and possibly gay men. Well done, Jeopardy producers!

I have met straight men who like Broadway shows.

Is there a Jeopardy casting couch?

I think today's contestant Nibir may be on the gay side. He's kind of cute.

Both of them had gay voice to me - kind of funny with the Liberty University gal in the middle like that!

I think it may be the first ever all-gay semi-final.

R73 Beni was NOT adorable in any way. He looked like Malachi from Children of the Corn but with a jew-fro.

I hate that bitch Natalie from the right wing Christian, Liberty University. The old people at the nursing home were REALLY her friends! You know she was proselytizing to the nearly dead trying to "save" them.

Glad she lost as well.

The semi finals are going to be a gay old time!

Go, Marshall!

Between the gay guys on Jeopardy tonight and the gay guy winning on Wheel of Fortune, Friday night Gay Days at the Game Shows.

I feared that the Liberty gal was going to win. Turns out that the Bible was her only strong suit.

For the first time in a LONG time, I am looking forward to the College Championship Week of Jeopardy!!!

Don't let us down, boys!

R50 Art Flaming!! Brilliant.

^^ I don't get it. ^^

R90: I know, right? She swept the “Deuteronomy” category but fizzled after that. Loved her FJ answer: writ of centuri! instead of quid pro quo,

Quid Pro Quo was so obvious. It was the ONLY possible answer if you've been keeping up with the news in even the slightest way. I guess these college kids are to involved in their own world to stay abreast of national news.

I missed quid pro quo. But it really was so obvious.

[quote] Art Flaming!! Brilliant. —Laughing so hard I sharted

[quote] ^^ I don't get it. ^^

Art Flaming is a play on the name Art Fleming, who was the original host of Jeopardy!

Only someone over 60 would probably get the reference.

I'm not over 60, but I am a trivia fan, so that's how I know this little factoid.

Thank you R96.....it's nice someone noticed.

R90 Please look at R51...I caught it right away but responded to the wrong link!

Yes, but…Art Flaming has been posting here for a long time. I still don't get it.

What is there not to get, R99? Art Fleming was a long time host for Jeopardy! back at the beginning, before Alex. Art Flaming is a gay-inspired name that is a clever play on the name of the prior host. It isn't rocket science...although, apparently, it may be beyond your tenuous grasp on word play.

Maybe that's not what R99 is not getting. Maybe it's the fact that "Art Flaming has been posting here for time" and NOW somebody notices the joke after all this time.

Whatever. Anyway, Tyler & Beni the quirky hair guy are competing on today's show.

But get ready for tomorrow when Joe the music queen goes up against Nabir.

I haven't had this much attention since I wore only one flip flop in a sleeping bag.

[quote]one flip flop in a sleeping bag

A flip flop?

Oh, the horror!

[quote]Maybe that's not what [R99] is not getting. Maybe it's the fact that "Art Flaming has been posting here for time" and NOW somebody notices the joke after all this time.

THANK YOU, r101! That's exactly what I mean. I don't think r100 has been here too long.

If only I could get in touch with Joe from Arkansas who loves musicals, I could tell him that his favorite one - Singin' in the Rain - is on AMC today at 6:15 p.m.!!!!

Joe, if you're out there....

Joe ran Cross Country.

Let’s go Joe!

Joe didn't play today.

Indiana Tyler def has gayvoice, but I would've been all over Beni when I was in college, he was the type I went after.

Joe doesn’t just enjoy musicals! He performs.

Joe’s been winning a trivia since Junior High

Joe’s Facebook is at Joe.coker.77

On it, he expresses support for Reconciling Ministries Network: “Living into our shared baptismal covenant, Reconciling Ministries Network equips and mobilizes United Methodists to resist evil, injustice, and oppression as we seek justice for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

My work is done.

Except for this

And this

When does Marshall play??

Roger Craig is cancelled to me.

I follow him on Twitter and he liked a tweet by Trump.

Joe is three years away from being a real southern doughboy...

Alex's toupee seemed poofier than usual tonight.

[quote]Alex's toupee seemed poofier than usual tonight.

That's in homage to his contestants, many of whom also seem poofier recently.

I really wanted Beni to win today. Can't believe he missed that easy FJ. Looking forward to Marshall on Wednesday.

Damn you, Beni!!!!

I was rooting for you!

He had such a huge lead, too.

I'm indifferent to Tyler, although I'm happy he won over the girl who needs a personality transplant. HATE her!

Tyler has a great smile and is growing on me in a square but hot way. Beni's FJ miss was sad, after an awesome game. I liked the Fla. gal because she is Kafkaesque.

I think Singin' in the Rain is a straight man's answer to "What's your favorite musical?"

Looking forward to Marshall's return.

Joe and Nibir are playing today

Nibir won. I feel so smart because I knew the answer to FJ.

Nibir is cute.

It seem Alex's memoir will be released in July.

His 80th birthday is in July. I hope he makes it.

I'm so sad that Joe didn't win. I was rooting for him all the way.

Either that, or I wanted Londyn to win.

Sucks that the other guy won.

Now Marshall is my only hope.

Well-deserved win for Nibir.

Rooting for Marshall and Tyler!

Joe looks like a major douchebag. Like the kind of guy who would be cast as an asshole/bully in a Lifetime or Hallmark movie.

He’s so tall and butch!

Goodbye, Joe of Hendrix. We hardly knew ye.

FJ was easy. Only one possible answer. I could see drawing a blank, but Argentina? Joe, no. No.

I love cute gay Nibir.

Nibir is smart as a whip.

Joe should have won.

He's better looking.

Marshall has to win!

He's my only hope.

Joe is a fiddle player.......

The final is shaping up to be a good contest!

I laughed at that too, R140.

He sounded like a total hick, calling a violin a "fiddle."

R141, that’s a little harsh. I found that charming. Violins are called fiddles in the bluegrass context.

Okay, sorry R142.

I laughed because I did find it funny that such a young guy would call a violin a fiddle.

However, it was also charming and cute at the same time.

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO....Marshall! That FJ was very hard. In this situation, you were better off going in in third place. He is beautiful.

Marshall will always have a place in my boudoir. Doesn’t he look just like young Dick Grayson? Gorgeous.

Wow, that was a surprise. I was sure it was going to be between Nathaniel and Marshall. Maybe it was when Nathaniel reached out and touched Marshall that it ended for both of them.

The TX dude really shat the bed. What an idiot 🙄🙄🙄

Deeply disappointing that Marshall is a huge fan of Hamilton and especially Lin Manuel Miranda.

Team Nibir.

I'm so bummed about this Jeopardy final.

I don't like any of the final three contestants, and probably won't watch.

I really don't care who wins.

Marshall should have been in that final.

The producers gave that shitty question on purpose, just to fuck up the two guys in the lead.

Fucking twats.

That girl doesn't deserve to be in the final.

Marshall looked so good tonight, even while fidgeting. I thought Nathaniel would win, but FJ was so hard. I had no idea. I'm betting on Nibir now.

That FJ was ridiculous.

R142 is correct. R141 suffers from Dunning Kruger effect.

I hope the two games coming up are good.....and close...... If not, after tonight's game, I probably won't bother with the final one.

I can read about it here.....and be more entertained.

I won't be watching.

No Marshall, no Joe, no deal.

I've lost all interest.

Btw, what's coming up next week? Has Jeopardy! run out of original programming?

Babe Ruth may be one of the worst non-Watson responses ever.

[quote] Babe Ruth may be one of the worst non-Watson responses ever.

She's from China.

If she didn't know the damned answer, then she should have just shut her stupid mouth.

Any shirtless pics of Marshall on social media?

R159, There is one on his Instagram page.

No thanks. Weasly.

R160 Ha. "Yes, I know how to spell Kanine"

Well, I will be watching since I have no problem rooting for both Tyler (who looks like a younger version of a nerdy guy I once dated) and gay-voice Nabir.

Well.....at least Babe Ruth WAS a baseball player......she didn't say Mickey Mantle.....

......wow.....I messed that up......I meant....

.....at least she didn't say Joe Namath......

I am so attracted to Nibir. I want him to ravish me all night long.

I like listening to Nibir's voice. But I knew he was going to lose $$ for "Soul Sister" and not saying "hey".

I normally would never say this about anyone, but Nibir has attractive hands/fingers.

I got FJ.

R169, you got herpes too.

Team Nibir.

R170, jealous?

Nibir played a good game.....the others only fair, but they were competitive. He has a huge lead that will be difficult to overcome.....I will be watching tonight.

I knew FJ, but I think they've asked that question before - maybe as a regular question.....

Yes, it seemed familiar to me, too, r173

Does Nibir need a boyfriend?

I suspect that after today, the answer would be no.

Go Nibir!

Yay, Nabir!

Glad he won. The girl was a complete waste of space.

Good game. They all did well, but Nibir rocked.

Nibir was totally calm, cool and collected throughout the entire tournament.

I think the prize money is too low for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

Yes, he was a machine. In a good way.

Gay sizemeat!

Good job Nibir! It was a good game with a foregone conclusion.

Did Nibir write the correct answer on FJ and then cross it out? I thought I saw that. I guessed at the answer and I must have read that when I was working on a production of Pippin - because I got it right!

Nabir deserves to have his picture up here

Yes. Nabir crossed out the correct answer.

Doesn’t ping for me.

For once, a college tournament that was actually fun and engaging!

Agreed Johnny. This was an enjoyable tournament.

Nibir's parents and younger brother were in the audience. They should have at least shown them, if bringing them onstage was not doable.

R188, how much younger?

Nibir is cute as hell, but he pings to me.

^but?

I have a crush on Andrew.

And a cameo by DL fave Steve Kornacki!

Jeopardy Teen and College tournaments are turning into the National Spelling Bee.

If you know what I mean.

R194, we have no idea what you mean.

For you, R195.

R196, you’re referring to people of color? I was thinking that the college tournament was pretty white. Interesting how people see things differently.

Am I the only one who heard Andrew answer "Shiner" for one of the questions instead of the correct answer "Shriner"?

I played it back to see if that's what I heard, and I was correct.

I thought for sure when they returned from the commercial break, Alex was going to say the judges heard him misstate the answer and deduct his score, but he got away with it.

I definitely heard him say "Shiner".

Andrew won by default. I don't see him having a third game.

FJ was super easy.

I love Andrew.

"Let's Dance!"

I thought tall Ben was cute. Hard questions tonight.

Could that gnome's story of locking herself in a hotel room have been any dumber?

Ben could have been the new champ if he had wagered intelligently.

For whom does Andrew ping?

Shiner. Not sure why they didn’t DING him.

Alex gave away half of the Victoria Falls answer to two contestants after telling the other one that Zimbabwe was only one of the counties.

[quote] Alex gave away half of the Victoria Falls answer to two contestants after telling the other one that Zimbabwe was only one of the counties.

I noticed that, too. Very unfair.

Alex is really slipping.

I cringed so hard when Alex tried to make a joke when he spoke with Sidra! 😬

I couldn't get FJ. Gary is a whiz.

R208, He was, but he appeared visibly nervous throughout the game.

Gary is from the town I live in. If he goes far, the place will EXPLODE.

On today’s show, there’s a hot funeral director.

Yes, Michael is to die for! 😍

Michael is also the president of his town! I wonder if he is in need of a first lady.

Alex joking with Michael about dead people voting was odd, given his situation.

No one knew "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" or Tim Russert?

middle guy Michael was a handsome piece.

I wanted Michael to win!

However, seeing as how Final Jeopardy was the easiest one EVER, it's clear that the show wanted the Canadian frau to win.

The clue was foreign country elections, and it stated that in 2014 there was a "record turnout" of 500 million people, in this "democratic country."

There were only two possibilities for that, since only China and India have over 500 million people.

Duh, I wonder which one it could be?

Fucking WORST Final Jeopardy question ever!

Gary is smart, but guessed Russia.

Yes, Final was obvious with the 500 million people.

Really liked the woman (Sharon?). She made an impressive comeback.

Was it my imagination or did Michael look a little uncomfortable shaking Gary's hand at the end of the game? (He was looking down and wasn't even looking at him)

The hand shaking between players after the game is a fairly recent ritual. In the past, contestants barely acknowledged each other during the closing credits.

My understanding is that the show tells contestants NOT to shake hands after the match.

In years past, contestants were good about following that edict, but in the past year or so, they've been ignoring it more often.

Frankly, it just looks better when the contestants shake hands. Signals "good game" and "no hard feelings." When they don't shake hands, it always seems to signal that there's something wrong, some bad feelings between contestants, someone is a sore loser or a stuck up winner.

Now in a coronavirus world, shaking hands will be verboten.

Kanadian Karen is the winner.....you know after the game, she asked to speak to the manager.

Re the hand shaking, didn't a winning contestant within the past couple of months hug one or both of the other contestants?

[quote]Re the hand shaking, didn't a winning contestant within the past couple of months hug one or both of the other contestants?

Probably, but the show so far has been recorded since way before the coronavirus…unpleasantness.

I wonder if champ Sharon Lawson is related to Helen?

It seems likely, as Sharon was adopted, and Helen abandoned her unwanted children across North America as she traveled the road show circuit.

Oohhh I like nerdy zaddy Tim.

R227, Love his ears.

Final was obvious again. Japan was really the only thing it could be.

R229, I guessed Israel, but I’m weak on history.

[quote]I guessed Israel, but I’m weak on history.

And weak on geography too, it appears. The clue said "The first Asian to accept the Nobel Peace Prize was the PM of this country who in 1967 renounced use of nuclear weapons."

Israel isn't in Asia. It's in the Mid-East.

R231, Israel is absolutely in Asia. The Mid-East isn’t a continent.

What’s going to happen when they run out of episodes? What will Alex do? I hope he doesn’t die in the pause.

From today's New York Post . . .

The last day to watch a new episode of “Jeopardy!” is May 1, according to an announcement on Twitter.

Starting May 4th, they're going to re-air the Greatest of all Time tournament and also Ken Jennings first and last episode as a regular contestant. I wish they would re-air his entire 70 game run since I didn't see it the first time around.

Alex's 80th birthday will be in July of this year. The fact that he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer early 2019 and he is still alive and functioning today is a minor miracle. His treatments did make a difference for the time being. I hope he gets to celebrate his 80th birthday.

His wig is looking so much better than the previous one.

There's something especially annoying about someone who corrects someone who is already correct.

I missed the last two episodes, it gets preempted by the Jersey 4 Jersey benefit concert (good cause) and the NFL draft (questionable).

I'm on the west coast and it got preempted Thursday and Friday for the NFL draft. I couldnt care less about football or the stupid draft. Give me my Jeopardy!

R239 - The episodes were shown early this morning (like around 3:30 ish).

Someone posts them nightly on YouTube.

In light of recent news:

Let me rock you, Chaka Kahn !!

OMG 🤪🤣😂

She realized the stupidity of that answer right after saying it because she put her hands in the air, as if to say to herself, "What an IDIOT!"

I had the same reaction to Final that Sarah did. I knew it was either Grant or McClellan but went with Grant because he was the more famous of the two. In hindsight, I should have picked McClellan simply because of the 1862 date. Grant didn't assume command of the Union army until 1864.

This is one of the shows they filmed without a studio audience. The one shot of the audience was a tight shot of Sarah's daughter surrounded presumably by a few friends/family of the contestants and/or contestants for later in the week.

The champ is a flake.

Why is Mina yelling at us?

The pen wouldn’t write the A? Bless her heart.

I was wondering the same thing, R248.

It was a little jarring to hear Alex mention "the Battle of" the O.K. Corral instead of "the Gunfight at. . ." - especially since the actual event lasted only about 30 seconds.

All three were somewhere on the spectrum. And no eye candy for me. 1/10

I got FJ right away, but I'm a major movie buff.

At least "Ben Hur" was a 1950s film, but "The Grapes of Wrath"?

Watching on 4/29 -- Is it me or does this chick Anastasia has some seriously sloping shoulders.

I completely blanked on Final. As did two of the three contestants. Was rooting for Kevin. Sorry he lost.

I'm still scratching my head over new champ Jesse saying he had a wife. Shouldn't that have been husband?

FJ was hopelessly hard for me. I was soooo tired of Sarah and her nattering.

Why did Thursday's show have a studio audience and Tuesday's did not?

I was surprised about Jesse having a wife as well.

Tonight's new male contestant seems pleasant enough

Where's Mister Cocoa?

I think Tuesday’s show did have an audience

R259, According to Johnny Gilbert at R246, it did not.

The publicity said they were filming without a studio audience beginning the week of March 9. And then the had to shutdown production because of the coronavirus lockdown starting the week of March 16.

Given that next week they are repeating the Greatest of All Time tournament with Brad, Ken and James that aired on ABC in January, that suggests they are out of new episodes. I mean, repeat episodes during May sweeps? Clearly out of new episodes.

The point is, the episodes we're seeing this week seem to be the ones that were filmed that week of March 9 which was supposed to be without an audience.

I was startled by that audience shot during Thursday's show as well. They had so very clearly been avoiding an audience shot on Monday and Wednesday's shows (the show has at least one audience shot every episode, usually two or three shots). And that tight audience shot on Tuesday's show was just of 6-8 people (likely family/friends of contestants).

My guess is either that Thursday's audience shot was a quick shot of a previous show's audience. Or they got all the crew and contestants to sit in those seats specifically for that shot. (Things like that are known to happen).

Or perhaps they really did pull in an audience despite saying they'd tape without one. Maybe they found the game didn't feel right without an audience so after the lunch break, they rounded up people to sit there. Plenty of people on the Sony lot they could have grabbed to sit in the audience.

Anyone else notice that Monday's 2004 repeat of Ken Jennings first show seemed to be sped up slightly. Everyone's voices seemed slgihtly off, especially Alex.

I presume this speeding up was because the 2004 ran slightly longer than a 2020 show would. Thus, they sped it up slightly to fit the full episode in without cutting anything.

I thought the tournament was next?

Didn’t watch since I did not want to see smug Jennings again.

Jennings introduced last night's 2004 game and then proceeded to name the winner of the GOAT Tournament which begins airing tonight.

So much for those who hadn't seen it.

[quote]Anyone else notice that Monday's 2004 repeat of Ken Jennings first show seemed to be sped up slightly. Everyone's voices seemed slgihtly off, especially Alex.

I thought that exact thing. It was kind of…jarring.

I think it might have been sped up because there were less commercials per half hour back when Ken Jennings first started as opposed to now.

So they had to move things along to fit in the whole episode.

A little faster and it would've sounded like a Chip 'n' Dale cartoon.

If Megan had bet zero(0), she would have been co-champion with forgetful Ben.

I was sure Jesse would win again. I don't think Ben will be around for long.

[Quote]If Megan had bet zero(0), she would have been co-champion with forgetful Ben.

They don't seem to have co-champions any more. A year or so ago, two contestants tied and one was somehow eliminated by some kind of screwy point system or something. Does anyone remember the details of that?

When they had that tie game a year or so ago, they did a quick showdown question to determine the winner. Whoever buzzed in first with the correct answer won.

It seemed awkward and unfair.

Final was easy because of the wording. "... is Article 6 of these."

If the answer was the Constitution, the phrasing would have been "Article 6 of this."

Since it said "these" it was obvious it was the Articles of Confederation.

Only other possible answer was the Bill of Rights, which doesn't have Articles, it has Amendments.

Are they back with new shows?

yes

"What is Lord of the Fries?"

Alex seemed a tad disgusted that no one even attempted to respond to the last four clues in DJ.

Looks like I'm wrong again. Didn't get Final Jeopardy either.

I thought FJ was pretty easy. But I'm old enough to remember the Disney version of Swiss Family Robinson; didn't know that the family in the novel had only sons.

I guessed Swiss Family Robinson, but didn't know the family name came from Robinson Crusoe.

I loved watching Nathan.

The last two Final Jeopardys have been ridiculously easy . . . Pregnant and Top Brass.

Agree r280

I guess we'll never know just how much of Nathan is covered by tattoos.

Flora and fauna?

Negative Nancy!

How could two of those idiots miss such an easy FJ?

R284, How could three of those idiots miss The Declaration of Independence?

How could the new champ, Morgan, not be gay?

Morgan and Alex were bumping elbows during the closing credits rather than shaking hands.

R287 So they are new shows, filmed after lock down? The players' podia are not even 6 feet from each other, and Alex (a very high risk demographic) is shaking hands with them.

R288, That was my point, Alex was not shaking hands with them. However, the contestants were seen shaking hands with each other.

Oy vey! So many answers missed. including the Declaration of Independence!!! And the year Nixon resigned!

And Final was so easy. At least the Connecticut answer had the georgraphy portion correction -- Connecticut does border three other states -- even if both forgot Yale is there.

I got FJ, but missed a lot of the others. Connecticut should have been crossed off their mental lists in a few seconds.

¿Donde esta Senor Cocoa?

[quote]How could the new champ, Morgan, not be gay?

Especially after the way he went after those Broadway show tune questions.

Re Morgan - sometimes a picture says it all

Ivory?

Seriously?

I so want to undo Sam's man bun.

Easiest FJ in recent memory on Wednesday.

I'm Team Ben all the way.

Meggie is beyond annoying.

A FJ as easy as that and no one got it?

I’m so embarrassed for them. Does no one watch Lawrence of Arabia anymore?

This is why kids aren't getting a proper education. Alex seemed appalled that no one got it right.

Next week is the last week of all-new Jeopardy episodes... I hope Alex will be able to return when they resume taping.

Ben and Meggie are so hammy.

So glad Ben won the $100K.

Good game, although FJ was easy.

That ex-champ doctor is straight?? Come now. Think the new champ is gay, too.

Nice comeback for the new slick champ.

Zack has a nice smile; Steve has a nice voice; Joanna has Rosie O's square grin/grimace thing.

Good game.

Zach is a very cute cookie smeller.

Raise your hand if you think Zach ditched his wife and went cruising at the nude beach.

Color me shocked when, who I’ve been referring to “cute gay Zach” mentioned a “wife”.

Parachuting beavers!

I knew FJ immediately.

Aren't I special?

How could they not know "Nano Nano" and/or "Book 'em Danno"?

Yes I was also shocked that Zach had a wife.

I was also surprised that the woman who was far ahead in 2nd place bet everything and ended up in 3rd place, getting $1000 instead of the $2000 she would have gotten had she bet nothing.

I figured out Final about 2 seconds before time ended. If I'd been playing the game, I wouldn't have had time to write it down!

I like Zach a lot, but was also surprised when he mentioned a wife and a babymoon.

A lot of silent moments when no one buzzed in, and Alex seemed surprised they couldn't get the answer.

Their youth was showing in a lot of the questions. They were probably not born during Mork and Mindy.

I guessed FJ too. Didn't seem difficult to me. And I'm not that bright.

Zach is just the cutest. I want to wrap him up in a burrito and eat him.

Why was Alex implying that FJ was between Morrison and Angelou, if the latter died in 2014? Does he think Oprah would only have praised one of the two of them?

Wondered the same thing. The date of Morrison's death made her the obvious answer (question).

Zach, again with the wife.

Did anyone else find Matt sexy as hell?

Yes, Matt was just my type. Except for the theatrical prayer.

So I guess that's it until the pandemic is over? I hope we see Alex again.

If you want to guess the FJ answer early:

CBS announced that "The Bold and the Beautiful" is resuming production on June 17th, so hopefully other shows will soon.

Alex has said he wants "Jeopardy!" to be the first game show to resume production.

I should check a certain email account more often -- missed Monday's "Alex's 1st Day" episode, but my DVR is set for next week's "Best of Celebrity Jeopardy!"

This game show host turns 80 today.

Are they speeding these early episodes up to allow more more commercial breaks or something? The pace seems so frantic.

R329, And the "questions" seem so easy.

Each afternoon, BUZZR airs editions of "Classic Concentration" that Alex was hosting in the late 1980s/early 1990s.

Yes, Alex was talking faster and louder back in the 1980s. I almost forgot that it was they way game show hosts talked back then. They were trying to cram the whole show in the 30 minutes and that was the only way to do it effectively.

These classic episodes definitely sound speeded up slightly, presumably to get the entire game in while also accommodating the extra commercial time shows have in 2020.

We noticed the same thing back in May when they reran Ken Jennings first episode from 2004.

Speaking of Ken Jennings, did anyone else notice that the promos for Alex's new book say that the Audible version is read by Alex and Ken Jennings? Is that a sign he's the replacement waiting in the wings?

I was wondering if the episodes were sped up as well.

It's not just a matter of Alex talking faster, but his voice sounds funny as well, as if it's distorted.

I also thought the questions are WAY easier than they are now.

Great to have a NEW episode. Jeff the astronomer was a great player--I liked his slick hair. I missed FJ too.

It was sad to see Alex appearing so frail on Monday's new season opener.

It looks like Ken Jennings is to be his eventual replacement.

The champ really thought Emily Dickinson was alive in 1965?

I didn't think spelling mattered: Barry/Berry. Not that she would have won.

Berry Gordy is the biological father of Diana Ross' eldest daughter.

[Quote]I didn't think spelling mattered: Barry/Berry. Not that she would have won.

Yeah, what the hell was THAT about? Phonetically, Barry and Berry are the same, and if the question had been answered orally it would have been accepted, so WTF? Spelling has never mattered before.

[quote]Spelling has never mattered before.

Except - that wasn't a simple spelling error.

That was getting the first name wrong.

R342, No, the vowel sounds are not the same.

How annoying was Kelly the "actress"?

Very!

Yes, spelling has never mattered in Final before.

The difference in sound between Barry and Berry is minimal.

She clearly knew the correct answer. Should have given it to her.

Show certainly feels different without an audience. You just don't feel the excitement of the game without the audience in attendance. Yes, they have the recorded applause, but its not the same.

The answer is: This person hasn't been seen or heard from since April 10, 2020.

Who is Mr. Coco, Alex.

R348, Cocoa, not Coco.

I thought you bitches forgot all about me..

[quote][R348], Cocoa, not Coco.

BZZT—wrong! And also you didn't phrase it as a question.

The answer is: r14, r27, r74 and r82.

What are the genuine posts on this thread signed by the very real MR. COCO?

You, r348, like Mr. Coco, don't get an A.

^^ Sorry, it's R351 who doesn't get an A, not r348. ^^

Okay, how did you do that?

Beth screwed up with FJ, crossing out Rivera, and David tanked with his true Daily Double. Good game: Joe is smart.

Finally, a really exciting game!

Had no idea about final, but glad Joe did.

I like Joe - and I like the hair

Okay, so WTF was up with THAT? Sarah very clearly did NOT form the very last answer as a question ("Sirius/XM Radio,") but SHE WASN'T PENALIZED!! "Well, that's an unusual way of phrasing your response, but it is correct, it's Sirius/XM Radio," said Alex. And this was hot on the heels of a contestant who lost earlier in the week because she wrote "Barry" Gordy instead of "Berry."

Let's establish some rules here. folks.

R357, That Sarah response was downright weird. I played it back twice to make sure I heard it correctly.

Mr. Cocoa . . . Please come home!

Generally, Alex says, "In the form of a question, please," to get the contestants to answer properly.

[quote] Generally, Alex says, "In the form of a question, please," to get the contestants to answer properly.

He only does that in the first round. If the contestant does not answer in the form of a question, he does not remind them and they are penalized.

My understanding is that they're allowed to get away with forgetting to respond properly during the first round - and in each of those cases, Alex reminds them.

But they are in fact supposed to be penalized if they do it during the second half of the game because I distinctly remember contestant[bold]s[/bold] losing money if they just give the answer without the question.

It's one thing that Alex didn't hear the response as such; it's another that the judges didn't pick up on it and have Alex correct it after the commercial break.

R344. Actually, in many US dialects, the vowels are the same—for linguists, it’s the marry/merry/Mary (!) test

My FJ guess was India, like Tyler. That was hard...

The contestant anecdotes seemed particularly awkward tonight, but I'm glad Tyler's high school theater mishap ended with a supportive round of applause which encouraged him to brush himself and get back on that damn stage.

During the introductions, I mistook Tyler for a lesbian.

Did Reshima seem sedated to anyone else?

Tyler needs a slap in the face.

I guessed either India or Thailand so was half right!!

Robert is handsome and has a great voice. FJ was the easiest in a while. Was it just me or did "Dana Hill" actually look a little like Dana Hill?

Lisa, in the middle, appeared to be channeling RBG.

I thought Robert was good-looking as well.

And, I'm presuming, gay.

Now THAT was a great game.

Sameer comes from behind to win big.

I like the new champ. He's very low-key, and manages to answer in the form of a question without sounding like he's asking a question (confidently rather than doubtfully). Plus, I loved his roadrunner story.

If I were Mason's girlfriend, I would also take a day off from work and go with him ANYWHERE.

I was sure Mason was a gay top.

I got FJ and none of the contestants did. The first poem I memorized in school.

Yet another male contestant who surprised me with the mention of a girlfriend.

I thought FJ was a giveaway.

I misunderstood FJ, guessed Superior, and feel inferior.

I would SO like to sodomize Mason. That boy is sex on wheels.

Final was awkwardly worded.

Jesus, contestant thought WIN stood for Whip The Vote Now?

Mason Maggio is hot stuff. He has a sultriness about him. Sad to see him go.

For a “songwriter “, he knew absolutely nothing about music.

New champ is hot. Would love to see him in his uniform.

Phillip is growing on me, cute grin. Can't believe I missed FJ tonight.

Phillip is a very sexy man.

R383: Yes, indeed. I’m loving his presence on my TV screen.

He has a DILF quality that I find very reassuring

Poor Phillip had a lousy game. Garrett is cute and played very well, but he should have got FJ.

Puzzling that both men blanked on such an easy FJ. So nice to know that Phillip is into role playing with his brother.

No mention of wife and kids and no wedding ring. Dare to dream that Phillip is a team member?

I was wondering about Phillip as well, but I've been wrong about some of the other recent contestants who later mention a GF (like Mason), so who knows.

Another incredibly easy FJ.

Garrett is, indeed, a cutie.

I said Argentina. Oops.

I’m surprised nobody got FJ. I found that easy, but I’ve always been horrified by that particular Bible story.

I was forced to attend Sunday school for 6 years, and that Bible story really freaked me out too.

Holly thought Abraham Lincoln was still alive in 1876.

Sheldon thought Annie Leibovitz was alive and photographing in 1936.

R391: As did I.

The sword swallower blew it when she guessed "Cartier" and lost $800 on the last question. She was the only one who got FJ, which was a toughie, and she could have won if she'd still had that extra $800 to wager.

R396, She wasn't the only one to get FJ. Garrett also correctly guessed Hispaniola.

Thanks - got that wrong. And I guessed Haiti...

Brian was cute but kind of dumb. FJ was obvious.

Barbara the bagel maker sounds like Patti "Laugh In" Deutsch.

They gave Michael a looooong time to answer that Daily Double and he still couldn’t come up with it.

FJ was hard. I guessed mosquitoes.

I had cicadas. Then I remembered monarch butterflies before Alex’s hint, but after time was up

I initially thought perhaps la cucaracha, but nobody would put that on a flag, but cicada seemed the more obvious choice. Both my thoughts were wrong.

I also guessed the cicada.

When was the last time there was only one player for FJ?

How did Natt even make it to air?

That contestant in the middle podium was goofy, tedious and annoying. So glad he didn't make it to FJ.

From HUFFPOST:

"Jeopardy!” contestant Kevin Walsh found himself completely socially distanced from the competition Tuesday ― and it had nothing to do with the game show’s coronavirus safeguards.

Walsh was the only contestant to advance to “Final Jeopardy!” after opposing players Alex Switzky and Natt Supab failed to show a profit in the regular portion.

“The stage looks like a very lonely place right now,” host Alex Trebek said as Walsh stood alone at his podium. “I cannot recall the last time we had only one player in ‘Final Jeopardy'.

What were Natt’s pronouns?

If Jack needs some consolation, I'm available.

[quote]What were Natt’s pronouns?

He was such an idiot, his pronouns are probably "and" and "or"!

Natt was a "she".

I haven't got FJ in days. The bearded dude was a big hunk.

Today’s FJ was easy if you watch any Marvel films.

R413, Indeed. I was picturing him naked as he spoke.

So glad the honeymooning lady lawyer eked out a win.

Kevin had to be one of the most boring champions ever.

Alex was the only Type A on the show tonight.

Oops, I guessed Rodeo too. Aaron's blue sweater was nice, but clashed with that green shirt.

Nancy the lezzie responding "What is a dyke?" was hilarious.

No one cute and gay on tonight...

Nancy reminded me a little of Nancy.

Why could I not get FJ? I love Kool and the Gang.

Alex seems exasperated by the recent run of dim contestants. When none of the three got the very first answer, "What is roll out the barrel?", he knew what he was in for tonight. Carlos looks a bit like young Jeff Goldblum.

R422, That game was torture to watch with so many non or dumb responses.

The honeymooning lady lawyer champ really shit the marriage bed at the end, deep in the red.

A three day total of just $24K?

Is it me or have the contestants been kind of lethargic, lately. Also, how do you miss a question about, "The Grapes of Wrath".

Aimee needs a Valium.

R425 Ha. I was thinking she needs needs to cut back on her caffeine intake.

Finally, three bright contestants and a great game. Cole was on fire, but the FJ category was clearly not his strength.

I dunno, R427, it would seem that as a writer, an FJ category about a writer should have been Cole's greatest strength.

That's true, I forgot he was a writer. One of the few questions he missed was a Broadway daily double, and I thought maybe plays and movies weren't his thing.

Good see-saw game tonight until the two guys tanked. Jon had nice hair.

Yeah, sorry Jon lost. The champ seems nice, but not a lot of personality.

That was a giveaway FJ.

It's amazing how tepid these shows are with most of the contestants within driving distance of the studio!

The Jeopardy thread used to be hopping. What’s going on?

I think someone suggested they are paywalled, but I'm not sure...

Darn, Jeopardy was cancelled tonight due to the election...

And Alex has died. RIP

Weird weekend -- Awakened yesterday to the uplifting news of Biden's win and this morning to the sad news of Alex's death.

The year 2020 can't be over soon enough.

Having watched Jeopardy for years and years, I was really shocked to hear this.

There are enough episodes to last until Christmas.

We've all seen this, but it's worth repeating . . .

Fittingly, as a tribute to Alex, it was a great game on Mon. with three smart contestants. I 'm quite attracted to tall Ben; a little intense, but the side shots showed he has a nice ass.

[quote] Lovely gesture. The Carillon on Parliament Hill plays theme from Jeopardy! in honour of Alex Trebek. RIP.

R439: It was a beautiful gesture on his part.

R440, Ben has "Andy Cohen eyes".

Ben should have got FJ.

It was funny to see Mariah's studied focus on the teleprompter when she read clues about her own career.

No comments on John, "Jeopardy!" champion for Friday, November 13th? Because I kept picturing him bare chested.

John looked good in uniform. He's super smart, especially with history, but his Achilles heel may be the arts.

Here is John all decked out in another uniform . . .

Is he wed? Couldn't tell if he had a ring.

I looked on Friday, and he wasn't wearing one.

Surprised John missed FJ. Good game, though. Bold Double Jeopardy wagers by the new champ.

FJ was so obvious, very surprised that John missed it.

At least we discovered that he is a married father.

Tougher FJ today, for me at least. Kevin was cute and had a sexy, slow-talker voice.

Andy was really cute when he was a bit younger.

So were we all!

R454, He's not exactly ready for the recycling bin now.

I find current champ Henry very sexy, even though he's not my physical type of guy.

His breadth of knowledge is quite impressive.

I’d watch a Ryan/Henry sex tape.

Ryan is a gay! He got Cher.

The other two gave stupid responses.

While I'll miss Henry with his BDF and long fingers, I find Ryan's smile to be really sexy.

Plus (as was mentioned above) he got Cher.

That woman at the end was a real idiot for most of the show.

It seemed like she was guessing at most of the responses she gave - just throwing out answers, hoping that they would be correct.

I like to see Henry in his water polo gear.

I loved big-dicked Zack.

The champ is doing great. Gabriel started out well until he got to the first daily double. How could he not know that Toni Morrison wrote The Bluest Eye?

Great game for Ryan after a slow start: strategic $9000 Daily Double wager (it was an easy question), then nailing FJ, which was insanely difficult.

Gabriel was insufferable. Glad he lost and that Alex didn’t have to spend what little time he had left dealing with his pomposity. I’ve never had coffee or seen a Star Wars movie. What a douche nozzle.

Gabriel was a good player, even if he didn't posses the charisma.

I knew FJ! It seemed easy but I guess those young ‘uns don’t know Monty Python.

I’m so glad Ryan beat fatass Ben.

I love Monty Python and still missed FJ. Ryan is an amazing player.

Me too. FJ was totally baffling for me.

What a surprising upset victory!

As someone who loves Melville, I could kick myself for being stumped by FJ.

I guessed Heathcliff...

I guessed the Count of Monte Cristo too. Tricky when revenge against a non-human wasn't on my radar...

What a surprise! The mousy mediocre contestant takes it all. No one was more surprised than she was. I didn't guess Moby either. A great question for FJ.

I figured Final was about Moby Dick. Between the 1851 publication date and the mention of revenge, that was pretty obvious.

But I blanked on the name of Captain Ahab!

1851 was a dead giveaway.

FJ tonight - I was torn between Cyprus and Malta, but ultimately chose Malta.

I too figured Final was either Cyprus or Malta, but I chose Cyprus.

I chose . . . wisely.

That was a gutsy late in the game DD by Katherine.

FJ seemed pretty obvious to me.

Wow. No one guessed "West Side Story" for FJ. Those three should get on DL.

I was shocked as well. I knew the answer halfway into reading it.

I knew the hockey-playing lesbian would not get FJ.

I've just finished watching several episodes back to back. Weird that the show had lesbians in the #3 slot on both Thursday and Friday. I found myself wondering, "Is this the designated lesbian slot?"

Yes, West Side Story was obvious However, I will point out, Broadway has been closed since March and therefore Broadway happenings aren't making the news routinely like they would if normally.

Contestants lately seem to be less knowledgeable about literature and theater. They’re Philistines.

How could Wicked be a revival when the original Broadway production is/was still running?

FJ clue included "Joan Sutherland", and yet only one contestant guessed "Sydney Opera House".

Not everyone knows he she was . . . or where she was born.

Name Joan Sutherland means nothing to me.

Well, Brayden sure recovered nicely from that lame mini-golf story at the start.

Has there ever been an easier Final Jeopardy question than Tuesday's about O Magazine?

What kind of mini-golf courses have live alligators nearby?

I actually thought of Mad Magazine at first. 🙃☺️

I actually thought of Mad Magazine at first. 🙃☺️

Whoa . . . How hot was Spencer?

Very!

I'd love to get lost in the wilderness with Spencer on one of his meandering hikes.

Teja was handsome and smart. Brayden appears to be unstoppable, super fast on the buzzer and getting all the Daily Doubles, although Rostand tripped him up in FJ.

Brayden also seems to be enjoying his success more and more. He's at least started to smile now and then.

Devon = Ron Burgundy

Maybe he can take over as host...

I had no idea for FJ.

R499, Brayden seems a bit off. He feigns embarrassment when he’s kicking his opponents’ asses.

I guessed Hallmark for Final because of the reference to envelopes.

I would have guessed 3M too.

Normally, watching Jeopardy is one of the ways I unwind from a long day. It's usually very relaxing.

Tuesday's episode was anything but relaxing. It was 15 or more years old and was clearly sped up to get the entire episode in plus all the commericials. But it was so sped up, I felt like I was moving at super speed. I felt more wired and wound up after watching it than I did before I started watching.

If all the episodes from this two week retrospective are sped up like this, I may have to skip it.

I thought Christmas Day was when they were scheduled to air the last show with Alex Trebek, but they only replayed an older game form years ago.

That was the original intent, but they moved Trebek's final episodes to this week, with his last appearance being on Friday.

Show wants high ratings for the final week of Trebek shows, viewership often goes down during the holidays. So they showed repeats for two weeks and are airing his final episodes this week.

Anyone else finding Jeopardy! Executive Producer Mike Richards sexy as hell?

I didn't get FJ, even though I've read the book. David really mucked up that $10,000 Daily Double.

Yeah, poor David. He shouldn't have forgotten the pen.

Jennings continues to prove his asshole-ness and that he is unfit to lead Jeopardy.

Fuck him.

Jennings continues to prove his asshole-ness and that he is unfit to lead Jeopardy.

Fuck him.

FJ was SO hard. I had no idea that Carolus is Latin for Charles.

Carlos is Spanish for Charles. I've not seen the show, today our local ABC affiliate, was running the Georgia runoff results.

I guessed FJ correctly, but it was a shot in the dark. Ex-champ looked pretty grumpy at his loss.

Only reason I guessed North and South Carolina was because of the TWO states and the date.

Had never really thought before about Carolina somehow being a derivative of Charles.

Can’t believe I missed FJ! I love that movie. I guess I forgot the category.

As Alex said, another hard FJ. Would never have got it. I like the new champ.

I initially guessed 1917 for Final, then realized it came out in 2019. I then quickly realized the answer was Wonder Woman. Not sure I would have had enough time to get my answer written down before time was up.

Just bumping this up because tonight was Alex's last appearance.

Nice clip montage of Alex at the end of his last show.

Future trivia question -- What was Alex's final Final Jeopardy question?

It's too bad Alex's final game was not more competitive.

Goodbye Alex.

Hopefully they will find someone better to replace you than that smug, unfunny Mormon.

If you missed it, here is the tribute.

Actually, Katie Couric might make a good permanent replacement as long as she reins in the cutesy factor.

That would be impossible, r526. And please, no Meredith Vierra.

Well, we get to sample Ken as a host starting tonight.

Wonder if he'll be any better than he was on his new game show The Chase?

Well I'm not looking forward to Ken.

If it had to be a major Jeopardy player, I'd rather it be Brad Rutter.

Just watched it here in the Midwest. He’s low energy and his voice is kind of feeble. He’s pleasant enough, but that alone won’t get the job done.

I thought he did well. Seemed to lose some steam towards the end, but he'll develop the pacing. Nerves might have been a part of that.

Nice tribute he gave to Alex in the beginning.

Yeah, he wasn’t a complete disaster.

He said nice things about Alex and he seemed to really choke up at times.

It felt like he was sort of rushing but he was alright.

I though Ken was fine too. Nice suit. The new champ had a great comeback and scored in a very broad range of categories. I love Elvis, but missed FJ.

Me too. I guess a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish would have helped. Which I do not have.

I thought Ken did a fine job. He's merely mimicking what Alex did at the moment and he did fine with that. Yes, he seemed to have had a little bit of nerves, but WHO WOULDN'T hosting the first show after Alex's death? I imagine Ken will develop his own style once he gets some shows under his belt.

Ken did a very nice tribute to Alex at first. There was also a nice tribute at the end of end credits.

I imagine Brad Rutter will be given a shot at being guest host. I think Brad will do well as host too. Likely James Holzhauer will get a shot at guest host as well, but I suspect he will be very poor as host.

Final was fairly obvious. I don't speak Spanish, but know enough to know "Viva" means "Live." With the reference to a hit song and movie of the same name in 1964, it didn't take much to figure out it was Viva Las Vegas.

Lucy is super smart. Nice FJ category for an animal lover. Checkers wasn't a bad guess.

Very good game! Liked Lucy a lot. Remembering the name of that dog was impressive. Checkers was the only thing I could come up with and I knew that was wrong.

Just heard this morning than Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be guest hosting Jeopardy at some point

Oh, Cameron. Bless her heart.

Just heard this morning that [bold]Fudge[/bold] Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be guest hosting Jeopardy at some point.

There, fixed it for you...

Anyone watching The Chase on ABC on Thursday nights? It's a game show featuring contestants trying to match wits in trivia competitions with Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauser. Show debuted just after the New Year

Each week, one of the three Jeopardy champs goes up against the contestants. So far, Ken and James have gone up against contestants. Presumably, Brad will go next week.

As far as their performance, let's just say that Ken was affable enough, but James came across as a complete jerk.

Any thoughts I had about whether James could be host of Jeopardy were erased after watching him on The Chase.

I thought Ken was great: the small talk during the contestant chats can be painfully awkward , but he handled it well all week.

Ken is doing better than I thought he would. He has spent the past year undergoing intensive training to be the host and it appears this has helped him to be a successful host.

That being said, I am looking forward to other guest hosts - especially a fellow alma mater of UC Berkeley, Aaron Rodgers.

Ken has done remarkably well in following in Alex's footsteps. The producers groomed him well. Definitely a good choice for the first guest host since Alex's death.

Seeing how the other guest hosts do will be interesting, but I would not be at all surprised if Ken ends up getting the gig permanently.

I hate how contestants have become so unknowledgeable about literature. They didn’t know Graham Greene or Edith Wharton today.

Jennifer reminded me of DL fave Alice Ghostley.

Have you noticed Ken’s eyes show anger when the contestants miss an easy one?

That was a great photo of Sarah and Alex on the subway.

R547 Beneath the mask of Mormon congeniality lies an angry, repressed man.

I call dibs on cutiepie Jack.

Jack came so close! Now I feel like I should comfort him.

Jack seems a bit tense.

They should let both high scorers continue as champion.

What would happen if the player who won the buzzer race answered incorrectly?

R553, up until just a few years ago, tying players did return for the next game. Prior to that, the tiebreaker question was only used in tournaments so they wouldn't have to give more than one person the big bucks.

If the first player to buzz in answered incorrectly, the other player would have a chance to answer. If their answer was also incorrect, a second tiebreaker question would be asked. They would keep going as necessary, but only the deciding question would be aired.

Yeah, both should come back. Don't like this deciding who the winner is in a sudden death tie breaker.

Jack came so far and beat the odds to end up in a tie at the end of Final. Somehow he deserves more than to go home with a mere $2,000 just because he was a milisecond slower on the buzzer.

I got FJ! I’m usually terrible with geography.

Surely I wasn't the only one unnerved by Elliot's voice.

He sounded like a cartoon character.

They didn’t know James Garner!

I knew FJ today.

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Would it kill Brian Chang to turn and at least acknowledge the other contestants? Smile, nod, some sort of graciousness?

No, R557, you weren't. I kept hearing Droopy Dog when Elliott spoke.

I think Brian is socially awkward at best.

R560, And he's an attorney? What must his courtroom presentations be like?

Was shocked that nobody recognized James Garner... wow.

Wonder how long they'll keep Ken Jennings hosting. He's doing well.

R563 I doubt he litigates in court.

Yeah, R564, much as I hate to admit it, he is doing well.

I especially like that he thanks Alex after every episode.

Too bad Alex in the middle blew it. He seemed charming, and had great hair. Hard FJ.

But he apparently thinks it's General CUSTARD, R567! 🤣 Ken seemed thrown by that -- he wanted to tell him he had it half right when he really didn't.

R564, I read somewhere that he taped 30 shows.

I'm liking Ken as host more than I thought I would as well. He's not condescending in the way Alex often was and having been a contestant engenders empathy.

Being an all-time-great player gives him a certain something extra it will be hard to match.

Wouldn't he be allowed "Custard"? I thought spelling didn't count in FJ.

R570, that’s a different word altogether.

How come every time I open this thread, it starts at post #1...very irritating.

Bye, Brian Felicia!

Poor Jill having to compete against two champions. Glad to see Zach win, however. That was more than enough of Brian.

Zach has an insincere smile.

Easy FJ. Ken had a nice tie today. He dresses up nicely.

I was sure FJ was Belfast.

Easy win for Zach. The other two seemed to be guessing throughout the game.

I guess they skipped Derry Girls.

Belfast doesn’t have two names.

I knew Londonderry was the answer because it was in the news so often growing up. If you weren't a child of the 70s, you're unlikely to have heard of the place.

Likely same reason people didn't know who James Garner was.

So, they waited until Brian Chang had won 7 games to bring in Zach to challenge him?

Zach was sitting backstage all week long and they decided to bring him out after Brian's 7th win?? Well, I guess that' one way to keep Brian from racking up too many wins.

All that said, I like Zach better than Brian, but think Brian got a shitty deal. One of the main advantages of competing again two people who've never been on camera before is that they lack the comfort and experience of playing the game for real. They took that advantage away from Brian.

Team Zach. I was beyond ready for Brian to go.

Brian Chang was an asshole. I get that he’s socially awkward, but as soon as Zach was there, all of sudden he knew how to smile, turn to his left, acknowledge someone other than Jennings and be polite. Chang saw Zach as a fellow winner and attorney, someone in league with him.

Knock Zach for his zany smile or whatever, but at least he’s not above being polite to his fellow players.

Zach has a wife?

Hard FJ. Hadn't a clue.

I had no idea about Final.

Zach really lost his mojo when he missed the Daily Double question. If he hadn't bet so much on that Daily Double, he's still be the champ.

No one knew Valerie Harper played Rhoda? Is the Mary Tyler Moore Show that unknown to Gen Xers?

He just seemed to lose steam as the show went on. Also, the categories didn't seem in his wheelhouse.

I could only come up with "inertia" for FJ.

I can see not knowing James Garner or Valerie Harper, but they also could not identify Dave Chappelle and he's current.

I knew entropy. It’s the story of my life.

Looks like Dr. Sanjay is going to be a guest host.

Another hard FJ. If I had an hour I might have figured it out...

I actually did figure it out, because I remembered Geisel went to Dartmouth, but then moved away because my brain couldn’t get Seuss to rhyme with rejoice. I like to think I’d have written Seuss in the moment, but who knows.

Will every guest host close with "Thank you, Alex"?

There's now a move to keep Dr. Oz from being a guest host.

One "Thank you Alex" was sufficient.

Didn't get FJ again. Good work by the new champ.

R594 - that's good to know.

Who on earth thought it would be a good idea to have a quack be a Jeopardy host?

New champ has the personality of a postage stamp.

People are so fucking ridiculous. Some asswipes on the TVLine comments saying they won’t watch Anderson or Couric when they host are beyond ignorant.

Such assholes everywhere.

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Anderson Cooper won one of the celebrity Jeopardy tournaments, so I'd say he's a good choice to do a guest host gig.

Hot champion.