Jeopardy #28: The Show Must Go On

Link to the previous thread, #27.

Carter Lockwood, we hardly knew ye.

Carter Lockwood. is a name for a soap opera business magnate.

Is Carter a homosexualist?

I'd never heard of Juliette Gordon Low until tonight.

I knew Final immediately because of the trefoil part of the clue. Trefoil are my favorite Girl Scout cookie.

I liked Hieu. Was impressed by his surge at the end.

I knew it was the Girl Scouts founder based on Trefoil but I had no idea what her actual name was.

That was an incredibly easy "tie breaker".

Yeah, I thought it was an easy tie breaker too.

I was surprised no one got raisins, Sri Lanka or equator.

I felt bad for Patrick coming up with a really dumb response for the pasta dish with "Carb" in the name.

"I felt bad for Patrick coming up with a really dumb response for the pasta dish with "Carb" in the name."

But, he was definitely easy on the eyes, so we'll forgive his dumb response.

She wouldn’t have needed the tiebreaker if she simply had bid $1 more. What a bizarre thing to do.

That tie breaker couldn’t have been any easier. After hearing her story, I wonder if the doctor let her win?

More attention must be paid to your wager.

Good game. I liked all the players.

I knew Final as well as Sri Lanka.

Have only seen the Tie Breaker done once before. Rather easy answer tonight. As I recall, the previous time they did a Tie Breaker, it was also an easy answer. So, the Tie Breaker is clearly about who is fastest on the buzzer.

Tie Breaker could have been avoided if Chrstine had just bet $1 more. But I'm not really seeing the need for a Tie Breaker. Why couldn't two people have gone into tomorrow's show as champs. Co-champs. by the end of tomorrow's show, we would have been back down to one champ.

Because, Fairness Queens, there is one winner at the end of the half hour. ONE.

Agreed that Sri Lanka was obvious.

I fear new champ will be another multi-night steamroll.

The new champ is confident enough to start steamrolling over her opponents.

Several cancer patients have been victorious on Jeopardy!.

Tonight’s game was awful. Probably the highest rate of incorrect responses in recent memory. You could tell Ken Jennings was making a real effort to suppress rolling his eyes at the contestants’ continuous stupid answers to really easy questions.

The lady champ responding Mary Kay Ash to a photo of Madam C. J. Walker was too funny.

No one knew Marla Gibbs was the maid on "The Jeffersons"?

This was no one's finest half hour.

Is the Champ a lezzy?

One of the worst games I've witnessed in ages. So many wrong answers. So many dumb answers!

Anne started off strong but completely lost her mojo. But then Lucian who was barely a presence in the first half had a surge in the second half. Along the way, Christine just sort built an unbeatable lead.

Final was very easy for me if you knew the Addams Family started off as a cartoon.

I got Final at the last minute. I've taken to keeping paper and pencil nearby to write down ones I knew that they didn't, so here goes... 1876 (did they not know what the term "centennial" means?), Baton Rouge (again, they all but signaled "just guess the name of the capital!"), Shreveport, 1916, Maria Theresa, Madame C J Walker (Mark Kay cosmetics were quite a bit later than that photo), Maria Theresa, and The Jeffersons.

Rather than her orientation, I'm more concerned that the current champ is an evangelical.

So I said Saturn awards, wtf are the Saturn Awards?

I thought they were for sci-fi?

I can see getting very tired of Christine very, very quickly. On the bright side, Max almost took her out, so she could be vulnerable, because there were quite a few questions she missed, including two DDs.

I want to slap that condescending smile off her face. She’s smart, but being heavily religious, as she appears to be, will limit her knowledge. Hopeful she’s gone soon.

I guessed Hugo, but wasn't sure. The guy from West Hollywood had a nice voice and demeanor. Ken is good at "Hosting Jeopardy".

Yes, Christine is growing annoying rather quickly. Was hoping Max would take her out.

I guess Hugo for Final but wasn't entirely confident.

R25, "Madame C J Walker (Mark Kay cosmetics were quite a bit later than that photo)"

Not to mention one was black and the other Caucasian.

Christine's annoying prisspot lips are making me hate her. NEXT!....

R32, Bet she plays a mean organ.

Ewwwwwwwwwwww.

Christine is annoying as hell!

I knew that was a wig.

Poor homosexual Joe couldn’t even make it to final.

Forgetting about the Balkans, I guessed Kabul. However, among the many I did know that they didn't: The Band (having seen The Last Waltz), Golf (Dinah Shore), Heinz (Pittsburgh), Jacaranda (not a lot of J trees), Yeats, Marathon Man, infinitesimal, Basra (not Jeddah), Loch Ness under Scandinavian?

Was the champ trying to signal her short hair is NOT a dyke thing?

Christine does look better without that greasy wig.

As did everyone viewing from outer space, R36. It was pretty obvious, especially since she told us she'd had breast cancer last year.

Ken seemed a bit exasperated with the (many) wrong answers.

Do you blame him? Some of these are pretty fucking easy.

How did Joe get past the first interview?

R43, He threatened them with his sword.

How did Joe even [bold]get[bold] the first interview?

I meant to bold only the word get above.

Anyway, not only were there a lot of wrong answers, but no one was buzzing in for ones that I thought were obvious.

I could understand not knowing Mothers of Invention or The Band, but Sophie's Choice? Marathon Man? Basra? Golf tournament?

So many wrong answers or non responsive answers that must be generations -- Mothers of Invention, the Band, gold and Dinah Shore. I guess if you're under 40, these aren't a part of your consciousness.

Living in LA, I certainly knew the jacaranda tree. But I had never heard of it until I moved here.

Christine looks better without the wig. But she's just so unexpressive. She wins her third game and it barely even registers on her face. Hard to warm up to her.

I knew Sarajevo for Final. Only other possible answer I could think of was Beruit, but I was fairly certain the fighting there was earlier that 92-96.

I'm liking the new champ a lot! Stefan really triggered my nerd fetish though. Odd dress for Christine, but guess she wanted to get back to her evangelical roots?

Three I knew they misssed were Married with Children, Six Feet Under, and Volta, but still the kind of competition we all want to see.

Some of those tv show finales were hard!

FJ was very easy, I got Gable and could name all three movies.

I also got all of the TV show finales except for M*A*S*H (I guessed St. Elsewhere).

Too bad Stefan isn't gay. Lincoln?

I like Margaret too. She's from Pittsburgh, but I thought I heard a bit of a southern accent.

"La Dolce Vita" is one of my all-time favorite movies, so I got Fellini. But not Volta...

I like Margaret as well. She’s a little quirky. I like that.

Way to go "quirky" Margaret, kicking a cancer survivor while she's down.

When Margaret was introduced as a "homemaker", my first reaction was not good, but she quickly and happily surprised me. She seemed a bit overdressed for a game show, but her personality is refreshing.

FJ was, indeed, very easy.

Good game. Always like it when the game is competitive.

Bravo to Margaret. She's quirky but fun. I just never warmed to cancer survivor Christine, although I really tried to.

Final was indeed very easy.

I'm glad to see sourpuss Christine go. She's too severe for a game show - with or without the wig.

Initially I thought Stefan was cute, but he had a kind of (straight) swagger early on that I didn't care for.

On the other hand, I thought Margaret was a hoot. I can easily imagine her vacuuming her living room carpet while holding a cocktail with her other hand.

I was stumped a lot tonight, but FJ was super easy. And I recognized Fellini (one of my favorite directors) the second they showed his picture.

Why is Ken saying that there's a good chance Christine will return for the TOC when she only won four games?

Ken said that at the beginning of the episode, anticipating that she would win her fifth game and then qualify for the Tournament.

I thought that odd too, and Ken did say it at the end of the episode after she lost. But lo and behold, with only 4 wins and $76,600, she is currently #11 in the TOC tracker.

R59, Ken says it again at the beginning of today's(Wednesday's) game.

I love Margaret. She’s so polite and self-effacing, she even frowns when she wins!

Canadian challenger struck me as a self-impressed jerk. Margaret is a real hoot!

I could swear I heard the challenger say "lammermoor" which, if so, they should've caught.

Guessed MOMA for final, but did know Indianapolis, Qom, and the Burma Road.

Yeah, I love Margaret and that slight lilt of an accent. She’s smart, but self-effacing. Hope that she stays around.

I liked Christine and glad that she climbed out of that huge deficit, but I didn’t care for Ujal at all.

Why should she not have said Lammermoor?

My error: I thought it was actually Lammamoor.

Best game in a while, until the FJ giveaway question. Margaret is great; I hope she's just starting a good run.

I sort of miss the mohawk guy with his crossed arms across chest. Not many stand out, he did.

Margaret has a Joker smile. I like her too.

Here’s an after show video of her chatting with Ken. So funny!

Really good game!!

I liked all three contestants. Especially proud to see Christie do so well after being so far in the red in the beginning.

Really like Margaret. Hope she's around for a while.

Yes, Final was painfully obvious as all three contestants thought also

Johnny - you are annoying! Ugh!!

That dude was hot, I thought. Really relaxed watching Margaret as the champ. Nothing worse that a jeopardy champ you can’t abide!

Team Margaret!

Margaret is VERY likable. I’m rooting for her.

Did anybody see the post by Amy on social media? Apparently she’s still a guy. 🤔

I, too, love Margaret!

I lol'ed picturing Andy Murray playing tennis in angora.

R78, In Dungarees, Italy.

I’m glad that Margaret rallied and knew Palermo for FJ. She lives on for yet another day to be unfailingly and charmingly polite.

I cannot believe I never knew the derivation of "jeans" and, honestly, I'd never even wondered about it! Learn something everyday.

Another Margaret fan. She has the wackiest and most apologetic way of delivering answers, even the easy ones. But isn't it strange that such a bright woman bills herself as a "homemaker", especially as she said she and her husband don't have children. She's never worked?

How does an EMT work from home?

Some really hard questions tonight, and a close game. I didn't know Badminton, but was happy to see Margaret get it at the very last second.

Team Margaret all the way. Glad she was triumphant! I was really worried for her.

Yes, some tough questions tonight. Many answers I didn't have any idea on.

I knew that Final was referring to the capital city of Sicily, but I blanked on the name of that city.

Margaret. looks like a certain comic performer or character to me, but I can't put my. finger on which one.

Margaret's face, especially in its wacky contortions, reminds me of a young Martha Raye, r85.

I have aunts, uncles and cousins in the Wilkes Barre area and they sound very much like Margaret.

Is it the Joker, R85? Don’t get me wrong, I like her, but her mouth movements with all that lipstick bring the Joker to mind. I was so relieved she won and glad we’ll have her for a bit longer.

[quote] How does an EMT work from home?

Must be in management.

I'm just glad human bobblehead Ryan lost.

It. definitely has something to do with the glasses.

She has such an interesting demeanor.

She strikes as someone who loves her gay boys.

Another win for Margaret! Though the competition was rather weak tonight.

I was cringing when Margaret went for that true DD.

Have to wonder what hubby Jake is like.

Margaret just bumped Christine Welchell out of the TOC.

R97, The humanity!

Well, we never liked Christine much anyway.

Is the eligibility for TOC based on number of wins or amount of cash won?

Margaret has plans for her winnings.

The Russia category tonight was pretty chilling considering everything going on right now. The episode was taped on January 11th so the writers had no way of knowing Putin would end up terrorizing Ukraine.

On a lighter note, Margaret is great. I love smart Southern women.

I wonder if Christine Whelchel is related to Lisa. Lisa often spends time in Tennessee, so it's possible. there are relatives there.

Is Whelchel a German name? It seems like an uncommon name to me, but I'm not familiar with it or it's origins. They could be related. tHowever, if Whelchel is like Chopra in India or Esposito in Italy, there could be hundreds of people with that name who have no family relation.

I guessed crocodile for the gutsy DD too, but did get Don Quixote. Margaret's going strong.

Margaret grew up in Mississippi, which explains the accent.

I like Margaret, but wish she would stop swallowing her words and just speak plainly in a clear voice. Maybe they could adjust her microphone? I have misophonia and she's starting to trigger me. I loved that Ellen Page made a well-received cameo Friday.

I thought that Komodo dragon was the easy and obvious choice for the DD. I’m surprised that guy didn’t get it.

Any DLers outraged that Sam Smith was MISGENDERED on Jeopardy yesterday?

[quote] In 2015, *he* took home four Grammys, including one for the song "Stay With Me"

R109, Yes, I was so upset I couldn't sleep last night.

Margaret’s got a bit of Dame Edna going on.

Komodo dragon was obvious. There couldn't have been any other answer.

I knew Komodo Dragon as well. Why so obvious? They featured in an episode of Jonny Quest over 40 years ago. Dr. Zin was jealous of Quest and Bannon's relationship.

I usually never comment on the male contestants, but Clay really turns my crank.

Yikes maybe not.

Clay makes me moist - down there.

Clay was HOT. I'm sad he was barely on.

Probably the hottest contestant in ages.

I found Clay to be wicked hot when he smiled. Less so when he didn't.

Margaret was really off her game tonight. Her energy was so low. I'll miss her. But the new winner is a fun gal.

I wanted hot Clay to stay longer just to confirm he's gay. He is gay, right?

I was going to ask "Would you let Clay put his tongue in your mouth?" However, I was turned off by the perfect score bragging, so his fate was well deserved.

Oh, Margaret - how could you do this to me? I'm still her BFF though...

Annoyed that I missed Final that seemed obvious after the fact. The thought "Ike's Yikes" seemed so obvious that I was surprised there was another possibility. Wyoming... and India? Guess standardized tests aren't all they're cracked up to be. For the Mecca question, I blurted out kaaba. And, yes, I knew about pigs in pokes.

Clay's tongue isn't the only thing I'd put in my mouth. Anyway, I knew the moment he mentioned the perfect score in his interview that he would going down in flames.

The new contestant seems pleasant enough.

But I'll miss Margaret.

I think Margaret couldn't handle the pressure anymore. You saw her reaction to the Final Jeopardy category, then she bets it all? She wanted out.

I agree, r121. Margaret was ready to pack it in. She didn't even need to bet it all.

Couldn't believe no one recognized Iman! Maybe Clay isn't gay.

The new champion looks like Shannon Beador.

Did Alex go on some much about contestants on a streak after 2, 3 or 4 wins? It just seems like Ken especially puts a curse on them by mentioning it so much. But maybe that's what in his teleprompter.

I have no idea about Iman.

Besides her status as one of the most photographed internationally famous supermodels, Iman was married to David Bowie.

The Iman picture was too far away on the screen to make out her face.

Clay was hot as hell.

Margaret was the most charming contestant I've ever seen. Sorry to see her go.

Will Margaret be in the TOC? She was a joy to watch. I want to be her friend.

It's not that Clay lost, it was he went down in flames. Some really bad guessing on his part.

I thought spoilers were to be avoided here?

They are, and I dislike them, but 8 Eastern always struck me as a reasonable cutoff. When I lived on the west coast, I refrained from reading the thread until after the show three hours later.

Margaret is in the running for TOC, one step above last place Christine Whelchel.

Thanks, R134. I avoided posting anything about Margaret earlier, worrying that I might be spoiling. Glad to know the cutoff.

I’m in California and I am just now getting to see the majesty that is Clay. I have no idea what is happening with the game, in the least bit. All I can do is plan my naked future with Clay.

“Though Shelton’s 15 minutes of fame have been quite the whirlwind, she was at least somewhat prepared for it due to being the niece of Archie Manning, the former NFL quarterback and father of retired NFL QBs Peyton and Eli Manning.”

I didn't catch Clay's last name.....is it Tyler? Does he have any social media accounts?

Clay really cleaned up for the show.

Here he is promoting his tutorial business, looking a bit scruffy and sporting a man bun.

Dammit Margaret! Why did she bet everything on a category she didn't even like? I'm gonna miss her :-( Lovely personality.

Clay's "Wyoming" response was baffling.

It's especially humiliating for someone who brags about his perfect SAT scores and who sells preparatory courses online to go down in flames on Jeopardy!.

R142, But Clay-Bear is sexy! That always trumps intelligence. Especially in Vegas.

I think Clay was overthinking on some of his responses and yes, Wyoming is a baffling response to a clue about a former Mexican territory.

Clay was cute, but he was definitely overthinking his answers. There was a portion of Wyoming that belonged to Mexico, but the acquisition date was 1848, which didn’t match the clue of 1836. And Texas was just the more obvious answer.

I can only think Clay answered "Wyoming" because he thought they were still in the category of things with Y as the second letter.

Clay has numerous videos on YouTube selling his preparatory courses.

He's a bit too earnest with his delivery, comes off as a bit of a snake oil salesman.

Yeah, a totally different vibe than he had on Jeopardy.

HAHAHAHA

fucking hilarious that the "I'm the only one I know with all perfect test scores" asshole Clay went down in FLAMES. That was delicious

He's proof that being a great test taker doesn't mean you're all-knowledgeable. Some of his answers were pathetic and embarrassing. Wyoming instead of Texas? Saying "oh my god" instead of "omg" as the category asked for 3 letters, mixing up India with Persia & Iran and more. He got a much needed dose of humble pie

SHOCKED that between the 3 of them no one knew Mecca or Iman!!!!!

For the final I guessed Lake Nicaragua then was stuck and started second guessing myself. I then thought of Lake Managua after the time had run out but before Ken read the correct answer

Oh, Margaret, so sad to see you go. But you were not on top of your game tonight. Was super impressed by her Daily Double bet in a category she didn't feel comfortable with. That may have been why she bet it all in Final, despite not liking the category.

Yeah, Clay turned me off when he started bragging about his perfect SAT scores. He sure was cute, but it was also satisfying to see him go down in flames.

Had no idea on Final.

I'm a bit confused about this ToC wildcard business, as I thought only the first two earners qualify, yet Margaret is tenth?

Interesting footnotes they have on the eligibility

[quote]*All 4-time and over winning players starting from 01/05/21 will be eligible for a future Tournament of Champions. Presence on this list does NOT guarantee an invitation to compete in the Tournament of Champions. Other eligibility rules apply and final selection is up to the producers' sole discretion.

Bye Bye Birdie!?!?

I know this is a silly piece of trivia, but I don't ever remember seeing a contestant take a sip of a beverage before, which Gundeep did at the end of the show.

Three nice contestants enjoying themselves. FJ was a gimme.

"Final selection is up to the producers' sole discretion" is a surprising caveat; I assumed it all came down to $ won...

Good game. Very enjoyable.

I find that I like Maureen. I wanted to dislike her since she defeated Margaret, but I must admit she's very likable.

Yes, Final seemed easy.

Maureen seems not to take all of it very seriously.

Maureen and Ken should get a room.

Maureen reminds me of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, so it wouldn't surprise me if she was on the spectrum. I can't watch her anymore, and not because she's autistic. Because she's just annoying.

Maureen is from Rye Beach which is not a cheap town. I wish I could afford to live there.

I managed to guess final correctly - yay, me!

As a contrarian, I'm not a huge fan of the champ, so was rooting for the Seattle challenger.

Oh, yeah, I finally deciphered my own handwriting realizing that I knew Grandma Moses right away.

For the daily double in literary characters, do you think they would have accepted just "Jane"? I knew it was Tarzan and Jane, but had no idea her last name was Porter.

I knew that they were going for Jane, but had no idea of her surname.

I bet they would have accepted just Jane.

Me Tarzan, you Jane,

Yes, Jane would have been sufficient.

Surprised they didn't get credenza, for Pete's sake. I also guessed Plath for the Final.

R166, You really thought I died in 1925?

Umm, R167

Her epitaph, from a 1925 poem by her, ends, “She knows that her dust is very pretty”; “dust” was in another she wrote for herself.

I always thought credenza was something smaller, like a side table.

I always thought a credenza was some kind of writing desk.

Yeah, the "1925" was very confusing, if not misleading. And I also guessed Edna St. Vincent Millay because of the year.

R170 I did as well!

I'm liking Maureen a lot.

I knew Jane and Grandma Moses. Jane's last name was never widely known, unlike Greystoke. Sincerely doubt they would penalize you for not knowing it.

Also knew Saturn 5 rocket, Buzz Aldrin and book of Genesis from the Apollo category. And quite a few others they missed in other categories

Had no idea on final. Clue was misleading and badly worded. I guessed Elizabeth Barrett Browning since I couldn't think of any other poet.

I got Grandma Moses too.

If it wasn't Georgia O'Keefe, it had to be Grandma Moses.

I would have been humiliated on the epitaph FJ. I too, did not think of Dorothy Parker as a poet. All I could think of was Emily Dickinson which I knew to be so very wrong.

I love how the only "female poet of the 20th century" people seem to know is Plath. So she wrote her epitaph before she was born... the Queen of Death might actually have liked that. I guessed Stein, thought I knew it was likely wrong. Some FJ's, when the answer it given, are like,,,, well, duh, of course.

I'm pretty sure Maureen was drunk today.

Why r177, because she’s living her best life?

Men don't make passes

At girls who wear glasses.

Oh, you know her, r178?!

How could those two have missed FJ??? The correct answer seemed so obvious.

Great game today. I think Maureen is channeling Diane Keaton.

I'm not a huge fan of Maureen. I do have a weakness for guys in glasses.

I got Final as soon as I saw the date 1893. From my notes... I could swear he said 30 Year War (singular)? That aside, I did know about midshipman, Green Line, and measles.

Great game in terms of being competitive!

I love how Maureen beams her big beautiful smile on the other contestants when they give a correct answer. I think she's a very generous and supportive player and I wouldn't mind her sticking around a bit longer.

R178 Hi Maureen!

I like Maureen as much as I liked Margaret, even though they seem like they're polar opposites of one another.

Maureen looks like she's having a bast, and she has this self-effacing thing going on that I find enjoyable.

I kept trying to think who she reminded me of - but only in terms of looks - and I think it's the character Gerri from Succession.

I'm surprised two of the contestants didn't get FJ. But then I was obsessed with the crime when I was a teenager and even read a couple of books on the topic.

I think it was the "witch trial" reference that confused them (and me). I was actually thinking of Hetty Green, called "The Witch of Wall Street" in the 1890s, a billionairess who made her fortune on the stock market. I wondered if perhaps she was on trial for some sort of insider trading.

Billionairess??

Well, millionairess, anyway.

Margaret reminded me of that fabulously nervous contestant Evie who won a string of games on "Match Game" back in the 70s. Truly one of the funniest contestants ever. It's a long clip I posted (sorry about that, but skip around or sample if you wish). She's memorable all these years later.

The way final was worded, I thought the person the reporter was referencing *was* a reporter, if that makes any sense.

Maureen cracks me up. She's so loopy and entertaining, I was happy to get FJ on a guess.

They tape a week's worth of shows in one day, R177, so she would've needed to drink between tapings.

I thought there were lots of tough questions, but FJ wasn't one of them... Hannah's late game comeback was entertaining.

I enjoy Maureen’s spunkiness, but I’m not enjoying all the inter-question chatter and exclamations that the editors are allowing into the broadcast. I can’t tell if it’s just Maureen who’s super talkative and almost interrupting the host, or if it’s a deliberate choice on how they sound edit the show lately to make the game more earthy and “fun”.

Great game. Impressive play by everyone.

Yes, Maureen seems to be having a blast.

Did Karson ping for anyone else?

Final was obvious between the date and the reference to Salem, Mass.

I agree—she seemed drunk.

[QUOTE] I kept trying to think who she reminded me of - but only in terms of looks - and I think it's the character Gerri from Succession.

Shannon Storms Beador from The Real Housewives of OC. It’s almost uncanny.

I knew FJ immediately, being born and raised in Massachusetts. Maureen, hailing from NH, would also be familiar with the legend of Lizzie Borden.

Maureen has to be one of the luckiest champions ever.

Lizzie Borden is another one of those subjects that seems to come up a lot on the show. If it involves women in Massachusetts, Borden will usually be the correct guess.

Have there ever been reports of disruptive players during a taping that they either needed to edit out or even restart a taping or have a contestant thrown out?

R201, They had a problem with Austin Rogers and his continuous cussing while playing, which they edited out.

I'm sure the producers warned him to knock it off.

R202 . . .

"He was even able to warm-up to the show's longtime host, Alex Trebek, who was at first put-off by 38-year-old scruffy rapscallion for his colorful language.

'They told me to stop swearing,' Rogers said of the Jeopardy! crew. 'In my first couple of appearances I was extensively bleeped.'"

Also, Copernicus and Galileo are biggies in the science categories, coming up a lot, too.

I always chuckle when people on here say an answer was "soooo obvious". It was obvious to YOU because you're familiar with the subject. Not everybody has the same wheelhouse of information.

I know little about performing arts, R205, so often enough miss film and theater questions others got right away.

What an insight, r205! I’m going to have to rethink everything.

I’m not finished watching today’s episode, but what THE fuck is going on!!!!??????

Worst contestants ever! And yes, Maureen is clearly drunk or on something. They should have kicked them all out and started over again.

😡

If they're truly shooting 5 episodes a day and you're always winning, I can't imagine the pressure to keep going. If Maureen's reaction is to become a little loopy....well, it's working very well for her.

Go Maureen!

If they're truly shooting 5 episodes a day and you're always winning, I can't imagine the pressure to keep going. If Maureen's reaction is to become a little loopy....well, it's working very well for her.

Go Maureen!

Yes…..go Maureen!

No spoiler, but these boobs combined answered only half….HALF!! of the questions in the DJ round. As Iola once said in Mama’s Family. “I’ve never seen Alex (Ken) cringe so much!”

Forgot to mention a couple of the dumbest answers I’ve ever heard, including a spectacular fail on the first clue of the episode.

OK... I had no idea of final, and that Matt knew it made me assume the homo thing. However... there were [italic]a lot[/italic] they missed I knew: Zagreb, Kahlo, ceiling, compound interest, Prague, Plymouth, Androcles, Tom Jones, Turkey, and Asmara.

Maureen is in the running for the TOC, just behind Margaret and Christine.

The woman in the center may have been a nice lady, but from the start her excess sighing and mmm-ing and vocal sounds made me happy that she didn't win. There might have been a hint of upspeak as well. Get thee gone.

Dracula??? 🤪

Anne Boylen???

When I think of six-letter world capitals, Addis Ababa is always top of the list.

Maybe it was taped during a full moon?

Maureen had a lot of lulus tonight.

I kept track. In the Jeopardy round. They failed to answer 7 of 29 clues. In the DJ round, it was unreal…they missed totally on 14 of 28 clues.

I do hope Matt reveals more of his gay side next week. Knowing "Harvey Milk" was the answer was very telling. Neither my husband nor I knew that answer and we're both well into our 60s.

Harvey Milk came to me in a flash about three seconds before the time ran out. The 'multicolored pennant' and 1978 death made me go: "......Gay person who died in the late seventies .......... oh shit, I think it's Harvey Milk!" That was a good clue as I had never before known the origin of the Pride flag.

Yes, they truly shoot five episodes a day, R210. Five on Monday and five more on Tuesday, so they have two weeks’ worth of episodes done in two days. This means that Maureen’s first win was the first episode taped that day and her loss was the last that same day.

What an ignominious exit for sweetheart Maureen. I hope she’s able to go back to New Hampshire and raise a pint with her trivia troupe this weekend to celebrate a great run on the show.

Like all three players, I Missed a lot tonight. I did get Milk. Good luck tonight Matt, but I doubt he'll be around for long...

On Maureen's Twitter page, she describes herself: Lover of Guinness and Jane Austen. A boozy dork.

Has there ever been a champ who went out of competition in the red?

This had to be the most ignorant, annoying group of players in quite some time. Just that one shot of Matt staring blankly into space toward the end said it all. Are they finding these people randomly off the street?

I noted the other day there were 3 female contestants. In recent years, have there ever been 3 male contestants?

Depends how you define “male.”

Yes, there have been three Jeopardy males in the past. WOF is far more skewed towards three females, with three males there almost unheard-of.

I'm blaming Covid for the contestant pool this season. R230. They have to take those who are available to tape live appearances in L. A.

In 2022 so far R230, there have been 50 episodes. Here’s the breakdown of contestant demographics:

2 Women/1 Man (counting Amy Schneider as a woman)

28 times

2 Men/1 Woman

18 times

3 Women

4 times

3 Men

0 Times

Other demographics for this year: (returning champs not counted multiple times)

Men - 48

Women - 53

Under 40 - 72

Over 40 - 29

Caucasian - 71

Asian - 17

Black - 7

Hispanic - 6

I started watching the show religiously about four years ago. I don't recall ever seeing three cis male contestants on the same day. There's always been at least one woman. I do recall seeing several games in which all three contestants were women. I just assumed it was some sort of diversity initiative to make sure women were always represented.

Come to think of it, the only time I've seen a game with all male contestants was during the TOC or other tournaments, but not in a regular game.

What about Ken's prominent lisp? Has it been discussed before?

After decades of ignoring the show, I finally started watching again with Amy's championship run and now I'm hooked.

What a mess of a game. Very disappointing after yesterday's game being so good.

Maureen was so far in the red, she was scared to guess and go further in the red. I don't know whether Maureen was drunk, but she certainly was loopy. Maybe that's her standard behavior.

I knew Final instantly thanks to the 1978 date. But I also know the history of the rainbow flag, which had been created specifically for the summer 1978 SF Pride Parade. Harvey was assassinated in Nov. 1978.

With all the money Maureen had won previously, what did she have to lose in the last 1/2 of the game by pressing her button even before knowing if she had the answer?

R239, The only other possibility for FJ would have been Mayor George Moscone, who was also murdered by Dan White along with Harvey.

Moscone was straight, but gay friendly.

I have a friend who was a contestant. I'll ask him if there's an opportunity to drink between tapings.

You think they search her for a flask?

I was making a joke, and I like Maureen, but I do feel vindicated.

I hope Maureen is currently enjoying the boozy sailing trip in Greece she mentioned she was planning. Wish I were there too.

What is the top prize amount in the TOC?

$250,000 R246

OK... for those of you who found the answer obscure, I knew it right away. However... I don't know that much about performing arts, where many here find those questions obvious.

Is it me, or was Matt more attractive today than he was on Friday?

I remember little of what I learned about WWI, but I would've guess FJ correctly only because the answer was the title of a Peter Weir film set during the war.

And one last thing: Aretha Franklin & The Supremes?

I knew FJ was somewhere in Greece but had no idea of the actual answer.

Poor Matt. He looked so much hotter today but then he was gone ("Danzig???").

You'll pick up someone soon and he'll be forgotten.

New champ Amy is refreshing after the recent streak of quirky ones.

What I most remember about the "Gallipoli"(1981) movie was Mel Gibson diving/swimming naked and baring it all.

I guessed the Dardanelles, which isn't a peninsula, and many other wrong answers.

Was Matt wearing a tie in the previous episode? I feel like I would’ve noticed before that he’s so hairy that his beard and chest hair basically converge.

Yes, R254, he was wearing a tie. There's someone on Twitter who tracks what the contestants wear, with special emphasis on whether the men wore a tie or not. She also has a spreadsheet of which ties Ken wore and when. Not sure if links to Twitter will come through, so I'll put it in the post following this one.

Alas, the link is gone.

R255, She must have a lot of time on her hands.

Is this it, R255/R256?

[quote]And one last thing: Aretha Franklin & The Supremes?

Yeah, I kinda felt she deserved to lose the game -- rather than win it! -- for the embarrassing stupidity of that answer alone. Even people who know next to zero about music should know it was Diana Ross and The Supremes.

Good game. I liked Amy. Impressive comeback.

I've adored the 1981 movie Gallipoli, but had no idea on Final.

I'll miss Matt and his hairy chin dimple.

Yes, R258. I don't know why my link to her was removed. She kindly comments daily on the contestant's outfits and I think she sells Jeopardy t-shirts on Etsy. The spreadsheet on the ties blows my mind. She must have some sort of OCD autistic thing going on to be so interested in the minutiae of Ken's ties.

Ariel San Jose.

That is the perfect name for a DLer.

R262 - I know gay men who would do that, though for different reasons (suit fetish).

I did get Final, surprised no one knew Sebelius.

Even though I knew Sebelius, I think classical clues re Scandinavians are more likely to stump people than other composers.

I did get Reservoir Dogs (because I hated the movie and turned it off after the unfortunately memorable ear slicing scene), Battle of Jutland and The Gap (because I immediately thought of DL Gap Playlist threads).

Ariel was a bit of an airhead.

One last thing: [bold]iron[/bold] airplanes?

Could not believe no one knew The Gap answer!

If Matt was still there, he would have known it.

When I think of Scandinavian composers, I think of Edvard Grieg and his Song of Norway.

When I think of you, Flo, I think of . . .

Amy is quite likeable, hope she sticks around.

I thought FJ was tricky, so I guessed earthquake. I think Ken's ties are well worth documenting for posterity.

[quote]Amy is quite likeable, hope she sticks around.

I guess you've forgiven her for thinking Aretha Franklin was the lead singer of The Supremes, but I don't know that I ever can.

I thought they'd all get FJ as it seemed easy to me.

Agreed r271. That kind of mistake usually gets you replaced by Cindy Birdsong.

Tornado was the first thing I thought of, then I changed my answer to hurricane.

R271, If I can forgive the guy who infamously responded "calzone", you can forgive Amy.

Yes, I'm liking Amy a lot.

I also like Simi. She made an impressive comeback at the end.

And Ariel? Well, well, well, at least he had $200 going into Final.

Yes, I knew Jutland, Reservoir Dogs, and The Gap .

As for Final, tornado seemed like the only answer.

What about Twister? Could that have been the right answer?

Evan is simply adorable, but unfortunately he did not move my gaydar needle.

How did you get a look at Evan before the show started, r278?

Evan was hot. Apparently, his mom thought so too.

FJ was horribly worded, but I figured it out at the last minute, despite the terrible grammar.

I couldn't for the life of me figure out what that FJ was asking.

R279 - just go to the Jeopardy website and you can see who the contestants are for the week.

I thought Evan was cute as well, and it didn't hurt that he sounded gay.

FJ was stupidly worded because they were quoting McConaughey.

Yeah, the use of the "Dazed and Confused" title in the quite was quite confusing, but if that's what McConaughey said, then that's what he said.

An interview with Evan Freeman . . .

On the heels of her Aretha Franklin response the other day, tonight we had Amy thinking Marion Davies was Marlene Dietrich.

I'm going out for evening walks and missing the show. Does jeopardy stream or replay episodes online?

Just find it t on YouTube, R287. I’ve had to do that when an episode gets preempted.

Amy was really off her game tonight. That's a shame, she had such potential. I thought she'd stick around for a while.

But I liked Katie and I liked Evan as well.

I knew Final instantly. The only answer to any Dazed and Confused question involving Matthew McConaughey is going to be "alright, alright, alright."

I also knew Spiro Agnew.

I was dazed and confused by FJ and had no idea. I'm afraid I agree with Evan, not his Mom--he's a Ford Fusion not a Ferrari.

[quote]On the heels of her Aretha Franklin response the other day, tonight we had Amy thinking Marion Davies was Marlene Dietrich.

Yeah, an almost equally idiotic answer. But at least this one came as part of a losing game for her, not a winning one.

Buzzy is replacing Ken on "The Chase".

R292, Love Buzzy!

Buzzy’s a homely thing.

Some after-the-show conversation:

Since the character would spell it “alright,” I shall grant a pass.

That fucking final question was too fucking easy!!!

I'd be happy with Ken as the permanent host!

I agree. Ken has done very well. I was resistant, but he won me over.

Ken actually has some funny quips when during the meet and greet with the contestants, and occasionally during the game, too. Most of the them land, too.

Mayim's show "Kat" was one of the clues yesterday! FIrst time a current host is referenced (other than Alex's favorite something or other or where Alex was from, etc.)?

I would like Ken to be the permanent host too. I hate that ugly bitch Mayim. she has zero sense of style. she wears horrible colors. did you see the the awful outfit she wore to the critic's choice awards? that color was really a nightmare! she must be colorblind.

He wouldn’t replace Mayim. She’s the host for special events. He’d replace Mike Richards who lasted a week.

I have always preferred Ken over Mayim.

It's fine to let her host the special events, but let Ken host the daily game.

[quote]He wouldn’t replace Mayim. She’s the host for special events. He’d replace Mike Richards who lasted a week.

What are you talking about? Before Ken's current run, Mayim hosted the regular show for many weeks in a row, not just "special events."

R304, Sometimes Mayim likes to be on top.

That was because they fired Mike and Ken was not available, r305.

r305 The original plan for the 2021-22 season was for Mike Richards to host the daily game and for Mayim to host the special games like the recent College Tournament that aired in primetime on ABC.

But that plan got thrown out of whack when Mike Richards got fired after just a week. Fired not only from his hosting job but also his EP job.

The show had to scramble to find someone to fill in for Mike Richards. They called Mayim in to host about 8 weeks worth of daily game episodes. However, then she had to go off to film her sitcom, Call Me Kat.

That's when they brought Ken Jennings back to serve as host. Since November, Ken has hosted most of the time, except for a few weeks in late January/early Feb. when Mayim filled in again. And of course, Mayim also hosted the previously mentioned College Tournament.

Thanks, R307, but my point was that Mayim has not just been hosting "special events."

Thanks, R308, but I'm quite confused. Has there been an official announcement that Ken Jennings is now the permanent host or the show, and that Mayim will only host for "special events?" Or have the producers not made a final, official decision as of yet?

Why is it that when Mayim is hosting, she’s introduced as “And now, the host of Jeopardy, Mayim Bialik”, but when Ken is hosting he get introduced as “And now, hosting Jeopardy, Ken Jennings”?

It sounds like Mayim is the full-time host and Ken is filling in for her, but maybe she negotiated that like a “and/as” credit in a sitcom intro.

The announcer refers to Maim as the host of Jeopardy. When Ken is on, he is "hosting Jeopardy." I think Mayim is the host and Ken is the filler. Myself, I'd prefer Buzzy.

Mayim is an official host of Jeopardy. She was announced as an official host in August, at the same time that Mike Richards was announced.

Ken has never been announced as an official host. At the moment, Ken is just filling in.

That is why there is a difference in how they are introduced.

While it is widely speculated that Ken will be made the permanent host of the daily game, an official announcement of that has not been made yet.

And I doubt the show will make any official announcement of that until May when we learn if Fox will renew Call Me Kat for another season.

Ken had an audible reaction to the category "Sports With No Balls".

Thanks, R313. What you wrote was and is my understanding of the situation, but I was confused because some people here are insisting otherwise.

It was also announced that Mike would be the regular show host and Mayim would host prime time specials.

The new champ is cute.

A decent game, but they sure missed a lot of questions.

Wow... Finn gives meaning to the term "paleface"!

I first learned of Silent Spring from a Peanuts strip, where Lucy was reading it. Knew Poland had been divided among those three empires, felt 100 years old that none of them knew Born Free was about a lion, and fear a woke backlash for Finn mixing up Zulus and Boxers like that.

"Margaret" was on our school summer reading list in the early 70s when it came out. I suppose one could say it and Silent Spring were both... scientific, I suppose, though Margaret is fiction.

Would they have had the SPORTS WITH NO BALLS category if Mayim had been hosting?

Silent Spring is one of those books that frequently gets used by the writers. Although, I have to admit I didn't recall it this time.

I didn’t think Silent Spring would be the FJ answer because it was a Jeopardy answer earlier this week. Are the writers lazy?

Decent game, but they did indeed miss a lot. I liked Joel, but never really warmed to Finn.

I knew Silent Spring instantly for Final. It does seem to be a favorite of the writers as well.

Just because it came up as an answer recently doesn't mean anything. The questions could have been written several years ago. My understanding is that each day's puzzles are randomly selected by a computer.

The “Mother Courage and Her Children” answer was pretty easy. Meryl has appeared on the stage so infrequently that I knew it immediately.

[quote]My understanding is that each day's puzzles are randomly selected by a computer.

That doesn't sound right to me. It could lead to all sorts of redundancy. And why would they do it that way?

I think the computer is smart enough not to be redundant. It's programmed that way.

In case you may have missed it, Michael was damned cute!

Final was so obvious that I had an idea of the question from the category alone before it was revealed. These that they missed seemed obvious to me: hya = what, tagine, Easy Rawlins, Narragansett (coincidentally, I'd had some "Nasty" Naragansett beer today), dental hygenist, and loupe.

Dental hygienist was a particularly odd miss. Don't the three of them ever go to the dentist?

Ooooo…there’s going to be one pissed off MoTown diva.

[quote]Ooooo…there’s going to be one pissed off MoTown diva.

I didn't see the show. What happened? I still can't get over how a recent champ thought Aretha Franklin was the lead singer of The Supremes!

[quote] didn't see the show. What happened? I still can't get over how a recent champ thought Aretha Franklin was the lead singer of The Supremes!

R329, the category was singers. The clue was: In 2021, This 95-year-old made the Guinness book by being the oldest recording artist to release an album of new material.

Two contestants, including the champion, guessed Diana Ross.

The correct response was Tony Bennett.

All I could think of was Chita Rivera? Did know Luther Burbank and slivovitz though. One of the few nights where I would have been fine with any of them advancing. What we longed for as Matt and Amy went on and on... and on.

I thought that Tony Bennett was such an obvious and easy answer because of all the news about his retirement last year due to Alzheimer's after his collaboration with Lady Gaga.

If only Mary Wilson were still alive to witness tonight's FJ.

I guessed Andy Williams, who died 10 years ago...

I knew Tony Bennett had new music in 2021, so that was my knee-jerk answer. It seemed too easy though, so my second guess was Harry Belafonte. I think I’d have written down Tony Bennett if I was in the hot seat.

I gay-gasped when someone guessed Diana Ross; I fully dialed my phone with a pencil when a second contestant said Diana Ross. She must have been irate watching.

Not a wrinkle, but they think I'm 95??

[quote]Somewhere Dionne The Hussy is peeing in her Depends

Miss Warwick is definitely loving it.

It was a good game. I like it when they all do well.

I knew that Final was referring to the guy who sang "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" but blanked on his name.

R333 - I was going to post that even though I don't believe in an afterlife, I'd like to think that somewhere in Heaven, Mary Wilson at this moment is still howling with laughter.

There's an entire thread devoted to Miss Ross's humiliation if anyone is interested.

I guessed Tony Bennett but then the FJ answer was new music and I thought that meant original.

Great game tonight, wish there were more like them.

Again, we reap good karma from sitting through all those nights of steamroller episodes! Mihir pings to me.

Agree. Good game. It’s nice to see several different champs in quick succession. Much better than boring games where the outcome seems predetermined from the start.

Mihir is adorable!

My Waterloo was guessing "the little eagle". Mihir has a nice smile.

Another great game. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Had no idea on Final, but I figured it had the word "little" in there somewhere.

[quote]Mihir is adorable!

Agreed, but I do hope he gets over that annoying habit of beginning his answers before Ken has called on him, or while Ken is calling on him. Seems like he was better at this during the second half of the game, so there's hope :-)

I was waiting for someone to write "Shorty".

Would I have got credit for “le petit corporel?”

If NeNe Leakes married Mihir Nene, her name would be NeNe Nene.

No idea of final, but I did get Garbo and a few other of their whiffs.

I believe 5:00 shadow man will be around for awhile.

Took a wild guess at FJ and got it right, but wouldn't have written it down in time.

I got The Waste Land because I wrote a paper in college about how much Eliot got off on citations to other works.

Every now and then Jeopardy will wake me up about how little I know... about the world of humans. How could anyone not get The Wasteland.... the date, fruition... do they not teach TS Eliot in schools anymore? Is The Wasteland no longer the watershed (ha) poem it once was... the most famous and influential poem of the last 100 years.

Wild that none of them knew Garbo

R352, He nearly broke my gaydar, amazed he did not know Garbo.

R355...

I've never heard of anyone ever mentioning The Wasteland in person, and I hang with literate people. I'm familiar with it solely from a clip rotated on the 24 Hour Arts channel of its being read as voice mover of footage featuring a nurse wheeling an older disabled veteran around the grounds of a rest home.

How can anyone be surprised that few people know T.S. Eliot? Think he's probably kept on the shelf, alas, with W C Williams, Auden, Pound, Stevens, etc. But what modern poets are taught these days?

It’s The Waste Land, not The Wasteland. Sheesh.

[QUOTE] How could anyone not get The Wasteland....

How could you not know how to spell it?

Never heard of The Wasteland or The Waste Land before, so obviously didn't get Final.

I did know Greta Garbo, however.

R361 Point taken... absolutely no excuse.

Context: Undergraduate ('72) and PhD in English ('76) at the #1 public university. All 20th century poetry at that time sprang from Prufrock (not, Pru Frock, ha).... that first line was like the first notes of Rite of Spring in 1914. Poetry would never be same. Stevens, Moore, Williams, Auden, Lowell, Plath, Sexton, Bishop - even then Beats like Ginsberg, Rexroth, Snyder... and the precious dope smokers like Ashberry, Berryman - none of it can be read without going through Eliot.

Now, it's all workshop poets, MFA poets, anti-patriarchy poets... some horrible, and some great. The Great White Hegemony has been smashed... but teaching/learning poetry without knowing Eliot is like studying art without knowing Picasso. Or so I think... but you see I am very wrong. No one knows Eliot or Waste Land anymore - witness Jeopardy and this thread.

Shantih shantih shantih

R357, He has a wife!

The year 1920 was the clue to the answer. And Eliot is hardly on the shelf; he’s considered a master if somewhat inimitable. I read Eliot’s “Four Quartets” every April.

You and almost no one else.

I was rooting for Omar, but okay...

Guessed final correctly, though really had no idea. Did know about the Tyrol, Adano (we read the book in 8th Grade), and Hedda Hopper (gay trivia?).

Great game. They're drawing from a deeper pool of contestants again. One shallow comment: Ciara was terrific, but her ill-fitting jacket was not.

I had no idea Proust had been in a duel.

How does one say “How very DARE you?” in French?

R367 I periodically re-read Four Quartets. You know, to return to a place and know it as if for the first time.....

I used to think I'd be a great contestant on Jeopardy... but as I've gotten older my mind responds more slowly, and while I can guess/know 80% of the questions, I am slower than 100% of the contestants. I think great champions like James and Amy et. al. aren't just able to retrieve a lot of info in a lot of categories... they are QUICK to respond. I think Amy would immediately push the button before she knew the answer.

Was that the most obtuse, poorly written final question ever?

I was praying we wouldn't have another night of Nicole's shouty vocal fry.

Good game. I thought that Ciara might be around for a while, but as someone pointed out yesterday, the contestants seem to be up a few notches from earlier this season. Glad it’s Jackie. I agree that Nicole’s voice was like nails on a chalkboard.

The FJ question was poorly drafted.

Nicole's voice was Mermanesque.

I didn't think the FJ question was poorly drafted at all. What was your problem with it, R372 and R373?

I guessed Olympia, which was dumb. A nails on a chalkboard voice is not ideal for a teacher. Jackie was no-nonsense and I liked her. I thought her "immigration law" Daily Double was tough.

I had no idea on Final, but I did know the Statue of Liberty would be associated with immigration law.

The Final clue could have been better worded, but once you know the answer, the clue makes more sense.

What else *but* immigration law could it have been?

[quote]“...Give me your tired, your poor,

[quote]Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

[quote]The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

[quote]Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

[quote]I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

What is the purpose of identifying the next day's contestants during the closing credits?

I guessed civil rights law, but I was wrong.

[quote]What is the purpose of identifying the next day's contestants during the closing credits?

I guess to draw in those few viewers who happen to know the contestants, and also they might possibly get some little bit of extra viewership because of where the contestants are from?

My dad was an immigration judge, so not tough for me.

[quote] What is the purpose of identifying the next day's contestants during the closing credits?

For queens like us to say, "Oh! He looks cute! I think I'll tune in."

The Statue of Liberty is right beside Ellis Island in New York harbor. Thus, its one of the first images that new immigrants saw when they arrived in America.

Based on that, I guessed the answer was immigration.

R384, even if the Statue of Liberty weren't located so close to Ellis Island, the answer to FJ should still have been obvious, because I think everyone knows the inscription on the statue, and it's all about immigrants.

But it wasn’t an FJ R385.

You're right R386, it was a Daily Double, and apparently R385 simply "misspoke" when noting it as an FJ, but there was still time enough to process that the Statue of Liberty, with the famous Emma Lazarus poem engraved on the base, would become a symbol for an immigration law organization.

Thanks, R387. I apologize for misidentifying the clue as a Final Jeopardy answer.

I'm liking Ryan! Very cute theater director. He looks so familiar....did anyone catch his last name?

Steel drum is to steel guitar as mule is to ox.

Was hoping Ryan would pull it out. Champ is booooring!

Had no idea of final.

So many wrong answers tonight, but steel drum and mule responses have to be the dumbest ones we were subjected to since Diana Ross was in her 90s.

Naturally I wanted Ryan with the pretty eyes to win, but instead we have to continue to endure the most dour champ I've seen in a while.

I've seen perkier people at wakes.

I guessed Satchel Paige, but was pretty sure I was wrong.

I really thought Ryan was gonna win this one.

I love Ryan. I’m going to wait for him.

No idea for FJ, but I did get water buffalo. Ryan was cute and a good sport. Mayim's hair and glasses looked great tonight.

Was really rooting for Ryan. He's attractive and personable.

Dour is a very good word to describe Jackie. Didn't warm to her last week. But tonight, I was so hoping she'd be a one-day champ. Maybe tomorrow.

Had no idea on Final, but I'm not a baseball person.

Jackie is one of the first female villains on Jeopardy. She seems like an entitled cunt.

The voice of that blonde bitch on Friday physically hurt me. Glad to have Mayim back.

Ugh. Boring game with Jackie running roughshod over the two potted plants who were on the stage with her. Plus, there were a lot of unanswered questions. A lot.

The two vanquished newcomers seemed to be battling it out for Dumbest Contestant of the Year.

With the Debbie Dour nearing the $100K mark, I imagine that after her run, we're going to be subjected to seeing her yet again during the ToC games.

Close your eyes when listening to Jackie. You hear the amazingly annoying Kristen Wiig doing an SNL sketch.

So if you are in second place when you get to FJ, and you have $3000, and the first place person (e.g. the warm and charming Jackie), do you bet Zero for FJ? If so why? What do you have to lose?

I never did understand the rationale for betting amounts when you are never going to build enough to win. I mean if he bet all the $3000.... if he loses, he's at zero, if he wins, he's at $6000.... but the second and third place players get a set amount, right? Somebody clarify this longstanding (decades!!) question for me.

Always wondered about that, too, r402. Though the 2nd and 3rd placers do get different amounts in the end.

I'm not sure I understand what you don't understand, R402 and R403. Some of the possible scenarios are complicated, but if a person in second or third place going into FJ has more than half of the front runner's dollar amount, they should bet it all, because yes, they literally have nothing to lose -- because, as noted, the two non-winners receive set amounts of money -- and they could easily win if the front runner gets the FJ answer (question) wrong.

So my (R402) point is, the third place person should always bet 100% of what they have... and they don't. In third place I have 3000 the second place has 8000... why don't I bet all I have or if I only bet 1000 I am hoping that the second place bets more than 6000 and also doesn't ger FJ..???

You need a new hobby R405, because Jeopardy strategy and math are not your friends.

R406 Roger, dodger...

I can't believe I guessed Ophelia.

Also, I like Jackie.

Jackie is quite smart, no doubt about that. But I dislike her greatly.

Yes, she likely will be in the Tournament, unfortunately.

I guessed Ophelia for Final as well.

What’s up with horribly edited episodes? Two Final Jeopardy segments last night?

Can one of you fashion mavens comment on Jackie's outfit last night?

[quote]Two Final Jeopardy segments last night?

What are you talking about?

On the broadcast I saw, and recorded, the Final Jeopardy segment aired twice. Once in the middle around 7:18pm and again at the end. I was watching on KGO7.

[quote]Two Final Jeopardy segments last night?

I also have no idea what you're talking about.

I thought the FJ was Desdemona!

Yep I was leaning towards Lady Macbeth, then saw "divine" in the clue, remembered "Get thee to a nunnery" and went with Ophelia. If I ever managed to get on the show, I'd never make to Final in the black anyway.

[quote]On the broadcast I saw, and recorded, the Final Jeopardy segment aired twice. Once in the middle around 7:18pm and again at the end. I was watching on KGO7.

It sounds like this was a problem with your station. That's definitely not how the show aired in Los Angeles, where I am.

Perhaps someone at your station loaded the tape incorrectly. Did the show you saw start with the Jeopardy round, complete with the Contestant Chat? Or did it start with the Double Jeopardy round and Jackie already having a commanding lead?

I'm English major and grad school. But I always suck so bad at the Shakespeare questions. I'm always amazed how many "civilians" get them right. I guessed Desdemona too. Jeez.

R417, It aired on KGO7, the ABC channel in the SF area. They got through the first round, went to commercial and came back to final and ran the credits. Then after ads, rejoined Double Jeopardy in progress, which was almost done. Then they showed Final again.

r419 Someone in the control booth somehow loaded the video wrong. No other explanation.

Show aired properly in Los Angeles, and apparently in the rest of the nation. So, the problem was at the KGO station. .

Funny, because I though that Lady Macbeth seemed so obvious and easy.

"Nunnery" was divine AND profane:

" Hamlet tells Ophelia to go to a nunnery, assaulting her with another double entendre insult. In the Protestant Elizabethan world, people used the word 'nunnery' as a euphemism for 'brothel.'"

Today, the euphemism for brothel is "monastery."

I couldn't decide between Desdemona or Ophelia. For some reason lady Macbeth never occurred to me. Not that I'm super well versed in Shakespeare though I did name one of my cats Caliban.

Reminder: Today is JeoparDAY.

It's the 58th anniversary of the show's debut. In celebration, they're letting you take the at home Anytime Test.

The Anytime Test is being offered TODAY ONLY. Can't take it tomorrow. It's 50 questions long. You have 15 second to answer each question before it moves to the next one. Takes about 15 minutes to take the whole test.

I just got through taking the Anytime Test. If was fun. Glad to have experienced it. But I'm not holding my breath that they will call me to be a contestant.

Joey's giggle was too precious.

Joey was pretty smart and had fun. Jackie's big Daily Double wager in the first round is working well for her. I had just read an article about Josephine Baker, so I knew FJ.

How much longer are we going to have to endure Ms. Dourpus.

Just took the test. Probably shouldn’t have done it at 1 AM. Some of my guesses paid off, but I blanked on a famous author’s name and drew a blank on a couple.

[quote]Just took the test. Probably shouldn’t have done it at 1 AM. Some of my guesses paid off, but I blanked on a famous author’s name and drew a blank on a couple.

I think I did fairly well but I too may have been done in by blanking. There was a question about an actress who married a ballet dancer and choreographer, and though OF COURSE the correct answer is Natalie Portman, I blanked and answered.....Anne Hathaway :-( For some very strange season, I sometimes get those two mixed up.

[quote]There was a question about an actress who married a ballet dancer and choreographer, and though OF COURSE the correct answer is Natalie Portman

That question wasn't on the test I took, so clearly they mix the test questions up.

I left quite a few blank. But I wasn't really taking the test to be a contestant. I just did it because it was the 58th anniversary and they were pushing taking the test as part of the celebration.

As for Wednesday night's show, I was rooting for Joey. He had a good surge in the Double Jeopardy round. But really, I just want Jackie off my screen.

I knew Final was referring to Josephine Baker, but blanked on her name.

[quote]I just want Jackie off my screen.

I can relate! :-)

I knew Josephine Baker, There was really no other black woman who it could have been.

"Jackie Gleason", "shuttle" and "road runner" . . . Oy!

I think people were confused by the recent date.

Oh, wow! The gays get a shoutout in the clue for FJ AND we get rid of Jackie!!

I thought Stonewall was rather obvious.

Where to begin...

As a Brooklyn native, he had no excuse for not having heard of Stonewall. Unless, he's from an intolerant background. Jackie looked totally stumped. Somehow, I felt our new champ would get it right.

Jackie looked like she was wearing what I knew of as a Guinea T as a kid.

That guy spoke 7 languages?? I call foul.

7 languages? I call BS.

Yes R440. He knows how to order a Whopper in seven languages.

Damn that woman was a sour puss.

First time I see the show and her in the last few days.

I thought of Stonewall as well.

Felt bad for the big guy.

In a way, the gays were the downfall of The Grim Reaper.

I like the new guy.

Is Evan gay?

How well I remember those violent riots at the Radio City Music Hall!

I was rooting for stoic Jackie to stay on as a stony-eyed assassin. Her game had strategy. She seemed like she was starting to come out of her shell a bit, so im sorry she isn’t able to stick around for another couple games to have some fun.

Stonewall was super obvious, but non-gays probably don’t hear a bell ring when they hear of an activist uprising in1969.

"Height Ashbury".... it's always unclear to me what mispronunciation does or doesn't disqulaify.

Yeah, I'd just finally started to like Jackie... she wasn't a sociopath, just painfully introverted.

You could tell Mayim was hesitating in accepting Jackie's answer to Haight Ashbury for her mispronunciation. Those judges really have to make quick decisions!

R447, At least Jackie said "Jessica Walter" and not "Jessica Walters", a mistake many make.

I liked Jackie because she was smart and un-perky. I think her accent made her pronunciation a little different with some words...

I guessed Stonewall Bar, not Inn, which would likely not have been accepted.

Jackie’s homage to Matt Amodio of starting with all the $1,000 clues was annoying as hell.

Hallelujah! Jackie is gone and gays caused her downfall!

I'll be chuckling over the Radio City Music Hall Riots for some time to come.

Obviously, I knew Final instantly.

Will be interesting to see if Evan is family. I suspect he is because he wrote Stonewall Inn, knowing the exact name of the bar. Others might have just answered Stonewall.

Would just "The Stonewall" have been accepted? I'm thinking yes, just as "The Smithsonian" would be correct if that was the question to another answer.

[quote]Would just "The Stonewall" have been accepted? I'm thinking yes, just as "The Smithsonian" would be correct if that was the question to another answer

I'm wondering the same thing, as I probably would have answered "The Stonewall." I tend to forget its full name.

What about just Stonewall?

They absolutely would have accepted just “Stonewall.”

I would have answered "Stonewall" or "The Stonewall," and I'm not sure if either of those answers would have been accepted, but I'm guessing that they would have been.

What happened at Central State University and why was there a kick line? That player was not a player.

Evan we hardly knew ye. Nell’s smug certitude is going to get annoying as hell very quickly.

Nell is like those basketball players who just keeps shooting when they're hot or not. "The pure shooter" who will average 30 pts a game .... because they shoot 45 times. But it worked for her tonight.

I didn’t get the “Oldsmobile” question. The only name preceding ‘88’ I knew of is Delta, as in the ‘Oldsmobile Delta 88.’ I get that the ornament was a rocket, but didn’t she ask for the make of auto that used the that ornament & used the name ‘88’?

Nell (alas) could win a Zooey Deschanel lookalike contest. She's already quite annoying. And had an idiotic personal story.

R461, I thought of Delta 88 also. I think that was one of the cars I took Driver's Ed in. (Yeah, I'm old)

Well, Nell Zooey's personal story might not have been her choice to tell. Sounds; ile the producers ask the contestants to come up with "wacky" stuff that's happened to them and they just go from there. So unless a contestant sticks around for several days, not much is really revealed about their personal lives.

I was reminded I have spent far too little time memorizing hood ornaments..

I was surprised that no one got the Pierce Arrow.

Yes, Nell definitely looks like Zooey Deschanel. Behaves a lot like her too. And yes, she will get annoying if she's on too long.

I, too, haven't spent enough time studying hood ornament. Did poorly in that category.

I guessed Angola for Final due to the Dutch reference. Am impressed Nell knew it was New Zealand.

We all have our strengths. I know very little about popular culture, film stars, etc. but found final obvious.

Zeeland is a region in the Netherlands. I had no idea the Dutch controlled New Zealand, but it was the only thing that made sense to me.

I’m ok with Nell for now, until she starts going after the highest value questions first like Jackie. I hate that.

I guessed Indonesia (was gonna go with Timor, but could see what was "dutch" about the name Timor)... and I have friends in NZ and knew the Maori name for it. I'd suck a Jeopardy in real space, but I kill from the sofa.

I’ve been to NZ, so I knew. If not, there’s little chance I would have associated it with Holland, despite the name.

I guessed Suriname.

I think we can all count on Nell sticking around for a long time. Besides being super smart in a range of categories, she's incredibly quick on the buzzer. There's no hesitation there.

I look forward to seeing her play against Amy.

Meant to add I think Nell's incredible swiftness and confidence really disarm and overwhelm her competition. The way to win.

Ian, the man in the middle, looked increasingly frustrated when he couldn't buzz in first.

I'm still not sure I completely understand the buzzer rules. Does the nod go to the first person who buzzes in immediately after the host finishes reading the last word of the question, and if anyone buzzes in before that, it doesn't count and they have to buzz in again? That can sometimes make the game more about buzzer timing than knowledge, but I guess if it was okay to buzz in while the question was still being read, there might be lots more wrong answers, and the producers wouldn't want that.

Hmmmm.......surely one can buzz in before the question has finished being read?

[quote]Hmmmm.......surely one can buzz in before the question has finished being read?

You might think so, but my understanding is that this is NOT the case. Can anyone confirm?

Those buzzer s must be timed to a milisecond. How did they do that in the first years of the show when the technology wasn't there?

There's a light off camera that the viewers cannot see.

It is timed to shine as soon as the last word of the clue is read by the host and only then can the contestants buzz in.

Thanks, R480.

Viewers complaining about a contestant being too loud. Read story at link.

Well, that was a rather swift and stunning fall from grace for Little Nell at the hands of gay social studies teacher Cameron. I thought that she had far more staying power.

Having never watched Succession, I had no clue as to FJ — though I knew the French word for king. But that wasn’t any help.

It’s Camron, and he’s a man with a future!

Camron, whoops. Got it. Hope that he sticks around.

What’s Zoe Deschanel doing on Jeopardy???

She really shat the bed. What happened to her since the last taping?

R487, Her smugness when she incorrectly responded *Rolex" made me guffaw. At least she was spared the indignity of being ushered offstage for FJ.

Nell was like a different person tonight.

It was only outdone R488, when she smugly answered a question later without putting it in the form of a question, shaking her head yes the entire time.

God, what a tiresome ass.

[quote]It’s Camron,

I fucking hate it when people spell their names weirdly JUST to be different -- whether its Barbra or Britney or Camron or whomever. So goddamned annoying.

Camron and the Mindy Cohn-ish gal both had slight vocal fry.

Mandy Patinkin IS Ben Franklin!

Good riddance to Nell.

Welcome Camron. An impressive first game. I suspect he'll be around a few games.

Final was easy, but I know some French and have seen Succession.

I don’t like contestants who throw in personal asides with their correct answers (“That’s the kind of dog I have so I had to get that one!”) which this new champion does OFTEN. So she could be a problem for me.

I got FJ after thinking about it for a second. It was fairly easy.

Camron, we hardly knew ya.

Well that sure was a crash-and-burn for Camron.

I'm not a fan of Mattea's commentary either - and I like her nose ring even less.

Some of the missed responses were shocking in their ignorance.

The game of Life was a correct response just a couple of weeks ago.

I didn’t like that question. Life is relevant to everyone on the planet, but not the game “Life.” It’s geared to middle class Americans. While they have other national versions, I doubt they reflect the lives of the rural poor.

The Game of Life in Sudan:

Find dung beetle.

Eat dung beetle.

Get bit by goat.

Decide which college to go to.

Laugh.

Die.

What a dire follow-up to Camron's runaway win yesterday, He was kind of cute behind those big, thick glasses, but there's only one Cam'ron for me.

They need to cut the contestants’ mics as soon as a ruling is made. I can’t stand this recent thing of allowing chatter and banter and shit between questions where the contestants are often talking over the host. This isn’t improv theater.

It was especially bad today, R502.

Tonight’s game left me bored!

with Jeopardy! baby…oooo, oooo

Bored! with Jeopardy! baby…ooo. ooo

Apparently they edited out footage of Mayim and Johnny Gilbert slapping Mattea after her third ad-lib comment.

I like Mattea. Her commentary was getting annoying however.

Yes, the game of Life was fairly obvious for Final.

Mayim seems to be dressing better. They must have hired a wardrobe consultant for her.

FYI Apparently this thread has been Murieled for some time.

A non-subscriber started a new Jeopardy thread that has gotten 15 responses so far.

The bitter tears I wept when no one recognized Henry Gibson!

[quote]I didn’t like that question. Life is relevant to everyone on the planet, but not the game “Life.” It’s geared to middle class Americans.

I had the same reaction, but I believe the clue said it was the creator of the game who had stated that the game is relevant to everyone on the planet, and of course, that doesn't necessarily make it true.

Text: Reuben Klamer, who passed away in 2021 at age 99, developed this game relatable to “literally everyone on Earth”

They did use quotation marks, but it could have been clearer.

Mattea is obviously very well educated, but damn, she's annoying. Why am I not surprised to learn that she has seven tattoos? She must be a real trial to spend time with.

I thought Mattea was less irritating today than yesterday.

Why was the guy in the middle even there?

[quote]I thought Mattea was less irritating today than yesterday.

Well, everything is relative :-) At least she didn't talk over Mayim today. But her speech is so affected, and why does she sometimes make that weird hand gesture? What does that body language tell us?

Both of the other contestants were pretty pathetic, especially the guy in the middle. But at least he didn't end up in the red. For a long while, I thought that's what was going to happen.

Why is her teeth so gross?

Confusing Lake Mead with Great Salt Lake, and Mary as Elizabeth's mother, were cringe-worthy to me. Being an old guy, I knew the answer was Laura Nyro.

Basically, Mattea was playing against a pair of potted plants.

I don’t know R515. My philodendron could beat that guy in the middle.

I find Mattea insufferable.

Don't know if you need to be elderly to recognize Laura Nyro.

And the guy in the middle was a college professor??

R518 Yeah, I've lived too long. How can a random group of three smart people not know Laura Nyro ? John Knox they know, but not Nyro.

As soon as the photo of Laura Nyro appeared I knew not one of the m would guess her name.

I guessed San Marino; I had no idea Monaco had such a small population.

Yes, Mattea was slightly less irritating today. Someone must have talked to her about toning it down.

I adore Laura Nyro, so obviously got knew that clue. But I, too, knew that none of the contestants would get her.

I initially guessed Lichtenstein (sp?) for Final but was debating about whether it might be San Marino. Then at the last second, I changed my answer to Monaco.

Monaco seemed too obvious.

I guessed Luxembourg. My husband guessed Andorra.

I guessed Luxembourg or Lichtenstein.

I still can't get over how poorly that English teacher played the game :-(

He got the literature questions right.

Monaco was obvious to me (a geography nerd) because it's surrounded on three sides by France and is very close to Italy. Plus, it's ruled by the Grimaldi family.

Lichtenstein is between Austria and Switzerland, so that would make it pretty Germanic.

And San Marino is completely surrounded by Italy - and not far from the area where Fellini came from.

Luxembourg - much larger than all of those countries, and Andorra, combined - is too far north to have an Italian population of any significance.

One more thing: Middle Guy is even dumber than I initially thought.

I forgot he was a college professor.

Can you imagine having [bold]that[/bold] as your instructor?

It might have been nerves.

[quote]It might have been nerves

Let's hope so!

Funny, I don't believe it was Monaco. It had to be Lichtenstein. Jeopardy was wrong! Ha. (America today - what is true is what i believe it is!).

R525, And he knew his onions.

In the 1950 Irving Berlin Broadway hit CALL ME MADAM, Ethel Merman played Washington, DC social arbiter Mrs. Sally Adams, who's appointed the Ambassadorship to Lichtenbourg. The character was based on Perle Mesta who actually was the Ambassador to Luxembourg, appointed by pal Harry Truman.

R531, Merman won her only competitive Tony Award for Call Me Madam in 1951.

She was given a special Tony Award in 1972.

[quote] Why is her teeth so gross?

Yes, why is they?

Well, Reagan gave it a good shot, but who doesn’t know about Gainsborough’s Blue Boy? Not that it ultimately would have mattered, because none of them got Velcro for FJ and Reagan bet it all and came in third.

Mattea is very annoying in the way that she answers the clues.

Yes, the constant up-speak at the end of every question.

No love for Mike?

Definitely a cutie, but his playing was abysmal.

FJ seemed obvious to me.

Did Mattea really believe nylon wasn't invented until 1955?

R534, Especially when the word "indigo" was in the clue.

I was shocked that no one knew Poland was the answer to the 1939 WWII question.

I thought nylon as well.

🤷🏻‍♀️

"The invention of nylon by Wallace Carothers in 1935 launched the age of artificial fabrics and established basic principles of polymer chemistry that made plastics an ubiquitous part of civilization. "

Mike was so cute and fun. I already miss him.

And I knew velcro, btw.

I know the nose ring shouldn't bother me, but it does . . .

Cover up her effin' teefs!

Well, Mike was strong in the sports catagory and nothing else.

I liked Reagan. Sorry to see her go. Mattea is wearing out her welcome.

Velcro seemed so obvious for Final. Surprised no one got it.

Would never in a million years would have guessed Velcro.

My cousin and an astrologer I follow online, both in their 20s, have those nose rings, which I think look stupid.

I guessed Kevlar as the final answer.

[quote]Mattea is wearing out her welcome.

You should have used the past tense for that sentence :-)

R547, Is that a spoiler?

R547, what is wrong with you? Dick.

I really don’t understand people like R547 who are secretly thrilled about running to a gay message board to spoil Jeopardy. A person with no life.

Telling us who lost on a routine Jeopardy! (No long-running champ) isn’t much of a spoiler.

Yes, it is, R551. That’s the very definition of a spoiler.

I think R547 meant Mattea has already worn out her welcome. 🙄

R542 Agreed. Only a certain "type" can make a nose ring work. Young, thin, beautiful, a few tasteful tats, perhaps carefully cultivated dreds. But on Mattea it just looks like a booger hanging down and she oughta wash her face.

I did not say it was not a spoiler. I said it was not important.

No one can make face piercings work. No one.

[quote] I think [R547] meant Mattea has already worn out her welcome.

Yeah, I believe that R547 meant that Mattea had already worn out her welcome on the first day. Not that she lost. Unfortunately.

I don't think it was a spoiler. I think it was expressing frustration over a player's irritating habits and wishful thinking that she will soon be gone.

That said, telling us who won a game in advance of the show airing in the majority of markets on the East Coast (which is 7 p.m Eastern) is definitely a spoiler. And a no-no here on DL.

[quote]Yeah, I believe that [R547] meant that Mattea had already worn out her welcome on the first day. Not that she lost. Unfortunately.

Thank you, that's EXACTLY what I meant. I don't know how any of these petulant children with poor reading skills thought I was giving a spoiler, since as of this writing, the next game hasn't yet aired in ANY market. It is now 5:38 NYC time, and I'll be watching the show tonight to see if Mattea wins yet again.

[quote]I really don’t understand people like [R547] who are secretly thrilled about running to a gay message board to spoil Jeopardy. A person with no life.

That's not what I meant. I am a person with "a life," but you are unfortunately a person with no reading or logic skills. Let's hope for all of our sakes that you never get to be a contestant on JEOPARDY!

What’s with that Vegas lounge act thing she does with hands? Reminds me of Sammy Davis Jr.

In the majority of markets, Jeopardy airs at 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. In fact, in the Eastern and Pacific time zones, it only airs at 7 or 7:30 p.m,

However, in the Central time zone, and to a lesser extent the Mountain time zone, it airs throughout the day.

See accompanying chart for break down of exactly when it airs. Lots of detailed info there.

Earliest is airs anywhere in the USA is 11 a.m. (Central) in two small markets -- Jackson, Tenn. and Tyler, Texas.

Earliest Jeopardy airs in a large market is 11:30 a.m. (Central) in Houston. .

Other markets highlights include:

Airs at 3 p.m. in Oklahoma City.

Airs at 3:30 p.m. in Memphis, Birmingham and Des Moines.

Also airs at 4 p.m. in Austin and Kansas City.

Airs at 4:30 p.m. (Central) in Minneapolis, St. Louis, Little Rock, Tulsa, Wichita and San Antonio.

Airs at 4:30 p.m. (Mountain) in Tucson.

Airs @ 3:30 in Chicago too Johnny R562.

Abigail showed early promise during the first round. And Tom — who is NOT a roofer — (that was a bizarre non-story), was somewhat good looking. But they both descended to potted plant status during Double Jeopardy while Mattea ran up the score.

FJ was incredibly easy, which was obvious because they all got it, and likely so did much of the audience.

The way that Mattea poses her answers to the clues, especially when she screws up her face at the end, is very annoying.

I knew FJ and I’ve never even read the book. 🤪

Please sir, may I have some more?!

Can I just ask -WTF would anyone come to this thread before seeing that evening's show??

Can I also say - I don't understand why Mattea only wagered $2000 for FJ when she had enough to wager at least &10,000 and still win, even if the other two had the correct answer and she didn't. What is the thought behind that? What am I missing? And the category seemed to be within her wheelhouse.

[quote]What’s with that Vegas lounge act thing she does with hands?

My mind sometimes goes in weird directions, and tonight Mattea's flapping hands reminded me of some dinosaur movie I saw when I was a kid - specifically one in which a T-Rex's forelimbs flapped around whenever it moved.

On the night of Mattea's second win, I posted up above that I found her less irritating than the previous day.

I take it back.

She's become more irritating.

She need to go and take her flapping forearms with her.

Her hands are incredible small also. They remind me of that Lawrence Welk character Kristen Wiig used to do on SNL.

[quote]I don't understand why Mattea only wagered $2000 for FJ when she had enough to wager at least &10,000 and still win, even if the other two had the correct answer and she didn't. What is the thought behind that? What am I missing? And the category seemed to be within her wheelhouse.

I didnt watch the whole show tonight -- I bailed at the start of Double Jeopardy because I couldn't stand to watch Mattea bulldozing the other two contestants for one second longer -- but your question shows a poor understanding of the game. While the two non-winners of each game each get a set amount of money to take home, rather than their actual totals, that of course is not the case with the winner, who gets whatever amount he or she has won during the game. So, since the players have to wager before seeing the FJ clue -- which is not the case with any other clues in the game except for the Daily Doubles -- it's perfectly understandable why someone would make a conservative wager even if they would still have won if they'd bet a far larger amount and still gotten the answer (question) wrong. In fact, a conservative wager is far easier to understand those circumstances than if the scores were closer going into FJ, because when that happens, each contestant has to bet more to try to insure a win. Understand?

R567, Mattea also had to consider whether her total today would put her over $100,000 and set her up for a possible ToC spot. If she bet too much and got it wrong, she'd have to hope to win her next game to get there.

Is the requirement for making ToC a five-game winning streak OR making it past $100K?

All 5+ game-winners, plus the highest scores for the remaining spots.

I think it's both -- if they don't have enough 5-game winners then it's 4-gamers in order of the amount won.

[quote]*All 4-time and over winning players starting from 01/05/21 will be eligible for a future Tournament of Champions.

Tonight was her 4th win, so she's going to want to make enough to put her higher on that list in case she doesn't get the guarantee of a 5th game. Betting more just because she could against these opponents could have put her in a vulnerable position in the long run if she had missed. She's currently 2nd on the 4-game list behind Jackie (our Margaret is 4th with her $79,000+).

And regarding the ToC tracker:

[quote]Presence on this list does NOT guarantee an invitation to compete in the Tournament of Champions. Other eligibility rules apply and final selection is up to the producers' sole discretion.

Yes, she bet conservatively to make sure she'd be over $100,000, regardless of whether she got Final correct.

Yes, Final was so obvious. "Please sir, may I have some more?"

Mattea certainly is smart. Knows a lot of subjects. Or it just that they put her up against such weak challengers?

Tom was cute. I initially had hopes for him to win, but they quickly faded away.

I thought there were many tough questions tonight, but I did get Juliette Lewis and American Masters. And FJ was a gimme. Mayim seems to have warmed to Mattea, maybe because she is like an annoying Big Bang character.

[quote]Yes, she bet conservatively to make sure she'd be over $100,000, regardless of whether she got Final correct.

Yes, and Mayim even pointed this out before the game started. All the more reason why the DL comment "I don't understand why Mattea only wagered $2000 for FJ when she had enough to wager at least &10,000 and still win" indicates a total lack of comprehension of how the game works.

There’s nothing magic about $100,000. She bet low because of her confidence in 19th Century Literature

Ken is back!

DAMN!!!!!! So fucking close. She is beatable. Just not tonight. 🤬🤬🤬

And, she started ramping up that nonsensical rambling commentary again tonight. Maybe she figured that she could do that because Mayim is gone.

I’m surprised how many clues were left on the board when time ran out on DJ. Play didn’t seem unusually slow tonight.

Missed final, but did know Sir Walter Scott, blue oxygen, and Grover Washington, Jr.

Did NOT know FJ.

FJ was an easy one for me.

Never studied Latin, but I know the word for "cow" in French and Spanish begins with "va", and the fact that the correct response was a three letter word, I guessed "vax".

I found Michael quite attractive, btw.

Got FJ as well, just thought of a vaca, cow in español and voila!

Mattea has said she learned French when she lived in New Brunswick. Cow=vache

So close to saying sayonara to Mattea. Her hand gestures are getting irritating.

I also guessed BOV for Final.

Glad to have Ken back.

I'm looking forward to Matt and Amy chewing her up and spitting her out.

Final was fairly easy, also knew Tuppence Beresford, Witness for the Prosecution, and Carrie Nation. Poor Zhe must have been so embarrassed with his wife afterwards.

International waters?? Oh, Zhe.

Even I figured Bermuda Triangle had to be a reasonable guess.

I got "Witness for the Prosecution" but it was a badly written question:

"This courtroom drama that hinges on the testimony of the mistress of the accused murderer has been adapted for stage and screen, and in 2014 was performed in an actual English courtroom."

The "courtroom drama" wasn't adapted for stage, the short story was.

Good point, R591. Sometimes the Jeopardy! clue writers do screw up.

We're stuck with Mattea for another game, but I will admit she played well.

Final seemed obvious. Although I didn't realize the term was started in 1964. I thought it was much older.

Will someone please stop these fools from making ridiculous comments after they fuck up? Why is this even being allowed?

After the show, Zhe joked about having to face the wife:

Bitch is making me crazy.

Just when it seems Mattea has a contender or two, they fall apart and she surges forward.

But she's fun to hate.

Mattea’s extended asides have cost leaving clues up on the board at the end of the round. The other day there were six clues left including a whole, untouched category.

Is this becoming a strategy of hers, to burn bits of time after each of her right answers in the Double Jeopardy round to limit her opponents' chances of catching her?

I hate Mattea, too, but her asides are only about 3 seconds each....hardly time burners/swallowers.

Cattle prod to her head whenever she says anything beyond the answer. She’ll learn.