Thursday, September 25, 2014 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

[Vermonter]

The actual bet from second place was also terrible - good thing it didn't matter.

That's two days in a row a trailing player could have leapt ahead, but in the end, wagered too small to do so.

[TenPoundHammer]

I'm glad they mentioned her in the clue or else I'd have clicked my pen with Baker Street.

Isn't that the soft rock song with the sweet sax solo that I hear every single time I'm in an Applebee's?

[Category 13]

The actual bet from second place was also terrible - good thing it didn't matter.

That's two days in a row a trailing player could have leapt ahead, but in the end, wagered too small to do so.

{In Joann's situation}
I'll take betting zero, (therefore not requiring myself to get the correct FJ answer) over betting everything and praying the leader makes a dyslexic wager, everytime.

[Category 13]

I was also wondering if "what is Murderer" could be an alternative response for Joseph Stalin's ocupation title.

Doesn't fit the clue.

Fair enough.
But if they must bring up genocidal figureheads, why not put them in their own despicable category. Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot fans demand equal time.

[Vanya]

genocidal figureheads

Oxymoron, imo.

[Tanager41]

The clue about hex signs was really flawed. I live in Lancaster County, PA and photograph the area all the time. The clue reflected erroneous conventional wisdom. Several corrections:
1. Hex signs are not Dutch; they are Pennsylvania Dutch (Deutsch, i.e. German).
2. The only places you see hex signs in Lancaster County are on tourist shops and B&Bs. To the Plain people here, hex signs are considered fancy decoration. They are seen more often on buildings in neighboring Berks County, where different sects of Pennsylvania Germans live.
3. Lancaster is pronounced "LANK-uh-stir" in these parts, not LAN-caster.

Just to set the record straight!

[floridagator]

After yesterday's FJ, that one was just too, too easy. I had it the instant the clue popped up and I saw "May 1980." Jimmy Carter was criticized for not going to the funeral. That same day, he made an appearance in Philadelphia, which he insisted was not a campaign appearance. He maintained he was there on presidential business. (He refused to campaign most of that spring, pursuing a "Rose Garden" strategy for the Iran hostage crisis.) Weekend Update joked that Carter said he would have gone to Tito's funeral, if they had held it in Philadelphia where he was campaigning.

[UiscePreston]

and I've NHO Sid & Nancy.

Oh my. It's a beautiful and tragic story about star-crossed lovers. Think Romeo & Juliet with a lot more heroin.

[dhkendall]

and I've NHO Sid & Nancy.

Oh my. It's a beautiful and tragic story about star-crossed lovers. Think Romeo & Juliet with a lot more heroin.

The "Sid" is Sid Vicious, lead singer of the Sex Pistols. And "Nancy", his girlfriend, was the Courtney Love of her day (with *less* heroin. ). Plus the Simpsons did their version of it once (because by now they've done their version of damn near anything) - I've forgotten if you watch The Simpsons, though.

[alietr]

I liked this game. It was an outchange for the better.

[davey]

The clue about hex signs was really flawed. I live in Lancaster County, PA and photograph the area all the time. The clue reflected erroneous conventional wisdom. Several corrections:
1. Hex signs are not Dutch; they are Pennsylvania Dutch (Deutsch, i.e. German).
2. The only places you see hex signs in Lancaster County are on tourist shops and B&Bs. To the Plain people here, hex signs are considered fancy decoration. They are seen more often on buildings in neighboring Berks County, where different sects of Pennsylvania Germans live.
3. Lancaster is pronounced "LANK-uh-stir" in these parts, not LAN-caster.

Just to set the record straight!

There was a good reason they left "Pennsylvania" out of the clue, you know...
To my ear, Alex pronounced the county pretty much the way you say he should have...

[Tanager41]

It's really subtle. Folks who live here hear it, like in local commercials that hire non-native voices, ha. The first syllable is very strong. Lancasters in other parts of the country pronounce it with small or large differences. Regardless, the clue about hex signs was flawed. Seemed like they went with conventional wisdom instead of doing their homework on that one. There is a Respect Amish movement (see respectamish.com) to counter untrue assumptions.This isn't a biggie like Amish Mafia but still.

[OldSchoolChamp]

Seemed like they went with conventional wisdom instead of doing their homework on that one.

No! The Jeopardy! writing staff?? Who could have imagined?

[dhkendall]

There is a Respect Amish movement (see respectamish.com) to counter untrue assumptions.

respectamish.org. (I was curious and went to the .com site to find ... nothing. Google brought me to .org)

(leads right into one of my pet peeves that people assume Internet sites end in .com, technically that's only for money-making companies. Non-profit organizations have .org, etc. (I remember when Toastmasters, a non-profit organiation registered toastmasters.org and a club in California then snatched up .com and got a lot of traffic from people looking for Toastmasters and assuming toastmasters.com because Internet addresses end in .com, don'tcha know? I never heard of what happened to the struggle, but both .com and .org take you to the same place now. Perhaps this is a peeve because my website is also not a .com (nationalanthems.info hint hint click click) and not only that but I didn't want a .com or anything else, .info described my site the best.)

[opusthepenguin]

There is a Respect Amish movement (see respectamish.com) to counter untrue assumptions.

respectamish.org. (I was curious and went to the .com site to find ... nothing.

I don't know if I'd have been willing to try that. Too high a chance it'll be Amish-themed porn.

[alietr]

respectamish.org. (I was curious and went to the .com site to find ... nothing. Google brought me to .org)

I thought it had something to do with our very own barandall800.

[jeff6286]

There is a Respect Amish movement (see respectamish.com) to counter untrue assumptions.

respectamish.org. (I was curious and went to the .com site to find ... nothing. Google brought me to .org)

(leads right into one of my pet peeves that people assume Internet sites end in .com, technically that's only for money-making companies. Non-profit organizations have .org, etc. (I remember when Toastmasters, a non-profit organiation registered toastmasters.org and a club in California then snatched up .com and got a lot of traffic from people looking for Toastmasters and assuming toastmasters.com because Internet addresses end in .com, don'tcha know? I never heard of what happened to the struggle, but both .com and .org take you to the same place now. Perhaps this is a peeve because my website is also not a .com (nationalanthems.info hint hint click click) and not only that but I didn't want a .com or anything else, .info described my site the best.)

This is very confusing. Your pet peeve is that "people" assume that internet sites end in .com, "don'tcha know?"...and the reason you decide to tell this story is that...you assumed the Respect Amish site ended in .com? Seems like your peeve is with yourself.

[bpmod]

There is a Respect Amish movement (see respectamish.com) to counter untrue assumptions.

respectamish.org. (I was curious and went to the .com site to find ... nothing. Google brought me to .org)

(leads right into one of my pet peeves that people assume Internet sites end in .com, technically that's only for money-making companies. Non-profit organizations have .org, etc. (I remember when Toastmasters, a non-profit organiation registered toastmasters.org and a club in California then snatched up .com and got a lot of traffic from people looking for Toastmasters and assuming toastmasters.com because Internet addresses end in .com, don'tcha know? I never heard of what happened to the struggle, but both .com and .org take you to the same place now. Perhaps this is a peeve because my website is also not a .com (nationalanthems.info hint hint click click) and not only that but I didn't want a .com or anything else, .info described my site the best.)

This is very confusing. Your pet peeve is that "people" assume that internet sites end in .com, "don'tcha know?"...and the reason you decide to tell this story is that...you assumed the Respect Amish site ended in .com? Seems like your peeve is with yourself.

Seems to me like he had hit the .com on somebody else's say. Not because he assumed that's where it would be.

Brian

[Vanya]

There is a Respect Amish movement (see respectamish.com) to counter untrue assumptions.

respectamish.org. (I was curious and went to the .com site to find ... nothing. Google brought me to .org)

(leads right into one of my pet peeves that people assume Internet sites end in .com, technically that's only for money-making companies. Non-profit organizations have .org, etc. (I remember when Toastmasters, a non-profit organiation registered toastmasters.org and a club in California then snatched up .com and got a lot of traffic from people looking for Toastmasters and assuming toastmasters.com because Internet addresses end in .com, don'tcha know? I never heard of what happened to the struggle, but both .com and .org take you to the same place now. Perhaps this is a peeve because my website is also not a .com (nationalanthems.info hint hint click click) and not only that but I didn't want a .com or anything else, .info described my site the best.)

Yeah, there are dozens of extensions available now, but they don't seem to have caught on. Why not? It would make an interesting sociological study.

[jeff6286]

There is a Respect Amish movement (see respectamish.com) to counter untrue assumptions.

respectamish.org. (I was curious and went to the .com site to find ... nothing. Google brought me to .org)

(leads right into one of my pet peeves that people assume Internet sites end in .com, technically that's only for money-making companies. Non-profit organizations have .org, etc. (I remember when Toastmasters, a non-profit organiation registered toastmasters.org and a club in California then snatched up .com and got a lot of traffic from people looking for Toastmasters and assuming toastmasters.com because Internet addresses end in .com, don'tcha know? I never heard of what happened to the struggle, but both .com and .org take you to the same place now. Perhaps this is a peeve because my website is also not a .com (nationalanthems.info hint hint click click) and not only that but I didn't want a .com or anything else, .info described my site the best.)

This is very confusing. Your pet peeve is that "people" assume that internet sites end in .com, "don'tcha know?"...and the reason you decide to tell this story is that...you assumed the Respect Amish site ended in .com? Seems like your peeve is with yourself.

Seems to me like he had hit the .com on somebody else's say. Not because he assumed that's where it would be.

Brian

Hmm, poor job of reading on my part. Yet another pet peeve.