Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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Re: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)

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alamble wrote:
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seaborgium wrote:I'm trying to compile all the alternative answers to tonight's category. Let me know about the other famous people named Petula and Chi Chi.
Why do they have to be "famous?" And even if they do, who is to say what qualifies someone as famous? As long as there is at least one other person on earth who has each one of the first and last names in each clue in that category, how do you justify not accepting it? Do you neg it just because that is not what the writers wanted?
You are kidding about this question, aren't you? Just in case you're not: if they weren't famous, they have no business being the subject of Jeopardy! category.
No, I am not. Mammoth Cave in California and the Mesa Verde community of California aren't famous and would never come up as J! clues, but their existences rightfully caused a ruling reversal on a clue that came up in a common bond category that appeared in a game that aired last week.
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mswanson wrote:Now... just how many 3- to 5-game winners do you think I could (non-fatally) poison before anyone got suspicious? I'm thinking maybe, like, 5???
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StevenH wrote:
alamble wrote:
StevenH wrote:
Why do they have to be "famous?" And even if they do, who is to say what qualifies someone as famous? As long as there is at least one other person on earth who has each one of the first and last names in each clue in that category, how do you justify not accepting it? Do you neg it just because that is not what the writers wanted?
You are kidding about this question, aren't you? Just in case you're not: if they weren't famous, they have no business being the subject of Jeopardy! category.
No, I am not. Mammoth Cave in California and the Mesa Verde community of California aren't famous and would never come up as J! clues, but their existences rightfully caused a ruling reversal on a clue that came up in a common bond category that appeared in a game that aired last week.
Your two scenarios really aren't at all equivalent.
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alietr wrote:You know, Margaret, you would have thought you'd been on here enough to know Revelation is not pluralized (not trying to rub it in, mind you). You try and teach these Boardies ...
Between that, and the poor late DD bet to drop out of contention with a miss, I began to wonder if the boardie Margaret is an impostor.
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I was surprised at the Laos clue. After the first clue in the category, when they showed the actual flag, I thought it'd be an easy/boring "identify this X" category. Then they switched away from just asking what the flag was, went back to the method for the $2000, but had it turn into a TS with two negs.

I'd never heard of the "Northern Cross" before, but it turns out, it is indeed a constellation. Not quite as famous as the Southern one, though...
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COMMON BONDS: Rome and Athens
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What are cities in Georgia?
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soxfan99 wrote:I'd never heard of the "Northern Cross" before, but it turns out, it is indeed a constellation. Not quite as famous as the Southern one, though...
Urglblergllgah—don't remind me! I made some... poor choices that game. :oops:
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alietr wrote:You know, Margaret, you would have thought you'd been on here enough to know Revelation is not pluralized (not trying to rub it in, mind you). You try and teach these Boardies ...
Between that, and the poor late DD bet to drop out of contention with a miss, I began to wonder if the boardie Margaret is an impostor.
Ah, well, see? Not finding out about j!board until after I'd been on the show was my first mistake.
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TenPoundHammer wrote:
seaborgium wrote: Maybe it would be obscure trivia if they hadn't, you know, named the treaty after said location.
And if more than three people on the planet had actually, you know, heard of it.
Between the show and this thread alone, we've got four people who got FJ right (so far).
*raises hand* Count me in as well.

Interesting. Quotes can only be nested three-deep.
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Bamaman wrote:COMMON BONDS: Rome and Athens
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What are cities in Georgia?
Missing the third element.

How about "Rome, Athens, Cairo"? Or maybe "Rome, Athens, Sparta"?
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OrangeSAM wrote:
Bamaman wrote:COMMON BONDS: Rome and Athens
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What are cities in Georgia?
Missing the third element.

How about "Rome, Athens, Cairo"? Or maybe "Rome, Athens, Sparta"?
I was thinking "Rome, Athens, Tbilisi". :lol:
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OrangeSAM wrote:
Bamaman wrote:COMMON BONDS: Rome and Athens
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What are cities in Georgia?
Missing the third element.How about "Rome, Athens, Cairo"? Or maybe "Rome, Athens, Sparta"?
Excellent! Rome up near Utica, Athens down north of the city near Hudson, and Cairo not that far from Athens. All cities in NY!
oh! even have a Sparta over on the western edge of the Finger Lakes. Didn't know that!
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Suggested poll question...I knew what war Tuesday's clue was about, but did not know the name of the town.
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I also got FJ!, but I live in New Hampshire so that probably doesn't count.
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Bamaman wrote:Suggested poll question...I knew what war Tuesday's clue was about, but did not know the name of the town.
Count me in for that. 1905, treaty, Russo-Japan. ...but where the smegging frak did they do the treaty?!

Ended up going with Concord, but as soon as I saw Portsmouth I knew I was wrong.
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Volante wrote:
Bamaman wrote:Suggested poll question...I knew what war Tuesday's clue was about, but did not know the name of the town.
Count me in for that. 1905, treaty, Russo-Japan. ...but where the smegging frak did they do the treaty?!

Ended up going with Concord, but as soon as I saw Portsmouth I knew I was wrong.
I think there will be only one person not checking that box who didn't get the FJ correct.
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Paucle wrote:Excellent! Rome up near Utica...[snip]All cities in NY!
Shout-out to my hometowns! (until I was 8).
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Vanya wrote:Tho I never have liked Chevy Chase.
Well, neither does anyone who works on "Community."
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Bamaman wrote:Suggested poll question...I knew what war Tuesday's clue was about, but did not know the name of the town.
You got it.
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trainman wrote:
Vanya wrote:Tho I never have liked Chevy Chase.
Well, neither does anyone who works on "Community."
I'm not sure that's true, it's the executive producer he feuded with who got fired, after all...
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davey wrote:
trainman wrote:
Vanya wrote:Tho I never have liked Chevy Chase.
Well, neither does anyone who works on "Community."
I'm not sure that's true, it's the executive producer he feuded with who got fired, after all...
As anyone who follows sports closely can tell you, it is much, MUCH easier to fire the manager (in this case, Dan Harmon) than it is to get rid of a problem child player (Chevy).
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Apparently, Dan Harmon's firing had little to do with his feud with Chevy Chase and more to do with his constant antagonizing of the guys in suits at Sony.
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