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A common mistake people make in the Prize Puzzle is spinning when it gets back around to them. Usually, they'll either hit Bankrupt, or hit a low amount like $500, call a letter that's up there once, and then solve for the prize. I knew what the answer was, so I figured I'd solve despite having no ...

Sorry to veer slightly off topic, but when do league invites go out? I've received a referral but I understand they don't go out mid-season, and that I need to keep checking my spam folder just in case. LL76 IMPORTANT DATES First rookie invitations sent: January 30, 2018 LL76 registration deadline:...

I haven't been here in forever, and I haven't watched Wheel in even longer. But this episode brought me back to read this thread.

Damn, Bobby! That was just masterful, and I'm delighted for you.

Buzzer speed is irrelevant. Buzzer timing is everything. What I find slowing down with age is speed of recall. Making connections between seemingly disparate pieces of information (which is what Jeopardy! really is) now takes me about 20-25% longer than it did 20 years ago. Seconded. Concerning the...

And I can't say I remember the Seniors Tournaments themselves as very good Jeopardy!, either.

On the other hand, they do keep resurrecting Power Players, so maybe that's not a criterion.

I am no less grateful to WinchellFactor for being a most excellent plus one booking agent. I must credit my wife with the idea of hooking the two of you up in the first place, but making that connection certainly gave me all kinds of pleasure. And, yeah, Alex is nothing if not calming. Well, that's...

Does anyone know why the Seniors Tournament was discontinued? I read somewhere that that tournament was Alex's idea, because he had noticed that older contestants tended to be slower on the buzzer. Now that I am 56, I am beginning to worry that if I ever do get The Call, I will be at a neurological...

I knew I would be able to find people here who share in my outrage.

Man, if my kids had a history teacher who hadn't heard of a civil war in Spain in the 1930s, I would be positively apoplectic!

Friday, May 6:

1. Holy mackerel! That was...certainly spectacular.
2. I would've said Jamaica too. Because, all those sprinters....

I made the exact same "do or die" mistake as the contestants. Such an easy mistake to make, really. I did smell that Bob Newhart Show miss from a mile away, though. I've seen so many people confuse those two shows. I know that line. And I know that the show's writers absolutely love that poem. I st...

TenPoundHammer wrote:Corolla is the most popular Toyota? I never would'vguessed that.

Toyota started making Corollas long before they started making Camrys, and the Corolla is very popular in parts of the world that favor a smaller car than folks like here in the U.S.

alietr wrote:Crap. Every time I glance over at your avatar, Vaughn, I think Sarah joined the Board. Sigh.

Oh, sorry. I've been trying to coax her onto Twitter, and even that hasn't been easy.

You can really hear a whole lot of misinformation on the wrong game shows, can't you? "OK, this is a composer, and he's really famous...I think he's Belgian?" "Mozart?" "Right!" Reminds me of the old " Common Knowledge " sketch from SNL. "Remember, it's not what you know, it's what you THINK you kn...

You can really hear a whole lot of misinformation on the wrong game shows, can't you? "OK, this is a composer, and he's really famous...I think he's Belgian?" "Mozart?" "Right!" I thought it was Aristotle who was rumored to be Belgian. D'oh! Funny movie, great speech, and I missed an opportunity.

Thanks, Vaughn! We found out about the grants a few weeks before the taping. I think we were all just shell-shocked to be in the studio and be interviewed. I can't believe that they have a clip of me rolling my eyes. I'm a bit apprehensive about watching the actual show now. Do I remember correctly...

Alex and his Turkish voice? That would have been the worst thing I heard today except I watched Celebrity Name Game . The answer was Indian Ocean. The contestant said something about a body of water and then did a stereotypical Native American war cry with the hand popping on and off the mouth. Hos...

You could see Jerry felt a lot of pressure. That's a genuine shame. I feel sad when somebody goes in with high expectations, and what ought to be a fun adventure turns out to be a crushing disappointment. This is why I set the bar for myself low: try to be still relevant in Final Jeopardy; try not t...

It makes me irrationally angry when contestants who just have no business being on WWTBAM wind up on WWTBAM . I have been angry a lot this season. There have been a few really good contestants, and several more who were good. But there have been too many who played...as if the producers had neglecte...

I heard the same thing from Rafferty Barnes. Looking forward to it!

We all got $2500 grants from Farmers Insurance. We each explain how we're going to use the grants in the individual videos. Mine is really brief because I had to redo it and the second time, the thrill was gone. Jilly Jill, I thought a number of the teachers seemed...IDK, unprepared to talk about w...