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by mikebdoss
Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:21 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 33
Views: 2075

Re: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I thought references to the 8 seconds come up frequently across all ways of life and in various jokes. Would have thought it polls well over 80% here. Request please. I had the same reaction. I'm not a rodeo fan, but I've heard enough references to "staying on for 8 seconds" in pop cultur...
by mikebdoss
Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:02 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 35
Views: 33802

Re: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Earl Warren and I share a hometown, and I find it rather strange that I didn't really hear anything about him growing up. Other than the main classroom building at our largest high school, I'm not aware of anything named for him. Seems like a local boy who went on to be a three-term governor, SCOTU...
by mikebdoss
Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 40
Views: 35067

Re: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I was hoping there might be some discussion here of the weird way “The Artist” question was answered. It almost seemed like Ed may have just blurted out the question (and that part was edited out) before asking, “oh I have to ring in?” (or whatever he said, I don’t remember the exact words.) Otherw...
by mikebdoss
Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:24 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 38
Views: 4739

Re: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I answered "pigeon", but would have BMSed with "carrier".
by mikebdoss
Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:51 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, October 13, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 26
Views: 3340

Re: Friday, October 13, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

"Greensleeves" aka "What Child Is This?" has an additional title, "Where the Lilac Grows". A couple of my mother's high-school classmates did it on their second album (the B or "straight" side of "The Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers"). Still not ...
by mikebdoss
Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:21 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: LeVar Burton to Host 'Trivial Pursuit' Game Show on CW
Replies: 5
Views: 987

Re: LeVar Burton to Host 'Trivial Pursuit' Game Show on CW

Trevor807 wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 6:08 pm Indeed, let's just say letting "Dr." Mehmet Oz guest host is one of many things I can't forgive Richards for.
Given that Sony had a hand in his show, it's entirely possible that that choice wasn't Richards'.
by mikebdoss
Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:11 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: What would you do?
Replies: 45
Views: 9818

Re: What would you do?

We don't cross picket lines in this family.
by mikebdoss
Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:55 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, July 24, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 53
Views: 4004

Re: Monday, July 24, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

True. But to the best of my knowledge, we've never seen anyone other than Eddie Timanus use a keyboard. I wonder if no one else has ever asked, or if the show has turned them down. https://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?t=28 Nice, thank you! I don't think I ever watched the kid's weeks. Per that thread, B...
by mikebdoss
Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, July 24, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 53
Views: 4004

Re: Monday, July 24, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Do you really think so? I can see it for a contestant with a physical issue, but I doubt they'd give a keyboard to someone who didn't need it. I don't have any inside information, but I suspect they would not interrogate the need for accommodations. It's not like they require a note from a doctor i...
by mikebdoss
Wed Jul 26, 2023 12:23 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, July 24, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 53
Views: 4004

Re: Monday, July 24, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

It's time for Jeopardy to join the 20th century and give players a keyboard for FJ responses instead of a light pen. I'm tired of penmanship and speed writing being the deciding factors on correctness, as opposed to knowing the actual response. I don't see why they wouldn't honor that accommodation...
by mikebdoss
Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:43 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, July 24, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 53
Views: 4004

Re: Monday, July 24, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

It's time for Jeopardy to join the 20th century and give players a keyboard for FJ responses instead of a light pen. I'm tired of penmanship and speed writing being the deciding factors on correctness, as opposed to knowing the actual response.
by mikebdoss
Thu Jul 13, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJ wagers in lock games and consolation prizes
Replies: 22
Views: 3773

Re: FJ wagers in lock games and consolation prizes

I’ll once again tilt at the windmill and say they should pay for the hotel. Someone posted on here that TPTB said they didn’t do it because it wasn’t fair to locals who didn’t get a hotel. News flash, life isn’t fair. And why can’t they put up locals? Cut a deal with a major chain and give them an ...
by mikebdoss
Tue Jul 11, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, July 10, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 63
Views: 6255

Re: Monday, July 10, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Is that a bad thing, to have to read the clue multiple times to make sure you have it right? Especially when the right pair should have leapt to everyone's mind! It adds a degree of difficulty to a simple clue. I misread clues all the time, fail to pick up the important word. It's often why I miss ...
by mikebdoss
Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:19 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, July 10, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 63
Views: 6255

Re: Monday, July 10, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

By the time you've got multiple people thinking the clue is asking for something different, and there's a debate here whether or not it's written poorly, then it's absolutely, 100% written poorly (even if a lot of people didn't have a problem with it). I eventually got there, but I had to reread the...
by mikebdoss
Fri Jul 07, 2023 12:28 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Watching Jeopardy after cutting the cord
Replies: 18
Views: 7191

Re: Watching Jeopardy after cutting the cord

If you subscribe to a cable alternative service (Hulu Plus Live TV, YouTubeTV, etc.) you'll likely get your local stations. Some services may have shows on demand (I think Spectrum did, at one time), but I'm not sure if Jeopardy is included. If you subscribe to a DVR feature, you can record most any...
by mikebdoss
Mon Jun 26, 2023 11:07 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, June 26, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 32
Views: 3222

Re: Monday, June 26, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I knew it! https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italian-cleaning-woman-throws-away-modern-art-she-believed-to-be-biscuit-crumbs-9141489.html In 1999, Tracy Emin's Turner Prize nominated conceptual piece 'My Bed' was ruined when a museum patrol, believing it had been vandalised, tidied up...
by mikebdoss
Mon Jun 12, 2023 1:05 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Be on the lookout for Redditors
Replies: 13
Views: 1798

Be on the lookout for Redditors

Reddit is in the midst of a miniature rebellion regarding app access and API calls, and as a result the official Jeopardy subreddit has decided to shut down until Wednesday. You may see more folks in the game threads for a few days.
by mikebdoss
Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:54 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, June 5, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 33
Views: 3044

Re: Monday, June 5, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

In "G"eography, the clue "Beware monsters in the valley of this river that flows near Yuma; it's where the same-named poisonous lizard hangs out" was worded incorrectly.

Gila monsters are venomous, not poisonous.
by mikebdoss
Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:12 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, June 2, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 40
Views: 3782

Re: Friday, June 2, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Having the post-FJ! explanation be that "Nixon resigned in the face of impeachment" made it seem to me like Mayim thought that people missed because they didn't know that fact. Reading it so obviously off the card made it look like she didn't know that fact. (Obviously, that's not true.) ...
by mikebdoss
Thu May 25, 2023 12:23 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 31
Views: 2622

Re: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I don't think I knew the Wagner/Liszt connection before the show, but I was able to pull the correct answer with the dates given (and surprised myself). I'm never going to stop watching if a specific host is or isn't on that night, but Mayim's pacing (plus slow category calls from the contestants) m...