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Kind of interesting that you can critique a wager even if you're the sole contestant. His small bet guaranteed that he'd be the first one (so far) cut from the ToC of the 4-game champs. To me, it'd be worth it to bet big and lock up the current 10th spot on the leaderboard - a likely invite if he w...

I just saw Mexico + insect and locked in on Monarch Butterfly. Lucky for you then, considering there's this rather well-known Mexican folk song called "La Cucaracha" (whose title translates to "The Cockroach")... +1 for the "oof, tough question... cockroach?" crowd. (I'm aware of the famous annual ...

and here are the Zoom clips related to this week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=bTxjlRC64-s

Rob: If you are reading this can you confirm or deny that you have recorded some kind of at-home message that could play to open and/or close the show ? That would be one way for me to check in on the games is if the champs are adding something like KJ did for his #1 and #75 re-airings. Otherwise, ...

If Morgan and Shawn did no ahead-of-time thinking during the break then bad on them. Players are allowed to ponder what the category might mean and start working before the clue is revealed . Not to mention the wager-figuring time! This is one of those rare ultra-narrow FJ categories when the savvy...

Thanks for the earworm, writers, with that combo of PHENOMENA & "DEE" DEE DEE-DEE-DEE Doesn't seem like either Alex or any of the contestants 'got' that "DEE" DEE, DEE-DEE-DEE was meant to be an add on to PHENOMENA. I'm sure the writer who came up with that was going "no, that's not how you say it!...

A way to remember the provinces in order starting on the west coast is that the first letters spell BASMOQ. I had the odd certainty that I'd see a geographic quad-point question in the TOC. So I had a few mnemonics at the ready... UCAN (I already knew this US classic from the 3rd grade) NN, S&M (wo...

Golf wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:26 am

In early with popcorn!

Would love to know where the total Coryat ranks all time.

This game felt familiar, Coryat-wise...
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=5910

if that's any indication, I think this champ has legs!

India has universities named for Indira Gandhi & this man, her father (Jonathan: Who is Nehru?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Jonathan: I can't.) Jawaharlal Nehru Ouch. That's pretty harsh. Only justification I can think of is that the name of the university in the clue includes the first and last nam...

So you jump through all the hoops you have to in order to get on this show, accrue a nice sum in your previous appearances and you've got a runaway so you can't lose, and you bet zero dollars in FJ? Zero? I’ll ask you the same thing I asked you not once but twice that you failed to answer back in t...

Golf wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:50 pm

The night visitors will have something to say about Amal’s negs as well as her DJ and FJ wagers.

I see what you did there.

It wasn’t a mispronunciation, it was more she didn’t remember what the word was, she said it as if she thought it was Piram, not Priam . certainly not the worst mistake! I can report that this was a flashcard typo. The most painful kind of miss! (Ga lam iel cost me $1600 for precisely the same reas...

John Boy wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 31, 2020 8:07 pm

I found myself wondering if Audrey could possibly have been serious when she asked AT whether she might change her DD bet after she saw a clue she clearly didn't know the answer to. Sounded to me like a serious request.

Nah, just her bone-dry wit.
(Audrey is a friend...)

I am really disappointed with the audition cities they have. Not all of us have the funds to fly out to audition and being from Denver, California is the only state that is closest to me. Your point about cost is valid, of course, and it's why they have this national tour in the first place. But I ...

jeopardyfan939 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:17 pm

Apparently, Ken Jennings announced he does not plan to return to the Jeopardy! set after the GOAT tournament.

Really? I'd love to see the source of that...

Oh, and Karen is a lovely and talented contestant, but her timid FJ wagers are beginning to get on my nerves. Is there a category that would cause her to cut loose, just once? In her locks she hasn’t had a ton of room, but most contestants don’t have the psychological makeup to do so. Naturally, if...

I got it on 1970, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Yes. Best Picture winners are up there with US Presidents and world capitals that you absolutely should try to get down for Jeopardy, or really trivia in general, purposes. Giving the year turned this from more of a puzzle it out to a straight re...

TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:29 pm

Identify Colorado on a map, for $1,600, in a TOC? That may be too easy.

They clearly edited the audio after that clue reveal...

...to get rid of the dozen groans and eyerolls from one particular portion of the audience

RobW wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:20 pm

alietr wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:01 am

I've caught up on all of these.

well, almost. :) Mine is downright nonsensical at this point.
Maybe change it to:
Chump, chum for JH, or champ? TBD in Nov

(just the underlined bit if space is tight...)

<sigh>
let's go with "Boy, this was fun! :)"

Does anyone else wish they'd used another word besides "ostentatious" in WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS? It seems a shame to start the category with a six-vowel word when all the other responses had exactly five. Yes, and I was also surprised that they avoided FACETIOUS and/or ABSTEMIOUS. (perhaps dee...