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TenPoundHammer wrote: What do I need to know about Alexander the Great? All I know is that he was great in some way.

off the top of my head: associated with Macedon/Macedonian Empire, died young (30s?), "there are no worlds left to conquer", fought with Persia.

Lemmings are apparently a rare species. I never would have guessed that this occurred as infrequently as it has. I would have figured there would be far more clues that the writers misjudged the difficulty, or were written poorly, or just required a guess. Quite surprising to me. here's the article...

The rare triple-wrong answer on a top-row question! I believe that Slate article on the J Archive mentioned that there have only been 10 of those in the archived history of the show.

dhkendall wrote:Actually Mark said "letter or combination of letters", all except possibly Matt Lee don't qualify (and I think At is a symbol, not sure)

Astatine, yeah. Missed that qualifier... that's pretty strict.

If this thread can divert into elements puzzlers then I have one where I don't have an answer. The show Breaking Bad highlights a letter/letters in the names of the cast that are periodic symbols. Is there anyone who could not appear on the show because their name contains no letter or combination ...

Insta-get FJ, but I'm an insurance guy, and I recently read a novel (set in early 18th century England) that both touched on early maritime insurance and had a lot of the action take place in coffee shops, so the coffee shop reference didn't mislead me at all. I wouldn't expect many to know this FJ.

Completely missed the 'world capital' part of the clue and immediately went to Kiel. I don't think that the word capital was part of the clue. The category was WORLD CITIES (not shouting, just adhering to J! cap conventions ;) ). If it had been narrowed down to capital, I would hope that I would ha...

ROYALTY England and Great Britain Current: current dynastic name—Windsor homes—Buckingham Palace (official); Sandringham, country house in Norfolk; Balmoral, a castle in Scotland; Windsor Castle Queen Elizabeth II; loves horses and dogs, espec. Corgis. Succeeded in 1952. Married 1947 to Prince Phili...

thejeopardyfan wrote:Okay, I asked mrbungle (who had e-mailed me the Pavlovs) if I could copy and paste them, and he said yes! I noticed, though, that I only have a hard copy of the Royalty Pavlov list. Does anyone have it, to share?

yes. see next post.

Norway and Iceland was my FJ guess. Really tough.

Forgot who mentioned it earlier, but Jay absolutely killed me with that interview. he's got a great comedic sense.

They already have a deal in place with I think the Hilton in Culver City, which offers discount rates to contestants. "DoubleTree by Hilton," specifically -- I hope the contestant rate is eligible for HHonors points! (Couldn't take the 2011 test since I'd had an in-person audition at that very hote...

11/2: $20,000

happy to break the $20k barrier in the TOC.

Completely missed the 'world capital' part of the clue and immediately went to Kiel. Yes, I have played Diplomacy. The answers left me feeling that I had missed something in the clue, and boy was I right. Nice baseball 5/5 for me. Disappointed with my Roman Equivalents performance, as I went along w...

Extending my segue powers to an unbelievable second one in the same post: Did anyone else think Evan said "St. John" for the Newfoundland and Labrador capital one? I'm guessing that there was probably a faint "'s" there that the judges caught, perhaps on review, because it's a mistake even some Can...

stunned that I got the drop bonus on what was a complete educated guess. My thought process was "I don't know any of these... let's go with something slightly under a football field for the hammer throw... how about 90 metres?" shocked in a good way that the actual WR is 86.7m, set in 1986. I guess ...

...but also as another part of what I like to call "the Jeopardy daily facade" (where they do things like have the contestants change after each game to give the illusion of a new day - Alex's Halloween comment at the start of the game was part of that as well, of course) I'd phrase it differently....

Possibly the first time I've had a share of the lead in a TD at one of the breaks... hopefully I can finish strong for once!

Norwegian artist -> The Scream -> Scream movies, fits clue, done. wife got the painting right away but took about 10 seconds to get from there to the movies. neither of us have seen the movies, but the mask is pretty iconic.

Precalled Tesla and stuck with him on FJ without considering Bell. I didn't know he was Scottish but he should at least have been in consideration. oh well. 34,800 Coryat which is my highest in recent memory, though. I knew the actor they were going for for Anita Van Buren, but my thought process wa...