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by opusthepenguin
Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:31 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: 2024 Tournament of Champions
Replies: 28
Views: 25880

Re: 2024 Tournament of Champions

jeff6286 wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:42 pm
alietr wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:32 pm Ike goes right up against Ray? Pray for the dead and the dead will pray for you.
Oh come on I think Ray has a chance
:lol:
by opusthepenguin
Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, February 16, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 10
Views: 1210

Re: Friday, February 16, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

MarkBarrett wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:42 pm Vince had the wrong lake in CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY and that is no fun when you're a Canadian.
Spoiler
Not as much of a gaffe as yesterday, though.
by opusthepenguin
Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: 2024 Current Events Discussion Thread
Replies: 14
Views: 1723

Re: 2024 Current Events Discussion Thread

alietr wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:30 pm Is that the People Born Without a Left Coronary Artery But Don't Know It Maintenance and Survival Manual?
Send for your free copy!
by opusthepenguin
Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, February 15, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 29
Views: 1914

Re: Thursday, February 15, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

i don't blame anybody - like myself!- from jumping at this response. Even if you could imagine the Tour Eiffel as having two feet, you've still got the problem that in no conception is it as wide as it is tall. Jump at the response, sure, but think twice about it. hence, "...reflection could m...
by opusthepenguin
Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: 2024 Current Events Discussion Thread
Replies: 14
Views: 1723

Re: 2024 Current Events Discussion Thread

As an aside, Pistol Pete set the record in three years and less than 90 games as freshman were not allowed to play at that time. Also with no 3-point line, it was estimated his 44.2 college scoring average would have been 60 or more in the 3-point era. With college players competing in as many as 1...
by opusthepenguin
Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: 2024 Current Events Thread
Replies: 24
Views: 4045

Re: 2024 Current Events Thread

As an aside, Pistol Pete set the record in three years and less than 90 games as freshman were not allowed to play at that time. Also with no 3-point line, it was estimated his 44.2 college scoring average would have been 60 or more in the 3-point era. With college players competing in as many as 1...
by opusthepenguin
Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Reretaken Down
Replies: 5469
Views: 1453097

Re: Reretaken Down

Robert K S wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:18 pm Holy grail dropped. (And it can be yours if the price is right!)

(There's even a second one.)
by opusthepenguin
Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Reretaken Down
Replies: 5469
Views: 1453097

Re: Reretaken Down

As has been noted, at some point, an executive decision was made to make sure all boards are fully cleared. I wonder what would happen if one day a board was played that editing could not save. Ah, the Kobayashi Maru squared. When even editing the program can't solve the problem. I don't believe in...
by opusthepenguin
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Jeopardy! Masters renewed for Season 2
Replies: 12
Views: 2150

Re: Jeopardy! Masters renewed for Season 2

Trevor807 wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:07 pm
opusthepenguin wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:40 pm This is so exciting. I was worried we'd have to return to the format of one returning champion and two new players that we've never seen before. :roll:
It's not part of the normal show. It's for primetime, like the first season.
Ah! Summer viewing. That's all right then.
by opusthepenguin
Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:40 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Jeopardy! Masters renewed for Season 2
Replies: 12
Views: 2150

Re: Jeopardy! Masters renewed for Season 2

This is so exciting. I was worried we'd have to return to the format of one returning champion and two new players that we've never seen before. :roll:
by opusthepenguin
Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, February 9, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 22
Views: 1523

Re: Friday, February 9, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

A savvy FJ wins a game most would lose. Hooray! Due to the $6200 Patrick left on the table for DD3. Alternatively, with the wager he did make, Patrick could've tanked DD3 and gone on to win with a savvy wager from second. I'm not sure what the wager with the highest expected value would be there. M...
by opusthepenguin
Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, February 8, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 29
Views: 2051

Re: Thursday, February 8, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I couldn't decide if the song title had an "I" in it or not. The right thing to do in that case is go with "I Walk the Line" since they let you get away with adding words to a song title as long as those words are in the song. (Right? I can't think of an example, but I'm pretty s...
by opusthepenguin
Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:11 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 33
Views: 2080

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

In Deb’s last game, they bet it all from second in a non-crush for no reason and FJ was a TS. I meant to look that up and forgot. Thank you. So it's quite possible we just saw the result of a contestant who went over their previous game, spotted the problem, and achieved enlightenment. It's good to...
by opusthepenguin
Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 33
Views: 2080

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

I went with Tin Drum; like Mark, the German was no help, although it makes sense in retrospect. I briefly thought of Tin Drum and I think I would have remembered the name Oskar (which I would have recognized was not German for "short"). No way in a million years could I have pulled up his...
by opusthepenguin
Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:40 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 1/29/24 week
Replies: 13
Views: 1176

Re: FJs for the 1/29/24 week

Robert K S wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:26 am Victoria/Apache, also the name of my forthcoming double album
:D I don't know if I'll like the music, but I'm looking forward to the cover art.
by opusthepenguin
Sat Feb 03, 2024 10:35 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Clues
Replies: 1811
Views: 512186

Re: Final Jeopardy! Clues

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Year in which a candidate from the 48th state with a running mate from the 49th state ran against a candidate from the 50th state with a running mate from the 1st state What is 2008? (McCain, Palin, Obama, Biden, respectively.) (Modified from a post I made on Facebook, which ...
by opusthepenguin
Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 23
Views: 1858

Re: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

There are lots of times where an otherwise correct response is negged because it doesn't fit the category. "Homage," with the h pronounced, doesn't fit the category. Yes it's the same word with the same spelling as the response that does fit the category. Written as an FJ response, it's f...
by opusthepenguin
Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:02 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, February 1, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 20
Views: 1671

Re: Thursday, February 1, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Rackme32 wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:26 am I didn't have any idea there was a Queen Adelaide. But at least I knew there wasn't a Queen Melbourne.
Melbourne is the capital of Victoria though. I wonder if Juveria mis-parsed the clue or just got this knowledge tangled up somehow.
by opusthepenguin
Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 23
Views: 1858

Re: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I agree with the "led" reversal, but disagree with giving credit for "worn" (although I said that); "worn" is a past participle and not the past tense. Same here. I'm also not happy with giving credit to "homage" with the h pronounced in a SILENT H category. ...
by opusthepenguin
Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:37 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 23
Views: 1858

Re: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I agree with the "led" reversal, but disagree with giving credit for "worn" (although I said that); "worn" is a past participle and not the past tense. Same here. I'm also not happy with giving credit to "homage" with the h pronounced in a SILENT H category. ...