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WEIRD WORDS

The OED gives one meaning of this 6-letter word as "hassock or footstool" and notes that it may be "due to misunderstanding of [a] nursery rhyme"

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What is tuffet?

EUROPEAN HISTORY

William the Conqueror's half-brother Odo was the bishop of this town that was later the first one liberated by the Allies after the D-Day invasion

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What is Bayeux?

Last Night at the Viper Room , the biography mentioned in the River Phoenix clue, was written by Season 16 contestant Gavin Edwards . Also, the persnicketiness behind the Invisible Man / The Invisible Man ruling is completely unnecessary and frankly off-putting. "Wells" was given in the clue, so wh...

Not surprisingly, this was the first regular-play game to feature two contestants who had won four or more previous times. There was a possibility that it could have happened back in 1994 had Dan Seiden gotten this FJ clue right, as Tom Nichols was brought back the following Monday for another chanc...

Last Night at the Viper Room , the biography mentioned in the River Phoenix clue, was written by Season 16 contestant Gavin Edwards . Also, the persnicketiness behind the Invisible Man / The Invisible Man ruling is completely unnecessary and frankly off-putting. "Wells" was given in the clue, so wh...

Here's one that Mark gets credit for: http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=4601#final_jeopardy_round! In his book, Harry Eisenberg pegged the change to the latter part of Season 6 (1990). He also said that "[...] the viewers have never been informed of the change and so they must think our ...

Anyone see something wrong in this clue? "Monarchos in 2001 & this horse in 1973, still the record holder, are the only horses to run the Kentucky Derby in under 2 minutes." The response taken (Secretariat) is still correct even if the clue were given properly, but the clue should actually have rea...

ANAGRAMS

All currently in circulation, they're the three units of currency seen here:

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What are lira, rial, and lari? (from Turkey, Oman, and Georgia, respectively)

Rod Laver twice completed the Grand Slam in singles play.
Jim Lovell traveled to the Moon twice without landing there.
Ron Hassey was the catcher for two different MLB perfect games.
Eddie Arcaro won the Triple Crown on both Whirlaway and Citation.

Some things that are celebrating 100 years of existence in 2021:

• Miss America
• White Castle
• Gucci
• Betty Crocker
• Lowe's
• See's Candies
• Chanel No. 5
• Cheez-Its
• RadioShack
• Northern Ireland
• Pep Boys
• Communist Party of China

What is the highest score a contestant has achieved before either other contestant has been heard from? (I checked Ken's game where he ran the first two categories and they broke for commercial early, and one of the other contestants got the first clue after the commercial.) You missed the game whe...

Alex mentioned the game from the day before had a bad J round and a bad FJ round. He was right about that. The total score going into FJ was -$200. Is that a record? Paging cheezyguy. That is one of only two games in the Archive where the contestants had a negative total going into DJ; in the other...

U.S. STATE CAPITAL NAMESAKES Of all the people after whom a state capital is named, he was born the earliest. Who was St. Paul? (If PR were to become a state, the new correct response would be San Juan) Portland, Maine's Press Herald published an article earlier this year which states that the deri...

cheezguyty: The list must be short for entering a game with $90-something-thousand in winnings, winning the game and still shy of the magic $100,000 total? Brayden Smith game 4: $93,800 -> $97,799 Stephanie Jass game 5: $90,170 -> $98,970 Kevin Marshall game 6: $90,202 -> $98,201 Brian Wangsgard ga...

Brayden is 8/8 after two games on wagering clues. cheezguyty: Any big names on the list for doing that in their first two games? Jennifer Quail is the only other person I could find who has done that (keeping in mind that many early ToCers don't have their original runs Archived). Brayden has a cha...

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:48 pm

Austin (Texas) & (Ginger) Rogers.

Show #7286 had a clue about Austin (Texas) immediately following a clue about (Buck) Rogers.

That game was the one where Buzzy Cohen (who beat Austin in the ToC) dethroned Andrew Pau (who lost to Austin in the ToC)!

I am certain I remember this exact phrasing -- "Is it X?" -- being accepted on a show within the last 15 years. It was a female contestant and I believe the clue was a DD. No doubt some Archive wizard can find it. Is it "Is it oak?" ? Possibly, or it might be the one Bob referred to; see if you can...

Another player finished with $15 for the second time this week. cheezguyty: Do I need to take off a sock to count the number of $15 finishing total or fingers are enough. You don't need to count any further because before this week there were no recorded instances of a $15 final score! :o (That rem...

I should have pointed out that the Security Council and New England clues were both Daily Doubles and were from the early seasons of the show, as were most of those examples. The only five-part response that they've asked for during the last fifteen years has been the five Ws.

A Wray wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:56 pm

I am certain I remember this exact phrasing -- "Is it X?" -- being accepted on a show within the last 15 years. It was a female contestant and I believe the clue was a DD. No doubt some Archive wizard can find it.

Is it "Is it oak?"?