Monday, September 21, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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opusthepenguin wrote:
  • ALEXANDER POPE: "A LITTLE JEOPARDY! IS A DANGEROUS THING"
(If you couldn't guess, the category required contestants to replace "JEOPARDY!" with the correct word.) The clue hooked its sucker, of course. Chris Knight rang in with "What is knowledge?" and got negged. The other two stood and stared. Then Alex patted Chris on the head and told him it was a common mistake.

The punchline to all this? It was the $200 clue. :o
Okay, that's just mean.
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On the clue about the misfit who helped Santa, would "Who is Hermey the Elf" have been acceptable?
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opusthepenguin wrote:
  • ALEXANDER POPE: "A LITTLE JEOPARDY! IS A DANGEROUS THING"
(If you couldn't guess, the category required contestants to replace "JEOPARDY!" with the correct word.) The clue hooked its sucker, of course. Chris Knight rang in with "What is knowledge?" and got negged. The other two stood and stared. Then Alex patted Chris on the head and told him it was a common mistake.

The punchline to all this? It was the $200 clue. :o
That's a rough way to treat Peter Brady.
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This Is Kirk! wrote:That's a rough way to treat Peter Brady.
Well, it was time to change ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKEQm10-n84
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BrownPaperBag wrote:On the clue about the misfit who helped Santa, would "Who is Hermey the Elf" have been acceptable?
Since the elf's name was Herbie, probably not. I'd probably neg Herbie since he really didn't do much for Santa.
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Re: Monday, September 21, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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Bamaman wrote:
BrownPaperBag wrote:On the clue about the misfit who helped Santa, would "Who is Hermey the Elf" have been acceptable?
Since the elf's name was Herbie, probably not. I'd probably neg Herbie since he really didn't do much for Santa.
No, it's Hermey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_t ... characters
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Wow. So I've been wrong about that all these years.
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BrownPaperBag wrote:On the clue about the misfit who helped Santa, would "Who is Hermey the Elf" have been acceptable?
Was Hermey on a stamp the same year Rudolph was?
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seaborgium wrote:
BrownPaperBag wrote:On the clue about the misfit who helped Santa, would "Who is Hermey the Elf" have been acceptable?
Was Hermey on a stamp the same year Rudolph was?
Yes, there were four stamps:
Santa
Rudolph
Hermey (He was originally going to be called Herbie after a childhood friend of one of the creators.)
Bumble (No "s")

https://www.google.com/search?q=rudolph ... moZdKrM%3D

I like to imagine a contestant saying Hermey and Alex asking for a BMS, looking for the character's professional title DDS. :)
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opusthepenguin wrote:Warning to future players: Pope actually wrote "A little LEARNING is a dang'rous thing."
I knew that - honest, I did. Brain-to-finger malfunction, I guess.

Actually, though, the more I think about it, I have decided that Pope was right. Those who taste not the Pierian spring never heard of John André. Those who drink deep know that 1776 is much too early for the Arnold conspiracy. Those with a little learning are most likely to be caught.
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A day late here, but Gordon -- you played very well, I think if you had found a DD, it could have been a very different game.
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hbomb1947 wrote: I would expect most people good enough to pass the test twice, to know who John Andre is.
Like the three in this game?

http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?g ... ight=andre
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Bamaman wrote:
hbomb1947 wrote: I would expect most people good enough to pass the test twice, to know who John Andre is.
Like the three in this game?

http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?g ... ight=andre
Audrey knew him in her game last week... Well, "John Andre 3000", at least.

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Re: Monday, September 21, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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opusthepenguin wrote:
caknuck wrote:This is my show... I'm tweeting throughout the day at @caknuck, the livetweet portion of the episode will begin roughly 7-ish p.m. CDT.
Well, you went down fighting. If only the FJ category had been MICROBREWS. Congrats on a game well played against a tough opponent. She makes it look so easy, doesn't she?


Ditto from me. You were a decent player anyway, but your strong finish turned you into a real contender. And Natalie did make it look easy. I was surprised at times to see how high her score had become with seemingly little effort.
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