Friday, November 6, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

[Leander]

I missed the first round. Where is the new champ from? She seemed to have an inflection in her voice that I've only heard once before, from a female friend who grew up in Nashville. It sounded like she would drag the exhalation of the final sound on many of the words, like "Two Hundredddddddddddddddd?", almost in that "answering a question with a question" tone. It just struck me.

I swear, I think they group easy FJs and impossible FJs in bunches so that they're in streaks.

I thought they said she was from Georgia. I noticed the odd inflection, but it wasn't "upspeak".

[Johnblue]

Affectation is the perfect word to describe that. Still, she seems very nice & other than missing several amazingly easy clues & misplaying some DDs towards the end, she's a good J! player. Barcelona, Kimberly, Pet Shop Boys, lotsa other Lach Trash.

[Category 13]

I missed the first round. Where is the new champ from? She seemed to have an inflection in her voice that I've only heard once before, from a female friend who grew up in Nashville. It sounded like she would drag the exhalation of the final sound on many of the words, like "Two Hundredddddddddddddddd?", almost in that "answering a question with a question" tone. It just struck me.

I thought they said she was from Georgia. I noticed the odd inflection, but it wasn't "upspeak".

I'd describe it as verbal wind-up.
It definately has nothing to do with regional accents.

[opusthepenguin]

This has to go down in history as my most embarrassing FJ miss ever.

So what was your guess?

[MarkBarrett]

Since her voice annoys a bunch of people, I hope she wins a bunch of games so they will continue to be annoyed.

No, dinghammer has the right idea with the image in the middle of page 1.

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Mike: Have you seen the Jeopardy! and Literature thread? Writers and J! players can be added there.

Not that it mattered for the end result, but it looked like Sadie was on the verge of saying aquamarine and it seemed Alex could sense it as well.

Mary Poppins to close out the week's perfecto would have felt like a better accomplishment except I get the feeling the 5/5 box will be over 33%.

I spent think time trying to think of somewhat plausible misses. The only ideas I had were Amelia Bedelia and Nanny McPhee. What else could someone stretch into a guess? Jane Eyre? Thumbelina?

[TenPoundHammer]

I could've stared at that car for a month and never come up with Secretary of Transportation, because I didn't know that was a thing.

Pet Shop Boys (NHOI) was my only miss in "Boy" Bands.

Le Creuset was my only miss in In Sink.

"Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" had no business being any lower than $400."

So that's what the Arc de Triomphe is.

I counted out "Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers" on my fingers and still somehow managed to blurt out "five" instead of four. Derp.

Ran "Uv", although I almost had another "all but the top box" moment because I was misspelling "nouveau" in my head by eliminating the first U.

FJ! was ridiculously obvious in hindsight, but I just couldn't make the connection, and couldn't even think of a valid WAG. At least unlike that one Pluto clue I missed, I'm not the only one for a change.

[Category 13]

So did everybody get the S.O.S. clue this time?

[hbomb1947]

So did everybody get the S.O.S. clue this time?

I negged with Brillo pads again.

[Volante]

Stupid easy FJ!!11!!!!one!!1(sin x^2+cos x^2)

Fine. YOU write 230 clues of what you expect to be FJ calibre and present them to us. Go on. GO ON!!! I dare you. I double dog dare you.

[9021amyers]

Stupid easy FJ!!11!!!!one!!1(sin x^2+cos x^2)

Fine. YOU write 230 clues of what you expect to be FJ calibre and present them to us. Go on. GO ON!!! I dare you. I double dog dare you.

I'm choosing to believe the writers have been saving their best FJ material for the Tournament of Champions.

[Volante]

Stupid easy FJ!!11!!!!one!!1(sin x^2+cos x^2)

Fine. YOU write 230 clues of what you expect to be FJ calibre and present them to us. Go on. GO ON!!! I dare you. I double dog dare you.

I'm choosing to believe the writers have been saving their best FJ material for the Tournament of Champions.

Ho boy...are you in for disappointment...

[This Is Kirk!]

I missed tonight's show, but see the winner was named Laura Ashley. Was she wearing a floral print dress?

[OrangeSAM]

I missed tonight's show, but see the winner was named Laura Ashley. Was she wearing a floral print dress?

Actually, her last name is Ashby. The FJ! post needs correcting.

Horrible overthink on the "crystal" clue: "Is that face-centered cubic or body-centered cubic?" ["What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?"]

[TenPoundHammer]

I missed tonight's show, but see the winner was named Laura Ashley. Was she wearing a floral print dress?

Actually, her last name is Ashby. The FJ! post needs correcting.

My typo. Fixed.

[dinghammer]

Since her voice annoys a bunch of people, I hope she wins a bunch of games so they will continue to be annoyed.

No, dinghammer has the right idea with the image in the middle of page 1.

Hey now, that's just for anyone I might be watching with who likes to blurt out the FJ answer.

[BigDaddyMatty]

Coryat: $37,400
46 R/1 W
DD: 1/3
FJ: Instaget
LT: Pet Shop Boys, left, Secretary of Transportation, La Creuset, Kimberley, fourth, Barcelona

My wife reminded me to be kind, so I have no comment on the new champ's syllable drag. Was I the only one who thought that Northeast Passage DD was gigantic negbait? Also, interesting that both Daytime J! and regular J! had Pet Shop Boys clues today.

I missed the first round. Where is the new champ from? She seemed to have an inflection in her voice that I've only heard once before, from a female friend who grew up in Nashville. It sounded like she would drag the exhalation of the final sound on many of the words, like "Two Hundredddddddddddddddd?", almost in that "answering a question with a question" tone. It just struck me.

Marietta, Georgia

[grindcore]

Spotted Catalonia, Sagrada Familia and Gaudi and still no Barcelona? That seemed like a pretty bad stand-and-stare that could have sent the DD elsewhere and really shaken things up.

I said Mrs Doubtfire for FJ!

Just kidding.

[OrangeSAM]

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I missed the first round. Where is the new champ from? She seemed to have an inflection in her voice that I've only heard once before, from a female friend who grew up in Nashville. It sounded like she would drag the exhalation of the final sound on many of the words, like "Two Hundredddddddddddddddd?", almost in that "answering a question with a question" tone. It just struck me.

Marietta, Georgia

I'm not one to draw conclusions on accents based on self-identified hometowns.

I'd have to call myself a Californian now, but I didn't arrive here 'til I was 16. Before I entered grade school I was exposed to numerous accents and tendencies, including Down East Maine (where I was born), the Irish brogue of my mother's parents, the NJ accent of my paternal grandmother, my other grandfather's somewhat gravelly NYC accent (not Archie Bunker, perhaps a bit more Bronx), other accents to hear in and near NYC, and the drawl of southern Virginia. (FWIW, my parents had very mild NYC accents.)

After 4 or 5 years in Virginia (both north and south), I spent a couple more years in New England and the 3+ years in Missouri before reaching the Golden State.

[Bamaman]

She was announced as being from Marietta, Georgia.

[Leaper]

P.L. Travers would've loathed the fact that most of us found this FJ so easy solely because of the Disney movie.