floridagator wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:57 pm
The game was basically a runaway for all of Double Jeopardy except for the moment on the penultimate clue where Pat correctly answered champagne. Then it was not a runaway. If Pat had stayed clam on that final clue instead of giving her weak answer of lava she would have won the game.
I'll have to wait to see the clue again, and pumice is what came to mind, but pumice is a type of lava, right? That segment just went by quickly so maybe lava really didn't fit the clue.
As a volcanic island, Dominica has this as its main mineral commodity, for all your scouring needs
On FJ, I instantly thought of Moby Dick, but blanked on who wrote Moby Dick. I didn't get it until after the think music stopped. Stupid, stupid, brain.
Did anyone else think it was kind of funny how everyone except Alex continued to pronounce Dominica wrong even after he pointedly pronounced it dom-min-eeka several times?
floridagator wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:57 pm
The game was basically a runaway for all of Double Jeopardy except for the moment on the penultimate clue where Pat correctly answered champagne. Then it was not a runaway. If Pat had stayed clam on that final clue instead of giving her weak answer of lava she would have won the game.
I'll have to wait to see the clue again, and pumice is what came to mind, but pumice is a type of lava, right? That segment just went by quickly so maybe lava really didn't fit the clue.
I believe the word "mineral" was in the clue so I'd call it a category error.
immaf wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:28 am
On FJ, I instantly thought of Moby Dick, but blanked on who wrote Moby Dick. I didn't get it until after the think music stopped. Stupid, stupid, brain.
It could be worse. I literally couldn't think of any possible responses at all. Seriously, why do I blank on things ALL THE TIME?!
This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:32 am
Did anyone else think it was kind of funny how everyone except Alex continued to pronounce Dominica wrong even after he pointedly pronounced it dom-min-eeka several times?
I wondered if they thought Alex was pronouncing it wrong or what. Because he probably said it 5 times, right? And it seems like something they could have addressed briefly after revealing that category, even if they then edit it out for the sake of time. It's not like they don't sometimes go into substantial detail about some categories!
This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:32 am
Did anyone else think it was kind of funny how everyone except Alex continued to pronounce Dominica wrong even after he pointedly pronounced it dom-min-eeka several times?
I wondered if they thought Alex was pronouncing it wrong or what. Because he probably said it 5 times, right? And it seems like something they could have addressed briefly after revealing that category, even if they then edit it out for the sake of time. It's not like they don't sometimes go into substantial detail about some categories!
I got a kick out of the little tug-o-war myself. If I were a smart fellow, and on the show, it would be hard for me to resist asking Alex - "I'll take Dominatrix for $1000 please". Then of course the follow up would be: "Thank you, may I have another".
I suck at the re-quoting thing here but viz a viz the lava/pumice discussion- as a teenager rock collector, I have always considered lava to include the three sub-types of basalt, pumice, and obsidian.
Disclaimer - repeated exposure to author's musings may cause befuddlement.
Coryat: $30,600
43 R/5 W
DD: 2/3
FJ:
LT: et; Darius the Great; centrifuge (DD); Alexander Graham Bell & Elisha Gray; pumice
I knew that Hobbes was English, but I never really thought through the clue enough to go down the Leviathan --> sea monster --> Moby Dick --> Melville path. Wrote down L. Ron Hubbard just to have something.
I am both surprised and disappointed that knowing that Spoiler
Roseau
is the capital of Dominica didn't net me $2000.
davey wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:39 am
The term is luger (which seems instinctive to me). It was Greg who complicated it, but I think they were right to accept his "luge men," even though "lugester" doesn't exist as far as I can tell.
It's the only sport where even if you win, you're still a luger.
twelvefootboy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:44 am If I were a smart fellow, and on the show, it would be hard for me to resist asking Alex - "I'll take Dominatrix for $1000 please".
I bet you'd find a way not to say that, since it was DJ.
twelvefootboy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:44 am If I were a smart fellow, and on the show, it would be hard for me to resist asking Alex - "I'll take Dominatrix for $1000 please".
I bet you'd find a way not to say that, since it was DJ.
Therefore the "If I were a smart fellow". Mea Culpa. I even game planned the joke at $400 to be safe/redundant and decided a high end D would probably be 1 grand in Culver City. Still, I kill myself.. I have to tell the missus how funny I am.
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Elijah Baley wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:21 am
I'll have to wait to see the clue again, and pumice is what came to mind, but pumice is a type of lava, right? That segment just went by quickly so maybe lava really didn't fit the clue.
As a volcanic island, Dominica has this as its main mineral commodity, for all your scouring needs
Right, lava really didn't fit the clue.
You don't scour with lava? That's how I got rid of my acne as a teen!
(Disclaimer: Tongue-in-cheek humor. I don't endorse putting lava on one's face or any other body part.)
Elijah Baley wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2017 5:05 pm
This is a good case for sometimes knowing too little and blessed with ignorance, FJ seemed like a Kids' Week clue.
Same. I figured this was going to be one of those 90% get rate FJs. Obviously not.
I have seen many FJs that made me think, "How could ANYONE miss that?, only to see it become a triple stumper or a poll item with a very low percentage of gets.
This was the opposite, I suppose. I see lots of folks on this board who jumped on it immediately , yet I had nothing. Oh well.
Elijah Baley wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:21 am
I'll have to wait to see the clue again, and pumice is what came to mind, but pumice is a type of lava, right? That segment just went by quickly so maybe lava really didn't fit the clue.
As a volcanic island, Dominica has this as its main mineral commodity, for all your scouring needs
Right, lava really didn't fit the clue.
You don't scour with lava? That's how I got rid of my acne as a teen!
(Disclaimer: Tongue-in-cheek humor. I don't endorse putting lava on one's face or any other body part.)
FWIW, there is a brand of soap called Lava, which contains ground pumice, so actually is used for scouring...
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Elijah Baley wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:21 am
I'll have to wait to see the clue again, and pumice is what came to mind, but pumice is a type of lava, right? That segment just went by quickly so maybe lava really didn't fit the clue.
As a volcanic island, Dominica has this as its main mineral commodity, for all your scouring needs
Right, lava really didn't fit the clue.
You don't scour with lava? That's how I got rid of my acne as a teen!
(Disclaimer: Tongue-in-cheek humor. I don't endorse putting lava on one's face or any other body part.)
Well, lava certainly would take care of your skin, at least in one sense of the phrase.
I'm trying to come up with an analogy; it would be like if the clue was: As a tropical island, Hawaii has this commodity for all of your sweet needs. If someone said "sugarcane" instead of "sugar," would they accept that?
BigDaddyMatty wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:08 pm
I am both surprised and disappointed that knowing that Spoiler
Roseau
is the capital of Dominica didn't net me $2000.
I precalled Roseau but wondered if they'd give its name and ask for its function. It's not a well-known capital. It's also a town near the Canadian border.
I'd rather cuddle then have sex. If you're into grammar, you'll understand.
twelvefootboy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:01 am
Another good FJ, gettable if you run enough traps.
I just KNEW I could Pavlov this term to a work of literature, but derailed myself by 1) paying no attention to the category, and 2) therefore derailing into Gulliver's travels and Johnathan Swift. Lilliputian, check; Brobdingnagian (thanks spell check), check. Leviathan- wait, that doesn't seem right. Just to have a guess, I stuck with Swift, knowing it would be something I should have solved.
Swift... who was actually Irish.
Leaned towards Hobbes, even though I was fairly certain that was wrong.
