Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]

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opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:59 pm
threearruda wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:29 pmCame up with Kazakhstan in Final.. half right.
The important thing to remember about Kazakhstan is it's landlocked. It borders the Caspian Sea, but that's an inland body of water. The writers didn't know this in 1996 and cheated Peter Nielsen out of a win. The show never acknowledged this error and never invited him back. Yet subsequently they've had clues that rely on the fact that Kazakhstan is landlocked.
And he should be ashamed of it for the rest of his life something something wooden leg something something Edith Head?
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Hey guys... haven't posted in a long, long time because... well, nothing seemed too out-of-the-world to comment upon.

Until tonight.

Um... wow.

That was an ending, eh?

I instantly got the answer, as I'm sure a lot of boardies here did.... but Tibet?

And anyone in the know care to share when was the last time something like this happened on "Jeopardy!"?
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BADuBois wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:01 pm And anyone in the know care to share when was the last time something like this happened on "Jeopardy!"?
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2622
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hbomb1947 wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:03 pm
BADuBois wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:01 pm And anyone in the know care to share when was the last time something like this happened on "Jeopardy!"?
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2622
Thanks! That didn't take long... wow.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:47 pm
Weird Al is a "rock" satirist? That almost seems like it should be tagged as erratum. Most of the songs he parodies seem to fall under Top 40/pop.

I also thought that Carlos should have been penalized for not pronouncing his name right.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:01 pm
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:59 pm
threearruda wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:29 pmCame up with Kazakhstan in Final.. half right.
The important thing to remember about Kazakhstan is it's landlocked. It borders the Caspian Sea, but that's an inland body of water. The writers didn't know this in 1996 and cheated Peter Nielsen out of a win. The show never acknowledged this error and never invited him back. Yet subsequently they've had clues that rely on the fact that Kazakhstan is landlocked.
And he should be ashamed of it for the rest of his life something something wooden leg something something Edith Head?
Peter Nielsen died in 2005. I'm not sure what the cause was. I hope it didn't involve the Integra Life-Shaper Plus Fitness Machine that he received for coming in third. I do think Jeopardy! owes his estate some money--not legally, maybe, but morally. At the very least they should acknowledge their error and apologize.
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The tiebreaker clue, like the cake, is a lie.
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sims wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:05 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:47 pm
Weird Al is a "rock" satirist? That almost seems like it should be tagged as erratum. Most of the songs he parodies seem to fall under Top 40/pop.

I also thought that Carlos should have been penalized for not pronouncing his name right.
I've heard it pronounced "Yankovich" before, and a google search provides some authority for the alternative pronunciation, and since the surname is transliterated from a Slavic language (his paternal grandparents having been from what was then Yugoslavia), the judges probably gave more leeway.
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hbomb1947 wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:52 pm I did go the wrong way in deciding between the Somme and the Marne earlier in the game.
I too went with Somme. I was surprised Manny missed it as he appears strong in history.

I'm 2/2 in FJ this week after going something like 2/10 the last two weeks. :lol:
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Ironhorse wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:16 pm
hbomb1947 wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:52 pm I did go the wrong way in deciding between the Somme and the Marne earlier in the game.
I too went with Somme. I was surprised Manny missed it as he appears strong in history.
I'm strong in history (according to my LL stats), but even most history buffs don't know WW I in nearly as much detail as other big wars; and to me this was the military equivalent of one of J!'s famous "Oxbridge" pick-'em clues.
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hbomb1947 wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:03 pm
BADuBois wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:01 pm And anyone in the know care to share when was the last time something like this happened on "Jeopardy!"?
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2622
There have been two other $1 wins since then:
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=3023
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=1778
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If you got at least one triple stumper right, along with FJ, congratulations! You won this episode from your couch.
I extended my Final Jeopardy streak to eight; my record is nine. If tomorrow's category is Academy Awards, that streak's probably gonna end.
Technically tonight's $1 isn't tied for the lowest win, it's the lowest win, because $1 in 1993 money is really $2 today. :lol:
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Ah, visualizing maps. The bane of my existence, one of the things I hope to never have to do should I somehow get on the show. I said Georgia just to have something and was nowhere close to getting Iran.

Congrats to Manny for his third win. Don't spend today's winnings in one place. :lol:
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cheezguyty wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:51 pm
hbomb1947 wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:03 pm
BADuBois wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:01 pm And anyone in the know care to share when was the last time something like this happened on "Jeopardy!"?
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2622
There have been two other $1 wins since then:
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=3023
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=1778
So the occurance posted by hbomb was the last time in a non-celebrity game.
Interesting that the last person to win with a dollar happens to be one of the answers (unrelated to Jeopardy!) that was revealed today in the current TD. :)
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opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:59 pm
threearruda wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:29 pmCame up with Kazakhstan in Final.. half right.
The important thing to remember about Kazakhstan is it's landlocked. It borders the Caspian Sea, but that's an inland body of water. The writers didn't know this in 1996 and cheated Peter Nielsen out of a win. The show never acknowledged this error and never invited him back. Yet subsequently they've had clues that rely on the fact that Kazakhstan is landlocked.
Never said I was proud of my guess. :D .. I simply got caught thinking a little too far east (and North) in Asia and ended up overlooking the Persian Gulf part of the clue. In hindsight I do know that Kazakhstan is landlocked (forgot it was the largest such nation), but it must have slipped my mind somewhere along the way.

Unaware of the Peter Nielsen incident as well.. thank you for enlightening me, Opus!
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Ugh. How do people not know that Iran is on the Persian Gulf?!? I can see not knowing that it borders the Caspian, but that's pretty basic.
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sims wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:05 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:47 pm
Weird Al is a "rock" satirist? That almost seems like it should be tagged as erratum. Most of the songs he parodies seem to fall under Top 40/pop.

I also thought that Carlos should have been penalized for not pronouncing his name right.
Carlos pronounced Weird Al's last name as it would be pronounced in Eastern Europe.
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Bamaman wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:36 pm I wasn't sure where the Caspian is so I guessed Saudi Arabia. That proves that "guessing a random country in that part of Asia" is a bad strategy. In the future I'll just leave it blank if I am reduced to a guess.
I always write something. If I accidentally get it right, I'll remember really vividly and get it right next time. I did not guess right, but I did at least guess a country that wasn't landlocked.

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I'm trying to visualize Clarence Thomas the Tank Engine and it's bizarre.
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Got Iran immediately and then kept thinking no- it’s got to be one of those other countries that border the Caspian, right?

We can laugh at Fran for writing Tibet, but I thought she played really well. Manny had an off game - let’s see if he can recover tomorrow.

The DD in NOVEL IDEA really threw me. I knew it wouldn’t be Heart of Darkness with the word darkness in the clue. I was wavering between A Tale of Two Cities and Les Misérables- prob would’ve guessed right on that one

The DD in INVENTION though? I don’t think I would have got transistor even though it popped into my head. Kept thinking LCD, LED, pixels
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