Whew! I don't know about you, but I'm ready to return to regular play.
CORRECT RESPONSES
$1000 SNAILS: abalone
$1000 WHAT'S BEING MEASURED: volume
$1600 MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 1989: Montreal
$2000 "R"CHITECTURE: James Renwick
$2000 MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: Hiroshima
DD3 $1600 clue in "R"CHITECTURE (James wagered $8615): Regency (James surprisingly failed to take account of the category and guessed Georgian)
No trash for me and no clue on the measurement wanting volume whether the category played in order or not.
3/5 for me without pausing in BD&A getting $400, $1600 & $2000, ready to ring in before Alex finished reading.
During the last break I did the math to see James did not have it locked. Realizing Emma had a chance did not matter to me other than I was happy that the FJ! round would determine the winner. Not rooting for or against any of the finalists, I was not able to check any of those boxes. It was clear to me that James was best on the buzzer/knowledge while Emma kept herself in contention with play on big clues coupled with Francois not able to come close to a third's share of material.
In the past I have negged with whelk though this time left the abalone clue alone.
Liquor and then confused. (Peck whizzed by, so I didn't factor that in)
I'd like to think I could've gotten area, though, if they opened with it.
Heard of abalone, but that's about all I could say.
Both my BDA gets were 'live' though my answer ending would bleed into the contestant's opening, which would be annoyingly confusing
Didn't do the math so I didn't know possibilities or have strong feelings either way; left all those blank.
I only got Montreal; I clammed on abalone, and made the same mistake James did on Regency. It would have been a bitter pill to swallow if I'd had that miss in my ToC, after being put up by J! in the Century City Hyatt Regency.
Seems as if the BMS would have been better off as an "oh, sorry" and let another contestant have a chance at it. The BMS implied he was on the right track with "liquor" and needed to specify a type.
I made my first 600+ score in online scrabble by going out with "ABALONES" on the trip-trip (it was a quick game, and once my opponent was hopelessly behind he started to pass, or play just one tile per turn, to try to run me out of time). HOWEVER I didn't know or remember it was a snail. I did get volume, Renwick, Hiroshima and Regency.
I liked the WHAT'S BEING MEASURED category except for the confusion. Count me as one who wouldn't have been any less confused if the category had been taken in order. Is there a better category title that would have made it clear what they're looking for? If not, the category would have benefited from a brief explanation at the beginning.
Jesus of Montreal is one of those random titles that has stuck in my head over the years. I wonder why James decided to take a shot. I wonder even more why he chose a city that didn't fit the clue. He didn't seem rattled or tired, but maybe he was. A gambler knows how to keep those things to himself.
The architect of St. Patrick's Cathedral seems like something that should be standard Jeopardy! knowledge. I didn't get it, but I expected to at least recognize the correct response. I didn't. The clue is currently polling at 4%, so I guess James Renwick is not ready for Jeopardy!
Looks like I'm the only one so far who paused the game to suss out each of the BEFORE, DURING & AFTER clues. I knew they were potentially gettable, but I just couldn't get there fast enough. I ended up puzzling out three of them. I didn't have enough info in my head to get to Dancing In The Dark Phoenix Suns. And in what would have been a heartbreaking miss had I been on the show, I missed the crucial word "spin-off" in the $400 clue and came back with The Walking Dead Man's Hand Sanitizer.
I've hear of Hiroshima, Mon Amour but got lost in the "My Love" part of the clue. Couldn't get to the right place even with Francois helpfully providing additional time to think.
I've seen abalone shells, or at least pictures of them. Like alietr in the game thread, I assumed they were closer to clams or oysters than to snails. I guess sea snails aren't these cute things crawling along the ocean floor with their houses on their backs and two tentacles on their heads with a comical cartoon eye at the end of each one. I'll never trust SpongeBob again.
I'm surprised Regency is polling so low--30% currently. Seems like a Jeopardy! staple. And spotted the initial R, what else could it be? But for that initial letter stipulation, James's response of Georgian would actually have been correct, or at worst generated a BMS. Given that we're talking about the style of a hotel in Atlanta, it's an attractive mistake. But again, it's not like James to miss the parameters like that.
I don't bear James any ill will, but once I realized an Emma upset was possible, I really wanted to see it happen.
I liked the WHAT'S BEING MEASURED category except for the confusion. Count me as one who wouldn't have been any less confused if the category had been taken in order. Is there a better category title that would have made it clear what they're looking for? If not, the category would have benefited from a brief explanation at the beginning.
I liked the WHAT'S BEING MEASURED category except for the confusion. Count me as one who wouldn't have been any less confused if the category had been taken in order. Is there a better category title that would have made it clear what they're looking for? If not, the category would have benefited from a brief explanation at the beginning.
"UNITS OF MEASURE"?
What is, yep, those are three units of measure all right, Alex?
Seems as if the BMS would have been better off as an "oh, sorry" and let another contestant have a chance at it. The BMS implied he was on the right track with "liquor" and needed to specify a type.
Agree. If they'd started with the area clue it would have clarified the category. One of the hazards of starting at the bottom.
I'm not the defending Jeopardy! champion. But I have played one on TV.
me as well.