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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:50 am
by Archivists
J! Round

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:51 am
by Archivists
DJ! Round

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:10 am
by theFJguy
FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Peaking at 9,000 locations in 2004, this chain of stores was down to one in 2019, located in Bend, Oregon

Kevin Jones: 9600+9000=18600
Shannon Jamison: 13600-5601=7999
Sathvik Namburar: 15400+11801=27201 (New Champ)

Correct response:
Spoiler
Blockbuster [fine to add “Video” though not necessary] (Shannon – Eddie Bauer)

Daily Doubles
Shannon: 3000-1000
Sathvik: 11600+2000
Sathvik: 14400+1000

Coryats
Kevin: 9600
Shannon: 14600
Sathvik: 15200

Combined: 39,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Kevin: 3600
Shannon: 4000
Sathvik: 2400

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:11 am
by MarkBarrett
Was the first break a game of spot the board member?
Spoiler
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Alex was ready to follow up on Kevin's chat session yesterday with an opening twist of, "Hey, Johnny."

Part of doing well on the show is understanding categories. ISLANDS IN THE "C" had the players not getting what to do with the first clue. Fortunately, it was only $400 and not more.

Barbados & Bonaiare: This big "C"

Shannon: What is Curaçao?
Sathvik: What is Grand Cayman?

TS. Hey, Kevin, wake up.

Sathvik got two cracks at DD3 to get close enough although it would have been nice if he had just got "Trojan" in there from the start.

Once again the FJ! category hid good news. Yesterday it was an unexpected presidents path and today it was entertainment.

I likely would have solved the clue anyway, but having seen this segment on Ellen made sure it was a lightning quick solve: https://www.ellentube.com/video/kevin-t ... uster.html

3/3 on big clues for Sathvik for a nice debut.

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:10 pm
by MarkBarrett
And one more thing - No squawking about Isabelle as it's fine. You are more than welcome to get on the show and say Isabella.

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:22 pm
by Hugo Z
That FJ franchise has been in the news recently enough that I remembered it was in Bend. Must've been a network news program or possibly Inside Edition.

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:28 pm
by mas3cf
Coryat 36200 (46 R, 2 W)
DD 3/3
FJ :mrgreen:

Wasn't there a TOC participant from Bend, OR?

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:37 pm
by TenPoundHammer
NHO in the top box: "Shallow"

0/5 in Husbands & Wives and Aeneid, Ran 11-Letter Words.

Should've run Fictional Places, but blanked on both Milne and Keillor.

All but "voice vote" in "Vo". That seemed considerably more obscure than "vortex".

I, too, wouldn't have thought to guess "Caribbean" on the category "Islands in the C". I thought they wanted an island beginning with C. NHO Sea of Cortez but got the next two.

I had the correct response before Alex was done reading the clue.

Lach Trash: Lil Wayne, greasepaint

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:22 pm
by CasketRomance
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:37 pm NHO in the top box: "Shallow"

0/5 in Husbands & Wives and Aeneid, Ran 11-Letter Words.

Should've run Fictional Places, but blanked on both Milne and Keillor.

All but "voice vote" in "Vo". That seemed considerably more obscure than "vortex".

I, too, wouldn't have thought to guess "Caribbean" on the category "Islands in the C". I thought they wanted an island beginning with C. NHO Sea of Cortez but got the next two.

I had the correct response before Alex was done reading the clue.

Lach Trash: Lil Wayne, greasepaint

oscar winning song that was a huge favourite last year to win...was a huge global hit reaching number 1 in over 15 countries

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:29 pm
by talkingaway
Ran "vo"cab, got murdered by historical hodgepodge. Oh well, at least I know my weak point. I actually did way better in DJ! than J! because I couldn't clam myself. For some reason, I blurted out "NOAA" as the organization that certifies the boats, went with "Irish Pride" instead of "Celtic Pride" (and I'm from Boston - for shame!), and I got the same neg as the current champ for Loompaland...although it took me awhile to get to the name. I had to go "Elphaba, L.F.B., L. Frank Baum, Baum", all for the WRONG answer. Oompa Loomas are NOT Munchkins!

Instaget with the FJ!, even though I wasn't sure of the location of the Last Blockbuster. I'd just done some idle browsing, and stumped upon a parody twitter account for The Last Blockbuster. The years seemed right - a peak in 2004, just after DVDs were taking over from VHS. Streaming TV shows became a think around 2007 - I remember it being a big deal that NBC was offering streaming of episodes of "Heroes". Was that the first major network primetime show that was available (legally) online for free? Netflix was sort of in the background then, for real techie people with their "revolving queue" of DVDs-by-mail, and started getting into streaming around 2010. That's what killed Blockbuster.

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:31 pm
by CasketRomance
not sure if i would have got the final jeopardy clue without bend, oregon...though i only looked at the first few words of the clue and went to the end of the clue and got it as soon as i saw bend, oregon

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:15 pm
by Ironhorse
mas3cf wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:28 pm
Wasn't there a TOC participant from Bend, OR?
Rachel Lindgren.

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:14 am
by This Is Kirk!
Hugo Z wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:22 pm That FJ franchise has been in the news recently enough that I remembered it was in Bend. Must've been a network news program or possibly Inside Edition.
Bend is a lot cooler than its name and having the last Blockbuster would imply. :D

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:35 am
by davey
MarkBarrett wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:11 am

I likely would have solved the clue anyway, but having seen this segment on Ellen made sure it was a lightning quick solve: https://www.ellentube.com/video/kevin-t ... uster.html
That's not real funny but it makes me wonder if the chain is poised for a comeback - the store seems pretty busy! I guess they're not cleaning up on people looking for a safety copy of The Way We Were, tho...
Bend, OR, didn't mean much...the stories I remember from a couple years ago were about the remaining stores in Alaska...But I figured it was either Blockbuster or The Gap, and I took a chance!... ;)

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:33 am
by CasketRomance
This Is Kirk! wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:14 am
Hugo Z wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:22 pm That FJ franchise has been in the news recently enough that I remembered it was in Bend. Must've been a network news program or possibly Inside Edition.
Bend is a lot cooler than its name and having the last Blockbuster would imply. :D
is cooler than boring, oregon?

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:16 am
by Hugo Z
I would've bet that someone would guess "Radio Shack."

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:50 am
by LucarioSnooperVixey
59 R (Sharon Tate was my only miss which I knew at one time.)
DD: 3/3
FJ: :mrgreen:
LT: Shabu Shabu, Zanzibar, (The Iron Curtain), Voice Vote, Caribbean, Lil Wayne(Educated Guess), Greasepaint

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:17 am
by davey
Hugo Z wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:16 am I would've bet that someone would guess "Radio Shack."
Not a terrible guess. I think it was the number of stores at peak (9000!) that made the correct response hard to avoid, even if you'd not heard about Bend...

Funny, the Radio Shack store locator still exists, with a map showing hundreds of stores...but it doesn't work... :cry:
https://www.radioshack.com/pages/store-locator

The folks at Eddie Bauer (with 300 stores) must be unsettled this morning...

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:26 am
by This Is Kirk!
CasketRomance wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:33 am
This Is Kirk! wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:14 am
Hugo Z wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:22 pm That FJ franchise has been in the news recently enough that I remembered it was in Bend. Must've been a network news program or possibly Inside Edition.
Bend is a lot cooler than its name and having the last Blockbuster would imply. :D
is cooler than boring, oregon?
Far less boring than Boring.

Re: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:51 am
by floridagator
I'd be perfectly willing to swear I heard the new champ say HORTH. I think that's why he did not get immediate credit for Trojan Horse.

If I'd been there, I would have been tempted to say viva voce instead of voice vote, which still would have satisfied the category. General Robert rules!!!