Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

This is where all of the games are discussed.

Moderators: alietr, trainman, econgator, dhkendall

User avatar
This Is Kirk!
Jeopardy! Champion
Posts: 6562
Joined: Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:35 am
Location: Seattle

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by This Is Kirk! »

alietr wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:14 am As for Melissa, a guess is better than leaving it blank, no matter how bad that guess is.
It's certainly a common female name from within SJP's lifetime. If you can't come up with anything, might as well throw something out there.

I totally guessed on Annie, thinking of "Annie Get Your Gun." The little orphan Annie didn't even cross my mind.
User avatar
mikebdoss
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 318
Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:36 pm

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by mikebdoss »

floridagator wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:06 pm
Jeopardy is broken. It isn't supposed to be one super champ after another.
Jeopardy hasn't changed. How do you think it should be "fixed" if it's "broken"?
davey
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 6030
Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:55 pm

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by davey »

Danmel wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:22 pm All I could think of for Sarah Jessica Parker was "How to Succed in Business " which I saw her in with Matthew Broderick before they were married, probably in the late eighties but I couldn't remember her character's name.
Her name was Rosemary. It seems likely that the awkward a show that ran more than 2 years was there to avoid an argument that Rosemary and Rose are close enough...That revival and the original Gypsy both ran less than 2 years. But citing "title roles" would have done the elimination too...And would have eliminated Gypsy for anybody...everybody, right?...who knows that's not the role Merman played. Leaving Annie as Merman's other most famous role.
User avatar
floridagator
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 2192
Joined: Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:39 am

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by floridagator »

mikebdoss wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:57 pm
floridagator wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:06 pm
Jeopardy is broken. It isn't supposed to be one super champ after another.
Jeopardy hasn't changed. How do you think it should be "fixed" if it's "broken"?
Something has changed. It could be the contestant screening is off because of the pandemic. It could be the writing is off because of the pandemic. Jeopardy used to be written by the writers as a group and I suspect now they're doing more of their writing individually.
I'd rather cuddle then have sex. If you're into grammar, you'll understand.
User avatar
alietr
Site Admin
Posts: 8980
Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:20 pm
Location: Bethesda, MD

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by alietr »

Anyone able to explain why 'tailspin' was accepted?
User avatar
Volante
Harbinger of the Doomed Lemur
Posts: 9254
Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:42 pm

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by Volante »

alietr wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:15 pm Anyone able to explain why 'tailspin' was accepted?
Why would it not?

Definition of tailspin
1 : spin sense 2a
3 : a sustained and usually severe decline or downturn
// stock prices in a tailspin

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spin
2a : an aerial maneuver or flight condition consisting of a combination of roll and yaw with the longitudinal axis of the airplane inclined steeply downward
The best thing that Neil Armstrong ever did, was to let us all imagine we were him.
Latest movies (1-10): Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6), Black Sunday /1960/ (6), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (7)
User avatar
MarkBarrett
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 16471
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:37 am
Location: San Francisco

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by MarkBarrett »

alietr wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:15 pm Anyone able to explain why 'tailspin' was accepted?
Sometimes used of the stock market, it's a plunge by an aircraft with the forward part pointing down

The stock market portion is fine by you? I'm guessing it's the aircraft part you have more of a dispute with?

A plane hits the ground or water all spun around and out of control with the tail in front and slamming first? Perhaps not typical, but is it impossible? J! wanting to be fair to Amy (or any contestant) decided to accept it. Nosedive is clearly better, but I'm not one to deem Amy completely wrong.
User avatar
alietr
Site Admin
Posts: 8980
Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:20 pm
Location: Bethesda, MD

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by alietr »

If a plane is in a tailspin, is the forward part pointing down?
seaborgium
Undefeated in Reruns
Posts: 8941
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:31 am

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by seaborgium »

alietr wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:33 pm If a plane is in a tailspin, is the forward part pointing down?
It may be named for the rear part, but when I picture a tailspin, the plane's definitely got the forward part facing down.
User avatar
econgator
Let's Go Mets!
Posts: 10673
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:32 am

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by econgator »

alietr wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:33 pm If a plane is in a tailspin, is the forward part pointing down?
It certainly could be (and more than likely is).
User avatar
Lefty
Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
Posts: 1823
Joined: Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:49 pm

Re: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Post by Lefty »

da Doctah wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 5:11 am
I'm very surprised that nobody even wanted to guess the "dark" name of the first postage stamp.
I guessed "Black Jenny", conflating, I guess, Inverted Jenny and Penny Black.

I suspect davey has it as to why the FJ was so awkwardly weighted down, but if that presentation was the best they could do, better to scrap the clue altogether.
I'm smart and I want respect.
Post Reply