Monday, March 2, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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It's fine to accept "muk(ə)luk," just as "buckling" might be buck-ling or buck(ə)ling.
For the clue about the respiratory system, would pulmonary system work too?
Had trouble remembering the FJ name, but it came to me with a few seconds to spare. I've never read the book but I've read enough about Thompson to know it.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who questioned the pronunciation of "mukluk."

I came close to screwing up FJ. Wrote down Burroughs immediately and then about halfway through had the sudden realization that Hunter S. Thompson wrote "Fear and Loathing..."
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For me, this was one of those rare FJs that I just straight-up knew, as opposed to having to work it out on the spot (and not necessarily succeeding).

That happens rarely to me. One of the other times, it was about Led Zeppelin. Drug-influenced early 1970s pop culture for the win.
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Leander wrote:I don't think Missouri was in the clue, just Independence.
Damn! I would have been hosed if they were referring to Independence Hawaii or Independence Georgia or any of the other cities in the world named Independence.

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I had Tom Wolfe for final and switched to Kesey because I thought the judges wouldn't want the hassle of determining if Wolfe, Woolf, or Thomas Wolfe was acceptable.

Searched the archive so I could learn more about this Hunter S. Thompson fellow, and it looks like a variation on this clue appeared as a final in 2005 - given the first line, contestants had to respond with the book, not the author. Only 1/2 got it right then, though HST had died earlier that year.

ETA: Austin Powers posted the link a while before I did; sorry for the redundancy.
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eboettch wrote:...it looks like a variation on this clue appeared as a final in 2005 - given the first line, contestants had to respond with the book, not the author. Only 1/2 got it right then, though HST had died earlier that year.
Good find. I hope it doesn't take some of the wind out of your sail to note Austin Powers posted the same link near the beginning of today's thread!
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Back to the reason they don't always finish the boards. AT shifted the blame from himself. While he did state some possible causes, he didn't mention the fact that HE wastes a lot of time soaking up camera time in the interview portion talking about HIS experiences etc. instead of letting the contestant (who went through the whole process to get on the show and did all the traveling necessary to reach the dream of being on Jeopardy) relate THEIR thoughts.
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Robert K S wrote:
eboettch wrote:...it looks like a variation on this clue appeared as a final in 2005 - given the first line, contestants had to respond with the book, not the author. Only 1/2 got it right then, though HST had died earlier that year.
Good find. I hope it doesn't take some of the wind out of your sail to note Austin Powers posted the same link near the beginning of today's thread!
Wellll at least that will offset my embarrassment for not getting an FJ in a wheelhouse category. :)
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I was actually thumbing through a copy of "Fear and Loathing..." at a bookstore yesterday afternoon. I think I might of gotten it otherwise, but still, I think it helped make this an instaget.

I guess I'll thumb through a sports book today to try and get a Sports clue for FJ. Can't hurt to try, right?
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FINAL JEOPARDY
CATEGORY: FAMOUS INITIALS

This president and this former Rolling Stone magazine journalist have the same three initials.
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HST and HST
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harrumph wrote:FINAL JEOPARDY
CATEGORY: FAMOUS INITIALS

This president and this former Rolling Stone magazine journalist have the same three initials.
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HST and HST
Who is King Edward VIII? :D
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I had a terrifying moment in FJ when I blanked on the author of FaLiLV (my wife was looking at me for the name, too). Then, I got there in the nick of time via Raoul Duke. Thank you, Garry Trudeau!
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Robert K S wrote:
eboettch wrote:...it looks like a variation on this clue appeared as a final in 2005 - given the first line, contestants had to respond with the book, not the author. Only 1/2 got it right then, though HST had died earlier that year.
Good find. I hope it doesn't take some of the wind out of your sail to note Austin Powers posted the same link near the beginning of today's thread!
So that's why that link was there. I honestly didn't know and didn't feel like skimming through the game to see if I could figure it out. It happened to be boardie Rex Kramer's first game. I assumed Austin was continuing some conversation that I'd missed the start of. So, thanks, eboettch. Your cluelessness helped mine.

Here's a super-geeky pro-tip for the one or two boardies who don't already know and who actually like this sort of thing. You can edit archive URLs as follows and the links will go to the (broadly) correct section on the game page:

http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_ ... ardy_round

http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_ ... ardy_round


You can also do the following as an in-joke or an OCD tic if you like:

http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_ ... ardy_round
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I was in the audience for this game. I smiled as soon as I saw the FJ clue. "Ha! Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," I thought. "By...crap, what's his name...Johnny Depp's played him in the movie...Uncle Duke from Doonesbury is based on him...He's got an initial in his name...Augh!" Aaaaand, time's up.
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nuveena wrote:I was in the audience for this game. I smiled as soon as I saw the FJ clue. "Ha! Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," I thought. "By...crap, what's his name...Johnny Depp's played him in the movie...Uncle Duke from Doonesbury is based on him...He's got an initial in his name...Augh!" Aaaaand, time's up.
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nuveena wrote:I was in the audience for this game. I smiled as soon as I saw the FJ clue. "Ha! Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," I thought. "By...crap, what's his name...Johnny Depp's played him in the movie...Uncle Duke from Doonesbury is based on him...He's got an initial in his name...Augh!" Aaaaand, time's up.
Wow, almost exactly the same thing I did.
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eboettch wrote:I had Tom Wolfe for final and switched to Kesey because I thought the judges wouldn't want the hassle of determining if Wolfe, Woolf, or Thomas Wolfe was acceptable.

Searched the archive so I could learn more about this Hunter S. Thompson fellow, and it looks like a variation on this clue appeared as a final in 2005 - given the first line, contestants had to respond with the book, not the author. Only 1/2 got it right then, though HST had died earlier that year.

ETA: Austin Powers posted the link a while before I did; sorry for the redundancy.
Yeah, back in my day, respectable Jeopardy! contestants didn't understand drug-reference clues! That's how the riff-raff could win!

Actually, I thought at the time, "Everyone is going to get this -- HST died earlier this year!"

I wonder if it means you reached some kind of game-show obsolescence if they start re-using your FJ clues.

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Rex Kramer wrote:
eboettch wrote:I had Tom Wolfe for final and switched to Kesey because I thought the judges wouldn't want the hassle of determining if Wolfe, Woolf, or Thomas Wolfe was acceptable.

Searched the archive so I could learn more about this Hunter S. Thompson fellow, and it looks like a variation on this clue appeared as a final in 2005 - given the first line, contestants had to respond with the book, not the author. Only 1/2 got it right then, though HST had died earlier that year.

ETA: Austin Powers posted the link a while before I did; sorry for the redundancy.
Yeah, back in my day, respectable Jeopardy! contestants didn't understand drug-reference clues! That's how the riff-raff could win!

Actually, I thought at the time, "Everyone is going to get this -- HST died earlier this year!"

I wonder if it means you reached some kind of game-show obsolescence if they start re-using your FJ clues.
Ha!

It looks to me like the riff-raff had a lock game going into FJ and needs to find another excuse for knowing such a disreputable fact.
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opusthepenguin wrote:
Rex Kramer wrote:
eboettch wrote:I had Tom Wolfe for final and switched to Kesey because I thought the judges wouldn't want the hassle of determining if Wolfe, Woolf, or Thomas Wolfe was acceptable.

Searched the archive so I could learn more about this Hunter S. Thompson fellow, and it looks like a variation on this clue appeared as a final in 2005 - given the first line, contestants had to respond with the book, not the author. Only 1/2 got it right then, though HST had died earlier that year.

ETA: Austin Powers posted the link a while before I did; sorry for the redundancy.
Yeah, back in my day, respectable Jeopardy! contestants didn't understand drug-reference clues! That's how the riff-raff could win!

Actually, I thought at the time, "Everyone is going to get this -- HST died earlier this year!"

I wonder if it means you reached some kind of game-show obsolescence if they start re-using your FJ clues.
Ha!

It looks to me like the riff-raff had a lock game going into FJ and needs to find another excuse for knowing such a disreputable fact.
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I did not like the category Hidden Gems. I did not even make an attempt to provide an answer for any of them. UGH!
No good on FJ. I need to read that book.
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