Thursday, June 13, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

[Archivists]

J! Round

[Archivists]

DJ! Round

[theFJguy]

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WORD HISTORY

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This word for a bug or malfunction was popularized in the 1962 book “Into Orbit” by the Mercury astronauts

E.J. Wolborsky: 22800+2601=25401 (2x = $54,201)
Adrienne Griffin: 12700+12000=24700
Jim Napier: 10800-4200=6600

Correct response:

Spoiler

glitch (Jim – FUBAR)

Daily Doubles
Adrienne: 3400+1500
E.J.: 7200+2000
E.J.: 14400+4000

Coryats
E.J.: 20000
Adrienne: 11600
Jim: 10800

Combined: 42,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
E.J.: 5200
Adrienne: 6300
Jim: 2400

[MarkBarrett]

Alex's impression for the first clue in A LIL RAP CATEGORY was not ok.

For those that missed the family of Oscar winners clue a little while back your chance at redemption is today.

After the chats Alex was ready to give control to Adrienne even though's E.J.'s little light was properly on. Alex got a great unintended delayed laugh by clarifying to a staffer off-camera, "That was a one finger, not a two."

That type of FJ! category always generates a reflexive expletive. In today's case I was able to match E.J. & Adrienne for the solve as I had nothing better to guess and it seemed to fit just fine even though I knew nothing of the source. Jim got a laugh for his miss and just in case someone here has never seen it previously it stands for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... erms#FUBAR

Better today with the players 5/6 on big clues and E.J. having three of them was easily the best player today to earn the repeat.

[hbomb1947]

I said "Hellenic" for "Hellenistic" on a 50-50-90. It turns out that the Hellenic era immediately preceded the Hellenistic era. IMO that's some neg-bait right there.

[TenPoundHammer]

Ran the Restaurants and surprisingly, Elements and Authors' Rhyme Time.

I don't understand that "flimflam game" clue at all. I can't think of any terms for revered people that have "con" in them, nor do I see how "con" has to do with games.

"It's the Mexican name for the Rio Grande." Wait, isn't "Rio Grande" already a Spanish term? Why would they call it something else when it already HAS a Spanish name?!

Somehow managed to WAG both Bellow's Cellos and Lessing's Blessings. No idea how I pulled the latter.

Only guess for FJ! was the right one.

[heppm01]

Refreshing chemistry among the contestants. They were loose and seemed to be having fun.

"It's the Mexican name for the Rio Grande." Wait, isn't "Rio Grande" already a Spanish term? Why would they call it something else when it already HAS a Spanish name?!

Same here - thought they were trying to be clever. After I heard the correct response I realized I have heard it somewhere before, but would not have been able to pull it.

[MarkBarrett]

Refreshing chemistry among the contestants. They were loose and seemed to be having fun.

"It's the Mexican name for the Rio Grande." Wait, isn't "Rio Grande" already a Spanish term? Why would they call it something else when it already HAS a Spanish name?!

Same here - thought they were trying to be clever. After I heard the correct response I realized I have heard it somewhere before, but would not have been able to pull it.

Well, pilgrims, the movie path is always helpful, not to mention the previous cluing:

#7049, aired 2015-04-16 2014 ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY $600: "Rio Bravo", a Howard Hawks Western starring this tough guy as sheriff John T. Chance
#6884, aired 2014-07-17 A RIVER RUNS BETWEEN THEM $1200: The United States & Mexico (in addition to the Rio Grande/ Rio Bravo)
#6758, aired 2014-01-22 RIVERS $1200: In Mexico, what we call the Rio Grande is called this, also the title of a John Wayne movie
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 RIVERS ON THE BORDER $400: This border river also called Rio Bravo empties into the Gulf of Mexico
#5974, aired 2010-07-29 TWICE-TOLD TALES $2000: You know who I really like? Me! Howard Hawks remade his own "Rio Bravo" as this golden Western just 8 years later
#5682, aired 2009-04-28 THEIR SIMILAR MOVIE TITLES $800: "Rio Bravo", "Rio Lobo"
#5113, aired 2006-11-29 BIG MOUTH $400: The Rio Grande, aka the Rio Bravo, lands in this body of water
#4091, aired 2002-05-20 IOWANS $200: Born in Iowa in 1907, he starred in "Rio Lobo", "Rio Bravo" & "Rio Grande"
#1337, aired 1990-05-29 U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: This river is also known as the Rio Bravo del Norte
#834, aired 1988-03-31 MEXICO $100: On Mexican maps, it's called the Rio Bravo

[gnash]

In today's case I was able to match E.J. & Adrienne for the solve as I had nothing better to guess and it seemed to fit just fine even though I knew nothing of the source.

Same here. I was 80% sure I'd be wrong as I didn't see how the clue led to it other than that I couldn't think of any other word.

[Category 13]

In today's case I was able to match E.J. & Adrienne for the solve as I had nothing better to guess and it seemed to fit just fine even though I knew nothing of the source.

Same here. I was 80% sure I'd be wrong as I didn't see how the clue led to it other than that I couldn't think of any other word.

Being a multiple time screener of the movie: The Right Stuff made me 500% sure I was correct.

[DBear]

Pre-empted for golf.

[TenPoundHammer]

Pre-empted for golf.

My DirecTV schedule and WNEM's both said that both J! and Wheel were blocked out for a home shopping special they do quarterly called "Better Deals", but apparently only Wheel actually was.

[davey]

In today's case I was able to match E.J. & Adrienne for the solve as I had nothing better to guess and it seemed to fit just fine even though I knew nothing of the source.

Same here. I was 80% sure I'd be wrong as I didn't see how the clue led to it other than that I couldn't think of any other word.

Being a multiple time screener of the movie: The Right Stuff made me 500% sure I was correct.

So it's in the movie? I was so curious I just bought the Kindle edition of Wolfe to see if the word is in there. I first read it a million years ago. Apparently not. No matter. It's a great book (and movie!)
I just never thought of it - best I could come up with was malware. Pretty easy in retrospect...

[Ironhorse]

I assume it was intentional they eliminated "bug" by including it in the clue, though its etymology is fairly well known (and was the subject of a $1,000,000 clue in WWTBAM's prime).

[Category 13]

In today's case I was able to match E.J. & Adrienne for the solve as I had nothing better to guess and it seemed to fit just fine even though I knew nothing of the source.

Same here. I was 80% sure I'd be wrong as I didn't see how the clue led to it other than that I couldn't think of any other word.

Being a multiple time screener of the movie: The Right Stuff made me 500% sure I was correct.

So it's in the movie? I was so curious I just bought the Kindle edition of Wolfe to see if the word is in there. I first read it a million years ago. Apparently not. No matter. It's a great book (and movie!)
I just never thought of it - best I could come up with was malware. Pretty easy in retrospect...

Yep. anyone whos seen the movie more than once is bound to remember the scene:

[opusthepenguin]

"It's the Mexican name for the Rio Grande." Wait, isn't "Rio Grande" already a Spanish term? Why would they call it something else when it already HAS a Spanish name?!

Same here - thought they were trying to be clever. After I heard the correct response I realized I have heard it somewhere before, but would not have been able to pull it.

Yeah, no way was I getting that one. My response, which I wouldn't have rung in with, was "What is Beeg Reever?" I mean, it's only fair.

[opusthepenguin]

I said "Hellenic" for "Hellenistic" on a 50-50-90. It turns out that the Hellenic era immediately preceded the Hellenistic era. IMO that's some neg-bait right there.

Mrs Penguin made the same neg. I paused the show so we could look it up because I figured "Hellenic" would turn out to be an equally correct response. We were quite surprised to find out it was unambiguously wrong.

[opusthepenguin]

I don't understand that "flimflam game" clue at all. I can't think of any terms for revered people that have "con" in them,

I con.

[opusthepenguin]

Loved the moment when Alex handed control of the board to the wrong person and we heard the yell from offstage and Alex gave us a glimpse into how he keeps track of these things. The ole finger method.

Ran the Rhyming Authors category even though my pre-calls of Dickens' Chickens and Twain's Trains didn't show up.

The right word occurred to me in time for FJ. Another day it might not have. This wasn't a fact I knew at all, but "glitch" just seemed like a good fit. But I did my due diligence and tried to come up with alternatives. I didn't think of FUBAR but did think of SNAFU, which I might have put down in desperation if I hadn't already thought of glitch.

[Linear Gnome]

For the Rio Grande clue, for some reason I was fairly confident they were going for Rio Bravo, but I would have hit a brick wall if asked for more information. A cursory online search indicates that Rio Bravo (sin del Norte) would probably be accepted.

I usually do well with wordplay, but I did terribly on the pronoun category.

Got FJ; wasn't certain, but it was my best guess.