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by skullturf
Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:44 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, January 14, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Replies: 97
Views: 23368

Re: Monday, January 14, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

Playing along at home, I quickly wrote down "Vatican City and San Marino". Then, I had this nagging feeling -- what if San Marino is on the coast? So I crossed out San Marino and replaced it with Lesotho. I was *pretty* sure that Lesotho is the one that's *completely* surrounded by South A...
by skullturf
Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:04 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 1/7/13 week
Replies: 35
Views: 6284

Re: FJs for the 1/7/13 week

Oh boy. This was my worst week of FJs in quite some time. I got Babe Ruth on Monday, but my answers for the rest of the week were: Hoover, Stockholm & Helsinki, Voir Dire, Ural. This was an especially annoying week because for three of those, I considered the correct answer before switching to s...
by skullturf
Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:13 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 12/17/12 week
Replies: 32
Views: 6861

Re: FJs for the 12/17/12 week

I like the following variation of the 7-8-9 joke:

Why was six afraid of seven?

Because seven was a registered six offender.
by skullturf
Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:21 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Question about how champion's totals are given
Replies: 5
Views: 2273

Re: Question about how champion's totals are given

I don't know and I can only speculate. However, I note that I (and I believe most English speakers) say "twenty-one dollars" and "thirty-one dollars" (not "twenty-one dollar"). Also, the name of the movie is usually pronounced "One hundred and one dalmatians",...
by skullturf
Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:57 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, December 21, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Replies: 43
Views: 14152

Re: Friday, December 21, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

I thought of "Phnom Penh" and then "Addis Ababa" with lots of time to spare, but the third one never came to me. Would have written "Addis Ababa" because I would've been worried that I might misspell "Phnom Penh" badly enough to make it inadmissible as a corre...
by skullturf
Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:10 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Replies: 50
Views: 15216

Re: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

I thought "Medical Etymology" was a very good category. I got "salmonella", "blood", and "abrasion", but I couldn't come up with "anthrax" or "goiter" in time. When I play along at home, I try to say something for Daily Doubles, even if I h...
by skullturf
Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:21 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, December 13, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Replies: 74
Views: 18052

Re: Thursday, December 13, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

Early in the game, the $800 clue in "Literary Relations" included the words "...this D.H. Lawrence novel." Now I don't remember the names of any characters in any D.H. Lawrence novels, but nevertheless, after Judy said "What is Lady Chatterley's Lover?" and was incorrec...
by skullturf
Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:45 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Replies: 89
Views: 27279

Re: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

Anyone else notice all the bodyparts were of the three letter variety? Reminded me of that old nugget, "Name all the body parts that are three letters long." A risque clue for "Starts With a Body Part": This term for an often politically-motivated murderer has been claimed to be...
by skullturf
Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:20 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Replies: 89
Views: 27279

Re: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

I said "Who is Ann Taylor", knowing next to nothing about the category. For me, I couldn't do any better than "say a female name you've seen in clothing stores." I have no idea who is or isn't associated with J.C. Penney. Now that I've looked it up, it turns out Ann Taylor wasn't...
by skullturf
Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:34 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Replies: 68
Views: 19759

Re: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

Maybe "think tank" was never slang for "computer", but apparently it was once slang for "brain". I thought I remembered this coming up on Jeopardy! before, and it turns out I was right. Final Jeopardy! in Ken Jennings' fourth game. http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game...
by skullturf
Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:31 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Introduce Yourself Here
Replies: 1286
Views: 357097

Re: Introduce Yourself Here

Philadelphia. On a Monday. In the late morning, I think it was (I believe I was the second group of the day).
by skullturf
Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:43 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Replies: 68
Views: 19759

Re: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

I might have been the only one who said this, but when I saw the words "Clink, clank..." in the clue, I thought "It has to relate to IBM or computers somehow, but it also has to fit the 'sound' of those words." So I said... "What is Think Tank?" I know that today, the e...
by skullturf
Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:40 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Introduce Yourself Here
Replies: 1286
Views: 357097

Re: Introduce Yourself Here

Hi everyone, I've been lurking on this board a little while, and finally decided to create an account today. I live in Delaware, I'm an avid Jeopardy! watcher, and I'm a frequent commenter at the Ken Jennings messageboards. I'm currently in the Jeopardy! contestant pool after being invited to an aud...