Austin Powers wrote:Plus, it was 400 and they were begging anyone, including a 13 day megachampion, to buzz in and take a flyer on it.
Um, let's see, what else fills in "Eye of the ____"? Tiger? Hurricane? Storm? Beholder?…
Yeah, sometimes you just gotta know stuff. Eye of the Needle was a huge bestseller, the first novel by an author would go on to sell more than 130 million books, one of which was featured on Oprah's Book Club. It was made into a movie starring Donald Sutherland. Not exactly "under the radar" material. It's a good, quick read -- you should check it out.
periwinkle wrote:I was glad to remember Royal Society for FJ - I first heard it on Jeopardy! and have missed it once or twice since then, now I think it's sticking.
I think this FJ is easier today than when the show was taped, because the Royal Society was mentioned several times on Cosmos.
Austin Powers wrote:Plus, it was 400 and they were begging anyone, including a 13 day megachampion, to buzz in and take a flyer on it.
Um, let's see, what else fills in "Eye of the ____"? Tiger? Hurricane? Storm? Beholder?…
Yeah, sometimes you just gotta know stuff. Eye of the Needle was a huge bestseller, the first novel by an author would go on to sell more than 130 million books, one of which was featured on Oprah's Book Club. It was made into a movie starring Donald Sutherland. Not exactly "under the radar" material. It's a good, quick read -- you should check it out.
Rex
*nod* It was originally called Storm Island, but I guess they changed it because current title sounds better (and the main antagonist is Die Nadel, so, yeah).
Most of Follett's books are decent reads, but this, The Key to Rebecca, and Pillars of the Earth are his best three.
PeteMoss wrote:The ONLY noteworthy part of this game was when Lara offered Sirena the tie for second place. It was a noble gesture that went nowhere.
It was a gesture that could not mean anything financially.
If they tied for second, they'd each get $2,000, wouldn't they? If so, that would be a $1000 gain for Sirena and no corresponding loss for Lara.
Actually, no. Maggie told us in the green room what the tiebreaker was for a second place tie for the $2000 vs. $1000. I can't remember what it was, but it was something along the line of who was leading going into Double J!, and if that was tied, going back to who was ahead at the first commercial break.
periwinkle wrote:I was glad to remember Royal Society for FJ - I first heard it on Jeopardy! and have missed it once or twice since then, now I think it's sticking.
I think this FJ is easier today than when the show was taped, because the Royal Society was mentioned several times on Cosmos.
And I still said Royal Academy. *sigh*
Funny, I used to belong to a British Society, but it didn't have all that stuff afterwards, and it had "Interplanetary" in the middle.
(Fer real. In my rocket-flying days, I belonged to quite a few aerospace groups, and the BIS has some bitchin' articles in their magazines then.)
PeteMoss wrote:The ONLY noteworthy part of this game was when Lara offered Sirena the tie for second place. It was a noble gesture that went nowhere.
It was a gesture that could not mean anything financially.
If they tied for second, they'd each get $2,000, wouldn't they? If so, that would be a $1000 gain for Sirena and no corresponding loss for Lara.
Actually, no. Maggie told us in the green room what the tiebreaker was for a second place tie for the $2000 vs. $1000. I can't remember what it was, but it was something along the line of who was leading going into Double J!, and if that was tied, going back to who was ahead at the first commercial break.
PeteMoss wrote:The ONLY noteworthy part of this game was when Lara offered Sirena the tie for second place. It was a noble gesture that went nowhere.
It was a gesture that could not mean anything financially.
If they tied for second, they'd each get $2,000, wouldn't they? If so, that would be a $1000 gain for Sirena and no corresponding loss for Lara.
Actually, no. Maggie told us in the green room what the tiebreaker was for a second place tie for the $2000 vs. $1000. I can't remember what it was, but it was something along the line of who was leading going into Double J!, and if that was tied, going back to who was ahead at the first commercial break.
On a less negative note, I was surprised I missed FJ. I am a huge Stephen King fan (I could tell you all about the books that take place in Castle Rock, Maine, for instance, and I remember one time there was a Stephen King category, and I thought to myself at the time that if I ever got on the show, I would beam ear to ear if that came up for me), but this went right over me. For some reason, I always thought that Lord of the Flies was a lot older than the 1950s anyways, so I was really out of luck there.
[mod-marked spoiler for misplaced post discussing Tuesday's FJ]
Shit, sorry. I didn't realize that previous day's FJs were spoilers. I thought I lurked long enough to not come across as an imbecile, but I guess not.
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Roland wrote:What is with these contenders they are putting up against Julia? Sirena today and that dude yesterday just guessing away any chance they had. $200 on a daily double, WTF?! Dude yesterday doing the math wrong on his bet. COME ON MAN. It's so frustrating to watch this barely >20,000/day champ go 10 games further than she should have.
Also, Julia's daily double betting is embarrassing. She could easily have over $350,000 right now.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
May I note that while I do agree with Roland, and between us we don't have a dozen posts, I can assure you he is not an alt account of mine.
I have to agree about the gestalt of this game. Too many TSs, slow game play, etc. I try not to be judgmental, but when the contestants were introduced I got a bad feeling about the game which, sadly, was borne out. Too much Lach trash to even bother enumerating, but I too was disappointed that those Heisman clues were left uncovered. As for the instaget FJ: another nail in the coffin that it proved to be a TS. I did think that the Cosmos reboot would have put the Royal Society more in the public mind, but maybe this was taped before Cosmos started airing. As an added bonus, who can name the famous scientists who helped found the Royal Society?
On a less negative note, I was surprised I missed FJ. I am a huge Stephen King fan (I could tell you all about the books that take place in Castle Rock, Maine, for instance, and I remember one time there was a Stephen King category, and I thought to myself at the time that if I ever got on the show, I would beam ear to ear if that came up for me), but this went right over me. For some reason, I always thought that Lord of the Flies was a lot older than the 1950s anyways, so I was really out of luck there.
[mod-marked spoiler for misplaced post discussing Tuesday's FJ]
Shit, sorry. I didn't realize that previous day's FJs were spoilers. I thought I lurked long enough to not come across as an imbecile, but I guess not.
Trust me, you're not coming across as an imbecile, it's an honest mistake that you didn't know before.
"Jeopardy! is two parts luck and one part luck" - Me
"The way to win on Jeopardy is to be a rabidly curious, information-omnivorous person your entire life." - Ken Jennings
jeopardyhopeful wrote:Oh, and "rapidly spinning" = PULSAR. That's all I needed to see for that clue.
That probably would have helped Sirena, too, but since the clue only said "these rotating stars", and all stars rotate, the clue wasn't actually as helpful as you had imagined.
jeopardyhopeful wrote:Oh, and "rapidly spinning" = PULSAR. That's all I needed to see for that clue.
That probably would have helped Sirena, too, but since the clue only said "these rotating stars", and all stars rotate, the clue wasn't actually as helpful as you had imagined.
Rex
Whole clue:
"In 1992 the first exoplanets were found orbiting one of these rotating stars that emit regular bursts of radiation"
So "rapidly spinning" isn't even in there, but "emit regular busts of radiation" should be a dead giveaway for a pulsing pulsar
jeopardyhopeful wrote:Oh, and "rapidly spinning" = PULSAR. That's all I needed to see for that clue.
That probably would have helped Sirena, too, but since the clue only said "these rotating stars", and all stars rotate, the clue wasn't actually as helpful as you had imagined.
Rex
Whole clue:
"In 1992 the first exoplanets were found orbiting one of these rotating stars that emit regular bursts of radiation"
So "rapidly spinning" isn't even in there, but "emit regular busts of radiation" should be a dead giveaway for a pulsing pulsar