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boson wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:43 pm Alex Jacob (omgwheelhouse here)
He's whoisalexjacob here now. Either he decided since his identity became public to have his handle here match his Twitter handle, or he decided that he didn't deserve his former handle after clamming on a clue where "wheelhouse" was the correct response.
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CNN posted an article about the Palestine/Israel clue.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/12/middleea ... index.html
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I'd rather cuddle then have sex. If you're into grammar, you'll understand.
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The Times compiles Triple Stumpers from the GOAT tournament, and credits the Archive in the subhead (and there's a joke at the end):

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‘Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time’ also gave us GOAT-level trash talk:

https://www.sbnation.com/2020/1/15/2106 ... rad-rutter

If you don't follow these guys on Twitter, be sure to click on the links in the article.
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Ken says he's likely done playing Jeopardy!:
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainm ... -the-show/

I'm probably reading too much into this, but the first thing I thought of is maybe Ken will be taking over for Alex when Alex steps down. Hmm.
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Got a laugh out of that 2nd article, “The Fairy Queen”. And it wasn’t in regards to the wife of Oberon.
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"Once we wrote the games, then we had to go back and compare all this material with all the games that have been played previously by these three contestants, so we weren't repeating clues that might have been asked previously," says Friedman. "It was a scrubbing process of comparing these subjects and categories and responses to all of the games, the hundreds of games, that these three collectively have played before. That's where our database certainly came in handy."


their database? they have a database?

**cough** Jeff Kirby **cough**
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triviawayne wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:47 am
"Once we wrote the games, then we had to go back and compare all this material with all the games that have been played previously by these three contestants, so we weren't repeating clues that might have been asked previously," says Friedman. "It was a scrubbing process of comparing these subjects and categories and responses to all of the games, the hundreds of games, that these three collectively have played before. That's where our database certainly came in handy."


their database? they have a database?

**cough** Jeff Kirby **cough**
Well, they may not have a database, but WE do. Thanks archivists!
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Slate interview with Harry Friedman.

https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/jeopa ... edman.html
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earendel wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:41 am Slate interview with Harry Friedman.

https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/jeopa ... edman.html
You mean this one?
alietr wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:08 pm Harry Interview About GOAT
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And an interview with Stephanie Hull, who achieved the lowest score ever.

https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/jeopa ... rview.html
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earendel wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:10 am And an interview with Stephanie Hull, who achieved the lowest score ever.
*Maybe
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Robert K S wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:14 am
earendel wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:10 am And an interview with Stephanie Hull, who achieved the lowest score ever.
*Maybe
It must suck to hold a record and have an asterisk on it.
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Robert K S wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:14 am
earendel wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:10 am And an interview with Stephanie Hull, who achieved the lowest score ever.
*Maybe
Yeah, the interview mentions Wolf Blitzer.
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Not thinking of Wolf. See her Archive page.
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