Thursday, March 5, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners
She was called a "Trailblazer for American's daughters" when she won in 2012, a century after founding an organization.

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Who is Juliette Gordon Low? Rebecca said "the founder of the Girl Scouts", which is correct, but "we needed the name", says Alex; Austin said Johnson.


Laura Lorson: $18,000+$4,000=$22,000...now a 2-day champion with $33,400
Austin Roberts: $11,200-$11,000=$200
Rebecca Press Schwartz: $6,600-$3,400=$3,200
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Instaget for me on FJ. I really wish Austin had gotten it right.
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Boy, Jeopardy! loves it some Juliette Gordon Lowe, her name has come up many times on the show in the last few years (5 times in the last 3 years, counting today, according to the Archive), I would suggest she be on your radar if you get The Call. (Her name often escapes me, possibly because of my lack of American-ness, but it was just within reach today because of a show from a year ago (HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE $400) that was the Daytime Jeopardy episode just on Tuesday.)
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Sarah McNitt.

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Sarah McNitt
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Bamaman wrote:Instaget for me on FJ. I really wish Austin had gotten it right.
No kidding. First she gets credit for just Tuskegee and then she makes a horrendous wager in FJ.
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Has a female contestant ever worn a hat on the show before? Looked rather striking even beore I realized it was for a purpose.

I thought 1920s Slang was very Sheldon Cooperesque, especially with the stand-and-stare at $200 (can we poll that one?). Bee's knees was the only one I knew.

3/5 in Disney Movies. NHO the live-action ones in that category (Parent Trap, Computer Wore Tennis Shoes).

Ran Throwing Shade, surprisingly.

What led to "rhinoceros" on Black for $200? I almost WAGged "bull" from a vaguely Hispanic sounding name, "bicornis", and "charge". Ended up 0/5 in the category, because nothing else had an iota of recognition.

Juxtaposition was my only miss in "Ux".

Had Byron down as an 0/5 as soon as it came up. Yep, that one wasn't happening.

0/5 in Blacklist. I had "House Un-American _____" at $400.

Clammed on Fort Laramie as I thought it was two easy after four consecutive Sites that I was totally clueless on. Football HOF = Canton seemed undervalued at $400.

Wordsworth/Turdsworth was a funny clue, but I also thought it was rather Sheldon Cooperesque.

Lach Trash: Gryphon. Ended up with a run in the monster category.

No guess on FJ! Even when Alex said "Founder of the Girl Scouts" was right, I was clueless. I know the name Juliette Gordon Low because I've seen it a billion times, but it never surfaced even when Alex said that. I almost wondered if maybe it was whoever founded the DAR. That's the fourth time this week that I've fluffed a gettable FJ!
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cf1140 wrote:Sarah McNitt.

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Sarah McNitt
Image of Sheldon Cooper knocking on the door.... :D

Has any contestant worn a hat on the show before? Not just a yarmulke.

Champ's wager makes it easy not root for her next show. And this after a proper wager last game. Wonder if she just lucked into a good wager yesterday or made a horrible math error this game.
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This was another good game for Laura. The contestant Austin Roberts shares his name with a singer who had a couple of big U.S. hits in the 1970s: "Rocky" and "Something's Wrong With Me." I had 34 correct responses including two triple stumpers: racehorses and Virgin Islands. For FJ, I knew that the correct response was the name of the founder of the Girl Scouts, but I couldn't think of her name.
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There was an older black lady who wore a hat on the show a few years ago, looked quite charming.
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Bamaman wrote:There was an older black lady who wore a hat on the show a few years ago, looked quite charming.
I was wondering if they actually discourage hats on the show (excepting religious reasons of course) but I do remember the example you're talking about. (Myself, I don't like wearing any kind of hat, so that's not something I have to worry about)
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Golf wrote:
cf1140 wrote:Sarah McNitt.

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Sarah McNitt
Image of Sheldon Cooper knocking on the door.... :D

Has any contestant worn a hat on the show before? Not just a yarmulke.

Champ's wager makes it easy not root for her next show. And this after a proper wager last game. Wonder if she just lucked into a good wager yesterday or made a horrible math error this game.
In yesterday's game thread a friend of Laura commented that she studied wagering. Well we have to wait till tomorrow.
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Rebecca was in an audition with me, back in May of 2013. Maggie was quite taken with the hat.
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Judges: Juxtaposed?

Brian
...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.

If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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Wagering $4000 is an excellent strategy that hasn't failed me yet. ;)
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I knew the FJ answer... except for the name, of course. :D

Poor Rebecca looked like she was trying to strangle the signaling device --- and I found the hat charming.
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Count me in as another person who put down "The Lady who Founded the Girl Scouts."
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doihavetoreally wrote:
Golf wrote: Champ's wager makes it easy not root for her next show. And this after a proper wager last game. Wonder if she just lucked into a good wager yesterday or made a horrible math error this game.
In yesterday's game thread a friend of Laura commented that she studied wagering. Well we have to wait till tomorrow.
Do we have too, really?
dhkendall wrote:Boy, Jeopardy! loves it some Juliette Gordon Lowe, her name has come up many times on the show in the last few years (5 times in the last 3 years
They also seem to have a fixation with Barack Obama. Two consecutive FJ clues related to him.
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CrunchyTaco wrote:Count me in as another person who put down "The Lady who Founded the Girl Scouts."
Could this be the first time Alex has said: "You're right, now how much money did you lose?"
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