Jeopardy calendar this year: YAWN.

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I don't know how many of you get the Jeopardy calendar each year, but for those of you that do... has this year's been insanely easy, or what? Especially in the last few months. I'm at $115,000 right now... that's easily my best ever. Prior to this year, I've never reached the $100K mark. Hopefully they'll step it up for 2012.
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Well, there's also the option that you're getting smarter :D
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heelsrule1988 wrote:I don't know how many of you get the Jeopardy calendar each year, but for those of you that do... has this year's been insanely easy, or what? Especially in the last few months. I'm at $115,000 right now... that's easily my best ever. Prior to this year, I've never reached the $100K mark. Hopefully they'll step it up for 2012.
I've gotten one every year for the last dozen or so. Never got much interested in keeping dollar scores, although I keep track of my percentage of correct answers (J! fits in so well with my OCD tendencies). I ordinarily score around 90%, and this year seems about the same.

I don't mind the "smart feeling" I get from getting a whole bunch right.
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It's never occurred to me to bother with a Coryat score for a calendar and I'm pretty happy about that.
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It seems that J! "dumbs down" their mass distribution materials that contain clues (the Wii game, the FB game, the iPhone game, the calendar, etc.) I suppose to make people feel smarter (hey, look at this, Mabel, these are Jeopardy! clues and I'm getting them right!) The only officially sanctioned J! thing they don't "dumb down" it seems is the online tests, and thank God for that!
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dhkendall wrote:It seems that J! "dumbs down" their mass distribution materials that contain clues (the Wii game, the FB game, the iPhone game, the calendar, etc.) I suppose to make people feel smarter (hey, look at this, Mabel, these are Jeopardy! clues and I'm getting them right!) The only officially sanctioned J! thing they don't "dumb down" it seems is the online tests, and thank God for that!
Well, as far as video games go, until speech recognition becomes flawless, they have to be slightly dumbed down. The NES Jeopardy game I had required you to spell in the answer. Think about that for a second. Need help?

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I stopped playing Jeopardy! on the PC about 15 years ago after having the following experience while playing against my very competitive neighbour:
He typed in "mic" in response to a clue where the expected response was "Michael Jackson", and was ruled correct. I typed "rumplestiltski" before time ran out on a clue very similar to the one above, and was ruled incorrect.

So I don't think it's a case of 'dumbing down'.

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If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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bpmod wrote:I stopped playing Jeopardy! on the PC about 15 years ago after having the following experience while playing against my very competitive neighbour:
He typed in "mic" in response to a clue where the expected response was "Michael Jackson", and was ruled correct. I typed "rumplestiltski" before time ran out on a clue very similar to the one above, and was ruled incorrect.

So I don't think it's a case of 'dumbing down'.

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Volante wrote:
dhkendall wrote:It seems that J! "dumbs down" their mass distribution materials that contain clues (the Wii game, the FB game, the iPhone game, the calendar, etc.) I suppose to make people feel smarter (hey, look at this, Mabel, these are Jeopardy! clues and I'm getting them right!) The only officially sanctioned J! thing they don't "dumb down" it seems is the online tests, and thank God for that!
Well, as far as video games go, until speech recognition becomes flawless, they have to be slightly dumbed down. The NES Jeopardy game I had required you to spell in the answer. Think about that for a second. Need help?

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Exactly.
Ha! I remember that clue coming up! Don't think I played much after that (besides, I'm a terrible speller).
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So, no hot women of Jeopardy! calendar? :(
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Vanya wrote:So, no hot women of Jeopardy! calendar? :(
*sigh*
I guess not.

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Vanya wrote:So, no hot women of Jeopardy! calendar? :(
You could always package them with cigars... :P
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Volante wrote:Well, there's also the option that you're getting smarter :D
Highly doubtful. :P
Vanya wrote:So, no hot women of Jeopardy! calendar? :(
I heart your avatar. A great, great deal. :D
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AlphaDummy wrote:
Vanya wrote:So, no hot women of Jeopardy! calendar? :(
You could always package them with cigars... :P
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In lieu of a calendar, this might be an appropriate gift for certain J! fans:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/81682701/do ... ndly-cameo

It's a reference to the exceptional episode, "The Doctor Dances".

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When I was a little kid I had Sports Jeopardy! for the NES and I remember getting marked off on a clue whose correct answer was "Kent Hrbek", because according to the game he spelled his name "Herbeck". So sometimes the game programmers were the issue.
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What would they have done with volleyball's bob ctvrtlik? Seriously, buy a vowel, dude.
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Rex Kramer wrote:In lieu of a calendar, this might be an appropriate gift for certain J! fans:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/81682701/do ... ndly-cameo

It's a reference to the exceptional episode, "The Doctor Dances".

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My 16-year-old daughter would have loved this for Christmas!
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