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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Thanks for that. I don't find her reasoning persuasive, but she should, of course, do as she sees fit.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:22 pmMacKenzie commented at The Jeopardy Fan: https://thejeopardyfan.com/2020/02/fina ... -2020.htmlHugo Z wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:56 pmI confess that I can't know what her confidence level is in specific categories. But in four runaways, she's bet zero three times, and slightly over 10% of what she could've safely bet in the other game. Seems more like natural conservatism, but who knows?
Scroll down comments to 12:50 as they are in time order.
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Sorry, I didn't answer your question because I didn't find it relevant.Golf wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:10 pmI’ll ask you the same thing I asked you not once but twice that you failed to answer back in the 12/31/19 game thread. What’s the most money you have personally wagered on a single outcome?
This is real money. She’s not the best at game theory but she’s not the worst either. If she’s not confident the proper wager is 0. And she’s not going to wager something just to please some random on the Internet.
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
“Name the 2 Italians who were famously executed in the 1920s” is a $2000 clue? Am I the only one who thinks that is top row material?
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I said the same thing, so I can't call it a stupid response. I don't do social media and am completely unfamiliar with Twitch (notice I resisted the temptation to say NHO Twitch - though I don't think I have).
But a twitch can equal a tic, and social media involves virtual talking, and TikTok has been much in the news lately due its connection with possible Chinese intelligence gathering, so that was the best I could come up with. "Wrong" can, but does not necessarily, equal "stupid."
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Darn it, I was fifteen minutes too late to make the reference. And the Weird Al parody is even more appropriate.alietr wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:27 pm Well, somebody had to do it ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAJNwPWVmNc
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
After nobody came up with Clara Bow and Howard Carter, I wasn't confident Sacco/Vanzetti would be pulled. Lots of trash but it was far from my best game either.
I said "planet" instead of "satellite", as it seemed more Latin. I couldn't parse what specific root word was in mind.
I said "planet" instead of "satellite", as it seemed more Latin. I couldn't parse what specific root word was in mind.
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
More Greek chorus already about the betting and the bizarro clue selection logic! Nope, don't know that one, let's try again! I'm loving the way McKenzie is breaking Jeopardy! I want to know how many pullups Greg can do! I think that 3 would probably win a contest of average spectators, and 10 would beat everybody outside of a gym rat.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:20 am
Alex was able to tease her about spelling again (she's 4/8 for misspells in the round) as she's laughing all the way to the bank.
Why wager real money? In this FJ case I probably would have shot my discretionary budget, and would have lost it. I think the Kepler angle pinned down the relevant achievement of Galileo, and I couldn't even get anywhere trying to think of a collective term for the 4 lunar/moon-y bodies. I'm taking the under for this clue at 55%.
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Two graduate degrees from Boulder, but I was still in high school when the 5th down happened.
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
MacKenzie is doing well as a champ and congrats to her. But if they throw in a spelling category she's done.
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
This .319 in LL Pop Music scored a 2/5! (Runaway Train was my other)MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 12:54 pm HIT & "RUN" had me 1/5 only getting the Springsteen song and I suspect I will find company for that pattern.
It did exist (first citation: 1520) just not in that usage
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I would like to see MacKenzie pass Jennifer Quail, whose Twitter feed is....well, what it is.
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
The word "describe" did me wrong. I tend to bristle when I see something like "The word that best describes her is 'champion,'" because in my mind, "describe" is what adjectives and adverbs do; nouns refer to things. So I actually thought, "Well, Galileo discovered moons, but 'lunar' describes moons, and that's obviously from the Latin for 'moon,' so is there something more general?" before lamely going with "planetary," knowing full well Galileo lived during that long period where Saturn was the farthest planet known.
If it's any consolation, if Lord Carnarvon had been correct you still would have been wrong. (This reminds me of how you used to put Hawley and Smoot in the wrong order.)TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:30 pm All but Howard Carter in 1920s (said Lord Carnavaron instead... sometimes I hate the Hawley-Smoot Rule).
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
As I and others have said, it is Mackenzie's money and her choice.
However, I do find it slightly odd that she wagers $0 and then goes through the mental energy to solve and try to spell the clue.
If I were going to do that, I would at least bet a little.
However, I do find it slightly odd that she wagers $0 and then goes through the mental energy to solve and try to spell the clue.
If I were going to do that, I would at least bet a little.
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
This was the season that concluded with the Colorado coach choosing to punt right at Rocket Ismail and getting away with it due to a clipping call? There's an echo I'd like to have left unwoken.
On the subject of FJ bets, the only ones that really annoy me are the ones that sacrifice any chance of winning the game.
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
When someone has a runaway, it doesn’t really matter me what they wager. MacKenzie earned the right to bet whatever she wishes by destroying the competition during the J and DJ rounds. She is obviously not adverse to risk given that she goes big on DD. She does have some Buzzy in her in that way.
Her spelling is quite comical at this point but she can sound it out so that she doesn’t add syllables. Still, it would suck for her to lose a game because she screws up on the syllables.
Her spelling is quite comical at this point but she can sound it out so that she doesn’t add syllables. Still, it would suck for her to lose a game because she screws up on the syllables.
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Re: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Coryat: 35,800
45 R/2 W
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: linesmen, Mr T., Edgar Lee Masters, Howard Carter, Winter Palace, bungalow, Haile Selassie, Morocco (DD)
I've said it eleventy billion times, but it irks me no end when contestants don't play to win the game. Grrr.
I had one of those "close but no cigar" negs on Lee Child. I realized who they were asking for and remembered the origin story of his pen name, but I only filed halfway through the story. Those of us of a certain age will remember Renault's Le Car. The mispronunciation of that model name as "Lee Car" apparently became a running joke in the Grant household, leading to the addition of "Lee" in front of various items. This included James Grant's daughter, who was dubbed "Lee Child." When Grant started writing novels, he took his daughter's nickname as his nom de plume.
Anyway, I negged with Lee Carr.
45 R/2 W
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: linesmen, Mr T., Edgar Lee Masters, Howard Carter, Winter Palace, bungalow, Haile Selassie, Morocco (DD)
I've said it eleventy billion times, but it irks me no end when contestants don't play to win the game. Grrr.
I had one of those "close but no cigar" negs on Lee Child. I realized who they were asking for and remembered the origin story of his pen name, but I only filed halfway through the story. Those of us of a certain age will remember Renault's Le Car. The mispronunciation of that model name as "Lee Car" apparently became a running joke in the Grant household, leading to the addition of "Lee" in front of various items. This included James Grant's daughter, who was dubbed "Lee Child." When Grant started writing novels, he took his daughter's nickname as his nom de plume.
Anyway, I negged with Lee Carr.
BTW, "planet" comes from the Greek for "wanderer." It's also worth knowing that "galaxy" comes from the Greek for "milk."
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