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Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:42 am
by Archivists
J! Round

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:42 am
by Archivists
DJ! Round

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:33 pm
by theFJguy
FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The U.S. Army’s tradition of naming these began with the Sioux, used in the Korean War

Melis Sahin-Collins: 7000-900=6100
Jim Cooper: 11600+5700=17300 (New Champ)
Chauncey Lo: 8600+700=9300

Correct response:
Spoiler
helicopters (Melis – missile)

Daily Doubles
Jim: 600-1000
Jim: 4200+1000
Chauncey: 10400-3000

Coryats
Melis: 7000
Jim: 13600
Chauncey: 11600

Combined: 32,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Melis: 3400
Jim: 1400
Chauncey: 4400

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:41 pm
by MarkBarrett
Jim can laugh all the way to the bank about his fumbles, stumbles and brain farts as none of them (definitely plural) cost him the game. Good for his wallet with triplets heading to college. Now he's paid for textbooks for one of them? ;)

The game was tight when DD2 was found at 4200, 4600 & 4800.

The FJ! category had me do one precall of Sherman tank.

The FJ! clue had me quickly join the gentlemen for a solve and a relaxed pen.

I wonder if Melis did a Sioux to Native American to Tomahawk connection for missile?

Not solving DD3 ended up costing Chauncey the match. Nothing like a word origin type clue to stump a player at a bad time.

Jim needs a cleaner game tomorrow and I'll be curious to see if he can settle down to put his score in better shape going into the FJ! round.

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:43 pm
by MinnesotaMyron
MarkBarrett wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:41 pm I wonder if Melis did a Sioux to Native American to Tomahawk connection for missile?
If Melis didn't, Myron did.

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 2:44 pm
by MarkBarrett

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:06 pm
by Bamaman
MinnesotaMyron wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:43 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:41 pm I wonder if Melis did a Sioux to Native American to Tomahawk connection for missile?
If Melis didn't, Myron did.
So did I. Now 0-4 on the week.

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:40 pm
by AntmanB
Those Spring Break and Dierks Bentley Misses. and Quebec.

Went with Airplanes instead of Helicopters.

Lach Trash - Downton Abbey

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:50 pm
by The Talking Mime
I initially wrote tanks for FJ, but it didn't feel right. I then started thinking of other American Indian tribes, and everything fell into place when I remembered the Apache. I can rest easy knowing I'll be avoiding the box of shame for another week. *wipes brow*

Congrats to Jim for winning money for the three-headed college fund. That should make a very, very, very, very, small dent.

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:32 pm
by econgator
The Sioux is the type of helo you see in the M*A*S*H opening and in the show itself.

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:59 pm
by Newhausen
Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought the clue was asking for a kind of military equipment used by the Sioux tribe and not a kind of military equipment named Sioux.

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:21 pm
by davey
This strikes me as a very good FJ clue, prodding you to make the connection to later wars and better known equipment. I wasn't smart enough to do that... :oops:
I was :o shocked :o when Jim turned to his fellow contestants saying "Please let me win..." and Mike said "We'll let you guys talk about that at the commercial break!" Get Standards & Practices out and have that man fired, pronto!... ;) :)

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:26 pm
by DBear
runs: Dawgs, History Terms
Daily Doubles: :( (High Castle), :D :x
trash: spring training, Cabin 13, cairn, English setter, Alaska, On the Road Again,
FJ: did consider missile, but correctly got helicopter :mrgreen:

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:40 pm
by TenPoundHammer
Dierks Bentley for Dirk Gently was one of the funniest "close but no cigar" guesses I've heard in a long time.

"Bonfires and nudity" was a great ad-lib from Mike.

Showing my strength for words, I ran Homophones.

Precalled King of the Hill in King of TV. I've received many a "dammit, Bobby" in my day. Also precalled "On the Road Again" and the overturn on the same.

I bit on the Montana negbait on Borders for $400. My jaw dropped when it was ruled wrong and I said out loud, "Bwuh? HOW is that wrong?! What else could it possibly BE?!"

I almost said "postbellum" for "reconstruction", keeping it fresh in my head for when it actually was a response.

Apache and blackhawk helicopters are familiar to me, but I couldn't make the right mental connections and was left with a blank screen.

Lach Trash: spring training, Cabin 13, postbellum, Isaiah

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:42 pm
by Bamaman
At least you didn’t say the state of Quebec.

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:49 pm
by talkingaway
I wrote down submarine at first, having a blank. Then I reread the clue, focusing on the word ARMY, and immediately facepalmed. Nevermind that subs are apparently named by letter/number combos or, logically, after marine animals. I then did a "what does the Army use", and quickly scribbled down helicopter, without even really thinking of Apaches or Black Hawks - I only had 5 seconds. Malis had me nervous, because I did immediately go to "tomahawk", which is a good guess.

I caught the "(back) on the road again", and wondered if I'd gotten it wrong. I didn't bother checking the Archive, and was rewarded.

I had to go "antebellum...postbellum...NO, reconstruction" for the civil war clue. I was then rewarded in the LATIN, PLEASE category a few clues later.

Dog breeds I'm usually pretty bad on, but thanks to the musical Rent, I got the Akita....Evita.

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:55 pm
by MattKnowles
44R. 2/4 on big clues. I've been trying to watch The Crown but Jared Harris is not on my radar and I didn't figure out in time. I think I guessed Mrs. Muir. I'm not familiar with the phrase "give up the ghost" and I got stuck looking for a Hamlet connection. Also missed the libido DD. I guessed Id and I was trying to think of the complement to Thanatos but couldn't pull Eros.

My only miss in the dog category was Cairn Terrier. I think I've always had them mixed up with Scottish Terriers.

Missed the Delaware river. Does anybody know a good way to look at rivers on Google Maps? That tool is great for looking at some things that come up on Jeopardy! but not so much for rivers. I want to be able to follow the route of a river without having to zoom in really close.

I wonder if there would be any reaction if the reconstruction clue played immediately after the postbellum clue.
econgator wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:32 pm The Sioux is the type of helo you see in the M*A*S*H opening and in the show itself.
Good to know. That will show up somewhere.

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:02 pm
by Bamaman
MattKnowles wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:55 pm
econgator wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:32 pm The Sioux is the type of helo you see in the M*A*S*H opening and in the show itself.
Good to know. That will show up somewhere.
https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=5305

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:02 pm
by MattKnowles
On the first daily double Jim bet $1000 and missed. On the second daily double Jim said "Yeah. It's got me in trouble last time I think I'm going to bet $1000".

Re: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:03 pm
by MattKnowles
Bamaman wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:02 pm
MattKnowles wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:55 pm
econgator wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:32 pm The Sioux is the type of helo you see in the M*A*S*H opening and in the show itself.
Good to know. That will show up somewhere.
https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=5305
Hey, it showed up somewhere. That was fast. 7 minutes after I posted.