Seems like a normal smile to me.
I hope that clue about BCE not a harbinger that the show is going to start referring to dates that way. I will absolutely stop watching if they do that. That is unacceptable culture warring.
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Seems like a normal smile to me.
I hope that clue about BCE not a harbinger that the show is going to start referring to dates that way. I will absolutely stop watching if they do that. That is unacceptable culture warring.
Probably not.
I thought it was an alternate but I don't see anything saying it's ever been in use, and BCE's been around for 2 centuries...
floridagator wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:06 pm I hope that clue about BCE not a harbinger that the show is going to start referring to dates that way. I will absolutely stop watching if they do that. That is unacceptable culture warring.
English never was my best subject, is watching a synonym of posting?seaborgium wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:16 pm No matter how many times people say they're quitting (or have quit) watching Jeopardy for whatever reason, there's always more of them. I wish J! could alienate the alienation announcers once and for all.
If it is, I wish you'd stop watching too.Golf wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:09 amfloridagator wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:06 pm I hope that clue about BCE not a harbinger that the show is going to start referring to dates that way. I will absolutely stop watching if they do that. That is unacceptable culture warring.English never was my best subject, is watching a synonym of posting?seaborgium wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:16 pm No matter how many times people say they're quitting (or have quit) watching Jeopardy for whatever reason, there's always more of them. I wish J! could alienate the alienation announcers once and for all.
I think the 27 miles was its length through the heart of Berlin separating the French/English/American sectors from the Russian sector (East Berlin).twelvefootboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:30 pm I don't consider 27 miles of it more notable than the rest of it. Why not just ten miles, or two miles?
Volante wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:00 pmedit: this is my followup post but I have butchered the quote processMarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:44 pm
I don't think I could keep watching PBS Space Time on Youtube if I missed that onetwelvefootboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:30 pm I've been watching YouTube videos about the Standard Model and General Relativity for two months, but they could not lead me to "elementary" particles even with such a poetic clue. And it was in the second row . This might be pollworthy unless the boardies here can claim TS bragging rights.
Yes, Matt does a great job, but I don't quite get sleepy enough and it's a little light on the math. There's a lot of good stuff out there besides just straight talking heads. I like Arvin Ash and Sabine Hossenfelder, but the visuals aren't as good. Minute Physics is great, but I think is over. Science Clic English is a great up and comer, and dives deeper on the technical stuff. I don't care for the Fermilab stuff with Dr. Lincoln.
I didn't miss the clue because I was too smart. It just evaded me as a term I take for granted, just like I assume that ear makeup is the foundational secret to beauty .
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As to the AD/BC convention being replaced by CE/BCE - good riddance. It's still a dubious reference point, but is as good as any other random date in principle, and does have backward compatibility to a large legacy of recorded history. I'm ready to convert to the Star Trek notation anytime. It will be a lot easier to set our time machines and avoid messy consequences
Almost certainly.
You realize though that that is not enough to be credited? "Iron curtain" is strictly metaphorical, and does not refer to any physical wall. Joseph Goebbels even used the term in one of his later diary entries.Category 13 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:24 pm I had FJ solved pretty much as soon as Mayim finished reading the clue. I said 'Iron Curtain' instead of Berlin Wall, but I knew what they where looking for.
Never mind that if it is given a literal length, it's well longer than 90 miles.Lefty wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:40 amYou realize though that that is not enough to be credited? "Iron curtain" is strictly metaphorical, and does not refer to any physical wall. Joseph Goebbels even used the term in one of his later diary entries.Category 13 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:24 pm I had FJ solved pretty much as soon as Mayim finished reading the clue. I said 'Iron Curtain' instead of Berlin Wall, but I knew what they where looking for.
The Iron Curtain separated the Soviet bloc from Western Europe, and, to the extent it existed metaphorically or not, was a lot longer than 90 miles.Lefty wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:40 amAlmost certainly.
You realize though that that is not enough to be credited? "Iron curtain" is strictly metaphorical, and does not refer to any physical wall. Joseph Goebbels even used the term in one of his later diary entries.Category 13 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:24 pm I had FJ solved pretty much as soon as Mayim finished reading the clue. I said 'Iron Curtain' instead of Berlin Wall, but I knew what they where looking for.
Wrong DD on an all in wager, and misses the FJ seem like the likely scenario.Picked Off wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:34 am Matt had to work to make it a runaway. It may take a FJ miss for him to finally lose.
Sixth time's the charm?
If only people would learn...MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:39 amSixth time's the charm?
#8196, aired 2020-04-06 TV OF TODAY $800: This host has gotten political & gone "Full Frontal" on TBS since 2016
#7778, aired 2018-06-06 COMIC RELIEF $400: This "Full Frontal" host, getting to the point: "Don't judge me. I made a lot of money"
#7540, aired 2017-05-26 400 SHOWS ON IN 2017 $400: Here's a "Full Frontal" shot of this woman, host of a bitingly funny late night show
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Not a bad idea, actually. Maybe that's what they could use the prime time specials for. Replace the ToC with a series of these kind of qualifying tourneys.flemmingfan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:04 am Here's my thoughts FWIW; I would like to see a return to the five win format where the champion goes into a pool to play similar players with comparable experience and buzzer speed. I like Matt but I'd rather see three fresh faces more often. Although the game is the same, the "game" is over too quickly IMHO. fini