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Friday, January 10, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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Re: Friday, January 10, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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Re: Friday, January 10, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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51 R/1 W
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: flux, fogy, paycheck, (penalty minutes), glockenspiel, William Carlos Williams-Sonoma, Agent 99, William Jennings Bryan, The Martian (DD)
Welp. I hope that's the easiest FJ! I'll miss all season. I blame the fact that the correct country hasn't been in the news much lately. I even approached the clue correctly, but "1979 + explicitly religious country" just got me nowhere. I have no explanation. Must've been The (Home) Lights.
The judges' ruling on the Bethlehem clue was stranger than strange. It's one thing to not anticipate Palestine as a possible correct response, but to just undo the neg without crediting Katie with a correct response didn't make any sense.
51 R/1 W
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LT: flux, fogy, paycheck, (penalty minutes), glockenspiel, William Carlos Williams-Sonoma, Agent 99, William Jennings Bryan, The Martian (DD)
Welp. I hope that's the easiest FJ! I'll miss all season. I blame the fact that the correct country hasn't been in the news much lately. I even approached the clue correctly, but "1979 + explicitly religious country" just got me nowhere. I have no explanation. Must've been The (Home) Lights.
The judges' ruling on the Bethlehem clue was stranger than strange. It's one thing to not anticipate Palestine as a possible correct response, but to just undo the neg without crediting Katie with a correct response didn't make any sense.
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If FJ had been about China, that would have set off a Tweet storm as well.talkingaway wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:11 pmYou'd think they'd have had Alex (or the judges or clue writers) tape an explanation/apology to post to Twitter. I'll admit, I'm no Middle East scholar, and figured it was Bethlehem unless they were trying to trick me, but I'll confess to not exactly knowing whether it was Palestine or Israel. However, I do know enough not to touch that issue with that proverbial ten-foot pole - certainly not on a light, generally nonpartisan, syndicated game show.Robert K S wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:30 pmYou'da thunk it would have been foreseeable enough to just scrap the clue if the politics was going to be an issue. It's not like they don't consider alternate correct responses for all of these clues.
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I went with "coot" for the four-letter word because I've always thought of "fogey" as five.
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Re: Friday, January 10, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
No, the linked happened the night before this clue aired. Econgator was accurate with 15 goals by 12 different goalies.A Wray wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 2:25 amMake that 16.
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Between either Star Trek or Jeri Ryan in a skin tight "outfit", you'd think most all male Jeopardy viewers would be all over that. In more ways than one. I would have let her assimilate me without question.
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I don't see how they can't address it. It looks like Katie already did on Twitter. An account that appears to be her, but has been fairly inactive, tweeted an article about U.S. policy in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that was definitely pro-Palestinian. Further research shows that somebody named Katie Needle is a member of democratic socialist and feminist organizations in New York. You can also find video of her posing a question about Planned Parenthood at a CNN Town Hall with then HHS secretary Tom Price.A Wray wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:58 amAgreed completely. How on earth did that clue make it to air? You're effectively forcing the contestants to take sides on one of the most inflammatory issues in the world. I'm afraid they're going to have to address it eventually.Robert K S wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:30 pmYou'da thunk it would have been foreseeable enough to just scrap the clue if the politics was going to be an issue. It's not like they don't consider alternate correct responses for all of these clues.
So by allowing that clue in and deeming that answer incorrect (and also deeming Israel correct), they have inadvertently stoked interest in, and essentially outed, their champion's political leanings. That clue in that category was just not OK, and I have to wonder if somebody in the writers room was trying to sneak in their own political views.
The fact is that had "Palestine" been ruled on air as correct, there would have been just as much Twitter outrage from the other side. And they surely weren't looking for a correct response such as "What is the disputed territory formerly known as the West Bank?" Bad, bad, inexcusable clue. Somebody from the show needs to make an explanation, and Katie deserves an apology for being placed in that position. On the other hand, she didn't have to ring in and expose her own politics either. She could have just sat on her buzzer as the $200 was unlikely to matter.
This was just a bad moment for the show. The whole category was problematic. Even though Barcelona is factually in Spain, the recent prominence of the Catalan independence movement makes even that clue politically fraught. Ultimately, they would have been better off asking for cities instead of countries. A response of "Bethlehem" would not have been controversial in the least.
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Likewise, I immediately rejected "fogey" as having too many letters and responded "fart" for the reasons you mention. Funny or not I don't see why it wouldn't be accepted (perhaps after a reversal).talkingaway wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 9:08 pm
I had "fog-e-y" for the four-letter F-word for an old person - and, looking it up, that's the more common spelling, no? Would have been nice to reference that in the clue. I'm half-kidding here, but my secondary answer was "fart". I mean, an "old fart" is a stodgy old gentleman, isn't it? You don't really talk about "young farts"....wonder what the judges would have done with my unexpected answer. Would have been a cool "ho/hoe" moment.
I think we have three farts in the thread so a poll question may be in order.
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I suspect she wanted to earn $200 rather than trumpet a political agenda.
I don’t think the writers were trying to push one, either. There have been plenty of examples of sloppy writing/research where an obviously alternative response had to be accepted retroactively.
I don’t know (or care) enough about the situation in Jerusalem to know which answer is the most correct. But given the political stickiness of the situation this clue probably should never have made the cut.
I don’t think the writers were trying to push one, either. There have been plenty of examples of sloppy writing/research where an obviously alternative response had to be accepted retroactively.
I don’t know (or care) enough about the situation in Jerusalem to know which answer is the most correct. But given the political stickiness of the situation this clue probably should never have made the cut.
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Maybe. And I even got this one right. But I always thought the 5-letter spelling was preferred. At least that's the one my neighbors use when they leave insulting notes nailed to my front door.
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True that. I thought (from reading the category name) it would be another toughie for me. But the year probably would have been enough, though the other two elements sealed the deal.
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"Fogy" is far ahead in google matches (I'm not saying this is dispositive, but work with me here), but when paired with "old" (as it usually is), "fogey" takes the lead. It's also usually seen in the plural, and the shorter spelling is pluralized to "fogies", which makes it tougher still.
I find the reference to "gentleman" rather old-fashioned, at best. So what is the proper spelling of "fogeyess"?
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And thus, I'm outed as someone who doesn't always pay attention when the categories are being announced.
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This reminds me of the old South Park episode where Randy Marsh gets on Wheel of Fortune. (Google it if you wish, but it's NSFW and a bit off-color for racism.)Bamaman wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:34 am I suspect she wanted to earn $200 rather than trumpet a political agenda.
I don’t think the writers were trying to push one, either. There have been plenty of examples of sloppy writing/research where an obviously alternative response had to be accepted retroactively.
I don’t know (or care) enough about the situation in Jerusalem to know which answer is the most correct. But given the political stickiness of the situation this clue probably should never have made the cut.
But with a rapid-speed game like J!, I agree - I don't think she was trying to push any kind of political agenda. She was just trying to figure out what the writers wanted to hear. I'd be a little less generous with the writers, since they have the luxury of time and editing...someone should have caught it. But I also agree that I don't think a writer was trying to push their own agenda - they just research, probably found their supposed requirement for "two independent sources" for Israel, and went with it.
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I was watching some DVD commentary last night, so I had the subtitles on. Sure enough, there is a line mentioning someone as "an old fogy".Lefty wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:59 pm"Fogy" is far ahead in google matches (I'm not saying this is dispositive, but work with me here), but when paired with "old" (as it usually is), "fogey" takes the lead. It's also usually seen in the plural, and the shorter spelling is pluralized to "fogies", which makes it tougher still.
I find the reference to "gentleman" rather old-fashioned, at best. So what is the proper spelling of "fogeyess"?
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My bad. I don't follow hockey, was excited to find something so timely, and didn't fact-check properly.Golf wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:28 amNo, the linked happened the night before this clue aired. Econgator was accurate with 15 goals by 12 different goalies.A Wray wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 2:25 amMake that 16.
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If it had been a DD and I HAD to answer... that's what I'd have been forced to say, for want of not knowing the name of another position! Would NEVER have rung in.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:13 pmI actually called that someone would answer goalie on that clue. It seems like a knee-jerk a non-hockey fan would think of.
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I just keep thinking about that lovely documentary we all watched just last week. Many rather smart people look at each question rather closely before it hits the air. I'm left gobsmacked that somehow none of them said, "Hey... wait! The answer to this question is not as clear and incontrovertible as we generally prefer!" All politics aside... if there is an invention whose creator is the subject of debate, that's an intrinsically bad question. If there is a quote whose attribution is suspect... bad question. The additionally layer of politics just makes it an astonishingly bad question.Bamaman wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:34 am I suspect she wanted to earn $200 rather than trumpet a political agenda.
I don’t think the writers were trying to push one, either. There have been plenty of examples of sloppy writing/research where an obviously alternative response had to be accepted retroactively.
I don’t know (or care) enough about the situation in Jerusalem to know which answer is the most correct. But given the political stickiness of the situation this clue probably should never have made the cut.
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