Brian Chang: 16300-0=16300 (miss)
Robert Ortega Jr.: 1800-223=1577 (miss)
Stephanie Thompson: 6000+3998=9998 (get)
CORRECT RESPONSES
JEOPARDY ROUND
1 $1000 1-LETTER STOCK SYMBOLS: Sprint
12 $1000 SHAPELY SPEECH: The Golden Triangle
15 $1000 A STREAM OF TV: Hailee Steinfeld
25 $400 A STREAM OF TV: The Loop
26 $600 A STREAM OF TV: Palm Springs
30 $1000 BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS: The Hate U Give
DOUBLE JEOPARDY ROUND
1 $2000 ALMOST RHYMES WITH PURPLE: a girdle
2 $2000 5 MORE "C"s OF DIAMONDS: cartel
8 $1600 CANADIAN PLACES: New Brunswick
10 $2000 HISTORIC COUPLES: Jamestown
18 $1200 5 MORE "C"s OF DIAMONDS: a crystal
22 $2000 AMPHIBIANS: cane toad
24 $800 HISTORIC COUPLES: James & Dolley Madison
25 $400 AMPHIBIANS: the larval stage
FINAL JEOPARDY: BRITISH WRITERS
(Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle
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$13000 in lach trash which may be enough for a fourth podium win when coupled with my correct response in final. The problem is, Brian didn't bet anything. So he may have gotten FJ wrong for strategic reasons or simply because he didn't feel like working out the correct response.
I said Sprint for SJ1 but I'm not confident I'd have rung in. Take away that $1k and I've still got enough for a fourth podium win with an asterisk.
I would've responded Quebec on DJ8 but fourth podium rules dictate that Brian got there first. Once that was ruled out, the wheels started spinning and landed me in New Brunswick which I knew was a New Jersey town. I didn't need the contestant misses on Jamestown since that was my response out of the box.
$5200 after the neg on Quebec assuming my math is right + FJ
Girdle, cartel and Palm Springs would have been DD gets, too
'girdle' didn't seem even remotely close enough to 'purple' in the first place so I figured I was missing something (danger of going bottom up there, Brian...)
Cartel I forgot the 'C' bit from the category so that's on me.
Overthought on 'Hulu', but read plenty of reviews describing Palm Springs as a worthy Groundhog Day interpretation
I probably could have gotten The Hate U Give with a little more time. Oddly I found out about that one in a review of Handbook for Mortals, aka "that book that the NYT pulled off the best-seller list because of sales fraud".
Somehow in my research of axolotls when designing one for my furry universe, I never came across the word "larva".
$7600 + correct FJ = a possible second-place finish. Not enough to prevent Brain's lock.
Anyone else find "Golden Crescent" to be possible negbait in Shapely Speech $2000? I had to think for a second to sort out which was SW Asia and which was SE.
I'm not the defending Jeopardy! champion. But I have played one on TV.
DBear wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 5:04 pm
7000 as I bit on the Quebec negbait. + FJ
Doesn't matter since Brian eliminated Quebec before you were allowed to ring in. Fourth podium rules stipulate that you lose every buzzer race and only successfully ring in when no one else is trying to. That puts your score up to 8600 or 10200 depending on whether you would have gotten New Brunswick once Quebec was ruled out. Either way, it's enough for a fourth podium win with an asterisk. (The asterisk is there because Brian might have gotten FJ right had he needed to do so. But with a runaway and a $0 wager, he might have just blown it off and started mentally preparing for the next game. He might even have missed it deliberately to deceive future opponents. It's hard to tell what's going on behind that wildly handsome face.)
Saving TPH the typing -- Yes, the "Tales From" question was way, way undervalued at $400. It's polling 6%. I don't know what they were thinking on that one.
alietr wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:21 am
Saving TPH the typing -- Yes, the "Tales From" question was way, way undervalued at $400. It's polling 6%. I don't know what they were thinking on that one.
Sometimes it seems current TV is treated like it was 30 years ago, when there were only a handful of networks and a limited amount of content, so most people were familiar with most shows. That is no longer the case.
alietr wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:21 am
Saving TPH the typing -- Yes, the "Tales From" question was way, way undervalued at $400. It's polling 6%. I don't know what they were thinking on that one.
Maybe just someone's enthusiasm for the show? (I didn't love it, but I could see a cultlike affinity for it. And there are one or two elements of the storytelling that are haunting.) Curiosity if it would go, especially adding the mnemonic of a Chicago neighborhood? (I think that actually confused me, since this "Loop" is not related and the show does not have an urban sensibility.) And if you value an iffy clue low then not so much money goes to waste if it stumps...
alietr wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:21 am
Saving TPH the typing -- Yes, the "Tales From" question was way, way undervalued at $400. It's polling 6%. I don't know what they were thinking on that one.
Sometimes it seems current TV is treated like it was 30 years ago, when there were only a handful of networks and a limited amount of content, so most people were familiar with most shows. That is no longer the case.
30 years ago, the basic cable landscape was pretty much the way it is today. The difference is the proliferation of streaming platforms in the last couple of years. The problems with asking questions about streaming shows I think are two fold (at least):
How many premium streaming channels are people expected to buy to stay familiar with the range of programming?
More insidious in a way, the algorithms streaming platforms use can bury content from subscribers if it isn’t consistent with shows they normally watch. I have Amazon Prime, but have never heard of Tales From The Loop. I know subscribers to Prime and Netflix who never see the shows I watch, and vice versa. There are really only a handful of shows (mostly on Netflix I think) that have gotten enough media buzz for people to recognize.
alietr wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:21 am
Saving TPH the typing -- Yes, the "Tales From" question was way, way undervalued at $400. It's polling 6%. I don't know what they were thinking on that one.
Sometimes it seems current TV is treated like it was 30 years ago, when there were only a handful of networks and a limited amount of content, so most people were familiar with most shows. That is no longer the case.
30 years ago, the basic cable landscape was pretty much the way it is today. The difference is the proliferation of streaming platforms in the last couple of years. The problems with asking questions about streaming shows I think are two fold (at least):
How many premium streaming channels are people expected to buy to stay familiar with the range of programming?
More insidious in a way, the algorithms streaming platforms use can bury content from subscribers if it isn’t consistent with shows they normally watch. I have Amazon Prime, but have never heard of Tales From The Loop. I know subscribers to Prime and Netflix who never see the shows I watch, and vice versa. There are really only a handful of shows (mostly on Netflix I think) that have gotten enough media buzz for people to recognize.
You have to read the arts and entertainment sections of good news sources. I sense that a lot of people aren't interested in doing that and it might not have helped with Tales From the Loop, but it's really the key, not (necessarily) subscribing.
Handmaid's Tale has had buzz for years. I watched Palm Springs and Space Force only because I read about them. Remembering the Coen Bros True Grit well enough would have worked for the $1000 clue.
davey wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:50 pm
You have to read the arts and entertainment sections of good news sources.
This is a fact. I started a policy of making flashcards whenever I see something on GMA or the Today Show (or whatever) about a new movie, TV show, or song. Sure enough, I'm starting to make progress in those categories where previously I didn't even know where to begin.