tournament of champions is my jam.
great win for buzzy cohen last night, and two of my faves lilly chin and tim aten are up tonight. who ya got?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link
Semifinal 1: Andrew Pau v. Austin Rogers v. Lilly Chin.
Andrew's gotta be the favorite after his impressive win on Friday. It looks like he's the #1 seed considering he doesn't have another quarterfinal winner in his group -- but this is still a very tough group! Andrew and Austin overlap in their humanities expertise so Lilly should be able to dominate the science categories. Austin clearly wasn't prepared for how fast Alan was on the buzzer in the quarters, leading to some unforced errors, but no Alan there this go-around, so Austin may be able to use his buzzer speed to his advantage.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 13 November 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
new champion donna brown met her husband when they were both college radio djs at the univ of georgia. she did the '80s show, he did the noise show. they argued a lot. "noise," she explained to alex, "is a kind of music that's experimental, so there are themes and motifs and everything, um, less structure." but everything's good now: "our marriage has structure." she's very bubbly. i like her a lot.
also, she had the only correct answer on final jeop: "this label, home to u2 and bob marley, was created, fittingly, in jamaica with an investment of 1,000 pounds sterling."
― fact checking cuz, Saturday, 23 December 2017 03:37 (six years ago) link
...is this where I should say that Donna is an ILX vet? Because she is. That makes two of us that have been on the show!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 December 2017 03:59 (six years ago) link
that’s awesome!!! she had a very very big first win!
― fact checking cuz, Saturday, 23 December 2017 05:15 (six years ago) link
(is she on this thread?)
― fact checking cuz, Saturday, 23 December 2017 05:16 (six years ago) link
donna!
― crüt, Saturday, 23 December 2017 06:26 (six years ago) link
I thought at least three ILXors have been on the show, no? I remember it mentioned in this thread somewhere, once upon a time. Congrats to Donna
― Vinnie, Saturday, 23 December 2017 07:00 (six years ago) link
^ yes
also
JAYMC on Jeopardy! TODAY! (SPOILERS Y'ALL)
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Saturday, 23 December 2017 07:10 (six years ago) link
(more Donna talk specifically at that link)
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Saturday, 23 December 2017 07:13 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MjOuI4Z92M
a) - i'm glad alex is okayb) omg that grampa living room
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 18 January 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
He should have Longmont Potion Castle on the show for the next Celebrity Jeopardy. They can black out his face or something.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Thursday, 18 January 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
you're allowed to wear leather jackets on jeopardy now???
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 1 February 2018 03:48 (six years ago) link
Forget candy hearts – send one of these to your valentine! pic.twitter.com/5G2EiJtRny— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) February 12, 2018
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
He must be better, he's doing this
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/jeopardy-alex-trebek-2018-election-moderate-pennsylvania-gubernatorial-debate-20180221.html
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
7-day winner Josh Hill's old websitehttp://www.bucktowntiger.com/index.html
― adam the (abanana), Saturday, 26 May 2018 02:02 (six years ago) link
Respect
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 26 May 2018 02:04 (six years ago) link
I don't get to watch Jeopardy much these days but this looks fun, hopefully I can catch some of it:
https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone/2019/all-star-games
― cwkiii, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 03:35 (five years ago) link
WHO IS BACKROLLS?
― FRE SHA VAC ADO (jed_), Thursday, 4 October 2018 02:01 (five years ago) link
― Ned Raggett,
This was so bad. He was nearly booed him off the stage:
https://www.pennlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/10/jeopardy_host_alex_trebek_went.html
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Thursday, 4 October 2018 02:25 (five years ago) link
i feel bad for trebek. he grew up francophone in the duplessis era, which was some seriously bad shit nobody in america even knows about. (yeah, he's from ontario, but still.)
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Sunday, 7 October 2018 11:57 (five years ago) link
i thought this group was sort of ironic but i think dude just really hates alex trebek
https://www.facebook.com/IHateAlexTrebek/
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 7 October 2018 12:11 (five years ago) link
Alex interviewed by Vulture
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
was that photo taken at a model home in a new suburban residential development?
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
The Jeopardy teen tournament intro has a dabbing thinking man statue and I am ready for the sweet embrace of oblivion. pic.twitter.com/iqAydCHNFF— Matthew D'Ambrosio™ (@drmattdambrosio) November 14, 2018
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link
stephin merritt cruised a guy off of jeopardy. what a legend pic.twitter.com/gmnpyhtbV7— chat noir 🙀 (@zrok_) November 14, 2018
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:41 (five years ago) link
the current running champion was the bassist for the runaways!?
― Clay, Thursday, 20 December 2018 02:44 (five years ago) link
yes, Jackie Fuchs (Fox). I haven't watched any yet, but have been seeing it mentioned on fb. She's the one who accused Kim Fowley of raping her while other band members did nothing.
― nickn, Thursday, 20 December 2018 02:49 (five years ago) link
alex has a crush on her. he asked her if she was married in one of the contestant-interview segments.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 20 December 2018 07:26 (five years ago) link
http://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*DOJ2reSC5LVMYJyhBEIhXQ.jpeg
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 4 January 2019 15:20 (five years ago) link
The category modeled after “88 Lines About 44 Women” from a couple nights ago was pretty cool. Can’t find a video link anywhere, but the clues themselves are listed here: https://archive.fikklefame.com/jeopardy-clues-1-10-19/
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 January 2019 05:11 (five years ago) link
sad news: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-diagnosed-pancreatic-cancer-1192747
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 March 2019 03:15 (five years ago) link
Discussed more here Alex Trebek suffers 'minor heart attack'
― moose; squirrel (silby), Thursday, 7 March 2019 03:43 (five years ago) link
very sad, had an uncle pass from it and it was brutal and nasty
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 7 March 2019 03:43 (five years ago) link
i suspect we're going to have to get used to james for a while
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 5 April 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
https://deadspin.com/jeopardy-contestant-crushes-single-game-winnings-recor-1833928180
wound up with $110,914, which is his daughter's birthday (11/09/14), that's really cool
― frogbs, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
That was crazy, prior to final alex told him "you're $4400 short of the one day record" and he was up by like 65k so I was honestly surprised he didn't bet more - the birthday thing explains it.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
Pitchfork is proud of playing their part:
https://pitchfork.com/news/record-breaking-jeopardy-contestant-correctly-answered-a-clue-with-what-is-pitchfork/
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
That's an expensive birthday shout out! Ken Jennings only spent $400 to make his hoe joke.
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
finally got to watch this guy as it aired. one, holy shit this guy is good. two, I'm pretty impressed by how well the show gives the illusion that it's current - there was the Earth Day category, Trebek opening the show with "unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard about this guy James...", and James making the M in his name into a Las Vegas Golden Knights logo (the Knights are about to play a playoff Game 7), all in an episode which probably taped two months ago
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 04:09 (five years ago) link
NYT interview with current Jeopardy dynamo James Holzhauer.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 25 April 2019 03:01 (five years ago) link
won by $18 today!!
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 02:52 (five years ago) link
that was intense
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 03:02 (five years ago) link
absolutely...not ready for this dude to lose yet.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 03:17 (five years ago) link
hes good enough to run off a huge streak but it just takes one bad answer at the wrong time
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 03:22 (five years ago) link
The week after next begins the round of tournaments that ends the season. What happens if he is still champion at the end of this? Is he eligible for the Tournament of Champions, or does he have to wait til next season?
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 03:26 (five years ago) link
xp yeah he always goes all in on daily doubles. I've watched about 5 games and he never missed one though. crazy.
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 06:29 (five years ago) link
on the first one, yeah, but in Double Jeopardy he often bets a large, seemingly random amount, though there might be some symbolism there. yesterday he bet "10117" as tribute (I'm assuming) to the victims of the Vegas shooting. he does "11914" (his daughter's birthday) a lot.
fun stat about last night's game
According to Saunders on The Jeopardy Fan, Levin’s $53,999 is the highest-ever regular-play, nonwinning score in the history of the show, and is the 21st-highest final score of all time. Holzhauer’s $54,017 is 20th.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 12:04 (five years ago) link
he always goes all in on daily double
i love how everything he does is informed by his day job as a sports gambler, rather than by jeopardy itself. from his nytimes interview:
The fact that I win and lose money all the time helps desensitize me, so I can write down $60,000 as the Final Jeopardy wager and not be trembling at the thought of losing that money. And thinking: “This isn’t a trivia question. It’s a coin flip that’s going to land heads for me a lot more often than it’s going to land tails, so I’m going to bet as much as I can on heads.”
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:31 (five years ago) link
that's absolutely true, so long as that $60,000 won't lose him the game. I'm not really sure how to calculate risk/reward with a player like this...what's the expected value of him winning the game? what's the over/under on how many future games he's likely to win?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link