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
That's really sad for Levin.
― jmm, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
Last Friday's ep was really interesting, as he didn't land on any of the daily doubles. Luckily for him, his opponents weren't great players and he still ran away with it.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:47 (five years ago) link
James’ applause when Adam bet his full stake and won mid-game was thrilling last night. Like “now that’s a real play. Nice to have a challenger in the ring. Aand back to shark mode.”Half of his winning strategy imo is just to get the next question asked as soon as possible, any second wasted while the game’s in play is a second he’s not increasing his stake. His little moments of relief or exhalation or joy at the score announcements underscore how deliberate his control during play is.
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
xp dang I missed Friday, that woulda been fun to see
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
I mean, it's a cool record to hold, but it must suck to have $53,999 on the board and walk away with $2000.
― jmm, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I felt bad for him watching that drop to $2000 after putting up such a good fight with James.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
that's absolutely true, so long as that $60,000 won't lose him the game
from the same interview: "The funny thing is, my strategy actually minimizes the risk of me losing a game. There’s times in a football game where a team goes for a big TD pass. If you don’t take a risk like that, you’re not going to win. Really, the big risk is never trying anything that looks like a big gamble."
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
Most level-headed quiz show participant ever?
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
Half of his winning strategy imo is just to get the next question asked as soon as possible, any second wasted while the game’s in play is a second he’s not increasing his stake. His little moments of relief or exhalation or joy at the score announcements underscore how deliberate his control during play is.
yeah it's funny when Trebek tries to make some quip and James interrupts him "CHINA SIXTEEN"
he seems like a nice dude though
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
I can't decide if he'd be cool or insufferable to kiw. leaning toward cool. kinda reminds me of Underrated Aerosmith Bootlegs who I bet would kick ass on Jeopardy
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
Ha! I think he totally would, yeah.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
just occurred to me that he probably bet enough to win by $18 if Levin went all-in and won because it was his 18th game
what a dork
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:19 (five years ago) link
He won $96,000 tonight. For Final Jeopardy, one of the contestants didn’t know the answer and wrote, “What is...congratulations to James.”
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 23:59 (five years ago) link
aw, spoilers :(
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 00:03 (five years ago) link
(airs here in three hours)
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 00:04 (five years ago) link
damn yeah i wont see this til later tonight. gonna remove bookmark and check the day after i guess
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 00:06 (five years ago) link
D'oh, shit, sorry about the spoilers. I rarely get to watch it in real time, so my excitement got the better of me.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:16 (five years ago) link
I still think about this video daily
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g3--WYH8SY
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:33 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lLNc6Qpjwc
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 2 May 2019 13:23 (five years ago) link
i love this:
Why no one has leaked ‘Jeopardy!’ spoilers about James Holzhauer’s incredible winning streak
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 3 May 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
I was thinking yesterday about the gap between filming and airing and how many people he beat before any of his episodes aired.
Imagine finally make it onto jeopardy and are standing at the podium for the first time only to hear Johnny Gilbert announce that the defending champion has won 5+ games and hundreds of thousands of dollars and realizing how fucked you are.
― joygoat, Friday, 3 May 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
Query 2 Casino or Jaymc (or anyone else here who's been on): Do they let you watch the other tapings on 'your day'?
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link