Will that guy on Jeopardy ever lose?

should've guessed "(The Other) J.D."

Terrified of missing the episode when someone beats Arthur.

he mentioned something about "flying back out" i think on twitter yesterday which leads me to believe he's safe for this week of shows, but maybe i read into that incorrectly

should've guessed "(The Other) J.D."

― Doctor Casino

If he'd guessed "J. D. Other" Alex may have given it to him!

https://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/443378281346117633

feelin this dude

Hahahaha awesome zing

dude totally said mcdormand. i want that reversed.

"that's one of the weird things about our language" go fuck yourself trebek

man i'm just gonna start leanin on as much shit as i can in honor of arthur

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2014/03/jeopardy-arthur-chu-social-media-brand.html

But IMO, leaning on podium+not saying "hundred" isn't Game Theory. Just disrespectful
But IMO, leaning on podium+not saying "hundred" isn't Game Theory. Just disrespectful
But IMO, leaning on podium+not saying "hundred" isn't Game Theory. Just disrespectful
But IMO, leaning on podium+not saying "hundred" isn't Game Theory. Just disrespectful
But IMO, leaning on podium+not saying "hundred" isn't Game Theory. Just disrespectful
But IMO, leaning on podium+not saying "hundred" isn't Game Theory. Just disrespectful
But IMO, leaning on podium+not saying "hundred" isn't Game Theory. Just disrespectful
But IMO, leaning on podium+not saying "hundred" isn't Game Theory. Just disrespectful
But IMO, leaning on podium+not saying "hundred" isn't Game Theory. Just disrespectful
But IMO, leaning on podium+not saying "hundred" isn't Game Theory. Just disrespectful

He analyzes his strategies or offers truisms that can sound like Zen koans: “Jeopardy isn’t really a good demonstration of anything but how good you are at playing Jeopardy.”

zen koans, new yorker? really?

Guy born in Albany, New York surely knows a thing or two about Zen Buddhism

Tbh that sounds like something iatee would say

it sounds more like something college quizbowl players say, because they do say it, about playing quizbowl.

of course everyone knows the best teams are wicked smaht but it's still what is said.

Yeah - people also say the same thing about standardized testing

that Frances "McDarmand" thing was a bit nitpicky

still, pretty intense comeback today - he did terribly in the first round, then more or less ran the board and destroyed everyone in Double Jeopardy. looked a little rattled by the end, as he didn't bet to tie, but safely way above

I dunno; I think because it's difficult to talk about(or measure) intelligence, we just go by proxy. For example, having taking some training in test prep, I can fairly assure anybody that standardized testing has jackshit to do with measuring ability or intelligence and entirely everything to do with how you take standardized test.

Nicholas Lemann wrote a book about it, called _The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy_, that I really need to read.

Also, mistaking trivia for knowledge or intelligence, for that matter.

arthur chu is my new hero tbh
i am doing dances in the house when he nails the daily double
seriously seriously want this guy to win forever

Yeah I agree with that - I meant that "the only thing that doing well on a standardized test measures is how well you do on standardized tests" is a pretty common thing to hear about standardized tests xp

have to say the guy's twitter is not the most interesting

WHO IS SAM. WATER-STON.

the little tiff between him and alex today was delectable

have to say the guy's twitter is not the most interesting

― k3vin k., Tuesday, March 11, 2014 8:00 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Really?

https://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/443569238372913152
https://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/443569344438476800

He's the best.

the little tiff between him and alex today was delectable

Totally. I got the sense that Alex felt the need to re-assert his authority over the proceedings. "This is still my show, motherfucker."

The McDormand thing didn't bother me; Chu definitely said "McDarmand." But not allowing "Gerry" with a soft "g," that was total bullshit; if someone had only seen the name in print, how would they know otherwise?

They let that one contestant say "Ham" instead of "Haim" and gave her the points, this is bullshit

TBF she said "Hay-m"

Isn't Trebek supposed to defer to the judges on these things anyway? Why the fuck is he being all "Well, that's not what I heard you say"?

cos he's a punk

Andrew Rose Gregory ‏@arosegregory 49m

@arthur_affect so how long did it take judges to rule on mcdormond/mcdormand? Now that months have passed, do you agree with their ruling?

Arthur Chu ‏@arthur_affect 34m

@arosegregory It took like ten nerve racking minutes. Now that months have passed, I still want the ten grand

OK, good to know. I thought Trebek was going rogue.

ChuTube

http://www.youtube.com/user/ArthurChuJeopardy

i was hella tickled when he straight up gave the wrong answer on the macbeth clue but cloaked it in such a way that it seemed as if alex really was gonna look like a massive dick if he wouldn't accept "what is 'the scottish play'/'macbeth'; it's bad luck to say it"

But not allowing "Gerry" with a soft "g," that was total bullshit

they did allow it! alex got snarky about it but gave him the points.

Chu never does well on the music questions.

he -- and both challengers -- completely whiffed on the album covers category today. i hope there's an album covers category and lots of j.d. souther questions when and if i ever get on jeopardy.

looked a little rattled by the end, as he didn't bet to tie, but safely way above

i don't think he ever bets to tie when he's got the game locked, does he? iirc, he only bets to tie when the game is still on the line.

album covers were the only ones i knew today ha

xp not sure, but then i didn't see games where he was this far ahead of the second place contestant

yeah i was like omg c'mon that's Wish You Were Here mannnnnnnn

they did allow it! alex got snarky about it but gave him the points.

Ah, ok, I missed that. I was too wrapped up in their little spat.

The other day I was in Milwaukee eating breakfast at a place with an early edition of Trivial Pursuit questions on the table. I had my daughter quiz me, and man, by shifting the time frame 30 years or so what might have once been challenging trivia had turned into utterly impossible esoteric shit totally devoid of any contemporary cultural or practical relevance. Made me wonder what a hilarious clusterfuck it would be to host a "1984 Trivial Pursuit" night, with all the questions being about flying cowboys, outmoded facts and random athletes who were past their prime in the '80s.

there's any number of pointless things I know about that era solely because of trivial pursuit

But see, the 1984 edition isn't about 1984. It's just random trivia that was maybe relevant back in 1984, or maybe semi-obscure in 1984, but has since fallen deep, deep, deep into the dustbin. There's not anyone in 2014 who would get questions about Kirby Grant, star of Sky King, the Flying Cowboy, a forgotten radio show from the '40s.

The entertainment questions from early 80's Trivial Pursuit games are insanely hard for people under 40 or so. My dad cleans up on them.

my mom's childhood crush was sky king
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ut6QMIjpw

Trust me, ALL the questions from that edition would be hard for someone under 60, at least. I mean, I'm 39, which is pretty close to 40, and most of the questions were totally bonkers obscure. There's a reason they update the sets.

Oh, I remember bein'
Bucktoothed and skinny
Writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny

Good match so far today.

http://www.willswift.com/images/king_george_vi.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Smtj8Id.jpg

:(