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I thought Friday's (Gilbert Stuart) was much harder.
I never met the man but he did a nice painting of my grandfather. I never knew the Irish connection.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
I thought it was actually kind of easy considering the timeframe they posted. Even not remembering anything about her writing from my Lit studies the timeframe really only fit her as the only writer that could match up w the quoteQuote:
Originally Posted by Tele 'til You're Smelly
I said Dorothy Parker, although she would have only been around 19 at the time, so probably too young.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
What's with all the attorneys?
Funny this thread got bumped. I wanted to find it. How long has Mayim Bialik been hawking snake oil on TV???
Anyone watch tonight? Win number 12 for Mattea and she was the only person who even got to play Final Jeopardy!
The next Tournament of Champions should be exciting.
Ya! I saw the neg scores as the questions were running out and was kind of rooting for a solo matea final. those two knuckleheads didn’t even try to answer the final question and just took the L. lol
Mattea is entertaining, especially the way she answers some of the obvious questions. I keep getting distracted by her tiny hands, I noticed now I can't un-notice.
I've noticed her hands, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by weibo
She's 23 apparently. Kid's got some serious knowledge. I think what's going to hurt her in the tournament is her relative timidity. She never goes all-in.
I am surprised at her knowledge of things like USA since she is from Canada. She more than 1 time has come up with a correct answer that I did not even know about a US State, or something that I feel would be sort of obscure for a Canadian to learn about and she must be very well read or done some tremendous amount of studying at some point on USA or US various States information and knowledge.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
That discussion was had at our place last night. She does have good knowledge of the US but that is pretty standard for on tune Canadians, UD TV and other media is always around and depending on where you live your cable package growing up cab come from almost anywhere. In Alberta I had network TV from Spokane and Detroit growing up now it is Spokane, Seattle, Detroit and Rochester. The discussion here was the lack of knowledge on non-US history for the other players.
Is Amy Farrah Fowler still host? I'll start watching again when Ken comes back
Ken is hosting currently. Not sure when Blossom's next stint is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elkhound Odin
She is from Halifax originally, and now lives in Toronto, and also some time growing up in Calgary, and other parts of Canada so maybe some Buffalo TV or Rochester across the Lake. But again at the age of 23...Quote:
Originally Posted by weibo
True, I keep forgetting how young she is. Vast base of knowledge for that age.
Her age maybe showed a bit in the 1980's TV shows category. She I think did answer one of the 5 but mostly stayed off the buzzer for most of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by weibo
super interesting game tonight.
I don’t want to have any spoilers if the Californians haven’t watched yet but it was a good one. lmk when we can talk about it
Another spoiler alert.. STOP HEREQuote:
Originally Posted by babybear
GMA kiss of death this morning..
Last 2 nights were good- One with exactly double the closest opponent (she smartly did the $1 bet) and then a second night of not a run away lead going into the Final so more of a challenge.
Spoiler for sure:
Why does GMA do that and not wait until the episode airs ?? (I hardly ever watch GMA- especially now that Michael S is on it, not a fan of his)
She could have bet the same amount as the second place opponent, less $1, and still have the same chance of winning. Of course, that would put more money at risk, but I think winning is more important. Very timid bet.Quote:
Originally Posted by RShea
She has an amazing store of knowledge, but I think her betting strategy needs some work.
Close call last night, citizen Kane FTW!
Here’s an interesting stat for you… Ken Jennings never went into Final Jeopardy in second place. Even when he finally lost, he was in the lead.
I went a while without watching regularly, but started watching again a couple months ago. Mattea's run has been really fun to watch, I really thought last night was going to be it.
I'm impressed not only by Mattea's knowledge of Americana but by her knowledge of boomerana. Citizen Kane was obviously a pre boomer film but we watched a lot of 30's and 40's films in the 60's and 70's. I don't get the impression 20 somethings are watching that old stuff as much as we did. That FJ was a snap for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by present tense
I’ve never seen Citizen Cane- it’s $3.99 to rent- is it worth the watch?
Or am I good now that I read the synopsis and can answer Jeopardy questions about it [emoji38]
I don't get the love for Citizen Kane. Not the best movie ever IMO.
Spoiler alert...don't scroll down if you don't know.
Mattea lost tonight. The final Jeopardy answer was The Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. I knew it because during instrument checkrides a favorite question among instrument examiners was to have us find some obscure piece of information in the IFR Supplement for the Atlanta airport. Airports are listed in alphabetical order but the airport in Atlanta is under the Ts ("The Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport) not under A or H.
It's the greatest movie in the history of American cinema. Or so the film nerds say. I think a lot of that is based on some camera stuff and editing that was innovative at the time but which a present day viewer might not notice because they've been so widely adopted. It's worth $3.99 if you like watching old classic movies. I know all of the old movies I used to think were great back in the day--all that Bogart and Cagney stuff and the like--seems awfully trite to me today. If you don't want to watch it let me know and I'll PM you what "Rosebud" means. In case that ever shows up on Jeopardy.Quote:
Originally Posted by babybear
And what's with people posting the results the same day. As soon as you say spoiler alert people know what it means. Or in my case I saw it inadvertently after I posted my previous post. And what's the point of posting it. People who have already seen the show know, people who haven't don't want to. Banning offense IMO.
Banning offence? LOL
I suscribe to MotoGP streaming and watch all the GP sessions, as many of the Moto2/3 sessions as time allows and all three races. I know to avoid racing threads on the aprilia forum, Crashnet and FB until I have seen the last race.
I would expect to see "spoilers" in a thread about Jeopardy and avoid it if I was going to watch later.
I used to wait until after 8:00 PM Pacific time, I think most West Coast stations have Jeopardy broadcasted by then?? Pretty much just have to avoid this thread until the next day as stated the do not scroll down, spoiler alert just does not work.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Well, since the cat's out of the bag.. I was waiting til I was sure left coast broadcast was over but anyway.. Person who got the final right was from Atlanta of course..
Totally forgot about the Jackson part of the airport name, hence biffed tonight's Final Jeopardy. I couldn't come up with anything.
While I agree people should wait until the next day- why not just wait til you've watched today's show to look at this thread? I never do.
And once again, I can’t figure out the betting strategy of either Mattea or the other player. The other player didn’t simply bet everything, but bet some smaller amount. And then Mattea bet JUST ENOUGH to lose by $1! If she would have bet less, she would have won. I can’t figure out how they both decided to meet at that number?
I’m sure it’s not for everybody. Young people might not be interested in it. But it’s a classic that I think everyone should watch at least once.Quote:
Originally Posted by babybear
After all, it is freaking Orson Wells himself!
She talked about her strategy on a recent Jeopardy web site interview (after one of the days she had exactly double what her opponent had going into Final Jeopardy.) She at that time bet $1 so she would have not ended in a tiebreaker. If she got it wrong, and the other contestant got it wrong then she would win, if she got it wrong, and the other contestant got it right, she said the best person that day would win.Quote:
Originally Posted by billyk
https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/strea...eason-winnings
"While staying calm, cool, and collected has proven to be a successful strategy for Mattea, so has wagering wisely. During Mattea’s seventh and 17th games, she placed $1 wagers during Final Jeopardy! to avoid having to go into a tiebreaker.
“I figure bet a dollar, if we're both right, I win,” Mattea said. “If we're both wrong, I also win. And you know, if the other player gets it right, I get it wrong and I end up losing, well then, the best player won that day.”
So that is her thinking and wagering strategy.
I think it is her shorter fingers compared to her palms now that you brought it up, (not that she can do much about that ) - Kelly Clarkson also has shorter fingers...Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Wonder if that was her parents influence- growing up they would expose her to boomerana (as you call it...)Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Mattea bet enough to win by a dollar if the other player bet it all and was correct. It was the other players bet that was the interesting one; she essentially bet on Mattea getting it wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by billyk