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A lot of dead air on tonight's show. In the category of Orchestras, the question asked for the "tenor of the violin family". One contestant said "Fiddle?" Yeah, the fiddle player sits between the washboard and jug. Then the next contestant said "Violin?". Yes, the violin variant they're looking for is violin. Duh. (The answer is the viola).
 
scotchandcigar said:
A lot of dead air on tonight's show. In the category of Orchestras, the question asked for the "tenor of the violin family". One contestant said "Fiddle?" Yeah, the fiddle player sits between the washboard and jug. Then the next contestant said "Violin?". Yes, the violin variant they're looking for is violin. Duh. (The answer is the viola).
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A lot of times I am screaming at the television because the answer is so painfully obvious. Especially when it comes to the music categories.
 
Haha, the champ couldn't pronounce the word "horology"!
or-HOL-oh-gee
hore-LOL-oh-gee
hoh-LOL-gee
hoh-ROL-gee

Mayim eventually took pity on him.
 
Holy god! He thinks Louis Armstrong is a saxophone player.

And no one knew the name Clarence Clemons from Springsteen's band.

Final Jeopardy was really stupid.
 
scotchandcigar said:
Holy god! He thinks Louis Armstrong is a saxophone player.

And no one knew the name Clarence Clemons from Springsteen's band.

Final Jeopardy was really stupid.
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Weirdly enough I always find the music and sports categories are the ones that trip people up.
 
After the first night of the masters tournament, I feel even stupider than usual. They played 2 games, giving all 6 the chance to play. Andrew He and James Holtzhauer won their respective games, earning 3 points each. Amy Schneider and Sam Buttrey each got 1 point for 2nd. All 6 will play again tomorrow, but I don't know if they'll shuffle it up. This is going to take 3 weeks.
 
Right… I don’t know why they need something like 10 nights of games to decide this, just that they’re milking it for ratings.
 
I kinda tuned out when Ken Jennings was explaining the tournament. But I'm assuming they're going to allow each player to face different competitors, so that (for example) James doesn't keep beating the same people.

But yes, they're milking it.
 
Last night's 2 masters tournament games were some of the best I've ever seen on Jeopardy. The first game was really competitive, and it seemed like any of them could've won. But the 2nd game was just nuts! Holzhauer is formidable, to say the least. But Andrew is both brilliant and great with the buzzer. And then Amodio got on a roll. So as double jeopardy was ending, both James and Matt capitalized on daily doubles, leaving Andrew in the dust. James had a slight lead, and Matt buzzed in on one of the final questions. But he seemed like he didn't have an answer and was going to lose points. But right as time runs out, he blurts out "Shaq", which is short for Shaquille O'Neal, the correct answer for people with rhyming first and last names. It ends in a dead tie at $28,400 for each of them.

In final jeopardy, James had the correct answer but crossed it out and gave the wrong answer, and he bet everything. Matt also had the wrong answer but bet almost nothing. It seemed staged, especially because now the 2 people with no points going into day 2 (Mattea and Matt) were the 2 game winners, so everyone now has points. I don't really think it's rigged, but if it was, it'd be just like this.
 
It was a good ending for sure. James blowing the final like that was fun to see.
I'm not a fan of showing where the doubles are. Why take away the mystery?
 
Amazing comeback from Mattea Roach tonight. From negative going into double jeopardy to the lead going into final. Two wins for her.
 
"Ken, I'll take "Game Show Hosts' for $600." "Here is your clue: 'This host is honoring the Writers Guild of America strike.'"

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EXCLUSIVE: Jeopardy! has become one of the first game shows to be impacted by the writers strike. Deadline understands that host Mayim Bialik decided against hosting the final week of filming for season 39, standing in solidarity with the striking writers. However, we understand that production...
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Monday’s episode (regular series) ought to be fun. 8 time winner Hannah, and the return of Ben, who had won big in 3 games before taking a leave due to covid.
 
Aaron said:
Monday’s episode (regular series) ought to be fun. 8 time winner Hannah, and the return of Ben, who had won big in 3 games before taking a leave due to covid.
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That's awesome. I keep thinking some new contestant will give Hannah a challenge, but they've all been pretty lame. And I remember when Ben couldn't return for his next game.
 
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