This is Jeopardy!
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scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
Yes, and I was yelling at the TV that Maine was a stupid answer. As people like IRBS know, the entire eastern US is lower than the midwest and northwest.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
Tonight's 2 games were blowouts, but I thought the first 2 were closer.4 Masters game and not a one even remotely close
In any case, it seems that when you have a collection of super-good jeopardy players, the one who gets the daily doubles is going to run away with it.
And ironically, that's the part that involves luck. Certainly, being the first with a correct answer enables you to pick the next clue. But at this level, you're not going to lock-out the other players.
We haven't yet seen James play against Victoria. That will be good.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Another trick question is what is the USA's easternmost state? The answer of course is Alaska.
The Aleutian Islands cross over the 180 degree line. A lot of people pick a place in Maine. Only true if you use the term 'continental United States'.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
I'm not buying it. Only the western most island, Attu, is beyond the 180 longitude. But it's still east of the international date line. So it's west relative to the rest of the world.
The eastern most point in the US is Lubec, Maine.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
The common point where something switches from East to West is 180 degrees not the date line. By that definition, my answer is correct. And I did not make this up. You can google it if you wish. Your answer is also there with the term 'continental' added.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
If a place is in an earlier time zone than me, it is west. An imaginary line makes no difference. A clock does.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Google disagrees.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
It's the 180 degree line except where it crosses populated areas or countries/islands that don't want to have a date switch split them. The whole numbering is made up. They made 0 through London because it was the centre of the world at the time.Isn’t the clock based on a made up line
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
Newsflash! The 180 degree line is made up too. I'm pretty sure it's like the 1st down lines in football. Where they start the lines is arbitrary too. After all, the Earth is a sphere; there's no starting edge.
Why not consider that one shitty little island part of the rest of Alaska, instead of saying it's in another hemisphere, because some people drew imaginary lines on a paper map?
Channel98
Don't yell or hit.
Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #276, March 1993, featured "The Island At The Edge Of Time," written and drawn by Don Rosa. Gold lava spewing from an underwater volcano located on the 180-degree longitude line formed an island. Rivals Scrooge McDuck (accompanied by Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie) and Flintheart Glomgold both sought to lay claim to the island. Glomgold was first to drive a stake, but on the western side of the island. Scrooge drove his stake on the eastern side, which is a day earlier, and the island became his.
HecticArt
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scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
It's actually an oblate spheroid. Just to be technically accurate, you know.WRONG!!!!!
…….round earther…….
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Technically east and west names are made up too. If that shitty island bothers you so, you should just give it back to the Russians.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
The real question is: can Sarah Palin see it from her front porch?
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I thought it was dining room window but yes assuming porch or window face west (and of course assuming she can see Russia. This is closer).