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Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:57 pm
by L-Jam3
Really curious how this is going to play out. I'm riding James based on his wagering strategy.
Anyway, let's catch up.
Wednesday, January 1
CATEGORY: SINGLE-NAMED PERFORMERS
CLUE: The last single-named actress to win an Oscar was this woman who won for her supporting role in "Precious"
ANSWER:
- [+] spoiler
- Who is Mo'Nique?
Thursday, January 2
CATEGORY: SCIENTISTS
CLUE: About 100 years before Darwin, this naturalist put orangutans & humans in a group with the Latin name "Homo"
ANSWER:
- [+] spoiler
- Who was Linneas?
Friday, January 3
CATEGORY: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
CLUE: Until a 1913 amendment allowed this, 1/3 of U.S. government revenue came from liquor
ANSWER:
- [+] spoiler
- What is Income Tax?
Monday, January 6
CATEGORY: 1960s NOVELS
CLUE: This book defines its own title as "concern for one's safety in the face of dangers...was the process of a rational mind"
ANSWER:
- [+] spoiler
- What is "Catch-22"?
Missed the first one (didn't come to me within 30 seconds) but hit the other three.
L-Jam 3-1
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:00 pm
by Ryan
L-Jam 3-1
Ryan 2-2
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:01 pm
by brian
Missed first two.
L-Jam 3-1
Ryan 2-2
Brian 2-2
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:03 pm
by BSF21
L-Jam 3-1
Ryan 2-2
Brian 2-2
BSF 2-2
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:17 pm
by Johnny Carwash
L-Jam 3-1
Carwash 3-1
Ryan 2-2
Brian 2-2
BSF 2-2
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:50 pm
by duff
L-Jam 3-1
Carwash 3-1
Ryan 2-2
Brian 2-2
BSF 2-2
Duff 1-3
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:22 pm
by Sabo
L-Jam 3-1
Carwash 3-1
Ryan 2-2
Brian 2-2
BSF 2-2
Duff 1-3
Sabo 4-0
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:05 pm
by govmentchedda
Sabo 4-0
L-Jam 3-1
Carwash 3-1
Ryan 2-2
Brian 2-2
BSF 2-2
Duff 1-3
Chedda 1-3
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:21 pm
by A_B
While I don't think it's his preferred strategy, I think Jennings can run with Holzhauer due to his buzzer skills. Rutter probably the most knowledgable of all, however.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:28 pm
by Pruitt
Sabo 4-0
L-Jam 3-1
Carwash 3-1
Ryan 2-2
Brian 2-2
BSF 2-2
Pruitt 2-2
Duff 1-3
Chedda 1-3
Got the 1st and 4th.
Can Jennings still buzz in like he did in his prime? Sometimes the years can do bad things to the thumb.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:31 pm
by BSF21
Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:28 pm\
Can Jennings still buzz in like he did in his prime? Sometimes the years can do bad things to the thumb.
He addressed this on Omnibus! some time ago before they announced the GOAT tourney and he said exactly that. Thinks he has the knowledge to run with Holtzhauer but worries that he's just not as fast as he was 15 years ago when he made his run. He's got a point. I really think you could run this game 100 times with some of the greats and it comes out 30/30/30 with the extra 10 to whomever hits a DD at the right time or gets a FJ category they just aren't familiar with.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 6:26 pm
by Ryan
It’s like 95 out of 100 that would depend on finding the DDs
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:29 pm
by A_B
- [+] spoiler
- jennings buzzer skills were the difference in game one which made difference overall
Also, those double jealousy questions were difficult
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:42 am
by BSF21
A_B wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:29 pm
- [+] spoiler
- jennings buzzer skills were the difference in game one which made difference overall
Also, those double jealousy questions were difficult
- [+] spoiler
- It’s certainly TOC level questions
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:53 am
by The Sybian
Sabo 4-0
L-Jam 3-1
Carwash 3-1
Ryan 2-2
Brian 2-2
BSF 2-2
Pruitt 2-2
Duff 1-3
Chedda 1-3
Syb 1-3
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:09 pm
by brian
- [+] spoiler
- That was Brad Rutter's first loss against a human opponent on Jeopardy.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:20 pm
by L-Jam3
The GOAT tournament Day 1 is sitting on my DVR. May have to double-up tonight.
Tuesday, January 7 (Standard Game)
CATEGORY: INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STARS
CLUE: Now with over 185 million followers, he surpassed Selena Gomez in 2018 to become the most followed person on Instagram
ANSWER:
- [+] spoiler
- Who is Christiano Ronaldo?
GOAT Tournament Game 1
CATEGORY: PRESIDENTS & THE BIBLE
CLUE: "Silent" Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated in 1925 on a Bible open to this 6-word first line of the Gospel According to John
ANSWER:
- [+] spoiler
- What is "In the begining was the Word"?
GOAT Tournament Game 2
CATEGORY: ASTRONOMERS
CLUE: This man's name was given to a comet that crashed into Jupiter in 1994; he's the only human whose remains lie on the Moon
ANSWER:
- [+] spoiler
- Who is (Eugene) Shoemaker?
Uh... based on those FJs, the GOATs seem pretty difficult
L-Jam 4-3 (Including 0-2 for GOAT)
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:30 pm
by brian
L-Jam 4-3
Brian 2-5
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:33 pm
by The Sybian
L-Jam 4-3
Brian 2-5
Syb 2-5
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:48 pm
by Ryan
Just watched night 1 online. Gimme Bryan Cranston as host.
L-Jam 4-3
Ryan 3-4
Brian 2-5
Syb 2-5
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:50 pm
by Pruitt
L-Jam 4-3
Ryan 3-4
Pruitt 3-4
Brian 2-5
Syb 2-5
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 3:11 pm
by Sabo
Sabo 6-1
L-Jam 4-3
Ryan 3-4
Pruitt 3-4
Brian 2-5
Syb 2-5
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 5:21 pm
by govmentchedda
Sabo 6-1
L-Jam 4-3
Ryan 3-4
Pruitt 3-4
Brian 2-5
Syb 2-5
chedda 2-5
Pretty sure I'm the Sean Connery of Swamp Jeopardy.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:30 pm
by A_B
- [+] spoiler
- These questions are so so hard. It’s awesome.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:26 pm
by duff
Sabo 6-1
L-Jam 4-3
Ryan 3-4
Pruitt 3-4
Brian 2-5
Syb 2-5
chedda 2-5
Duff 2-5
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:30 am
by rass
It's one thing to have an encyclopedic knowledge of a bunch of random shit, but most impressive to me was the way they
- [+] spoiler
- Ken and James, Brad blows this week
ripped through the "Triple Rhyme Time" category last night and the similar three-part clue category the night before. I would have needed to pause and stare at the clue for 10+ seconds to have a chance at completing any of those.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:10 am
by Johnny Carwash
Sabo 6-1
L-Jam 4-3
Carwash 4-3
Ryan 3-4
Pruitt 3-4
Brian 2-5
Syb 2-5
chedda 2-5
Duff 2-5
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:55 am
by The Sybian
rass wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:30 am
It's one thing to have an encyclopedic knowledge of a bunch of random shit, but most impressive to me was the way they
- [+] spoiler
- Ken and James, Brad blows this week
ripped through the "Triple Rhyme Time" category last night and the similar three-part clue category the night before. I would have needed to pause and stare at the clue for 10+ seconds to have a chance at completing any of those.
The three part before and after questions on the first night were awesome. I did pause the TV to give myself a chance, because those are so fun. But when you have no clue what the first part is even referring to, it's impossible. In usual Jeopardy games, I can guess when I don't know things for sure, but in this game, I've never even heard of half the artists, scientists or whatever in the questions or answers. Then they have a question about Fuller House...
I am really enjoying the camaraderie and attempts at humor from all 3 players.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:06 am
by DSafetyGuy
The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:55 amI am really enjoying the camaraderie and attempts at humor from all 3 players.
This leads me to a something I was curious about (I haven't seen any of it, so it certainly could have been mentioned).
I was wondering if there is a financial guarantee for their appearance since this event is a non-traditional show. Perhaps something like they can take home whatever they win during game play, but they get "X" for just agreeing to come back, leading it to be a more fun event rather than a more cutthroat competition.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:09 am
by Ryan
It's really not that hard for the right people to be funny and competitive at the same time.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:15 am
by brian
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:06 am
The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:55 amI am really enjoying the camaraderie and attempts at humor from all 3 players.
This leads me to a something I was curious about (I haven't seen any of it, so it certainly could have been mentioned).
I was wondering if there is a financial guarantee for their appearance since this event is a non-traditional show. Perhaps something like they can take home whatever they win during game play, but they get "X" for just agreeing to come back, leading it to be a more fun event rather than a more cutthroat competition.
They're all guaranteed $250,000 in explicit prize money but don't know if they negotiated any kind of "appearance fee" as well. Even if you assume they're playing for "only" $750K, banking an automatic $250K for a few days of work isn't bad.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:36 pm
by L-Jam3
Wednesday, January 8
Standard Game
CATEGORY: EUROPEAN HISTORY
CLUE: It took the French army until 1995 to declare him innocent, 101 years after he was convicted of treason
ANSWER:
- [+] spoiler
- Who is (Alfred) Dreyfus? Distant direct anscestor to French actress Julie Dreyfus, and related to Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
GOAT Game 3
CATEGORY: INFLUENTIAL WRITING
CLUE: Its second line is "All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope & Czar, Metternich & Guizot..."
ANSWER:
- [+] spoiler
- What is The Communist Manifesto?
GOAT Game 4
CATEGORY: 19TH CENTURY LEADERS
CLUE: Tall, lanky Joel Barlow was an ambassador carrying messages between these 2 world leaders, both mocked for being short
ANSWER:
- [+] spoiler
- Who are Napolean and Madison?
The 4th GOAT FJ was my first one correct.
L-Jam 6-4 (Inlcuding GOATs 1-3)
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:36 pm
by govmentchedda
rass wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:30 am
It's one thing to have an encyclopedic knowledge of a bunch of random shit, but most impressive to me was the way they
- [+] spoiler
- Ken and James, Brad blows this week
ripped through the "Triple Rhyme Time" category last night and the similar three-part clue category the night before. I would have needed to pause and stare at the clue for 10+ seconds to have a chance at completing any of those.
Yeah, that TRT category was nuts. Ken, especially.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:38 pm
by Sabo
Sabo 7-3 (2-2)
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:39 pm
by brian
Sabo 7-3
L-Jam 6-4 (Inlcuding GOATs 1-3)
Brian 2-8 (0-4)
This is fun.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:46 pm
by L-Jam3
I won't speak for Turd or Pru, but I'm watching them realizing this is a whole different game. I don't know if I would've beaten them to buzz in correct more than a half-dozen times combined these four games. If getting on is like making an undercard on Fox Friday Night Boxing, this is like watching Ali, Louis, and Marciano trading haymakers.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:56 pm
by Ryan
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:12 pm
by Ryan
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:46 pm
I won't speak for Turd or Pru, but I'm watching them realizing this is a whole different game. I don't know if I would've beaten them to buzz in correct more than a half-dozen times combined these four games. If getting on is like making an undercard on Fox Friday Night Boxing, this is like watching Ali, Louis, and Marciano trading haymakers.
There have been more things I’ve never even heard of than in like half a season of regular play. Professional trivia.
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:09 pm
by duff
Sabo 7-3 (2-2)
L-Jam 6-4 (Inlcuding GOATs 1-3)
Brian 2-8 (0-4)
Duff 2-8 (1-3)
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge, January '20 and GOAT Tournament
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:18 pm
by Pruitt
Sabo 7-3 (2-2)
L-Jam 6-4 (Inlcuding GOATs 1-3)
Pruitt 5-5 (2-2)
Brian 2-8 (0-4)
Duff 2-8 (1-3)
Yeah - this is Big Boy Jeopardy!