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Hulu barfed recording that one day for some reason :(
That is always correct up until the final round. There have been cases where someone puts a last name only in the final round and get judged wrong because they donāt put enough info. Now, in most of those cases, it should be obvious, but sometimes it isnāt. And itās not like the prior rounds when they will prompt you for a first name when needed.
IIRC, on Ken Jenningsās very first game of Jeopardy, the FJ answer was Marion Jones and he just wrote āJonesā. Supposedly they were very close to judging that wrong and Ken Jennings would never have happened.
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I just took a video and tried to upload it but itās too big.
Merry = Meh-ree
Mary = Mair-ee
Marry = Mah-ree
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Truth. When I was on, I answered a question about Judge Judyās husband and just said his last nameāJudge Judy wasnāt part of the clue, so this was okay.
I pronounced the name āShine-lineā and Trebek corrected me, but I still got credit.
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You were on? How did you do? Did you do a TR at some point on 22?
I probably posted in the Jeopardy thread. I was in the College Tournament many years ago. Made the semifinals, had almost double 2nd place going into FJ, choked on a fairly easy question, held my tongue until the cameras started rolling and unleashed an unending tirade of f-bombs directed at myself so much so that the sound lady had to ask me to calm down so she could remove my mic, went home to see that Trebek saying āA most impressive performance by you, young manā before FJ was edited out of the broadcast presumably because I lost.
The most interesting story I have is that during a break of a game I was watching because it was after my first round match, Trebek made an incredibly creepy comment about his penis size. I was sure he was going to get picked off when #MeToo first started. There was like a 7ā tall contestant, he chats him up for a bit, then goes to the next girl contestant and says, āHeās a big man, but Iām a BIIIIGGGG MAN, right, Girl Contestant?ā
I mean, probably he was making some kind of awkward self-effacing joke about how famous he was, but Iām pretty sure he was referencing his dick.
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Katrina in the middle didnāt even try to win in FJ tonight (20,600 vs 11,200 and she wagered 4,000).
Thatās a mortal sin in my religion.
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Iāve got a learned league referral to send out after @eyebooger was kind enough to invite me a few seasons ago. If anyone is interested just let me know.
Was going to say this is a shame as it would preclude any more Ken/James showdowns, but what they should do is have Ken be the host and then at the beginning of tournament of champions have him say, man, it doesnāt feel right not competing. Then he takes a contestants podium and guest host Andy Richter starts reading questions.
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Lol. Same person replied to Ken yesterday when Ken posted this.
https://twitter.com/kenjennings/status/1315809605599911937?s=21
I think BruceZ might be the current Jeopardy! champ.
The Final Jeopardy question the other day was, āAround 2010 the state license plate for Michoacan, Mexico featured these insectsā
The champs answer: cockroaches
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Thatās pretty insane. They recall ability of good jeopardy players is so ridiculously impressive.
Very interesting approach. Iāve waded through some of the larger Pavlov lists, it is an absolute slog to remember the keywords. Iāve had some success with flashcards, but this is next level.
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RIP to the GOAT Gameshow Host 
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