Slowhand wrote:I also thought the word "blockbuster" was confusing in that context. How many times do you hear that used for an album rather than a movie? FWIW, my first guess was Thriller, even though I was fairly sure it came out before that.

Thriller also would have been my guess. I knew Born in the USA was big, but I didn't think it was 40M records big... thought only the King of Pop could pull in that kind of number. Missed the obvious hinting clues that were in the answer. Keep in mind I turned 6 in 1984.

Thriller came out in late 1982. That, plus "appropriately" led me to the right answer instantly.

I know this because I'm kind of geeky about album release dates and I was old enough to remember. "1984 blockbuster album" likely means one of four things: Born in the USA, Purple Rain, the first Madonna album or Cyndi Lauper's She's So Unusual. Given that, it's very easy to get from "made in the USA" to Born in the USA.

I blew tonight's question about Declaration signers between "Hal..." and "Har..." I got to Alexander Hamilton and stopped thinking about it, forgetting that he wasn't a signer, and John Hancock was.

Swiggers wrote:I blew tonight's question about Declaration signers between "Hal..." and "Har..." I got to Alexander Hamilton and stopped thinking about it, forgetting that he wasn't a signer, and John Hancock was.

same here

Bucky wrote:"mass produced in the United States"

"Born in the U.S.A."


it's not that obfuscated

Huh, I mentally skipped that part of the question/answer.

I think it was Monday's Jeopardy I just watched, but the bet on Final Jeopardy by the defending champ was so fucking stupid. She was just barely above half of the guy leading, and she wagers a decent chunk of what she has but not enough to get ahead of the guy and not even enough to be ahead of the guy if he got it wrong and bet enough to be ahead of her if she bet it all.

She got it right, he got it wrong, he still won. Horrible.

Matt alert. he's still insane

Love him

Feel pretty good about getting that final since none of the contestants did.

2$

such a ballsy bet

derp

Randi really fucked that one up. She couldn't win so she should have left herself with at least one dollar just in case

jamiethekiller wrote:Randi really fucked that one up. She couldn't win so she should have left herself with at least one dollar just in case

seriously. the two at 13,800 basically have to bet it all (though if they're both smart they both bet 0 and guarantee they come back...if they assume the other will bet it all then they sort of have to). randi should have bet literally any amount other than 6000.

JUburton wrote:

jamiethekiller wrote:Randi really #$!&@ that one up. She couldn't win so she should have left herself with at least one dollar just in case

seriously. the two at 13,800 basically have to bet it all (though if they're both smart they both bet 0 and guarantee they come back...if they assume the other will bet it all then they sort of have to). randi should have bet literally any amount other than 6000.

You are correct re Randi. There are no ties in Jeopardy anymore. They changed the rule after Arthur Chu always played for ties. If the other two had both bet $0, there would have been a tiebreaker question: First one to ring in with the correct response wins.

Swiggers wrote:

JUburton wrote:

jamiethekiller wrote:Randi really #$!&@ that one up. She couldn't win so she should have left herself with at least one dollar just in case

seriously. the two at 13,800 basically have to bet it all (though if they're both smart they both bet 0 and guarantee they come back...if they assume the other will bet it all then they sort of have to). randi should have bet literally any amount other than 6000.

You are correct re Randi. There are no ties in Jeopardy anymore. They changed the rule after Arthur Chu always played for ties. If the other two had both bet $0, there would have been a tiebreaker question: First one to ring in with the correct response wins.

Huh, who knew?

probably most people but I haven't watched jeopardy in an embarrassingly long time. i need to get back to that.

JUburton wrote:

Swiggers wrote:

JUburton wrote:

jamiethekiller wrote:Randi really #$!&@ that one up. She couldn't win so she should have left herself with at least one dollar just in case

seriously. the two at 13,800 basically have to bet it all (though if they're both smart they both bet 0 and guarantee they come back...if they assume the other will bet it all then they sort of have to). randi should have bet literally any amount other than 6000.

You are correct re Randi. There are no ties in Jeopardy anymore. They changed the rule after Arthur Chu always played for ties. If the other two had both bet $0, there would have been a tiebreaker question: First one to ring in with the correct response wins.

Huh, who knew?

probably most people but I haven't watched jeopardy in an embarrassingly long time. i need to get back to that.

It's never been explicitly stated on the show, but it is in the official rules. Since it hasn't been used yet, only nerds like me who read a lot about Jeopardy online know about it.

It's obvious why they changed the rule: With a tiebreaker, maximum prize for second place is $2000. Without one, you can have a second contestant winning a much larger amount of money. Arthur Chu's play-for-the-tie strategy was bad for the show's bottom line.

I do not think that I will be on jeopardy.

Kurt Vile shoutout in an answer today.

In 1891 this European said "perhaps my factories will put an end to war before your congress"

He looks good for a man of 130.

Crazy that three non-winners in the college tournament finished with the exact same score, $14,400, and there were only enough spots in the semis for two of them. First tiebreaker was highest score going into Final Jeopardy. The two who did not have that had the same score going into Final, so their tiebreaker was highest score going into Double Jeopardy.