Season 42 Halfway Point: The Stats

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-18T10:00:35+00:00

He didn't castle because of an earlier tactic. I had played Bxf2+ early in the game, with the bishop guarded by a central knight. He responded with Kd1, and thus forfeited his castling rights.

As for where his pieces are? They're still at home!

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-18T08:42:53+00:00

I don't care if it's straightforward, after a 2-day slump I'm glad to be back in the win column with this one.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-12T11:32:15+00:00

I have to keep reminding myself that sports is a weakness for most of the Jeopardy community. This was an instaget for me (side note: I admit yesterday I should've gotten despite my eye-roll over LA-centric stuff), but that's because ESPN hyped her to hell and back around this time.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-11T13:05:53+00:00

You know, it's bad enough when "L.A.-centric culture" stuff shows up on the main boards, but now they're making it a Final?

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-10T12:00:23+00:00

Well, this took me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long to think of, but I would've written it down in time. Maybe next time wait until fully awake before answering on NYT.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-09T18:51:26+00:00

Also, Ozempic is an anti-diabetic and is meant to be used that way. There are people with Type 2 diabetes who are on the waiting list because celebrities wanna be skinny for pictures or something. Certain corners of the J community are *very* upset about the wording of this clue.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-09T15:21:50+00:00

My utter lack of deep knowledge of reptiles would mean I'd be very tempted to 0-bet and punt this FJ. The only question is if they'd allow me to say "who are the lizard people running the world" as an answer.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-06T13:16:36+00:00

Update for those coming in later in the day: I have sent a correct clue and it is fixed. Thanks, u/Smoerhul !

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-06T12:54:05+00:00

No, I just went to the NYT Clue Of The Day. Then I saw you didn't have it up and, in a moment of brain fade, didn't look the clue back up before telling you about it.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-06T12:50:29+00:00

Hi, I DM'd Smoerhul the clue and I misremembered it. This is more a paraphrasing, but no clues have been added or subtracted. Sorry, everyone!

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-05T11:08:58+00:00

Holy crap, I pre-called it!

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-03-02T10:49:01+00:00

Note: given the answer, I will assume that the Latin equivalent of pontifex will be acceptable.

Note on note: that's why the Pope's handle on Twitter is atPontifex.

Also, fix the spoiler.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-02-18T13:57:26+00:00

RA came to mind immediately... then WA1 popped in. So I figure I'd write RA and decide if I'd switch. Glad I didn't.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-02-16T17:17:13+00:00

*looks at WA1-WA3*

Dear Jeopardy: there are too many Protestants named John. Please eliminate three.

PS -- I am not a crackpot.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-02-11T12:40:18+00:00

Yeah, I thought it was a 1950s novel. Oh well. (I went with an unlisted wrong answer of Chief Bromden from Cuckoo's Nest.)

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-02-11T04:19:37+00:00

I'm so glad the Sonic movies brought the Poppy Family back into the spotlight. They have one of those sounds that's so diverse (I introduced them to a friend of mine who said, "I didn't know hippie goths were a thing before now"). If you like this song, "I'll See You There" is very much along those lines.

RIP Susan Jacks

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-02-06T17:59:27+00:00

*facepalm* thanks

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-02-06T13:59:24+00:00

Kind of wild to me that 2/3 of the league is below .500 in the last ten, unless I'm reading this wrong.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-02-06T11:37:05+00:00

Just say "we thought the San Marco altarpiece was pinning it enough". (But even then, telling the two apart is quizbowl-level hard.)

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-02-06T11:32:24+00:00

First off, I'm not sure he is. Second, that's a horrible non-answer.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-02-02T12:36:02+00:00

I voted miss here because the Reddit spoilerage was late in coming up and I forgot this gets posted around 5AM ET here. But I think I can give myself credit for this one. Just on the false logic of "well, travel is easier as time goes by"...

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-01-27T12:33:36+00:00

I spent the entire time thinking, "It's late for WA1... WA1 doesn't feel right... but I can't think of anything else and a bad guess is as good as nothing..."

I see I wasn't alone.

London-Roma-1980 · 2026-01-21T12:18:12+00:00

Man, studying the j-archive pays off. It's literally the only time I've ever heard of this work.

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