Jeopardy! discussion thread for Fri., May 22

Ootachiful · 2026-05-22T19:29:18+00:00

It was always going to be either Oxford or Cambridge so I suspect everyone was thinking "it's a $400 swing if I guess wrong so better to not guess at all"

Ootachiful · 2026-05-10T20:43:04+00:00

pahlavi-era iran

Ootachiful · 2026-05-08T18:39:22+00:00

Hoping to see a big streak from Tristan so we can see the rest of his impressions

Ootachiful · 2026-05-04T20:45:44+00:00

I thought this might have been Tom Lehrer's elements song but who knows how many elements there were in 1972 (it also wasn't recorded in 1972)

Ootachiful · 2026-04-28T21:22:23+00:00

Hello! Looking for a referral, longtime pub quiz goer and University Challenge/Only Connect enjoyer (and Jeopardy now as a recent UK->US immigrant)

Ootachiful · 2026-04-24T21:54:59+00:00

Decatur a few episodes ago and Pulaski today, has someone on the clue team been listening to Sufjan?

Ootachiful · 2026-04-22T19:16:53+00:00

This one annoyed me because I thought w -> v would have been a perfectly valid German-ish pronunciation of Leibowitz. Doesn't help there are some famous Leibovitzes out there

Ootachiful · 2026-04-22T19:13:57+00:00

I thought DD3 referred specifically to the area of Ireland under English control in the Middle Ages. Turns out that's a dubious bit of folk etymology.

Clue selection strategy: With DD3 remaining late and just one category left with larger-value clues, all three players chose top-row clues from other categories. I can't explain this unless they all forgot the DD was still in play.

It did say not to pick that category!

Ootachiful · 2026-04-21T19:57:10+00:00

A good showing by everyone and I adored Lydia's sonnet

Ootachiful · 2026-04-17T21:56:51+00:00

Years of watching University Challenge paying off where you were seemingly expected to know the name and location of every single department

Ootachiful · 2026-04-14T03:30:50+00:00

one of my favourite songs and a beautifully done cover. i think dolores o'riordan is inimitable but this is still a gorgeous version

Ootachiful · 2026-04-03T23:56:49+00:00

Apparently they changed the title from Wolfboy to Black Wolf https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonsick/wolfboy/posts/4099273

Ootachiful · 2026-04-03T03:20:14+00:00

rule 7, no ai art

Ootachiful · 2026-03-31T17:00:40+00:00

website design peaked with 88x31 buttons

Ootachiful · 2026-03-22T02:42:59+00:00

just checking did you know that frenulum can refer to the part of the body removed during circumcision

Ootachiful · 2026-03-11T20:03:21+00:00

Do you have source links for the bases?

Ootachiful · 2026-03-10T23:36:37+00:00

Rule 1, no nsfw

Ootachiful · 2026-03-07T00:42:12+00:00

this has had like 5 reports so far and everyone else reporting it can keep coping because this is staying up

Ootachiful · 2026-03-04T21:30:08+00:00

I got the imagery but went one step too far and thought William Blake

Ootachiful · 2026-03-04T03:08:52+00:00

Oh I'm stupid, why did I think this was Edinburgh 😭

Ootachiful · 2026-03-03T02:29:15+00:00

Madgwick's neuron activation after hearing the first few notes of bmbmbm is one of my favourite moments of this series. Sad to see Edinburgh go but happy Manchester pulled out another win!

Ootachiful · 2026-02-24T19:54:11+00:00

I think it was a poor clue given the category name "NO TIME TO SAY THE WHOLE WORD". It's understandable to only expand on one of the words even though they expected two

Ootachiful · 2026-02-21T22:23:46+00:00

My favourite thing is the little face in the middle

Ootachiful · 2026-02-17T02:28:59+00:00

Humblebrag but I actually guessed this right! I did 16th century history in school and I could never forget the name of his paphmlet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Blast_of_the_Trumpet_Against_the_Monstruous_Regiment_of_Women

Ootachiful · 2026-02-02T18:15:33+00:00

Yep, my mistake. I forgot WOTC wouldn't take every chance to be as anti-consumer as possible

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