Are the people at the gathering all fans of a particular T.V. show?
Are they fans of a particular movie?
Are they fans of a particular video game?
Are they fans of something to do with music?
Are they fans of a particular book?
Is this about Hamilton (the musical)?
Is this about Game of Thrones?
Does the form of entertainment that connects the group involve politics?
**reply to SpoilerVirgin **
Are the people at the gathering all fans of a particular T.V. show? **Yes **
Are they fans of a particular movie? **No **
Are they fans of a particular video game? **No **
Are they fans of something to do with music? **No **
Are they fans of a particular book? **No **
Is this about Hamilton (the musical)? **No **
Is this about Game of Thrones? **No **
Does the form of entertainment that connects the group involve politics? **No **
Did the reason you were asked to leave have anything to do with spoilers?
Did the ethics question have to do with something that took place within a T.V. show (i.e. the question had to do with the show content, rather than with external factors such as when the show aired, how it was produced, etc.)?
Is the show fictional?
Is it the Star Trek franchise?
Did you ask which is the best series? The best captain?
**reply to SpoilerVirgin **
Did the reason you were asked to leave have anything to do with spoilers? **No **
Did the ethics question have to do with something that took place within a T.V. show (i.e. the question had to do with the show content, rather than with external factors such as when the show aired, how it was produced, etc.)? **Yes **
Is the show fictional? **No **
**No to all **
Is the show a competitive reality show (Survivor, etc.)?
Is the show a candid reality show (Real Housewives, etc.)?
Is the show a news show?
Is the show a talk show?
Are you a fan of the show?
Are you connected in any way with the production of the show?
Have you ever appeared on the show?
reply to SpoilerVirgin
Is the show a competitive reality show (Survivor, etc.)? No
Is the show a candid reality show (Real Housewives, etc.) No
Is the show a news show? No
Is the show a talk show? No
Are you a fan of the show? No
Are you connected in any way with the production of the show? No
Have you ever appeared on the show? Yes
Is the show a game show?
Is the show a how to show (cooking, interior design, home improvement, etc.)?
Is the show a documentary series (American Greed, Nova, etc.)?
Did the ethical question involve something you did or said on the show? Something you were asked to do or say?
reply to SpoilerVirgin
Is the show a game show?Yes
Is the show a how to show (cooking, interior design, home improvement, etc.)? No
Is the show a documentary series (American Greed, Nova, etc.)? No
Did the ethical question involve something you did or said on the show? NoSomething you were asked to do or say? No
Were you on Jeopardy! ?
Did you ask a correct question, about Virginia politics, for which the answer was on the board?
Did you ask an incorrect question about ethics in final Jeopardy, and you lost, and therefore were told to leave?
You got it!
I asked a question that everyone knew the answer, because it was already on the board (Catagory: Virginia Politics). My Question: Who was James Madison?
But when the topic of Ethics came up in Final Jeopardy, I didn’t know the question for “The author of 1861’s Utalitarianism” so I asked “Who was Bertram Smith” a name I remembered somewhere from college instead of “Who was John Stuart Mill?” I had bet too much and I lost and was sent home and could not come back, just as happens to everyone who loses.
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Later I got to thinking that a better version of this puzzle might be:
**A man is invited to join a group because they think he will fit in well. He does and visits many times becoming quite popular at the gatherings. But one day while attending a gathering he makes the mistake of asking a question about the FedEx Company. This is NOT okay, and he is sent away and told not to come back anymore. How had he offended? **
This would of course refer to Ken Jennings, whose question “What is FedEx?” was the question he asked incorrectly on his last game in Final Jeopardy, ending his famous run.
I think the original version is better that the Ken Jennings specific one.
I may post one later, but I won’t have much time to check in and answer questions. Anyone else have one?
I think we all used up our backlogs of good ones back when this thread was first active. If you’ve got one, just jump in.
A woman had a conundrum also faced by countless others that day. End it. At first she thought the solution was suicide, but she couldn’t do it. Then she remembered that it was Thursday. Whistling the tune of The Beatles debut single, she knew the answer. Shut down.
What was the situation?
She was doing a word puzzle A crossword, or something similar. She had letters S-----E already filled in. She considered the word SUICIDE, but it didn’t fit. Then she thought of SOMEONE.
Answers in bold.
Was she doing the New York Times crossword?
Did the answer involve wordplay?
(A pun? Abbreviation? Phonetic spelling?)
Answers in bold.
Does “Shut down” refer to one of the down clues in the crossword?
Is “Yesterday” relevant to the answer?