There was a guy who had an odd hand.
There was also a guy sporting a moustache I didn’t care for.
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Frank Spangenberg?
There has definitely been more than one contestant over the past year who appeared to be sitting on something behind the podium, rather than standing. It wasn’t obvious, but it was there.
I thought about just leaving this hanging to see if anyone called me on it, but I did promise.
In the category “behind the bond”
I thought the decoder was a “lektor”. I checked Wikipedia, though, and that was only in the movie. According to them, in the novel it was a “spektor”.
Good job by the Jeopardy writers to do their research.
I was thinking that they arranged something she could step on to signal. But I wondered, if she had no arms, why Ken Jennings didn’t say something about it. (And I’m glad to hear that I was not the only one who was confused. I’m also glad that the screenshot in post 1319 illustrates how her arms seem to disappear in her sleeves.)
Actually, I did notice that, but just made the assumption that the movie had changed the name. Since the films had already established SPECTRE as the terrorist organization that would be Bond’s regular opponents for most of the 60s, it made sense that they wouldn’t want the coding device to have the same name.
I also thought that Kate had no arms, at first. In addition to Eddie Timanus, mentioned above, there was a contestant not too long ago (I can’t recall his name) who was obviously sitting behind the lectern, and the stool he was using was visible in certain shots.
At one of my auditions for Jeopardy, one of the other potential contestants was an older gentleman who had trouble standing for long periods. The contestant coordinators said at the time that the show would be able to make accommodations for him if necessary. I don’t know if he actually made it onto the show or not.
I know everyone has different areas of knowledge and different blind spots - lawd knows I have my weak areas - but hell’s bells, not one of the three knew the phrase “according to Hoyle”?
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This isn’t quite relevant to the show, but it is relevant to Jeopardy on TVs, and I thought you guys might be interested
So you can play Jeopardy with your voice on either Roku (on a TV) or using an Amazon Echo.
I should go back and count, but it seemed like there were an inordinate number of triple stumpers. I wanted to boot somebody off their podium, grab their buzzer, and shout “Psalms! Caligula! What’s wrong with you morons??!!”
That phrase is the most frequently uttered string of words in the entirety of my life thus far. It is only spoken, OK shouted, during a thirty minute period on each weekday.
I thought today’s FJ was relatively easy, and I was shocked when the points leader missed it, as he had played a strong game throughout both rounds. The ‘nine years later’ part of the clue made it obvious, at least to me.
I mistook battleship for warship, and went all the way back and dredged up “Bon Richard” from somewhere. Then I looked, and it’s “Bonhomme” Richard.
No one Remember[d} the Maine? 
Agreed.
The Monday FJ was crazy - everyone knew the answer (Monet & Manet), but only one of them read the clue correctly and wrote down the proper question. The 1st place player still won, but that goof cost him $12k.
7/25.
No one wanted to correct Pictures at THE Exhibition to Pictures at AN Exhibition? They had almost all the words already! A triple stumper! Sheesh.
And let’s not even talk about The Grand Canyon Suite!
I had to google it. I can honestly say I never heard that phrase before.
This is the last week of new shows. The new season begins taping soon, including the Tournament of Champions, but some of the eligible players aren’t willing to cross the picket lines to participate. (Gift link to a Washington Post story on this.)
I think I was vaguely familiar with it in my youth. Then I heard Jules use it in Pulp Fiction and now I remember it from there.