Jeopardy discussion

The Germans probably have a term for words you see but never hear.

My favorite is “awry”.

Both pronunciations are correct. I think that the former is more common in the UK, and the latter is more common in the US.

Oh! Good to know I’m off the hook!

Just last night, Ken corrected Amy’s pronunciation of “diplodocus”. When I first read that word, however many years ago, I would have agreed with Amy’s pronunciation, but I think Ken was probably correct.

And I got Final Jeopardy instantly, but it was a triple stumper.

I go with doo-wah-diddy-um.

The Broadway Musical one?
I was trying to remember which show “There’s No Business Like Show Business” was from and came up empty. For some reason, “Annie Get Your Gun” flashed in my brain for a millisecond but I discounted it.

Had no idea that SJP had ever played Annie.

I didn’t guess that Final Jeopardy.

Me too. It was the first answer that occurred to me.

I got it, too, but let’s not be so cocky. Change the category to “the film of the Broadway musical” and make it about Betty Hutton and Aileen Quinn and we’d all be going “HUH”

There have been 2 FJ triple stumpers recently (Van Gogh and Annie), and I’ve got them both. Why yes, I do rock.

(I associated Ethel Merman with 2 roles: Mama Rose in Gypsy, and Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun. I had no idea Sarah Jessica Parker ever played Annie.)

Kinder?

I have no clue why “Annie” instantly popped into my head but it did. And then it made total sense.

Was it just me or was the FJ from January 7th, about Heyerdahl, ridiculously obscure? I had never heard of the guy, nor his voyage, before. Where was one supposed to have picked up that kind of thing?

I knew it, and prayed Amy didn’t, but of course she did :slightly_frowning_face:

I didn’t guess Annie last night but did guess Thor Heyerdahl last week.

I didn’t get Annie but thought Thor was easy. We all learned about the Kon Tiki in grade school. It’s quite the story.

However, if they’d reversed the question and asked what decade the voyage was, I would have said the 50s.

Maybe you have to be “of a certain age.” When I was a kid, in the 1970s, Thor Heyerdahl was a big name. We read about him in school, and he occasionally showed up on TV.

I recall Heyerdahl being on the news, and there was probably a Nova/National Geographic/Cousteau special on him.

Brian

I knew exactly who they were referring to, having read the book long ago. However, I’m terrible with names, especially foreign ones. I knew only “Thor somebody” I don’t think I would have received credit for that.