Were you not familiar with the discussion we were having? About the FJ clue which specifically referred to the 12/8/1941 FDR speech?
Which, as I said, means nothing to me. It’s like saying “Ronald Reagan’s 3/16/83 speech.” If we weren’t having this discussion, and you said to me, with no context, “can you name any lines from FDR’s speech of December 8, 1941?” my answer would be no.
Well, at least not to @Arcite.
Well, History’s not your meat. A lot of us are vacant of pop culture post-2000. Ryan is admirable because he’s a regular guy who has memory cells all over the place.
But apparently, none in the most well known sci fi film of the 60s.
Aaaaand the entirety of tonight’s episode was once again preempted by a special weather report.
Anybody know of a way to watch past episodes online? It sucks that in the current year, especially when I’m paying for YouTube TV, there’s no way for me to watch Jeopardy if my local affiliate decides the weather is more important.
My coverage was also completely pre-empted by weather. I watched the episode on YouTube. Recent Jeopardy episodes seem to be there for a few days, and then are taken down.
Which speech it was, was a no brainer. The only thing that threw me was what replaced “world history” - I kept thinking does he mention the “course of natural events” or something like that? After a moment’s thought, however, it was obvious that “infamy” could be the only correct response.
I didn’t get that either. Haven’t read the book or seen the movie. The only thing I know that’s there’s a computer named Hal and it takes place in space.
I wondered if any of the contestants found that clue confusing because it mentioned a mission to Saturn. That’s true of the novel, which is what the clue was about, but in the movie (which probably more people are familiar with) it’s Jupiter.
I noticed this as well. In some shots, it almost looks like his right eye is bandaged.
I was wondering about that, too. I thought for a while it was a reflection, but I don’t think that’s it. It seems to be some kind of fogging, but in interview segment closeups they’re clear. I Googled, but didn’t find any other explanation.
But it turns out that he left his regular glasses at home in Philadelphia. No word on whose these are or how he got them. Maybe something about the fit makes them fog up? It’s weird.
I noticed him looking over the top of them sometimes, too. That seems to support the idea that they are not his usual prescription.
I noticed that he wipes his forehead every now and then. Perhaps they steam up.
The other thing to remember about 2001: A Space Odyssey is “monolith” (which is what the “strange discovery” the clue was referring to was.) Anytime they mention a monolith in a science fiction context, guess 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Something I just learned today by looking it up after this discussion is that Clarke wrote the novel in conjunction with the development of the movie. I had always thought 2001: A Space Odyssey was a novel first and it happened to get optioned into a movie just like any other book that might happen to.
Yeah, people on Reddit were speculating on that. I hadn’t thought it would be possible unless it was moisture from one’s breath, as when wearing a mask, but maybe if he’s sweating a lot, while his glasses happen to have the studio AC blowing directly on them, it’s possible.
If you watch it, you can just end it when the lightshow starts, since it doesn’t make any sense (IMHO), and just enjoy the first part as a man vs machine cautionary tale. Of course, watch the whole thing if you’re copping a buzz.
Yeah, I just don’t get that. It’s not like they can’t call “Time out” and resume the game after Jeopardy! ends.
In the Phoenix market, WoF and J! are on an independent station. They rarely get bumped for anything. I’ve seen only a couple times where it is interrupted, and I’m yelling at the station not for the act of interrupting, but that they do it so poorly. “There is a missing grandma in Apache County, where practically no one currently watching will ever go, but let’s say nothing useful for ten minutes so we look like we’re concerned.”
We always record it (did you know there are 6 minutes of solid commercials between the end of DJ and FJ? And they are all political? No? Lucky you!) and once or twice it wasn’t there after 8pm, but the next morning, there it is. The DVR finds the shifted showing. Sometimes modern tech is good.
Because it’s the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a date that is burned into student’s brain in multiple middle school and high school history classes, and is still commemorated to this day (with that speech). It is, as the quote says, a day that lives in infamy.
Sure, I know there are some people who didn’t do well in any of those classes, but I tend to expect trivia buffs that are good enough for Jeopardy or similar shows to be pretty big on history.
I’m actually not all that great at Jeopardy’s level of trivia. So when I know something with little effort that isn’t in my specialty, I tend to assume anyone good enough for Jeopardy would also know it.
In the DC area on Friday they interrupted Jeopardy for a weather alert. The unusual part was that it was between Double and Final and they made a point that they would get back to the show. At one point the on camera guy asked how much time he had left and wrapped up in time for the clue.