That’s not a guaranteed runaway. There was 3200 left on the board, so if Sam had gotten the rest of the clues he would have been at $11000. She needed to bet & win $2801 to guarantee the runaway.
Yes, it was a very Jamie Ding-esque performance.
It was a terrible beat-for-beat parody of Downton Abbey that came out on Netflix years after Downton Abbey ended. You didn’t miss anything, besides the clue I guess. Though I am disappointed that Ken didn’t channel Andy Serkis when he revealed the answer.
The title of the film is immaterial to the clue. Think of a famous two-word term of endearment used by Tolkien. It’s pretty obvious what the answer is.
Yesterday’s FJ was so easy, I had it before Ken even finished reading.
Unlike the earliest Tournaments, I don’t think there were any total dodos. Correct me if I’m wrong. Most of them were decent (for celebrities), and a few were very good, especially W. Kamau Bell. The biggest weakness was betting strategy, but that happens on the regular show - as frequently discussed in this thread.
The questions were easier (but not a lot easier) than Jeopardy! TOS, but got progressively harder as they advanced thru the brackets to the Final Game.
In contrast, some of the players on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune appeared to never have seen the show.
Ummmm…I’ve actually seen one episode of Fackham Hall. And I knew that Glamdring meant “foe-hammer” and that it’s twin, Orcrist, means “goblin-cleaver”. Or as know to the orcs, “Beater and Biter”. But I got stumped by the “my precious” clue…when thinking of Tolkien endearment my mind went to Beren & Luthien. Bzzzt.
At the very end, he did. It was quite brief, something like, “[Name] will have to wait to defend the championship, because that’s it for our regular season. Join us on Monday for the first of our champion wildcard games. See you then.” That was the only mention that I recall.
Oh damn ok that explains why my DVR didn’t record and it wasn’t listed as scheduled at all this week. I thought somehow the series was deleted from my list!
The Final Jeopardy question (8/12/2026) in the category “Old Books” was:
This 1653 work includes information on the care & use of proper equipment including lines, floats & rods
Did y’all get it? After sitting silent on the couch through much of the second round, I hollered out the answer to this one before Ken was done reading. And then it was a triple stumper.
