# Man the kids on Teen Jeopardy are morans (spoilers for February 7 show) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661 "2013-02-08T01:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/1 "2013-02-08T01:07:24Z")
Everybody lost today because they all wagered all their money on Final Jeoaprdy and got it wrong. If you’re in first place there’s no reason to bet all your money, just bet enough to ahve more than the guy in second place if he doubles his money. The only thing you win his passage to the next round on the tournament, not the money. Why does Jeopardy even continue to torture its fans with these joke tournaments. Nobody likes the teen or college or kids torunament because the questions are too easy. This is literally two weeks of my life wasted with this crap that I can never get back. I cannot comprehend why the guy in first place would be all his money what an idiot ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/2 "2013-02-08T01:13:34Z")
I bet some of them have better spelling and grammar than you, though. Moran? Torunament? That last “sentence”? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/3 "2013-02-08T01:16:55Z")
oops sorry that last sentence is supposed to be “bet” not “be” I am so angry right now I cannot type clearly ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/4 "2013-02-08T01:18:43Z")
Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/5 "2013-02-08T01:28:59Z")
Both the Kid’s Tourney and the Teen Tourney serve valuable purposes - they let me catch up on the backlog of recorded shows. Only 29 left! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/6 "2013-02-08T01:36:19Z")
Well, you can also watch them and feel superior… And then rather sad. ☹ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/7 "2013-02-08T03:35:04Z")
I thought this thread was gonna be about the Final Jeopardy question, which I was annoyed by the answer to even before they showed the answer (or question, if you prefer). The category was Capital Cities, and the answer was… Belfast. But Northern Ireland isn’t a country. Of course, the category wasn’t _country_ capitals, it was “Capital Cities”, so I guess it still counts. Sort of. If I was one of those kids, I’d probably be pissed about that for years. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/8 "2013-02-08T03:43:10Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Everybody lost today because they all wagered all their money on Final Jeoaprdy and got it wrong. > > If you’re in first place there’s no reason to bet all your money, just bet enough to ahve more than the guy in second place if he doubles his money. The only thing you win his passage to the next round on the tournament, not the money. > Why does Jeopardy even continue to torture its fans with these joke tournaments. Nobody likes the teen or college or kids torunament because the questions are too easy. This is literally two weeks of my life wasted with this crap that I can never get back. > I cannot comprehend why the guy in first place would be all his money what an idiot Sounds like he pulled a Clavin. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/9 "2013-02-08T03:46:01Z")
What is a “moran”? 😕 I’m not sure but I get the feeling there is some irony somewhere here… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/10 "2013-02-08T04:34:31Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I am so angry right now I cannot type clearly Jeez, calling the kettle black. Maybe the kids were so nervous, they couldn’t think clearly. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/11 "2013-02-08T04:40:14Z")
I read the thread title and thought that the OP was being ironic. Then… I realized how sad the OP really was! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/12 "2013-02-08T04:47:08Z")
> [@TheBoltEater](#): > > I thought this thread was gonna be about the Final Jeopardy question, which I was annoyed by the answer to even before they showed the answer (or question, if you prefer). The category was Capital Cities, and the answer was… > > Belfast. But Northern Ireland isn’t a country. Of course, the category wasn’t _country_ capitals, it was “Capital Cities”, so I guess it still counts. Sort of. If I was one of those kids, I’d probably be pissed about that for years. I thought the way Final Jeopardy went down was pretty sad. Way to not learn geography. [spoiler]I was sitting there thinking Belfast, and worrying I was wrong and the answer was Derry, and then all three of them said Dublin! Dublin? Maybe it’s because I grew up in an era when the Troubles were ongoing, but it’s weird to me. And they bet everything, all of them? They all made the same two mistakes. And Northern Ireland is too a country.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/13 "2013-02-08T06:28:53Z")
What will this do to the rest of the tournament? If I remember correctly, if all three players on a regular (non-tournament) show finish with $0, there is no champion and the next day’s show has three new contestants. But this was a semi-final, right? Presumably three players have to advance to the final. Did they say how the third finalist will be chosen? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/14 "2013-02-08T06:41:48Z")
> [@TheBoltEater](#): > > I thought this thread was gonna be about the Final Jeopardy question, which I was annoyed by the answer to even before they showed the answer (or question, if you prefer). The category was Capital Cities, and the answer was… > > Belfast. But Northern Ireland isn’t a country. Of course, the category wasn’t _country_ capitals, it was “Capital Cities”, so I guess it still counts. Sort of. If I was one of those kids, I’d probably be pissed about that for years. 😕 Not seeing any problem with that at all. Northern Ireland is a country and it’s capital city is Belfast. FJ was an instaget for me. I thought it was _so_ obvious that I was completely shocked that not just one but \*all \*of them got it wrong! > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > What will this do to the rest of the tournament? If I remember correctly, if all three players on a regular (non-tournament) show finish with $0, there is no champion and the next day’s show has three new contestants. But this was a semi-final, right? Presumably three players have to advance to the final. > > Did they say how the third finalist will be chosen? Alex said that the Final round will be the two winners of the Semi-finals, and the highest score of the non-winners from the Semi-finals. I still can’t believe Kelton risked it all. In the tournaments you only win the money in the Final! All he had to do to advance was be one dollar over 2nd place! \*None \*of them should have wagered everything, but Kelton and Tori’s bets were extremely poor. Tori shouldn’t have even bet _anything_! And I thought the dumbest wagering I actually saw live (not online years later) was a few months ago when the leader who had exactly double the contestant in second actually _bet something_ and got it wrong. But this is even worse than that since \*three \*separate people all made the same boneheaded mistake! ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/15 "2013-02-08T06:52:52Z")
I assumed he was going for > **[Get A Brain Morans](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/get-a-brain-morans)** > > Get a Brain! Morans is an exploitable photograph of a man seen at a protest outside a Boeing plant in St Charles, Missouri in 2003. The infamously misspelled sign came to embody the “proud to be ignorant” stereotype sometimes placed on midwestern or... but clearly he’s going for something deeper and more nuanced. I can’t wait to see what he has in store for us. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/16 "2013-02-08T12:03:20Z")
I wish the OP gave some clue to where he is so that we could get the authorities to rescue him from the dungeon where he is apparently being kept and forced to watch TV he doesn’t want to. But I’m willing to cut some slack on the bad typing since the post must have been made in haste during a short period of escape while the captors were making a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/17 "2013-02-08T12:20:36Z")
I seem to recall reading/hearing that the staff give some very general betting tips somewhere before Final Jeopardy. Is that true (if it ever was)? If so, Kelton’s wager was particularly inexcusable. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/18 "2013-02-08T12:34:58Z")
Whether you consider Northern Ireland a province or an independent country within the UK,\* the answer to _It’s criss-crossed by dozens of “peace walls” that separate its Catholic & Protestant neighborhoods_ should have been obvious to anyone with a knowledge of the last fifty years. :rolleyes: \*I’m pretty sure the former is more correct. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/19 "2013-02-08T12:52:36Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Whether you consider Northern Ireland a province or an independent country within the UK,\* the answer to _It’s criss-crossed by dozens of “peace walls” that separate its Catholic & Protestant neighborhoods_ should have been obvious to anyone with a knowledge of the last fifty years. :rolleyes: > \*I’m pretty sure the former is more correct. Actually part of the problem is that strictly speaking, “country” is not necessarily tied to it being recognized, autonomous, or sovereign. Those players could be misfocused in their minds that it must mean a capital of a “real country”. Although the Troubles were never given in the USA media or schools anywhere near as much emphasis as, for instance, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, still it’s no excuse. It’s a major news story of the 20th Century. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661/20 "2013-02-08T15:45:37Z")
The word “country” was nowhere in the category or the question. Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland. Period. There was nothing ambiguous or difficult about that question at all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-the-kids-on-teen-jeopardy-are-morans-spoilers-for-february-7-show/649661.md?page=2)