I’m sorry, but if you can’t identify the major world created by the second best selling author in the English language, you are just plain dumb. Not to mention knowing jack about New Mexico.
Tonight’s contestants were awful! :mad:
I assume the first part is something about Hogwarts, and there’s a New Mexico?
Exactly! 
For a set that is primarily blue, there was an awful lot of red tonight. And his tie was fucking horrible.
even Trebek was scolding them
you might want to start at the top, Damien, with the easier questions
I’ll never forget the Teen Celebrity show years ago where the answer was “sea captain who pursued the Great White Whale,” and NOT ONE OF THE 20-SOMETHING STARS EVEN RANG IN. :smack:
The deadpan look Alex threw the camera as he said “Ahab” in the driest of all possible voices was priceless.
“Just like your mother, Trebek.”
It was painful to watch Damien. I am a librarian, yet I had no idea about Discworld, so I can’t blame him for that. But freakin’ New Mexico??? And he kept going back to that category, the category where he couldn’t answer a question. He deserved to be in the red.
It scares me to learn that Terry Pratchett is “the second best selling author in the English language”.
Why would “20-SOMETHINGS” ring in on a Teen Celebrity show? :dubious:
Maybe they were “Hollywood” teens.
I would have gotten that one wrong. I knew that HP went off to another realm and there was a school called Hogwarts but I would have no idea as to what that realm was called.
Just to clarify, it had nothing to do with Harry Potter. The clue was about Discworld.
I am likewise surprised, and somewhat dubious, that Terry Pratchett is “the second best selling author in the English language.” He doesn’t appear anywhere on this list of best-selling fiction authors, for example.
I wasn’t really surprised that no one knew Discworld. I did, but my impression has always been that it’s something of a niche interest. I know any number of intelligent, well-read people who have never heard of it.
Being a “teen” celebrity isn’t about age. You can be one well into your 20’s. It’s about the market.
You ignored my point in order to make your lame point.
Wait, so what exactly was the question (answer)? Did they mention Pratchett’s name?
I don’t remember the exact text (and it’s not up on the Jeopardy! Archive yet), but I don’t think they did. It was something like “This fictional world was supported by four elephants on the back of a giant turtle.”
If I weren’t on this message board, I would never have heard of Discworld. Seriously, this is the only place in my life it’s ever come up, despite his apparent popularity. (And I’d be surprised if even 5% of the college educated people I know would know the answer to that question.)
He’s not alone: Atlanta Olympic Workers Need a Crash Course in Geography
Me, too.
I still have not heard of Discworld. Neither has the spell checker, as it kept trying to change it to something else.
I’m still 2 or 3 days behind on Jeopardy, so I’ll have to keep my eye out for this one.
Be prepared for pain. Damien was an effort to watch. But none of them was a standout example of our best and brightest.