The Jeopardy thread [was James Holzhauer][contains spoilers]

Her accent sounded like it.

I was prepared for some gum-snappin’ poufed hair Jersey bimbo stereotype, but I don’t see what you all are complaining about. She was fine. I liked her jacket. You’re a tough crowd.

She’s nowhere near as bad as Austin Rodgers. I don’t even know if that is possible.

I can’t believe they let that pass.

Ahem. A fifteen second Google search yielded this:

“Black sheep, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, my little master, three bags full;
One for my master and one for his dame,
And one for the little boy that lives in the lane.”

Published in L. Frank Baum’s first children’s book, Mother Goose in Prose (1897), illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.

Now you see, I could have looked that up myself. And that’s exactly why I didn’t. :wink:

In tonight’s game, in the mountains category, there was a picture of a saddle between two mountain peaks that looked fascinating, and beautiful. I just had to look it up to see where that was, and I found it:

Sedlena Greda (or Saddle Mountain) in Durmitor National Park, Montenegro

https://is.gd/dKZTbj < web images

Fantastic.

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That’s not the best angle. On Jeopardy! they showed a better picture but this is the best I was able to find.

I found another good picture, but still not the same as in tonight’s clue (click to see full pic on imgur).

My Google search returned no such match. I even specifically typed “Black sheep black sheep have you any wool”, and the only matches returned are “Baa Baa Black Sheep”.
But it did return this:

Which mentions no variation as in Jeopardy.

Did you really think I didn’t check before posting? With THIS crowd? :slight_smile:

On the Big Island of Hawaii, there’s a saddle between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. The Saddle Road (Rte. 200) transverses the entire island, through the saddle. I’ve driven it, and found it the only boring part of the island.

  1. Google this exactly as written including quotation marks: “Black Sheep Black Sheep have you any wool”

  2. Here’s the THIRD link in the list of hits: The Black Sheep

You’re welcome.

The Roman’s called it “The half pipe of the Gods”.

I’ve driven it too. Agree. Boring.

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You guys weren’t driving fast enough.

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I didn’t want to get airborne. Actually I was in a rental car. I should’ve gotten ALL the insurance and driven it fast!

There was a clue last week, in the category “the role in common”:

Would they have given me credit if I’d said “who’s the black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks?” It is phrased in the form of a question.

Probably not. But I would have said it anyway.

I can dig it!

Shut yo’ mouf!

But I’m talkin’ ‘bout Shaft.

According to an article at goodhousekeeping.com (May 3, 2021) of all places:

According to executive producer and previous guest host Mike Richards, who recently spoke on The Wall Street Journal’s podcast The Journal, a decision will be made before the next season of Jeopardy! begins taping in late July or early August.

“…if on Friday it’s Alex’s last show and then Monday it’s a new person’s show, that would probably be unfair to the person stepping in to do it.”

They are running focus groups.

“We want to go at this with real analytics and real testing and not just go, ‘Hey, how about this guy?’ which is kind of how a lot of these decisions have been made historically.”

Richards also said that there’s no leading contender for the permanent hosting position right now as testing continues.

So far, Richards has been my favorite Guest Host. I know that makes me an outlier.

I wonder if he would consider being permanent host a “step down” from his current position as Show Runner for both Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. I’m referring to both Professional Status and salary.

No, I also liked Mike Richards as host.

Our household votes for him.

The difference is so great that third place is closer to Oz than to Richards.