Road Runner Posted May 13, 2021 Share #1 Posted May 13, 2021 The difference between winning and losing in tonight's FJ is decided by "you'll" versus "you will". 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 14, 2021 Share #2 Posted May 14, 2021 The devil or God is in the details! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted May 14, 2021 Share #3 Posted May 14, 2021 Sometimes (not last night) they seems a little arbitrary on their enforcement of precision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted May 14, 2021 Share #4 Posted May 14, 2021 FTR, Wo2 got it wth the reason. I had no idea, so guessed Green Eggs and Ham because of Easter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 14, 2021 Share #5 Posted May 14, 2021 2 hours ago, 2Far said: FTR, Wo2 got it wth the reason. I had no idea, so guessed Green Eggs and Ham because of Easter. Same here, my wife knew but I had no clue. I felt dumb. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted May 14, 2021 Share #6 Posted May 14, 2021 18 hours ago, Road Runner said: The difference between winning and losing in tonight's FJ is decided by "you'll" versus "you will". Ha! I would have written "will" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted May 14, 2021 Share #7 Posted May 14, 2021 I knew because educators always give that book a whirl around graduation. I am liking our current host. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted May 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Airehead said: I knew because educators always give that book a whirl around graduation. I am liking our current host. For the next two weeks, The Tournament of Champions will air with Buzzy Cohen (Mr Personality) as the host. He promises to be a big change from Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted May 14, 2021 Share #9 Posted May 14, 2021 Just now, Road Runner said: For the next two weeks, The Tournament of Champions will air with Buzzy Cohen (Mr Personality) as the host. He promises to be a big change from Bill. Bill has done a great job. Buzzy with do a great job but differently. I'm looking forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted May 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Buzzy will do a great job but differently. That's what I said, but differently. Also, the TOC is a different experience. All the players are brothers and sisters of sorts. Lots of camaraderie and joking around should ensue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted May 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Razors Edge said: Ha! I would have written "will" I would have too if I had remembered it at all, mostly because I would have thought that most book titles would likely avoid the use of contractions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share #12 Posted May 14, 2021 8 hours ago, 2Far said: Sometimes (not last night) they seems a little arbitrary on their enforcement of precision. Yep. They allow certain crap but not other crap. I have seen them allow misspelled words a lot. The supposed reason that they were so strict on this answer was because it was a title. The Jeopardy people say that titles must be exact. Maybe they should make an exception when it comes to contractions. A nice gesture might be to ask Matt to return for one more shot as a contestant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Airehead Posted May 14, 2021 Popular Post Share #13 Posted May 14, 2021 I will have my judging checklist ready! The scoring criteria is similar to ice dancing. I got it from @Kirby 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted May 14, 2021 Share #14 Posted May 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Road Runner said: A nice gesture might be to ask Matt to return for one more shot as a contestant. Has that ever been done? How about for a wrong answer that was later determined to be right? I mean, they make corrections during the show, but have they ever done one after?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share #15 Posted May 14, 2021 1 hour ago, 2Far said: Has that ever been done? Not sure about Jeopardy, but I have seen it done on other game shows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted May 14, 2021 Share #16 Posted May 14, 2021 2 hours ago, 2Far said: Has that ever been done? How about for a wrong answer that was later determined to be right? I mean, they make corrections during the show, but have they ever done one after?? Did that happen? A correct answer, deemed incorrect, and then found to be correct later on? What was it? Or was it a case of multiple correct answers? They usually, obviously, try to avoid that, but sometimes the answer writers make a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 14, 2021 Share #17 Posted May 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Road Runner said: Maybe they should make an exception when it comes to contractions. They should allow ; instead of ’ too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share #18 Posted May 14, 2021 It just seems to me that if they allow misspelled words, then they should allow "you will" in place of "you'll". How is the use or not use of a contraction any worse than badly misspelling an answer? At what point does a misspelled word become the wrong word? And this wasn't just any clue/answer; it was Final Jeopardy and it determined who won the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 14, 2021 Share #19 Posted May 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Road Runner said: It just seems to me that if they allow misspelled words, then they should allow "you will" in place of "you'll". How is the use or not use of a contraction any worse than badly misspelling an answer? At what point does a misspelled word become the wrong word? And this wasn't just any clue/answer; it was Final Jeopardy and it determined who won the game. But I can see requiring titles to be exact. This is why my wife and I gave up Scrabble. Never even thought of a tandem. Our first trip in a canoe we did circles. OK, I did think aboot a tandem but then I unthunk it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 14, 2021 Share #20 Posted May 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Road Runner said: For the next two weeks, The Tournament of Champions will air with Buzzy Cohen (Mr Personality) as the host. He promises to be a big change from Bill. I wonder why they didn't give Austin a shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share #21 Posted May 15, 2021 28 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: I wonder why they didn't give Austin a shot? Austin might be a little too far out and whacky to be the host. I think Buzzy will be great. We will or we'll (whichever) find out next week, I suppose. Also, from what I read, by hosting, Buzzy and Ken have become ineligible for ever being a contestant on Jeopardy again, even in some sort of champions contest. Maybe Austin wants to be able to compete again in the future. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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