Idiotic Jeopardy wagers (no spoilers before 6 EST) - Page 529

Last night was a first for me. We've seen many examples of nobody having any sports knowledge, but last night, every music question was a triple stumper. Not a single buzz in.

The first one, in SJ, when nobody knew Jim Morrison, I figured, OK, they're too young. But in the pop music category in DJ, silence across the board.

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05-08-2024 , 12:20 PM

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While looking up the questions on J! Archive the "random FJ question" was "two of the 4 US states bordering Mexico". I was in total disbelief before realizing that might have been from a kids game. Clicking the episode link confirmed that.

Is anyone watching Jeopardy Masters? It's on Hulu so no need to watch it on regular TV. Through her first two games Victoria has an average Coryat of 25.5k. That's pretty insane. Tonight she goes head to head with James and based on how she's been crushing the buzzer and he hasn't, she might be the favorite.

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05-08-2024 , 03:42 PM

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I don't watch much but saw last Friday may 3 when Henry lost for absolutely no reason with terrible fj bid. Also thought the final jeopardy was incredibly easy but 2 missed it smh.

I probably could have won that game and I'm **** at jeopardy

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05-17-2024 , 05:25 PM

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Yogesh didn’t get Space Force?

Pretty great showing by Victoria

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05-18-2024 , 01:49 AM

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She's extraordinary , I never believed I would see a Jeopardy player better than James but she has to be the big favorite to win the Masters

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05-20-2024 , 12:49 PM

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She made a half-assed DJ wager though on one of those games that cost her some points. I'd still make James the slight favorite just based on game strategy.

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05-20-2024 , 05:25 PM

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She's extraordinary , I never believed I would see a Jeopardy player better than James but she has to be the big favorite to win the Masters

James still plays the game better but Victoria's knowledge base in Masters level games is superior. Yogesh's is as well. Those two have been big names in the quizzing community for some time.

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James lost it when he wrote gay little articles for The Athletic

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Originally Posted by TimTimSalabim

She made a half-assed DJ wager though on one of those games that cost her some points. I'd still make James the slight favorite just based on game strategy.

On one hand she did make 1 or 2 half assed DJ wagers in the normal course of play. But they were safety plays where all she really wanted was to guarantee the one point for second.

I thought she played the strategy pretty spectacularly.

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Yesterday , 09:51 AM

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I thought they both played too timidly in the first round of FJ. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems to me the play in the first round is to go all-in if you have a reasonable chance of getting it right, because then you've pretty much locked up the whole match. Then again it could be that both didn't really like the category.