Episode on Drive here.
And Dailymotion here.
For the Daily Double "word shared in the name of 2 of the 27 [landlocked states]", I guessed [Kansas (which would include Arkansas).](/spoiler). Think that would have worked?
A fun trivia I found on the Wikipedia: It's the only state that is triply landlocked. [What is Nebraska?](/spoiler).
Here’s what helped me:
Use Anki. Create multiple decks for each category you want to focus on, and spend hours every day working them. Buy this book immediately and use it to create the decks. That book should be with you wherever you go. Be reading it constantly when you have free time (and are not working Anki). [If I only had more time and had created a US Cities deck from that book, I would’ve certainly known about Leadville and won at least 1 more game, along with ~$15,000 more, so yeah, it’s a good resource.]
Virtually play through tons of past games found on the J archive site. Do this as realistically as possible, ideally with a friend who acts as the host and maybe even someone else who plays another contestant. You should be working with a signaling device for this as well (even if it’s just a clicking pen). Track your Coryat. This will get you very comfortable with the flow of the game, answering and moving on to your next choice, dealing with giving bad answers (it happens).
Practice signaling in response to a stimulus. This site works, but there are other methods too.
Spend some time studying wagering strategies for all the different situations you might find yourself in at FJ. Check out DD heat maps, and formulate a plan of action for your gameplay (though it doesn’t always work quite like you want it to!).
That seems pretty solid.
My dad built a homemade jeopardy set for competing between 3 people, the circuits needed aren't too complicated. The hardest part is getting it to lock out other players once the first player buzzes in, but even that is pretty simple. Should be a breeze with a raspberry Pi or something similar these days.
Regarding the TV viewing, a lot of people don't realize that TV's now have a built in digital antenna, which pick up the major networks. People can watch the major networks or free, or go to Amazon and get a digital antenna to get a stronger signal (something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Digital-Amplified-TV-Antenna/dp/B07JB3WQ6M/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=F8J6S8ZRJODI&keywords=digital+antenna+for+hdtv&qid=1558432767&s=gateway&sprefix=digital+an%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&s...)
This is exactly right. If you want to see Alex in action, this DVD is absolutely worth your money: https://www.amazon.com/Jeopardy-Inside-Look-Americas-Favorite/dp/B000B6CODE There is a multi-cam feature on this dvd where you can watch an episode of Jeopardy! From different angles, including behind Alex’s podium.
I ended up buying an antenna on Amazon in order to watch Jeopardy, and it works impressively well. Here's the link to it if you're interested: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FVLXHYV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If you have $6 and Amazon Prime, you can see the UToC finals on this dvd:
The best way to compare your success against other people is to use your Coryat score. Every time you get a clue right, add the value of the clue to your score, and subtract the value for clues you guess at incorrectly. Make sure you ignore the amount wagered on the Daily Doubles - use the value of the clue as it was listed on the game board.
Here's a link to the JArchive definition: http://j-archive.com/help.php#coryatscore
There's also an app in the Play Store that makes it easy to track your Coryat score - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cagemyrv.jeopardyscorekeeper
Sorry, but Jeopardy got the wrong answer when they said AC was preferred for long-distance power transmission. It's not. Losses are higher in an AC transmission line than a DC line. As a result, Hydro-Quebec uses DC for its lines from James Bay to Boston, and DC is preferred through most of Europe.
I haven’t, but I have been using Game Show Trivia (linked here) to build flashcards. It’s a great almanac, and it’s a relative steal at $18. There isn’t a Kindle version, so you have to buy the paperback, but it’s well worth it!
>If you win, you'll owe federal and state income taxes on your total winnings – and maybe more, says Melissa Labant, a tax manager at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A big enough windfall could push you into a higher tax bracket. A married couple making $135,000 who win $10,000 would see their federal rate increase 3%, which would pad their tax bill with an extra $231 compared with someone whose winnings kept him in the same tax bracket.
>Then there's the state tax bill. Winners must file a return where they won (usually California or New York), then claim the taxes paid as a credit in their home state, Labant says. If your home state has a lower tax rate, you won't get back the difference. For example, an Ohio resident who won $5,000 might pay as much as $528, or 10.55%, to California, but claim a credit for only $150, the 3% his own state would have taxed him on that income. That second state return also adds to fees for tax prep and e-filing — TurboTax.com, for example charges $36.95 per state in most of its online filing options to prepare and file a return online. Net loss: $414.95.
In case anyone else wants to see more young Carlin at Carnegie Hall. edit: I just thought to add, "Not for the faint of heart". I mean, it IS George Carlin after all.
Here's an NPR article on it: https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/04/23/524514526/dogs-are-doggos-an-internet-language-built-around-love-for-the-puppers I personally think they're more fun to say without sounding as cutesy.
I said I got an extra $1000 because I was already going to get $1000 just for showing up. But I did actually end up spending something like $600 to get out there and stay from the east coast! But I work in academia, so I'm used to six month reimbursements, for better or worse.
I only took the online test twice because my mother bugged me about it! And I only interviewed once. It's been so weird talking to people who were like "it was my fourth audition." My partner was dead sure I was getting on when I got an audition because of my personality.
To prep I watched a ton of Jeopardy and tried to get my buzzing timing right. I used Anki to make flashcards of presidents, Shakespeare, things like that. I also spent a TON of time practicing betting and mental game because that was where I thought I was most likely to sabotage myself. That I only blurted out one incorrect answer without reading the full question is a testament to that preparation, to be real. It was only a real month of prep, but getting in the mindset was very very helpful.
I presume this is the one you are referring to: <strong>https://www.abandonwaredos.com/abandonware-game.php?abandonware=Jeopardy%21&gid=381</strong>
I played this many, many times as a kid. In fact, I remember doing a 5th grade Jeopardy tournament playing this with my classmates in 1988, on the Apple II.
Verdi was the opera.
Franz Liszt is from Hungary.
Strunk wrote The Elements of Style.
Eggs below boiling point - Coddle.
Schooner is the ship/glass
All's Well that Ends Well is the first Shakespeare play alphabetically.
Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series
House of Lords includes the Earl of Sandwich
I'm also impressed with the categorization. I would love to see the code.
It's one of the major improvements I need to make to my training app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mystcmage.android.flashcard
Are you doing this on a phone or a computer?
If it's on your PC, any ad blocking extension should stop the ads on Dailymotion. I use Adblock Plus, it's pretty simple and does the trick.
If it's on your phone, make sure you're not opening the links in a Reddit app, but instead in your actual browser. I've noticed the Reddit is Fun app will load the Drive links, but when I click 'play', it just sits there.
I actually have to copy/paste the Drive link from the Reddit app into Chrome/Firefox to be able to watch that way, on my phone.
I haven't used any other Reddit apps, including the official one, but it might be a similar problem.
There is no way to stream current or recent Jeopardy episodes.
I got rid of cable TV but I can’t always watch it live over the air, so I bought a cheap DVR from Amazon, hooked it up to my antenna, and record Jeopardy that way.
They do rig it, and have admitted it when replying to low reviews:
> If you play perfect games often, you'll be matched with opponents who are similar. This may mean that they’re players who invest in Powerups to get the most points possible and may happen to get lucky with Daily Doubles If you have any concerns please tap the small gear icon on the homepage and scroll to the “Contact Us” button Thanks
Its a reference to Bob Harris's classic book about being immersed in Jeopardy-world (https://www.amazon.com/Prisoner-Trebekistan-Jeopardy-Bob-Harris/dp/0307339564). I just meant that he has been living / breathing / thinking and actively preparing for Jeopardy for the better part of the past couple years, between his original prep / taping, the ToC, and now getting the call for this tournament (among any other trivia practice activities he'd doing before)
There were some other possible/plausible responses but Chamberlain made the most sense to me. On that note, I cannot recommend the following book enough - read it a couple years ago and it's definitely my favorite on the subject:
How I made my flashcards is to collect every question/flashcard I could get my hands on, break them down into keywords and output which keywords were strongly correlated with a single response.
You can see them here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mystcmage.android.flashcard
They are often not as pretty as those created manually, but they are getting better with every update.
If anybody sends me an invite, I'll buy them a reasonable number of OREO Cakesters and have them shipped wherever they'd like.
Check out Trivia Battle:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TriviaBattle
The best part of it is its battle between states. I play for my state and bring in some points. As every day it shows which state is leading... So fun!
I asked all my friends from my state to play so my state can be on top of the leaderboard :)
If it’s for trivia purposes alone, I’d consult the trivia Bible: Game Show Trivia. It has chapters on Shakespeare and the Bible (among many, many other categories).
Thank you and I am happy to share! This is a dress I got on Amazon, very comfortable and comes in a ton of prints:
uideazone Women's Sleeveless Scoop Neck Summer Beach Casual Midi A Line Dress https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GPV7HNM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_5XDPXY3EQRXH1P41T5WP
One came from ModCloth back in the day, one is from a Facebook ad I probably shouldn’t have clicked on, and one (plus a bee print dress and a planets dress) is from a label called LA Soul. I actually owe some Etsy reviews on those!
It’s a book of trivia with a bunch of fun facts sprinkled in. I took a few photos and then realized the Amazon link has better detail, lol
The Ultimate Book of Pub Trivia by the Smartest Guy in the Bar: Over 300 Rounds and More Than 3,000 Questions https://www.amazon.com/dp/1523510528/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_T2Q4EV8W4BW6MXSX7Z4C
Yes, these are called Pavlovs. The thing about Jeopardy is that most categories’ knowledge base is a mile wide and an inch deep (exceptions include categories like geography, Shakespeare, American history, etc.). This means that there are plenty of immediate names that come to mind when you see a phrase in a clue (ex: a Finnish composer is almost certainly Sibelius). However, there are A LOT of Pavlovs.
The book “Game Show Trivia” has a host of Pavlovs you can learn if you’re ever hoping to prepare for Jeopardy! But be forewarned: there’s a whole mountain of Pavlovs spanning all sorts of categories.
Good for him!
The currency conversion site xe.com tells me that 100,000 Polish Zloty is worth about $25,000 USD. Pretty good!
We like this game:
Jeopardy! The Fast-Moving Game of Questions and Answers, Play at Home with Friends, Family, Remote Home Entertainment, Get Excited and Fired Up https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Z8LCCN6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_ND4TNGADDGWMSJC6SY66?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Mods can take it down if they want. Amazon preview of Maria's book.
What is this? Is it a board game or an online game? Because it's in a box but it has pictures of a phone and the App Store logos on it.
If it's a board game, I wouldn't know to recommend it but I don't have it. But I got this game for Christmas and I totally recommend it. It has cards for all three rounds, stands to place the cards on, and a bell to ring in with. Very cool game.
"true patriot love, IN ALL THY SOULS COMMAND..."
(And of course, that's $1.34 per correct response for our esteemed neighbours, subject to fluctuations between now and next Friday.)
USA Swimming defines it as a type of stroke as does the Cambridge Dictionary.
The definitions are changing, language is fluid. People use the term bandaid and bandage interchangeably even though the definition of bandaid used to only be that brand of bandage. Used to because now the definition has evolved.
Go here and enter your zip code and find out what your local channels are and the direction they are from your house.
I have a flat antenna similar to this. Modern televisions have ATSC tuners built in so you can connect the antenna straight to the TV if you wish.
I have an HD HomeRun TV tuner which is a small box with the antenna connection and ethernet. I taped the antenna to a window upstairs in the direction of the broadcast tower. I can connect to the HD HomeRun from my 2 set top boxes and watch live or my computer so I can record shows to my computer like a DVR.
https://www.amazon.com/LATEST-Amplified-Digital-Antenna-Miles/dp/B07XQLW1H7/
Hi! I fought a lot with my computer and finally got it to work! Here's what I did:
I live in Asia, but I got someone from back home in the States to sign up for Paramount+ for me with my credit card info.
The next problem, is I couldn't get Live TV to work on the Paramount+ site with NordVPN. No matter what I used to spoof my location it wouldn't work. Idk if it's a problem specific to Nord but I just got an endless spinning wheel when I clicked Live TV.
I finally downloaded a trial of Hide My Ass VPN (HMA) because they have a server in Honolulu (the most convenient time zone for me to watch the show and also the closest physically to Asia). It worked like a charm! No additional spoofing needed. They also have a server in Las Vegas which I just used also and it worked fine.
Hope this helps you!
>One idea I had is making my ExpressVPN location precisely Delaware where the billing address is but my VPN only goes to the big metropolitan areas
I think it's more likely that your transaction was flagged coming from a VPN than that you appeared to be in a slightly different area than your credit card billing address.
I assume you mean Michael Richards, though I can't be sure. Richards got lambasted because his comments didn't sound like a joke. It sounded like he was just unloading on some hecklers in a non-funny way.
Meanwhile lots of comedians tell actual jokes using slurs and face relatively little pushback. The difference it's that they're comedians (both cases are comedians), the difference is that they're (perceived as) jokes.
BTW, Ken literally wrote a book about comedy and reviews of his other books often refer to his sense of humor.
I love this! I’m a mom of two who recently had my final audition for Jeopardy! and I (obviously) love trivia. I have a couple of ideas for down the road that would be great pieces of media to share between father and daughter. These will be best when your kid is a bit older, but I think they’re great to have on your radar.
First, Authors. I grew up playing this card game, which is Go Fish only with famous authors and their most notable works. There are many Jeopardy! questions that I have gotten right simply because I grew up playing this game. It won’t be super playable for your kid until they can read, but it is a wonderful family bonding game that also reinforces trivia of classic literature. There are also versions with famous composers (and other categories).
This amazing book series: these are one-page accounts of phenomenal women throughout history. My girls LOVE them and even I have learned about a lot of both famous and obscure historical female figures by reading the books with them. I know the price tag is a bit steep, but it really is worth it.
Hope that helps!
This entire series is quite good. They have a great Anna Karenina and they are just really fun.
Little Women: A BabyLit® Playtime Primer (BabyLit Primers) by Jennifer Adams https://www.amazon.com/dp/1423643895/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_awdb_imm_G1XG93NHHJ4KQ0WBGZ4G?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I love it... but I wish they had thrown in the original arrangement by Merv Griffin which has this amazing intro that's also very high difficulty to play. I believe the sheet music is in The Jeopardy! Book (1990).
Not being flippant: https://www.amazon.com/Crayola-Bulk-Crayons-Count-Black/dp/B00ANSH1BU/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=black+crayola+crayons&qid=1606937935&sr=8-3
Alex literally used black crayons because crayons didn't make sounds in his microphone.
I originally purchased mine from Amazon, but they are out of stock. The Jeopardy store still sells them on their website.
I used sporcle, lizardpoint, and also this set of children's jigsaw puzzles. (Ages 4+ is good enough for me.) I really liked the tactile element of the physical puzzles. Plus, the guide images were handy refreshers in themselves. I wouldn't say I'm "good" at geography now, but I'm certainly not as hopeless as I once was. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J688VHG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This is similar to what I did with the questions (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mystcmage.android.flashcard). Once I parse out which keyword-response pairs to keep, I convert the formatted values back into the most common unformatted values. I never thought of making the keywords into a word cloud and it looks like a cool way to study.
Amazon fire recast is $229 with no monthly fee. Can record up to 4 shows at once and you can watch it in any room that has a fire stick in it.
https://www.amazon.com/Fire-TV-Recast-over-the-air-DVR-500GB-75-hours/dp/B01J6A6H74
I also fell for the (seemingly obvious) trap answer on FJ... I knew the year felt wrong (since India wasn't an independent nation in 1833), but I don't like this clue because it turns out that in addition to the book referenced in the clue, there is another book with the same main title that is in fact about US-India relations. So I think that's pretty lame.
This book exists: https://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Elephant-Strategic-US-India-Engagement/dp/1421401452
Tyler should be invited back.
You ordered from the Jeopardy site?
Amazon has them in stock with 2 day Prime shipping for $10.95.
Personally I'd just cancel and order from Amazon.
I did find a Jeopardy board game (Deluxe edition) on Amazon:
Outset Media - Jeopardy Deluxe Edition - America's Favorite Quiz Show https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L0CV6OK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_OKu9DbYMRC5S8
I was the same way, and then I bought and read this book, which I highly recommend: https://www.amazon.com/History-English-Monarchy-Boadicea-Elizabeth/dp/8494372122/
It's about 300 pages and takes you up to around 1600 or so, and then you're on your own after that. Might be a bit overkill for Jeopardy -- some of these old monarchs you don't need to know anything at all about, others you basically just need to know their name (eg Ethelred the Unready, Stephen of Blois) or like 1-2 facts (Richard the Lionheart was a crusader, Henry V led the battle of Agincourt and has a Shakespeare play with the famous "Once more unto the breach" line) so if you're purely optimizing for Jeopardy it's easier to just learn those facts. I recommend the book anyway though, it's a good read.
I'd recommend The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge. I used this when I was in Scholastic Bowl/Knowledge Bowl back in high school. You'll get irritated at some of the editing errors but it's really useful at giving an abbreviated encyclopedia with lists like previous Heisman winners, capitals, size or length of rivers, etc.
No easy answers for such a murky topic. Most everyone seemed to consider intellectual property a settled issue until the rise of the internet, and now there may be no greater threat that faces humanity going forward (patenting the food supply and genetic sequences; massive surveillance and overreach in the name of intellectual property; others).
Since you're interested in the more fundamental questions beyond muh jerbs!! I recommend you read one of two books: <em>Against Intellectual Property</em> (warning: PDF link), written by a patent attorney named Stephan Kinsella; and <em>Against Intellectual Monopoly</em> by economists Boldrin and Levine. The former title is much shorter (a long essay, really), but both books essentially argue the same point: you shouldn't assume that piracy is wrong. Piracy is itself a misnomer, it should just be called sharing, as information is infinitely reproducible. The second book is loaded with examples of why the system is so bad. I hope you will look into this issue more deeply. Enjoy!
Edit: regarding your specific questions, no I don't think it's much of a defense, legally speaking. Songs are available for free on the radio, but people have still been charged and forced to pay millions of dollars for downloading mp3s. The law isn't always consistent. Ethically speaking, the answer is different, but that doesn't change the legality of the issue.