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Posts: 96 (01/26/08 2:21 PM) Registered user |
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Fluffynurse |
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Posts: 12446 (01/26/08 5:55 PM) Registered User |
Mr. hot shit IQ messed up royally when he used 2 helps after the first help gave him the answer. The first guy said he chose his answer but he hit the wrong
button. The second guy gave a very good reason he chose the right answer. But Mr. hot shit IQ still didn't get it & had to go to the trust help
before he got it. What an idiot.
Then, when he said he didn't own a TV & never watched it I knew he was doomed. I hate intellectual people who claim to be so smart yet don't know what is going on in the world. Don't they know that these games are about current events & a broad knowlege base is needed? |
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Posts: 67 (01/27/08 10:29 AM) |
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Oshun Anat |
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Posts: 1735 (01/27/08 10:35 AM) Registered User |
I hate intellectual people who claim to be so smart yet don't know what is going on in the world. Just because a person tests well doesn't really mean jack shit. That being said, a game show contestant with a broad knowledge base AND a high IQ can be nigh impossible to defeat. ETA: Who else saw the preview with the chimp in the mob? That will be awesome. |
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Posts: 3601 (01/27/08 10:36 AM) Registered user |
Fluffynurse wrote: I couldn't get over the fact that he even needed one help. The answer was in the question, for god's sake. Excuse me, but why would they call it the
"Who's on First, What's on Second" routine if Who wasn't on First and What wasn't on Second?
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Posts: 3 (01/27/08 8:32 PM) |
If you are going to use a help on the very first question, the logical choice is to use the "trust the mob" option. You have the full 100 members,
so the chances of their answer being correct is the best odds.
So the lady didn't do that, and instead she picks "poll the mob" and after SAYING "I know what a megaphone is" asks for that one. Definitely a stupid use of helps. |
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Posts: 152 (01/28/08 12:04 AM) Registered user |
Oshun Anat wrote:
When I saw that question, my first thought was that it might be a trap question. Mississippi just seemed too obvious. It occurred to me that maybe Kentucky and Missouri, which I believe were border states (non-seceding slave states) during the Civil War, might not have been under as much pressure to ratify the ammendment as Mississippi. During my long career in the computer industry, I met a lot of educated Mississippians, and they never struck me as any more racist than anyone else. However, had I been on the show, I probably would have gone with Mississippi as the answer, because I don't recall many trap questions on the show. I suspect that very few people outside of legal professionals or social studies teachers would know that answer for a fact. |
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Posts: 153 (01/28/08 12:33 AM) Registered user |
EnricoV wrote:
He probably had never seen the Abbott and Costello skit in his life if he never watched TV. Actually, the question referred to it simply as the Who's on First routine. That said, I don't think I've ever heard of the Pocket Fisherman outside of TV commercials, and he gobbled that one right up. Jeopardy contestants usually have a high IQ in combination with broad knowledge. Moreover, they probably know well in advance that they are going on the show, and bone up on the basics of areas in which they know they are weak. If I were going on the show, I'd probably spend some time going through books showing the work of important artists, for one thing. However, many of the Jeopardy categories are more about mental agility than knowledge; in some cases, just understanding what the category is about is the key. |
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Posts: 4600 (02/01/08 11:36 AM) Registered User |
a monkey joins the MOB
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Posts: 8272 (02/01/08 11:43 AM) AI Forum Moderator |
MsJulieR wrote: Oh shit. |
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Mateui |
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Posts: 1935 (02/01/08 8:04 PM) Registered user |
It's a good thing that guy took the money and left when he did because the answer to the question wasn't gold - it was actually chocolate!
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Fluffynurse |
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Posts: 12541 (02/01/08 8:19 PM) Registered User |
I love how this show has picked up the pace. It's much easier to watch.
Good on that old man. He left just in time. Loved the chimp. He got one answer right all on his own. |
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MsJulieR |
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Posts: 4610 (02/08/08 10:44 AM) Registered User |
test your pop culture knowledge tonight....
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seaguy |
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Posts: 8325 (02/08/08 11:06 AM) AI Forum Moderator |
Oh awesome, looking forward to it! Thanks for the heads up!
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Posts: 5875 (02/08/08 7:13 PM) Registered User |
This guy is an idiot. Which movie premiered in SPRINGFIELD, Vermont? A. Spider Man 3 B. The Simpsons Movie C. Superbad
OK, he uses one help, and finds out only 3 people chose Superbad. He asks the mob and Spider Man is eliminated. But then, he uses Poll the Mob. Obviously, The Simpsons Movie was going to be the choice picked since only 3 damn people chose Superbad. So, not only was he stupid to not know it, but was stupid to waste the last help. |
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1000Proof |
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Posts: 5781 (02/08/08 7:15 PM) Registered user |
And he calls himself a pop culture buff? WTF?!?
And to use his "Trust the Mob" which means he will automically be looked into the most popular answer AFTER he realized that only FOUR people picked Superbad (because of the first lifeline) AND he knew the answer was not Spiderman due to the second lifeline is ridiculous. I mean come! It's Springfield! |
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endlessmike |
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Posts: 167 (02/08/08 7:15 PM) Registered User |
Wait a minute. So this guy uses the help where it reveals that only three people picked Superbad. Then he polls the mob, which eliminates Spiderman and leaves
Simpsons and Superbad as possible answers. And then he uses the third help, Trust the Mob, which automatically locks in his answer?! He knew that the majority
didn't pick Superbad, so why didn't he just pick the Simpsons instead of burning the help. And what if there were a bunch of idiots in the mob and the
majority picked Spiderman, and he was locked into an answer that they already eliminated as wrong. This guy blows
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Posts: 456 (02/08/08 7:22 PM) |
Horrible -- and stupid -- use of helps. On the plus side for him, these questions are so easy.
Last Edited By: ImALittleDespot
02/08/08 7:24 PM.
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Posts: 5876 (02/08/08 7:25 PM) Registered User |
This guy really is fucking stupid. The question asks about a backup singer that married the person she sang with. Choices are Bono, Springstein, and Elton
John. OK, so we can eliminate Elton. He then says, though, he doesn't know much about Bruce's backup singers, so he'll choose Bono. This is
after he says he didn't know the name of the backup singer in question (and still decided to go on). What kind of fucking logic is that?
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Posts: 62 (02/08/08 7:25 PM) Registered user |
wow...where did they find that guy????
Bono...lol |
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Yea, she was pathetic.
