Text 35977, 57 rader
Skriven 2010-03-17 21:20:50 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 35893 av DAVE DRUM (1:261/1381)
Ärende: Jeopardy
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Hi Dave,

 DD> clew. Supposedly they are supposed to ring in as soon as they know the
 DD> answer. But, how many times have we seen someone jump the gun and be
 DD> totally out in left field with their answer - or just go blank? At

 RH> I was just passing on the information I was given/experienced for
 RH> myself when I tried out (and was accepted into the contestant pool) in
 RH> HI back in 2006.  First hand experience.

 DD> OK. I suspect the rules for the prelims may be a bit different from
 DD> the actual "real" program. I have lost track of the number of times I

 DD> A bit of research through Barnes & Noble shows (This is Jeopardy!:
 DD> Celebrating America's Favorite Quiz Show. New York: Barnes & Noble
 DD> Books.) "The rules on a contestant's buzzing in changed following the
 DD> 1984-85 season of Jeopardy!, during which contestants were allowed to
 DD> buzz in as soon as the answer was exposed. It was altered to allow
 DD> Alex Trebek to read the clues in their entirety before contestants
 DD> could buzz in. Currently, those who ring in too early are penalized
 DD> 250 milliseconds (1/4 second) each time they jump the gun."

 DD> So, it would appear that we both are/were right. And, in my defence -
 DD> I don't spend much time watching the glass teat. I've not ever powered
 DD> it up except one time for five minutes in the past two months.

Our tv is on for news at 6 & 6:30, with Jeopardy right after that.  Some
nights the news is on at 11 also.  Last night I was clipping recipes
from saved up newspapers so kept the tv on for Wheel of Fortune as
mindless background noise--and to remind me why I don't want to get on
that show.  I must say tho, if there's a food & drink category on
Jeopardy, I do pretty well. (G)

 DD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 DD>       Title: French-Canadian Meat Pie
 DD>  Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Beer
 DD>       Yield: 4 Servings


 DD>   Serve hot with potatoes or rice and your favorite side
 DD>   dish...

I'd probably serve a big salad of some sort, and maybe garlic bread with
this.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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