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It's not often I say this but I'm actually glad this Kelly lunatic won't make final Jeopardy.
Geez - hyper doesn't quite describe her
CincyDem
(6,333 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)brewens
(13,536 posts)back. She was up against a couple guys from major universities, I think one was Texas. In the first round is a category Deuteronomy something. I thought bullshit! Just handing her a bunch of wins, and she ran the table on that one, or real close to it. She got a big lead, then those guys crushed her the rest of the way.
I haven't seen enough of those to know. Do they usually give the kids a gift category like that? If so, then I suppose that would be fair. But what are the odds that would be random with her playing? It was telling that she was hopeless with the rest of the questions. Like what their degrees are worth outside the evangelical industrial complex.
malaise
(268,664 posts)and yes I'll never forget how Miss Liberty knew the Deuteronomy category. I howled with laugh that night.
brewens
(13,536 posts)Somehow they found three pretty sharp contestants that knew almost nothing about The Beatles. They either missed or were really slow with the button. I think they got a few after the first guy missed.
malaise
(268,664 posts)malaise
(268,664 posts)rurallib
(62,373 posts)I don't think they ever answered any question about tailor made categories, but given the show's reputation for integrity, I would doubt that such things happen.
In her case, those were pretty much the only questions she could answer. IIRC she tried to answer a couple of others and really missed them. Bible based questions are a fairly frequent category.
I may be wrong here, but I seem to recall that when the Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta was on there was a bible based category and he did fairly well in it. If not true I just made up a fun story.
mikeargo
(675 posts)was from the LA area. Probably will be that way for a while.
malaise
(268,664 posts)Good spot - Alex said the defending champ will show up when conditions improve.
nocoincidences
(2,215 posts)Jeopardy every night, and we were freakin' over how manic that woman was. I never saw anyone more in need of meds for bipolar manic!!
malaise
(268,664 posts)then when she told the guy he should bet everything I realized something was wrong.
On the other hand, when (as she told us) you travel overseas with your toy dinosaurs to take pics, you may have some serious 'baggage"
nocoincidences
(2,215 posts)I'm a psychologist, retired, but that whole excessive performance gave me the heebee-jeebees. She had no impulse control. Who knew what she was going to do next? <shiver>
malaise
(268,664 posts)just like Don the Con.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)How in the world did she pass the interview process?
malaise
(268,664 posts)the pool is smaller this season because of Covid