Jim Diego ([info]jimbobwaay) wrote in [info]umstudents,
@ 2005-06-28 00:22:00
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Ann Arbor on Final Jeopardy, 6/21
So, last Tuesday's final jeopardy answer in the category "U.S. College Towns"

"This two-word city is named for the founders' wives (they had the same name) and the natural groves found there."

Funny, none of the contestants got it right. One of them said Charlotte. Sucks for them.

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[info]gerst521
2005-06-28 05:52 am UTC (link)
i saw that, i turned to my roommate, when they said college towns, and just said ann arbor as a joke...little did I know. You know it sucks when the guy who won that day had a total of $1,200 only

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[info]selfdeprecation
2005-06-28 09:07 pm UTC (link)
$1200? What a pussy. I have far more respect for people who bet everything but a dollar on the last question than those who win by $50,000 and never risk it all. When you get the "daily double" and you bet less than an amount possible on the board, you're a tool.

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[info]slaunchaman
2005-06-28 11:07 pm UTC (link)
A girl from my high school was on it during teenagers' week or something like that and, had she bet all of her money on Final Jeopardy, she would have won. But, since she made a conservative bet, she came in second place.

You gotta have balls to play Jeopardy.

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[info]gmalivuk
2005-06-29 08:47 pm UTC (link)
Last time I watched, every contestant got the last question wrong. The woman who won had been in second place but bet more conservatively than the guy who was in first, so he ended up losing enough to drop a ranking.

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[info]zealoustwist
2005-06-28 09:30 pm UTC (link)
haha I said that too!

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[info]stringofpearls
2005-06-29 04:30 am UTC (link)
we did the same thing. then just kind of sat there and stared blankly at the screen when we realized it actually was the answer...

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[info]justgottasimmer
2005-06-28 05:58 am UTC (link)
I would have known that one! LMAO Charlotte isn't two words. What a loser.

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[info]slaunchaman
2005-06-28 11:06 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, and I thought that you had to be smart to be on Jeopardy...

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[info]auxotroph
2005-06-28 06:58 am UTC (link)
its cuz ann arbor rocks.

and i'm pretty sure trebek smokes lots of weed

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[info]kid_icarus75
2005-06-28 02:55 pm UTC (link)
So was the correct answer Anne Arbour (As it was for the original township or whatever) or was it just Ann Arbor?

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[info]imdwalrus
2005-06-28 06:45 pm UTC (link)
I'm guessing that it was probably Ann Arbor.

Unless I'm mistaken, though, Jeopardy doesn't take spelling into account unless it would affect how the answer is pronounced.

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[info]joshxfoo
2005-06-29 02:09 pm UTC (link)
The orginal spelling was actually "Annarbour," which is one word and therefore doesn't even match the clue. But, the category wasn't "original names of towns which have since become U.S. college towns and changed their names slightly in ways that do not affect their pronounciation" anyway so it seems pretty obvious that they were looking for "Ann Arbor."

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[info]selfdeprecation
2005-06-29 03:24 pm UTC (link)
You can still see that spelling on (at least) one of the signs at the edge of town -- on Huron heading east around Ashley it welcomes you to the "Village of Annarbour."

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[info]gmalivuk
2005-06-29 08:45 pm UTC (link)
There's one when you're coming into town on North Main, too. It shows where the old town limit was (and gives a year, but I don't remember that bit of information).

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[info]nitroincognito
2005-06-30 02:17 am UTC (link)
Wasn't it Ann's Arbour?

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[info]fuzzycasserole
2005-06-28 09:44 pm UTC (link)
"One of them said Charlotte."
"This two-word city"

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That is all.

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