Teddys on Jeopardy!

Jeopardy Answer: Benjamin Franklin's preferred name for the new country, preserved in the name of the capital.


Jaywalking Question: What does DC stand for in Washington DC? Answer: De Capital.


For the Wizard of Odd's televised Quiz show we will have to mix these two types of responses somehow.

A Jeopardy classic.

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Jeopardy Answer: Benjamin Franklin's preferred name for the new country, preserved in the name of the capital.

What's the category?

Anwyay, the only possible answer is "Columbia."

But what bird did Franklin propose as a national symbol?

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But what bird did Franklin propose as a national symbol?

Like we don't hear that question every Thanksgiving.

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Here are the ones I got wrong:

IN 1903, WITH PRESIDENTIAL PERMISSION, MORRIS MICHTOM BEGAN MARKETING THESE TOYS
This is hard, maybe a final jeopardy type question.

I shoulnd't say anything, given that you beat me and everyone else in the baord all hollow, but I can't resist the irony that you didn't know the response was "Teddy Bears" ;)

Oh, as to the Knights question, I thought of "errant" and "itinerant," but they were both wrong.

Maybe 10 years ago I took the local test in Milwaukee and then advanced to the practice game in Chicago, then never heard back.

Teddy: did they ever tell you how they selected players? I recall them saying they put together a potential pool of about 4,000 players, from which around 400 actually get on the show. I thought I did well...luck of the draw, or a face made for radio, I guess.

I got an 80% on the test. Incorrect answers: Jack of all trades / never saw Benjamin Button / I might be dinged for esperanzo instead of Esperanto / didn't get Californium / ran out of time on the postal abbreviation / blanked on client privilege / Little Mermaid instead of West Side Story is a howler / didn't know Scarpetta author / said honey ant instead of termite (!) / Madagascar / Beyonce.

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I shoulnd't say anything, given that you beat me and everyone else in the baord all hollow, but I can't resist the irony that you didn't know the response was "Teddy Bears" ;)

There's a maxim that you get the questions closest to your personal connections wrong, mostly. I find this to be true.

Calder, they don't tell you how they select contestants, but someone once told me they try to balance geographically, as I was from an underserved market (as well as a very popular market for Jeopardy ratings).

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There's a maxim that you get the questions closest to your personal connections wrong, mostly. I find this to be true.

It could be.

Remember a gameshow called "password"? They used celebrities to play with the contestants. Once the actor who played "Mr. Belvedere" was a guest, and he missed a clue about his character.