“Match Game” for 2/1/10
“Frank said, ‘At the picnic, the Tartaglia brothers were a real mess, because they took the pizzas and used them as __________s .’”
Since it has been a while, here are answers from all six celebrity panelists, four of whom matched the contestant:
Jimmie Walker, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Dolly Martin (wife of “Laugh In” star Dick Martin) all answered “Frisbee.” Bill Daly misunderstood the question and wrote down “Gunny Sack Race,” while the lovely Debralee Scott answered “horseshoes.”
This was a terrifically fun panel, by the way.
Oprah/Jay blow-by-blow
FWIW, here is my own blow by blow (I had to do something to avoid sticking a fork in my brain while I watched it).
I am surprised that there is no live audience cheering on both Oprah and Leno – that alone makes this about 33% more tolerable than it otherwise would be. If Oprah did her show without an audience I might actually watch it once in a while. Leno do is better without it. They both pander like cheap whores when the audience is in the room (I want to write “jump from bed to bed with the frequency of a cheap ham radio” but can not figure out how to work it in), but alone they are actual people – even when often still unlikable, as Leno very much is in this interview. Indeed, I have always liked Leno when he is away from his own studio audience, but here with Oprah he seems to be his real self – and that self is not a very nice man.
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This… is… “Jeopardy!”
Alex Trebek acts all smug and pompous because he knows all the answers. Well, here they are. At least, here are the 50 questions for this evening’s online “Jeopardy!” audition. Forgive any errors in spelling. I plowed through typing these as soon as I finished the audition, and my head is still buzzing. Some easy, some difficult, others so far afield I wonder what the question writers were smoking. Each question is preceded by its category in bold. Enjoy, and good luck trying to get the theme song out of your head.
Dr. Seuss Characters
Seuss wrote “I am” this title guy “I speak for the trees”
A Little Bit Country
“Jesus Take the Wheel” is a song by this “Americal Idol” winner
The Cabinet
Janet Napolitano heads up this cabinet department
On “Q”
It once meant wise or skilled, now it means old-fashioned and charming
Famous Americans
In 1963 he began writing his “Letter From Birmingham Jail” on the margin of a newspaper
Peninsulas
Lake Scutari on the border of Albania and Montenegro is the largest lake on this peninsula
Poetry
This poem begins “Half a league, half a league, half a league onward…”
Artists
At his home in Givarny, this artist created the water lily pond that inspired his paintings
Name that planet
It is the second largest planet in our solar system
Food, glorious food
Types of this include fingerling and long white
Comic Strip Kids
He’s Lucy Van Pelt’s younger brother
Ancient History
Pericles was one of the instigators of this war between Athens and Sparta that began in 431 B.C.
Double talk literature
This 1936 William Faulkner work was so nice he named it twice
Magazines
“Talk of the Town” is a feature of this weekly
U.S. Ports
This port in Mississippi was the capital of the Louisiana Territory for a brief time in the early 1700s
Anatomy
It is the scientific word for the kneecap
Compound words
In days of yore, women sometimes rode in this style, meaning both feet on the same flank of the horse
Novelists
His novels include “All the Pretty Horses,” “The Apocalyptic,” and “The Road”
Toys & Games
Reynolds Gyver created the 4-inch foam ball later sold under this brand name
Classical musicians
Pinchas Zuckerman and Sarah Chang are renowned performers on this instrument
Kings of England
In 1193, the first English king of this name married Berengaria of Cyprus
South America
Ecuador and this Pacific Coast Nation are the continent’s only two countries that don’t border Brazil
Intellectuals
Henry Louis Gates, Jr, author of such books as “America Behind the Color Line,” has taught at this university since 1991
On Broadway
Abigail Breslin is said to play Helen Keller in a 2000 revival of this William Gibson drama
The New Testament
The full name of the fifth book of the New Testament includes “of the Apostles”
Nobel Prize Winners
In the 1940s this Nobel Prize winner and Vitamin C advocate studied the structure of antibodies
Silent K
The sound of a bell ringing ominously
Asian Currencies
This equals 100 Sen
What are we quoting?
1776: “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country”
The State It’s In
Corvallis in this state is at the head of the Willamette River
International Stars
In “Vicki Cristina Barcelona,” she played neither Vicky nor Cristina but Maria Elena
Animals
The giant species of this South American constrictor is the world’s biggest snake
State Symbols
It’s Ohio’s state tree
Famous Novels
Chapter XX of this 1897 novel contains entries from Jonathon Harker’s journal
The Elements
The chemical symbol for Potassium isn’t P, PM, or PT, but instead this single letter
Legal Words
The party that institutes a civil suit in court
TV Theme Songs
Barenaked Ladies sing this sitcom’s theme, which begins, “Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state…”
Modern Africa
Local courts called “Gacacas” are alleviating the backlog of cases arising from this country’s 1994 genocide
Starts With A
From the German, it’s a 5-letter word for anxiety & apprehension
Charitable Organizations
It gets its name from a 1938 radio appeal to raise small amounts of money from many people
World of Opera
The full name of this opera house means “Theater at the Stairway”
Women of Mystery
As of 2000, this author has made it to “U is for Undertow”
Rhyme Time
A certain chess piece, it’s also used to mean “a savior”
Inventions
In 1794, getting old and perhaps having trouble reading, Ben Franklin invented these
The Southern Hemisphere
This city is home to Bondi Beach, popular for surfing and more
Flowers
In 1997, two Dutch growers unveiled “The Blackjack,” the darkest species of this flower ever developed
American Authors
The chronicler of Eastwick passed away in 2009
Potent Potables
From south of the border, it’s the top-selling imported beer in the US
Supreme Court Justices
Between 1804 & 1807 while chief justice, he published a 5-volume “Life of George Washington”
Sports Stars
This tennis player was born August 8, 1981 in Basel
