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Mrs Danger did watch Magnum PI, but she didn't know that it took place in Hawaii. She thought that it was California.

I have never watched an episode, but I knew that it took place in Hawaii. That was all the information I needed to answer correctly.

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The recent Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I. shows had a crossover episode too. Oh well...

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I wouldn’t have gotten that. I’m 48.

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One was in his thirties but the other two looked north of sixty.

Two of them didn't answered MASH, which didn't make sense since it would be common knowledge to most that MASH took place in Korea and there wouldn't likely have been any probable connection between characters from the two shows.

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I don't think I've ever seen an entire episode of the original Hawaii 5-0 and have only seen a handful of Magnum P.I., but I knew Magnum took place in Hawaii and it was a no-brainer where Hawaii 5-0 took place so it was easy for me to conclude what the solution was.

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The thing that most sticks out most in my mind about placing Magnum P.I. in Hawaii is his friend with the helicopter who gave tours of the islands.

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That and the Hawaiian shirts Magnum always wore in the episodes.

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I think there might be a new potential super champ on Jeopardy now. Contestant almost had a runaway on 5/3 with over $22k going into Final Jeopardy and over $35k going into Final Jeopardy on 5/4.

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It wasn't a complete runaway today due to a challenger wagering $7k on a late Daily Double, but the current champ won again with a total over $34k. It will be interesting to see how long the streak will last.

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Love Hannah.

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Jeopardy! Masters last night.

I thought the Ozymandias question was ridiculously easy for a "Masters" Final Jeopardy. That's like a $200 question.

Andrew He easily handled Amy Schneider, and James Holzhauer put down Sam Buttrey and even tanked(?) the FJ to joke on Ken. Andrew He got more questions right than James, and, unsurpisingly, James landed on all of the Double Jeopardys. Matt Amodio is still outclassed, and Mattea is still adorkable. Still a game for the grown-ups.

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I've never heard of it, but I would bet zero on Poetry.

Gotta love James with the back-to-back all-in pushes in DJ. rotfl

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She got lucky tonight. Missed an easy Final Jeopardy but the second place contestant made a really poor wager resulting in a loss of the game. She should have wagered either $8800 or $11,601. The $8000 wager pretty much guaranteed she wouldn't do better than second place.

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Awesome match between Matt and James. It's funny - I initially thought Haiti too but went with Grenada. Funny how they both landed (wrong) on Nicaragua.

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Love it when I get a question right that none of the "champions" can answer.

(I knew that crater was named Tycho.)

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It was a near blowout today. No one could even come close to Hannah today. The only other contestant left in Final Jeopardy had just $800.

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I can't believe none of them knew Allen Ludden or Richard Dawson. Same with $100,000 Pyramid.

re: Final Jeopardy, I don't ever recall seeing intolerable spelled as 'intollerable' before. I guess, as it's a quote, it's an antiquated spelling.

My guess for the final was Maori tattoos. I wonder if they would've given it to me?

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I had thought of tattoos for a brief second, but then my mind went to "amputation".

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Yeah, that'd definitely be intolerably painful!

I initially thought of piercings, but then figured that had been around far before Cook's exploration.

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Yeah, I was quite proud of myself when I got FJ in the first game of Masters last night and all 3 whiffed on it.

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You're missing out. Out of two thousand years of poetry, I am familiar with maybe twenty poems. But Ozymandias is one of them.

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Ken Jennings is being called a scab for continuing to work and not supporting his show writers picketing. Mayim has stopped working and is picketing to support the writers.

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Mayim has a writing credit. Ken does not. :shrug:

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Calling Ken a scab is crazy...to my knowledge, he's not in the WGA or SAG-Aftra. I guess all these people forget that Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart and a few others ALL crossed the picket line to do their late night shows (sans writers) in 2008.

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Wil Wheaton called him out on his Facebook saying it's a small town and we'll remember. Kind of hypocritical to call him out (non Union member) when there are shows finishing up their seasons with completed scripts and actors still working.

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Wil Wheaton is coming off like a colossal asshole. Saw his post and subsequent discussion in his Facebook feed.

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Looking at some of the discussion, I feel like post people don't understand the definition of the word "scab" or the phrase "crossing the picket line". Ken's job does not involve any writing or even acting. He's definitely not a member of the WGA and I don't think he is a member of any entertainment union. Heck, did Alex stop doing shows during the last writer's strike? I don't recall Jeopardy going on hiatus. Also seems a bit disingenuous to single out Jennings among all the people and all the productions still going on out there. And while one can be sympathetic to the writer's demands, not sure why there has to be this purity test that you can't do anything even if not in the union or not related to writing.

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I read that all the clues written by the Jeopardy WGA writers were completed for the season before they left to strike. So I don't see what the problem is from Wheaton and others calling him a scab. They only have 1 more week of filming left. There are still several shows on network TV wrapping up filming their seasons with completed scripts. Are they scabs? Why are these idiots singling out Jennings?

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Going into Monday's game, I figured it was gonna be good with the two solid co-champions but I would have given the edge to Hannah. Really surprised at how much Ben dominated it.

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I missed the episode and only saw final Jeopardy on Youtube. I would have expected the scores to be closer, but his score was far off going into Final Jeopardy.

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I'm not. I never thought Hannah was particularly strong. Above average, but with some blind spots, and against weak competitors. I had no idea Ben would blow it out so big though.

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More on the Wil Wheaton/Ken Kennings thing - he posted this on FB last night:

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So, who's going to remember it? It seems to have been toned down from 'we will all remember this' to 'speaking only for myself, I will remember that.'

Regardless, it still makes no sense. The show was already written, and apparently it's only one week of episodes.

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It's weird that Wil Wheaton is singling out Ken Jennings when other programs are still in production and actors, directors, and crew who are all union members are crossing those lines and still working.

And Ken isn't doing anything that Alex Trebek didn't do, who also kept hosting Jeopardy through two writers strikes.

It does make his motives seem suspect.

I've always liked Wheaton, seemed like a decent fellow, but he's really showing his ass here.

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Yeah, I don't get the Wheaton bitching.

Great final in Masters. Good game theory in the 2nd game FJ.

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Will needs to feel relevant.

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I was shocked that nobody got the second Final Jeopardy. Even with a minimal understanding of Latin, it was pretty obvious it was a reference to Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory, which is itself English Lit 101 stuff. All three should have gotten it, though James on the right track but in the wrong century.

One of those rare times that I got the FJ and everybody playing muffed it.

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Sadly I knew the Latin translation and that it related to King Arthur, but didn't know Malory. Somehow I missed out on English Lit 101 while taking math, science, and computer classes. What a waste of time those turned out to be! I can split an atom but I couldn't come up with the name of a 15th century author. :(

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I had no idea - I just defaulted to Chaucer like Mattea did. But I suck on literature.

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I did the same.