Board member Ken Jennings delivered this clue for Final Jeopardy today:
(https://i.imgur.com/aAShbim.jpg)
Only one of the three got it correct. The other two named the state with the second most mileage.
I figured I had a 50/50 shot. I guessed right.
Roadgeeks should have an easy time getting this answer.
^Same here (same as the post that says "50/50").
This hasn't aired in my city yet (show is just starting as I write this). My wife always watches; I rarely get to. I'll ask when I get home.
What is Texas?
How were you able to see the episode several hours early?
Quote from: 1 on October 30, 2023, 07:40:18 PM
How were you able to see the episode several hours early?
It's syndicated so it depends on who owns the rights in the various local markets.
I got it right by focusing in on the last part.
Quote from: BrianP on October 30, 2023, 10:02:37 PM
I got it right by focusing in on the last part.
That didn't help me too much, since there is one Interstate in each of the two states that are considerably longer than the others. I guessed by surmising how much more or less Interstate mileage would reflect differences in terrain between the two states.
It figures: I-10 in "Texas" is 880 miles long, and so I'm betting that the other two players who answered wrong said "California", based on I-5 almost being 800 miles long. It certainly looks like it could have that many miles of freeways, but all those state routes would cut back the Interstate mileage by a considerably large amount. The top five state segments in the Interstate system are:
I-10 TX: 881 miles
I-5 CA: 797 miles
I-20 TX: 636 miles
I-90 MT: 552 miles
I-35 TX: 504 miles
Quote from: SEWIGuy on October 30, 2023, 08:11:17 PM
Quote from: 1 on October 30, 2023, 07:40:18 PM
How were you able to see the episode several hours early?
It's syndicated so it depends on who owns the rights in the various local markets.
Someone did a fun table of where/when it airs across the country. With limited exception it airs in the afternoon in Central markets.
https://jeopardy.mattcarberry.com/stations.html
Quote from: 1 on October 30, 2023, 07:40:18 PM
How were you able to see the episode several hours early?
It airs in most markets between 6-8 pm, but in Chicago it airs at 3:30. I think there are some places that air it as early as 9 am.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on October 30, 2023, 10:12:07 PM
Quote from: BrianP on October 30, 2023, 10:02:37 PM
I got it right by focusing in on the last part.
That didn't help me too much, since there is one Interstate in each of the two states that are considerably longer than the others. I guessed by surmising how much more or less Interstate mileage would reflect differences in terrain between the two states.
Both have a very long side, allowing I-10 and I-80 to be very long, but Texas' N-S interstates are much longer than California's E-W interstates.
So according to TM, Texas has over 3500 miles of interstates. Yes, that's more than 3200, but a lot more than 3200.
Quote from: Jim on October 31, 2023, 07:30:10 AM
So according to TM, Texas has over 3500 miles of interstates. Yes, that's more than 3200, but a lot more than 3200.
We don't know when the clue was written. Don't forget that Hollywood has been dealing with a writers' strike. Jeopardy announced that they were going to be re-using older clues for the "Champions' Wildcard" tournaments (https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/08/07/jeopardy-will-reuse-questions-and-contestants-for-new-season-amid-writers-strike/?sh=75979181cc9f) in order to allow them to record new episodes during the writers' strike when they weren't getting new clues. So maybe that particular clue was written prior to the designation of routes like the assorted I-69s, I-2, etc.
Edited to add: I went to Travel Mapping and added up the mileage listed for I-2, I-14, the various I-69s, and the two I-69 3dis. Total came to 246.13 miles. Subtracting that from the 3526.78 total listed mileage yields 3280.65. So depending on the clue was written, "more than 3,200" wouldn't have been an unreasonable way to write it.
It'd be helpful if FHWA did a better job updating its log of Interstate highways...
I did see this. And I knew it immediately.
I watch everyday because I'm actively trying to become a contestant. Have a final mock game audition on November 14 *fingers crossed*
Quote from: achilles765 on October 31, 2023, 09:05:42 AM
I did see this. And I knew it immediately.
I watch everyday because I'm actively trying to become a contestant. Have a final mock game audition on November 14 *fingers crossed*
I just don't care enough about literature, mythology or film to commit enough to memory in those categories to succeed on the show.
Quote from: achilles765 on October 31, 2023, 09:05:42 AM
I did see this. And I knew it immediately.
I watch everyday because I'm actively trying to become a contestant. Have a final mock game audition on November 14 *fingers crossed*
Break a leg!
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on October 31, 2023, 07:06:56 AM
Both have a very long side, allowing I-10 and I-80 to be very long, but Texas' N-S interstates are much longer than California's E-W interstates.
I-80 isn't all that long in California. Was this a brain fart for I-5?
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on October 31, 2023, 11:36:44 AM
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on October 31, 2023, 07:06:56 AM
Both have a very long side, allowing I-10 and I-80 to be very long, but Texas' N-S interstates are much longer than California's E-W interstates.
I-80 isn't all that long in California. Was this a brain fart for I-5?
Yes.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on October 30, 2023, 08:11:17 PM
Quote from: 1 on October 30, 2023, 07:40:18 PM
How were you able to see the episode several hours early?
It's syndicated so it depends on who owns the rights in the various local markets.
I was already aware of the differences in airing times. Due to someone from an "early" market posting about it at the time, I knew that Amy Schneider (a 40x champion from a couple years ago) was going to lose that evening. I did not tell my wife beforehand but I did watch to see how it unfolded.
I forgot to ask my wife about the final question last night.
My wife attempted to get on the show about 30 years ago but failed. We would do well if we could combine our brains. Unfortunately, as I age, I have more of those moments where I can't remember the right answer in time.
I know I don't shut up about roads when my wife guesses right as fast as I do.
The second part of the question where one route accounts for a quarter of the mileage; I wonder how long it will take for that to no longer be true? Gotta be getting close with every new spate of I-69 shields posted in the field.
I was like 80% sure it was Texas. California might give Texas more of a run for its money if US101 became an Interstate.
I second-guessed myself and would have gotten it wrong. My inclination was Texas, but for some reason I thought I-10 was over 1000 miles - must have been part of one of those threads of what the mile markers would be if we went metric.
I dimly remembered seeing other highway clues on Jeopardy! in the past. A Google search led me to p.52 of "General Highway Talk" where there was an entire category on highways on Mar. 17, 2011. (I was not aware of this website until a few years later)
I do not know (and am failing to figure out) how to post a link to a different discussion thread, otherwise I'd do so.
The thread name is "Jeopardy! "On the Highway" category".
The last response to this was Mar. 18, 2011. On page 52 of "General Highway Talk".
Quote from: tmoore952 on November 18, 2023, 12:12:16 AM
I dimly remembered seeing other highway clues on Jeopardy! in the past. A Google search led me to p.52 of "General Highway Talk" where there was an entire category on highways on Mar. 17, 2011. (I was not aware of this website until a few years later)
I do not know (and am failing to figure out) how to post a link to a different discussion thread, otherwise I'd do so.
The thread name is "Jeopardy! "On the Highway" category".
The last response to this was Mar. 18, 2011. On page 52 of "General Highway Talk".
The episode is here (https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=3600) on the J! Archive.
The post in question is this one:
Quote from: Jim on March 17, 2011, 09:21:21 PM
Today's "Jeopardy!" episode had a Double Jeopardy! category "On The Highway" all about U.S. Highways.
For $400: U.S. Highway 20 from Boston to the west coast has this distinction; it used to be No. 2.
For $800: U.S. 66 runs from Chicago to L.A.; this devilishly numbered route runs from Monticello, Utah to Douglas, Arizona.
For $1200: 2,400-mile U.S. Highway 1 runs from Fort Kent in this state all the way down to Florida.
For $1600: Follow the 240 miles of U.S. 44 to make the "pilgrimage" from Kerhonksen, N.Y. to this Mass. bay city.
For $2000: The eastern end of U.S. 30 is in Atlantic City; the western end is in Astoria, a continent away in this state.
Why do I feel that I would not be lucky enough to get this category if I ever went on Jeopardy!? And I wonder how Alex Trebek would react when I pointed out the flaws in his $800 question?
Just for the record, the category was "Or the Highway," making a pun with the previous category on the board, "Yahweh."
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on November 18, 2023, 06:36:14 PM
Quote from: tmoore952 on November 18, 2023, 12:12:16 AM
I dimly remembered seeing other highway clues on Jeopardy! in the past. A Google search led me to p.52 of "General Highway Talk" where there was an entire category on highways on Mar. 17, 2011. (I was not aware of this website until a few years later)
I do not know (and am failing to figure out) how to post a link to a different discussion thread, otherwise I'd do so.
The thread name is "Jeopardy! "On the Highway" category".
The last response to this was Mar. 18, 2011. On page 52 of "General Highway Talk".
The episode is here (https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=3600) on the J! Archive.
The post in question is this one:
Quote from: Jim on March 17, 2011, 09:21:21 PM
Today's "Jeopardy!" episode had a Double Jeopardy! category "On The Highway" all about U.S. Highways.
For $400: U.S. Highway 20 from Boston to the west coast has this distinction; it used to be No. 2.
For $800: U.S. 66 runs from Chicago to L.A.; this devilishly numbered route runs from Monticello, Utah to Douglas, Arizona.
For $1200: 2,400-mile U.S. Highway 1 runs from Fort Kent in this state all the way down to Florida.
For $1600: Follow the 240 miles of U.S. 44 to make the "pilgrimage" from Kerhonksen, N.Y. to this Mass. bay city.
For $2000: The eastern end of U.S. 30 is in Atlantic City; the western end is in Astoria, a continent away in this state.
Why do I feel that I would not be lucky enough to get this category if I ever went on Jeopardy!? And I wonder how Alex Trebek would react when I pointed out the flaws in his $800 question?
Just for the record, the category was "Or the Highway," making a pun with the previous category on the board, "Yahweh."
Thanks for the corrections.
Quote from: tmoore952 on November 18, 2023, 12:12:16 AM
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I do not know (and am failing to figure out) how to post a link to a different discussion thread, otherwise I'd do so.
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To link to a specific post, right-click on the subject line for the post you want to link, select the option to copy the link, then paste it into the post editor window for the new post you're typing. To link a whole thread, make sure the first post in the thread is the one that's displaying as the lead post (easiest way is to click that post's subject line) and then copy and paste its URL. (Method for doing this on a mobile device may vary, but the key is to get the URL for the post or thread you want to link.)
What is Texas? But as far as when it airs here, it airs at 7:00 and Wheel of Fortune airs at 7:30 on WNEM TV-5. In Detroit it's the other way around Wheel of Fortune airs at 7:00 and Jeopardy at 7:30 on WDIV Local 4.
As far as I can tell, Jeopardy didn't air at all here yesterday. It usually airs at 7:30 on the local ABC affiliate. Last night Monday Night Countdown preempted it and they didn't re-air it sometime after midnight the way they usually do. :angry:
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 21, 2023, 08:26:44 AM
As far as I can tell, Jeopardy didn't air at all here yesterday. It usually airs at 7:30 on the local ABC affiliate. Last night Monday Night Countdown preempted it and they didn't re-air it sometime after midnight the way they usually do. :angry:
It aired yesterday where I live.
https://thejeopardyfan.com/2023/11/final-jeopardy-11-20-2023.html
Quote from: Flint1979 on November 21, 2023, 07:57:19 AM
What is Texas?
I've been asking myself that question for decades and I just can't quite figure it out.
Quote from: Flint1979 on November 21, 2023, 07:57:19 AM
What is Texas?
Uh...stupid? (That's from SpongeBob, before anyone gets aggravated)
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on November 21, 2023, 06:14:35 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on November 21, 2023, 07:57:19 AM
What is Texas?
Uh...stupid? (That's from SpongeBob, before anyone gets aggravated)
Patrick Star was spitting facts, though.
There was an Interstate Highways category on today's show.
With all of those Interstate miles, Texas has only one North-South interstate, I-35, that stretches the entire state. The other significant North-South Interstate, I-45, only goes between Houston and Dallas before it becomes hidden I-345, then US-75.
Quote from: ZLoth on March 28, 2024, 07:35:25 PMWith all of those Interstate miles, Texas has only one North-South interstate, I-35, that stretches the entire state. The other significant North-South Interstate, I-45, only goes between Houston and Dallas before it becomes hidden I-345, then US-75.
If it weren't for the Panhandle, Texas would only have one east-west Interstate stretching from
coat to cost border to border.
Quote from: Big John on March 28, 2024, 07:15:18 PMThere was an Interstate Highways category on today's show.
Nice. Hopefully they upload the category to the YouTube channel soon.
Here are the answers.
200$
After visiting Michael Jackson's family home in Gary, Ind., enjoy views of this Great Lake off I-94 East as you enter Benton Harbor
400$
Put Kingman in your rear view, cruise I-40 & you'll be in Standin' on the Corner Park in this Arizona city in 3 hours
600$
Columbia is about midway between these 2 same-state Midwest cities that squared off in the I-70 World Series in 1985
800$
Enjoy 1,700 miles of the I-95 system, south from Bangor to this 2-word city whose name comes from Spanish for "mouse's mouth"
1,000$
It's about 2 1/2 hours going west on I-80 from Davenport to this state capital
The 600$ clue was a daily double, answered incorrectly by the contestant.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on March 29, 2024, 11:41:47 AM800$
Enjoy 1,700 miles of the I-95 system, south from Bangor to this 2-word city whose name comes from Spanish for "mouse's mouth"
"Raton" = "Rat"; Boca Raton = Rat Mouth.
Unless Spanish doesn't distinguish between rats and mice?
Quote from: triplemultiplex on March 29, 2024, 12:02:52 PM"Raton" = "Rat"; Boca Raton = Rat Mouth.
Unless Spanish doesn't distinguish between rats and mice?
The word for rat in Spanish is "rata." Mouse is "ratón."
Also, and far more importantly, I-95 makes it a bit father south than Boca.
Quote from: triplemultiplex on March 29, 2024, 12:02:52 PMQuote from: CtrlAltDel on March 29, 2024, 11:41:47 AM800$
Enjoy 1,700 miles of the I-95 system, south from Bangor to this 2-word city whose name comes from Spanish for "mouse's mouth"
"Raton" = "Rat"; Boca Raton = Rat Mouth.
Unless Spanish doesn't distinguish between rats and mice?
"Ratón" is actually the word for mouse, "rato" or "rata" are the words for rat.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on March 29, 2024, 12:20:19 PMQuote from: triplemultiplex on March 29, 2024, 12:02:52 PM"Raton" = "Rat"; Boca Raton = Rat Mouth.
Unless Spanish doesn't distinguish between rats and mice?
The word for rat in Spanish is "rata." Mouse is "ratón."
Also, and far more importantly, I-95 makes it a bit father south than Boca.
Yeah, I didn't get this one because I wasn't even thinking of places that far north.
By the way, rata and ratón have always seemed flip-flopped to me. The -ón ending generally means a bigger version of the original.
caja (box) / cajón (drawer)
silla (chair) / sillón (easy chair)
But, in this particular case, it's the opposite: rats are bigger than mice. For what it's worth, it's also flip-flopped with calle (street) and callejón (alley).
Quote from: kphoger on March 29, 2024, 01:53:40 PMBy the way, rata and ratón have always seemed flip-flopped to me. The -ón ending generally means a bigger version of the original.
caja (box) / cajón (drawer)
silla (chair) / sillón (easy chair)
But, in this particular case, it's the opposite: rats are bigger than mice. For what it's worth, it's also flip-flopped with calle (street) and callejón (alley).
Bozon.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on March 29, 2024, 12:20:19 PMQuote from: triplemultiplex on March 29, 2024, 12:02:52 PM"Raton" = "Rat"; Boca Raton = Rat Mouth.
Unless Spanish doesn't distinguish between rats and mice?
The word for rat in Spanish is "rata." Mouse is "ratón."
Also, and far more importantly, I-95 makes it a bit father south than Boca.
But notice the clue didn't purport to say that was the southern end, just as it didn't say that Bangor is the northern end.
Yes, but most folks from or near Boca Raton just call it "Rat's Mouth". It came from a description of a nearby inlet.
Quote from: kphoger on March 28, 2024, 07:55:30 PMQuote from: ZLoth on March 28, 2024, 07:35:25 PMWith all of those Interstate miles, Texas has only one North-South interstate, I-35, that stretches the entire state. The other significant North-South Interstate, I-45, only goes between Houston and Dallas before it becomes hidden I-345, then US-75.
If it weren't for the Panhandle, Texas would only have one east-west Interstate stretching from coat to cost border to border.
True, but then again, Interstate 10, with it's 881 miles in Texas alone, is the longest Interstate segment within a single state, and makes up 35.8% of the total highway length. 32.5% of it's length, or 779 miles, is west of Texas, and 31.7% of it's length, or 780 miles, is east of Texas. The shortest segment of Interstate 10 is within the state of Alabama at 66 miles. I think one of the shortest interstate segment within a state has to be Interstate 86 in Waverly, NY/South Waverly, PA where the main segment of Interstate 86 briefly dips into Pennsylvania for a mile terminating at route 34.
Quote from: ZLoth on March 30, 2024, 12:20:27 PMQuote from: kphoger on March 28, 2024, 07:55:30 PMQuote from: ZLoth on March 28, 2024, 07:35:25 PMWith all of those Interstate miles, Texas has only one North-South interstate, I-35, that stretches the entire state. The other significant North-South Interstate, I-45, only goes between Houston and Dallas before it becomes hidden I-345, then US-75.
If it weren't for the Panhandle, Texas would only have one east-west Interstate stretching from coat to cost border to border.
True, but then again, Interstate 10, with it's 881 miles in Texas alone, is the longest Interstate segment within a single state, and makes up 35.8% of the total highway length. 32.5% of it's length, or 779 miles, is west of Texas, and 31.7% of it's length, or 780 miles, is east of Texas. The shortest segment of Interstate 10 is within the state of Alabama at 66 miles. I think one of the shortest interstate segment within a state has to be Interstate 86 in Waverly, NY/South Waverly, PA where the main segment of Interstate 86 briefly dips into Pennsylvania for a mile terminating at route 34.
Now longs is I-684 in Connecticut?
Mike
Quote from: mgk920 on March 30, 2024, 12:36:36 PMQuote from: ZLoth on March 30, 2024, 12:20:27 PMQuote from: kphoger on March 28, 2024, 07:55:30 PMQuote from: ZLoth on March 28, 2024, 07:35:25 PMWith all of those Interstate miles, Texas has only one North-South interstate, I-35, that stretches the entire state. The other significant North-South Interstate, I-45, only goes between Houston and Dallas before it becomes hidden I-345, then US-75.
If it weren't for the Panhandle, Texas would only have one east-west Interstate stretching from coat to cost border to border.
True, but then again, Interstate 10, with it's 881 miles in Texas alone, is the longest Interstate segment within a single state, and makes up 35.8% of the total highway length. 32.5% of it's length, or 779 miles, is west of Texas, and 31.7% of it's length, or 780 miles, is east of Texas. The shortest segment of Interstate 10 is within the state of Alabama at 66 miles. I think one of the shortest interstate segment within a state has to be Interstate 86 in Waverly, NY/South Waverly, PA where the main segment of Interstate 86 briefly dips into Pennsylvania for a mile terminating at route 34.
Now longs is I-684 in Connecticut?
Mike
Isn't the absolute shortest considered to be the segment of I-95 in DC?
Quote from: ZLoth on March 30, 2024, 12:20:27 PMQuote from: kphoger on March 28, 2024, 07:55:30 PMQuote from: ZLoth on March 28, 2024, 07:35:25 PMWith all of those Interstate miles, Texas has only one North-South interstate, I-35, that stretches the entire state. The other significant North-South Interstate, I-45, only goes between Houston and Dallas before it becomes hidden I-345, then US-75.
If it weren't for the Panhandle, Texas would only have one east-west Interstate stretching from coat to cost border to border.
True, but then again, Interstate 10, with it's 881 miles in Texas alone, is the longest Interstate segment within a single state, and makes up 35.8% of the total highway length. 32.5% of it's length, or 779 miles, is west of Texas, and 31.7% of it's length, or 780 miles, is east of Texas. The shortest segment of Interstate 10 is within the state of Alabama at 66 miles. I think one of the shortest interstate segment within a state has to be Interstate 86 in Waverly, NY/South Waverly, PA where the main segment of Interstate 86 briefly dips into Pennsylvania for a mile terminating at route 34.
According to FHWA, I-86 terminates at the NY/PA line just west of US 220.