I got today's Jeopardy! question spectacularly WRONG. (No Spoiler involved).

[CTyankee]

If you want to look it up, it is probably on the NYT website.

Hubby as usual is geographically talented. He got it. He rolled his eyes when I told him my guess (not even CLOSE!).

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. Wrong? This cannot be! Post the answer, and your question ...

... we will construct polls to support your position, until the internets ring with truth!

Madagascar! What is the capital of Wisconsin? WooHoo!

[CTyankee]

2. It's the sea that lies between New Zealand and Australia...no fair googling.

Hubby just got it by a process of elimination and knowing where shit is on a map (not me). Why am I so challenged geographically? I guessed a Sea that was not anywhere near it...

But I keep hoping...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. I guessed a sea that's one sea north of the answer.

Close. No cigar.

[CTyankee]

4. my husband went through the process of considering that one and the one that is below (the correct )

I had never heard of the one it is, altho I knew of the other one becsause of the famous battle in WW2. Then hubby placed the island (named after the sea I guess) and it went from there. He has a mind that "places" stuff on a map. I am hopeless...

[SwissTony]

5. I know the answer - it's The Ditch!! No googling!!

I do have an unfair advantage -I'm an Aussie.

And The Ditch isn't its real name. It's what the locals call it.

[CTyankee]

6. that was in the clue! So if you knew what sea The Ditch is, you're good to go!

I, however, don't have any idea of what the Ditch is...

[SwissTony]

7. Nah, just an Aussie. I've crossed the ditch a couple of times.

But I'm seriously impressed your husband knew about it. I'm guessing (from your monicker) that you're a yankee from Connecticut. How's that for brilliance?

Just as an aside, how do you pronounce "Connecticut"? I first wrote it as "Conneticut" (no "c" in the middle) because that's how I pronounce it as a dumb furriner.

I know that many people get "Nevada" slightly wrong to.

[CTyankee]

11. you got it right. second syllable pronounced "net."

Nevada with the second syllable as in "bad." I used to say Nevahda. I had great aunts named Vada and Zona after the two newer states added to the union in the earlier part of the 20th century.

[SwissTony]

8. The Brits call the Atlantic Ocean "The Pond".

"The US is just across the Pond".

The sea between Australia and NZ is, obviously, much smaller. So, we refer to it as the ditch.

[elleng]

9. So do WE, Tony,

Irelandetc are 'just across the Pond!'

[SwissTony]

10. I wasn't aware of that!!

Thanks for pointing that out.