One of our very own, DUer Aristus, is on Jeopardy right now

[CatWoman]

on this coast, anyway.

He's Bob from Washington :D

They are at the half-way mark now :D

[SidDithers]

1. Go Aristus...

make DU proud. :)

Sid

[Bamboose]

35. OMG

How's he doing? How's he doing? How's he doing?

I can't get to the TV right now - my partner's watching something that looks suspiciously like a cooking show. ;)

[Book Lover]

2. Even us cube rats are rooting for you, Aristus!

even if we can't watch. Make us proud!

[greyl]

3. This is the first airing?

(Jeopardy is on at 7:30 here.)

[CatWoman]

4. it's on at 4:30 here in Atlanta

and yes, it is the first airing.

[greyl]

5. Ok, thanks. No spoilers please! :)

I asked because repeats are also played earlier in the day here in VA.

[Cha]

6. Good Luck, Aristus!

We have some really smart, Democracy Loving Peeps on DU!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Unfortunately...

Aristus won't be playing in the NBA finals, which preempts Jeopardy for us tonight.

Spoilers welcome.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

12. NBA?

You must mean NHL, because there is no NBA game tonight.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. Oh, maybe it is on tonight.

It wasn't last night.

[deadparrot]

8. Go Aristus...

Ironic Final Jeopardy category. :)

[Spirochete]

9. Go, Aristus!

Make everyone forget that Ken Jennings guy!

[wicket]

10. That's awesome!

Give 'em hell Aristus!!!!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[im10ashus]

11. SWEET!!!

I am SUCH the Jeopardy geek! It comes on at 7:00 here in NYC. Will watch tonight.

[Generic Other]

14. I have this vision that he'll suffer from the Cassandra Syndrome

People at DU are always a bit ahead of the pack. I hope he doesn't give some answer only a DUer will know is the right one and lose. :scared:

[Synnical]

15. Cool - will watch tonite

Thanks for the heads-up. :hi:

:kick:

[progressivebydesign]

16. I thought you said he was "in jeopardy!"" I was ready to help..

I really need to read those titles carefully! Congrats to Bob!!

[Sequoia]

17. I can't look!

Gotta wait till tonight.

[myrna minx]

18. Ohhh---that's coming up for the central time folks!

Break a leg. :toast:

[Craig3410]

19. Heh, he can sing like the Muppets. Cool.

:D

[Synnical]

20. Kick for those who catch this at 7:30 n/t

[im10ashus]

21. They are going into final Jeopardy in my zone now.

He's doing well. I won't ruin it for others though.

[Synnical]

22. Please,no spoilers

Just came on here - I'm Tivoing it, then will watch after it's over - cannot stand commercials!

:)

[im10ashus]

29. Mum is the word.

:-)

[Bombero1956]

23. yikes, up against a 3 time champ

Good Luck dude.

[qanda]

24. I'm watching now

[YankeyMCC]

25. Wow

I don't want to give spoilers I guess so I wont say more but that Final Jeopardy Category ought to be a good one for him. :)

[Faygo Kid]

28. I gave the answer! Edited now for idiocy.

I am so sorry.

[YankeyMCC]

31. self del

[Misunderestimator]

32. And all the questions leading up to it?

edited out the spoiler

[Synnical]

36. Could you edit your post, please, so as not to spoil it

for those on the West Coast?

Thanks. :hi:

[Faygo Kid]

38. Many sorrows and apologies! Oh God, it's coming off!

Those of you who know me here know that I would never be so cruel as to spoil it. Those of you who know me here know however that I can be an asshole. And so I have done the latter again. Sorry!

[Synnical]

41. No Prob, easily fixed. Thanks.

I got excited, too. :) :toast:

[Faygo Kid]

26. Final Jeopardy now.

A good category, Quotations, for a DUer. A Very good category.

[JackBeck]

27. Can someone private me the results?

It comes on at 7 pm here and I missed him.

[Misunderestimator]

30. Damn impressive! *SPOILER*

A different Final Jeopardy and he would have won. :yourock: Aristus!

[Synnical]

33. Ah, you've spoiled it for those on the West Coast

:-(

[Misunderestimator]

34. Shit... sorry, I'll edit.

[Synnical]

37. Thanks

:toast:

[Synnical]

39. Great Job, Aristus!

Well Done. :toast: :yourock:


:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[mcar]

40. Aww, I wish I had known earlier

I would have cheered for him. I generally pick the lone female in the group because, well, solidarity and all that.

Edited to correct spoiler. Sorry if any West Coasters caught this before the edit. My bad.

[BlooInBloo]

42. What is "DUers RULE!", Alex?

Go Aristus!

[Jeanette in FL]

43. Great Job Aristus

Did anyone feel the spirit of Kephra, with the question that Aristus answered correctly - "Who is Horus". I can't remember what the question was.

He did excellent!

Years ago, and I mean years ago, my Mom tried out for Jeopardy when Art Flemming was the host. She was excellent at home, killing all of us. She survived the first round, a written test and then took a dive on the practice round. She said it was surreal, she said that your mind goes totally blank on some of the most simplest questions.

Congrats, Aristus, you did yourself proud.

[Synnical]

44. *SPOILER*

Um, the Question was "Who is Horace?" not "Horus"

Just FYI. :-)

And the Answer was:

"The 'Odes' of this Roman Poet have been called 'jewels five-words-long that . . . sparkle for ever"

(I Tivo'ed it.)

[Jeanette in FL]

45. Well then I guess I got the message nonetheless.

I was listening, not reading the questions, so I only heard Bob's answer and then I thought of all of us DU'ers rooting for him and how great we all are in our collective strength.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[Synnical]

46. We thought the same thing

The answer stumped me, and when he said the question, I thought "Horus", too, but it made no sense because the answer was about a Roman Poet and Horus is an Ancient Egyptian God. I had to google the correct spelling.

Just so you know. :)

-Cindy in Fort Lauderdale

[mcscajun]

47. WTG, Aristus.

Kick Butt!

[DemoTex]

48. Aristus .. one of my long-time DU friends.

I knew Aristus was a bright bulb. His 200W eclipses my 100W any day of the week. Aristus, you rocked 2-nite. Loved every minute of it!
Mac

[lonestarnot]

49. I missed it and don't want to read the entire thread. Did he win?

[DemoTex]

50. Sorry, it still plays in West Coast markets.

No spoiler here.
Mac

[lonestarnot]

51. Oh ok. Well isn't it over now?

[Synnical]

53. No, wait another hour

:)

[Jazz2006]

52. Damn, I missed it!

I remember reading a couple of months ago that he was going to be on but I didn't know what day and now I've missed it.

Grrr.

Hopefully, he won and I can watch tomorrow when he returns!

No matter what, though, WAY TO GO, Artistus!!!!!!


:toast:

[Barad Simith]

54. on right now, west coast (nt)

[DemoTex]

55. You can spill the beans.

Mac

[SeattleGirl]

56. He did a great job.

I know a lot of the answers but I know I would be so nervous I would forget to post them in the form of a question! He was quite impressive.

[The Straight Story]

57. Hell, I couldn't win jeopardy if the questions were about my own life

Not to mention I would never make it to the TV show.

GREAT JOB Aristus!

[Synnical]

58. End Result - Final Jeopardy

Clue: Political Quotations

Answer: "It was said that being with these 2 leaders, born in 1874 and 1882, 'was like sitting between 2 lions roaring at the same time"

Bob answered, "Bryan and Darrow."

Craig answered correctly, "Churchill and FDR".

[Bozita]

66. I got one out of two.

Churchill. Stalin was the other half.

I thought of Yalta.

My congrats to Aristus. He did well!

[BrotherBuzz]

68. I responded the same as you....

and yes, I thought of Yalta. The birth dates didn't help me one bit - turns out Stalin was born between Winnie and FDR.

Aristus, you da man!

[Aristus]

59. Thank you, everybody.

You're very kind, and I love you all. :hug:

[Synnical]

60. No, we love you

You so totally rocked! Great job. :kick:

[Rainscents]

61. You did great!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[lonestarnot]

62. I didn't get to see. Damn it did you win?

[Aristus]

64. Nah. Came in second.

Tried though! B-)

[lonestarnot]

69. DAMN! Second in Jeopardy! You smart one you! Congratulations!

:yourock:

[DemoTex]

73. Aristus, in fact, did himself and his friends proud.

He was poised, witty, knowledgeable, and fairly quick on the buzzer. Unfortunately, he was competing against Ken Jennings, Jr. Know what I mean, Vern?

[Craig3410]

65. Woo!

Nice job; don't feel too bad: I think this guy'll be Ken Jennings II, the way he's been playing. :D

[qanda]

67. Just so you know

I knew that one answer was "ounce" also! Well, it's about the only one I knew. :) You did a GREAT job! I was cheering for you like it was a football game.

[Jazz2006]

70. Hey, just QUALIFYING for Jeopardy was a huge accomplishment!

Never mind winning.

Well done!

And, for what it's worth, that final jeopardy question was a real toughie.

I, for one, am not ashamed to say that I would not come up with the right answer, either.

As I posted earlier, I missed the show, not knowing you were on tonight until after the fact in my time zone, but from what I've since garnered, you were a serious contender all through and you ultimately came second based on the final jeopardy question. Which is always a crap shoot, of course.

In short, you did an amazing, stellar, incredible job of it!

Kudos to you!!!!!

[myrna minx]

72. You did a great job!

:toast:

[BlooInBloo]

63. Did anyone record it? Is youtube appropriate?

Props to such things, I say, if the star of the night has no objections...

[Jazz2006]

71. That would be great.

I'd love to see it as I missed it live, if, of course, he has no objection to someone recreating it on You Tube. (I have no idea how to do that, but I'm glad that others do!)

Additional round of applause here to Aristus!

:applause:

[bigwillq]

74. I watched!

He did great. I was really rooting for him!

:bounce: