Jeopardy! Chronicles:

welcome to the final episode of 2024. How do I know it's the final episode of the year? Because it's the last day of the year. Like it might end up in theoretical lock territory early on, but then it decidedly did not. Also some parts of this game were just not nice to some of our contestants.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

we are now in post-season territory, which is not as painful as I thought it would be considering the amount of tournaments we had to deal with this time last year. This game was a ping pong match, but one of our people sadly did not get to play as much ping pong as the others did. Everybody seemed like they were having fun though, and they definitely proved they were there for a reason. They earn...

we're officially done with the guest host series. As far as spotlights go. I definitely saved the best for last. I think this one might be longer than every other guest host edition we've done, partly because I have personal stories with this one. ne Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

two more games today that were totally different. One of them was totally brutal and not nice to its players at all, resulting in a fairly low scoring game. The other was downright interesting and my brain could not keep up with who did what. I am only a human and I suck at names, so if I got something wrong, please be polite about it, but do let me know. I will do my best to correct it. ll Hosted...

two different types of games here. One a theoretical lock. One a game of ping pong very dangerous decision at the very end of the game. Also, pop calls her people, if I get your team name wrong I do apologize. It is not intentional. I am only human and my brain has limited name memory. If you want to talk to me about it, please do so privately and I will definitely make a correction. Hosted on Aca...

both of these games came down to the wire. One of them by half of a double Jeopardy clue or a Jeopardy round clue. needless to say it was intense. Also, Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, joy is Kwanzaa, or whatever else you may celebrate. I hope it will be or has been super awesome for you. ue Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

I'm sorry this one is so short. We had to go fast because my power levels were dangerously low. this game had probably the most unexpected ending we've seen in a while. I know I certainly didn't expect you to play out the way it did. That was epic ow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

this game was either excellent or painful, depending on which contestant you're talking about. One of them did really really well and ended up with a fair size chunk of change. One of them tried really really hard and ended up in the negative, totally sucks. One of them was very firmly stuck in the middle, which also kind of sucks. ve Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Ho...

we are really scraping the bottom of the guest host barrel now. Fortunately this is the last one I'm going to have to basically verbally rip apart. The next one is one of my favorites, but you won't get to hear about him until next week. Yes, I am deliberately leaving you in suspense, so get over it rt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

once again, today's syndicated game was totally down to the wire. Unlike yesterday, so was the pop culture Jeopardy game. The reason this episode is so long is because I got off on several tangents about the important parts of being an awesome Jeopardy contestant and why pop culture Jeopardy just works. If you want to skip the tangent stuff, you have a fast forward button and you are more than wel...

these games were polar opposites. One of them was a ping pong match. One of them was a Godzilla attack. Forget theoretical lock. This was Godzilla stomping all over the other contestants. It was brutal, especially if you were one of those contestants. they definitely did their best, but what can you do when a steamroller combined with Godzilla is coming at you? ts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

One of these games looked like it was going to be a theoretical lock but wasn't. The other one was just plain theoretical lock territory. also, can we talk about the awesome come from behind stuff that happened in one of them. Apologies for not being as fun as usual or as chatty as usual, especially where pop culture Jeopardy is concerned. To put it mildly people have irritated me beyond Good Sens...

these contestants were good. So good, in fact, that nobody could pull too far ahead. The others were constantly catching up. Super competitive, super intense right up until the end of final. We like around here.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

this one couldn't decide which way it felt like going. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to guest hosts. Right now. We've almost finished this series. today was one of the ones that really surprised me by how much I liked them. I was told I wouldn't, but then I totally did es Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

oh right. Today was basically the polar opposite of yesterday. Yesterday we had two games going into theoretical lock. Today we had zero. Also shout out to the pop culture Jeopardy team who provided maximum free laughs. Free laughter is always good so thank you guys. Also, just to let you know I was not making fun of you in a mean way on this particular podcast. I was making a joke that randomly p...

it's not often we see two theoretical lock games in one night. Today was the exception to that rule though. We had a dominant contestant in The syndicated game and a dominant team in pop culture Jeopardy. That's not to say everyone else wasn't really good because they were. We just had approximately four contestants who decided not to share the buzzer, one in the regular game and three in the spin...

two very good games today. First, in our syndicated game, a contestant on a roll who very quickly put the thing in theoretical lock. On pop culture. Jeopardy, nine contestants on a roll who came nowhere near putting the game in theoretical lock. what do these two have in common? They were extremely awesome and extremely fun to watch. Once again, I do want to apologize for not having a lot of concr...

yesterday's game was a theoretical lock situation. This one decidedly wasn't. Also it wasn't very nice to one of the players. Those daily doubles were out for blood tonight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

a new week, a new time, and a new eligibility. For contestants to qualify for postseason stuff. Game ended decidedly not close. That's all you're getting. So if you want full details you best be mashing that play button.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A saying somethingnd up for being picked on today, the last of our 2-week guest hosts. Everybody following this guy only got one week. also, this particular guest host was somebody I had never heard of before in my life.ek Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

two games again today. First, a syndicated game that came down to the wire. No locks today, theoretical or otherwise. in pop culture Jeopardy, nine Jeopardy pros come back. Why do I call them that? Simply because they've been on Jeopardy before and already know how the thing works. That one did have locks, theoretical or otherwise. I'm not going to say anymore because that would be a spoiler. Tune...

we have another instead of two games today. The first one just barely managed to squeeze itself into theoretical lock territory. The second one was much like what we saw yesterday, very competitive and very fun. What I like most about this thing so far and the fun dynamic is it's not as crazy and out of control as celebrity Jeopardy, but there is room for people to have fun. They also take the gam...

it's finally here. You guys are about to meet pop culture. Jeopardy. though, we had a game that started out sort of close and then became decidedly not so. As for pop culture Jeopardy, I'm highly impressed. I don't have detailed stats for you like I normally would because I don't have a cheat sheet. However, I can tell you the general way the game trended and my thoughts on it and on the series in...

first of all, I want to apologize for inadvertently messing up someone's pronouns. Briefly. My mouth got ahead of my brain and I screwed it up without meaning to. public apology. Second, this game proves that you can find every single daily devil on the board and still not win the game. Daily doubles are only a part of the equation. Also the lovely little ping pong match with the lead in double Je...