u/randomwordglorious

All of the correct responses are two word phrases made up of four letter long words that start with the letter D.

$200 - A popular variety of pizza, especially in Chicago. >!What is deep dish?!<

$400 - An extensive analysis of a single subject. >!What is a deep dive?!<

$600 - Olivia Rodrigo's fourth and most recent Billboard #1 single, or the first two words in the title of a 1991 movie about an imaginary friend named Fred. >!What is Drop Dead?!<

$800 - This phrase sounds like the destruction of information, but in fact means to preserve it by converting it into a different format. >!What is a data dump?!<

$1000 - In the Yu-Gi-Oh anime franchise, this forearm-worn device allows competitors to battle each other anywhere. >!What is a duel disk?!<

As we all know, Rush only ever had one top 40 song in the US Billboard Hot 100, New World Man. But why did they not have more?

In the 80's they fully embraced the synthesizer sound which was very much what Top 40 radio was playing at the time. It wasn't Geddy's often-criticized singing voice, which had already mellowed a lot. It wasn't that they were prog, as both Genesis and Yes had big hits in the 80's. Their music videos were in rotation on MTV. Their sound wasn't all that different from other bands with a lot of chart success at the time like Van Halen and The Police.

I can't think of any reason Distant Early Warning, The Big Money, or Time Stand Still couldn't have been chart successes. Why weren't they?

I've been called back for the role of Farquaad from Shrek. They provided the music for a stretch in the middle of Ballad of Farquaad for us to prepare, and we will be reading from the script. All pretty standard stuff.

But I think one of the things that will make me stand out for the role is that I can comfortably belt the Elphaba part. I've seen versions of the show where the actor playing Farquaad has to drop that part down an octave. I want to make the directors aware that my range goes that high, but is there a non-awkward way to do that since we won't apparently be singing that part during the callback?

Nominated again in 2026, this play already holds the record for the most Best Revival of a Play Tonys won, with three.

To prepare myself to be a future Jeopardy! champion, I am going through old games in the J archive, and keeping track of every question I didn't know, and putting them into buckets based on what general subject which, had I studied it more, would have let me figure it out.

I want to weight it by how much each clue is worth. If there's a particular topic that often stumps me, but usually shows up only in SJ and low dollar value clues, it's not worth studying much, but high value clues in DJ should be more of a priority.

But then we come to Final Jeopardy. How much is knowing F worth, on average, compared to the established dollar value of a clue. Obviously it varies by game. If the game is a runaway, the value of FJ can be close to zero, because the leader isn't going to be able to risk much at all and it won't affect who wins. But if it's a close game, the value of getting FJ correct can decide the whole game.

Is there a way to put a dollar amount weighting on the expected value of getting FJ correct? In other words, let's say that you were going on Jeopardy and Ken approached you with the following deal: he'll tell you the correct FJ response right now, but in exchange he is going to deduct a certain amount from your score at the end of Double Jeopardy! What is the highest amount you'd be willing to agree to?

Here's a better hypothetical: Suppose Ken made you a deal before the game: You will give up your right to play FJ. You'll choose a dollar amount, and he'll automatically just add that amount to your score. Your opponents won't know you had made this deal, and you will promise not to play any differently as a result of this deal. What's the lowest dollar value you'd accept in exchange for not getting to play FJ?

Example: Sweeney Todd

The pitching is as good as advertised. When Crochet is back and Bello is gone, they will have five very good starting pitchers.

If the offense can regress even a little bit to being simply below average instead of historically awful, they'd be kinda good. And if the offense can regress all the way to being even exactly league average, they'd be likely to make the playoffs and be a dangerous team once they get there.

Oops! All Daily Doubles!

That's right. Every single clue on the board, in both rounds, is a DD.

It wouldn't work as a standard game, it would have to be some kind of special episode featuring 3 very strong players. Also, there would have to be a maximum prize for the winner, because point totals could become insane.

Also, there couldn't be any buzzing in. The three contestants would have to take turns picking their clue. Going first would be an advantage because you'd get first pick of category and dollar amount, but a disadvantage because the person who goes last has more information about everyone else's score so can make better wagers.

What do you think, would you watch?

In basketball, once the offense crosses the half court line, they can't go back across it, or it's a turnover. But why is that a rule? Going backwards doesn't benefit the offense in any way, so why does there need to be a rule stopping them from doing it?