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Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight.
Author: Shortline Sammie
Date: 12-28-2016 - 11:47

Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> >the Jeopardy folks got their definitions for
> those questions from (possibly) British
> terminology.
>
> Must be what happened because their term for
> "switch", in the wider generic sense, is "points".
> It's kind of like my British-influenced electric
> teakettle: to turn it off, you have to push the
> switch up.

Doc...are you sure you don't have to "turnout" up? Too much coffee this morning!

Sammie

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  Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. Pdxrailtransit 12-27-2016 - 17:18
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. ex-BN 12-27-2016 - 17:46
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. DCA 12-27-2016 - 20:07
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. Dr Zarkoff 12-27-2016 - 21:22
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. DCA 12-28-2016 - 00:17
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. Dr Zarkoff 12-28-2016 - 10:44
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. Shortline Sammie 12-28-2016 - 11:47
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. Shortline Sammie 12-28-2016 - 11:51
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. Edward 12-28-2016 - 13:02
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. Dr Zarkoff 12-28-2016 - 18:50
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. David Dewey 12-28-2016 - 21:45
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. mook 12-28-2016 - 16:29
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. Pdxrailtransit 12-28-2016 - 17:07
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. TJ 12-28-2016 - 20:03
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. Pdxrailtransit 12-28-2016 - 20:28
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. TJ 12-28-2016 - 21:30
  Re: Jeopardy really gets it wrong tonight. mook 12-29-2016 - 21:35
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