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I admit I missed two of them, but aced the other three. Your mileage may vary. Worth noting that the contestants had no real clue on most of them, although they managed to get a few right.
Jeopardy category ‘Worst Case Ontario’ stumps U.S. contestants. How would you do?
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curious as to which two you missed? ..
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I'm ashamed to say the first two. But I admit to being geographically challenged. Always have been for some reason. Can't do math well, either. (In this I think I'm not alone amongst broadcast colleagues!) Languages and writing are more my thing.
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RadioActive wrote:
I'm ashamed to say the first two. But I admit to being geographically challenged. Always have been for some reason. Can't do math well, either. (In this I think I'm not alone amongst broadcast colleagues!) Languages and writing are more my thing.
*chuckles* we each have our own challenges : )) ..
maybe if the questions had a musical twist .. would this have been better?
1) The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee. What's the lake?
2) Lonely feeling deep inside. Find a corner where I can hide. Silent footsteps crowding me. Sudden darkness but I can see. The band hails from what province?
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Yeah, those would have worked!
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via Richard Southern at City News, City News is pretty good at building community with their audience, I didn't see many if any other radio/tv people talking about this, tho I may have missed them
https://twitter.com/RichardCityNews/status/1620240547029073921?t=_d3W2DFNfXBQVl79x_XZ0w&s=19
My answer would have been "this retired hockey player scored the world's most famous goal and yet is not in the National Hockey League's Hall of Fame."
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Heard Reshmi and whoever her co-host was today try these Jeopardy questions. One of the questions was which great lake Thunder Bay was on. She said 'Lake Ontario?' 'Nuff said.
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I got all five correct, but the real question is would I have punched my clicker quickly enough to have the opportunity to answer correctly. RA: You mentioned that Geography was not exactly your strong suit. I loved the subject. I was once told Geography is the study of Why What is Where. At the other end of the scale, I hated Science. Failed it twice!! in Grade 9 and finally passed it in Summer School. To this day I know virtually nothing about Chemistry, Biology or Physics. To me, the Periodic Table is something I could eat my lunch on.
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Yeah, most of the so-called STEM subjects were not exactly my strong points. But I got A+s on most of my English essays in high school and did really well in French and Spanish class.
There are exceptions, but I've long believed your brain is naturally good at one set of subjects - like science, math et al - or another - like English and languages. Rarely the twain shall meet and I envy those who can master both.
It may be why I've always heard PDs give their talent one important direction - never try to do math live on the air. You'll probably just embarrass yourself!
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5 for 5 baby!!!
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this could be spun off into a fun radio contest
embarrass the callers! give away money!
bet you could get it sponsored, probably by a betting company