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Apple as a Jeopardy category
Oh, the one night I don't watch Jeopardy, Apple was featured as a full-fledged category! According to the Deep Thought
forums, the episode that aired on December 13, 2005 offered a category called "The Apple of my eye" to
contestants, featuring the following answers and questions:- An Asian feline that shares a name with the latest Mac OS X version: What is Tiger?
- The type of computers the iBook and PowerBook are: What are laptops?
- This man has a salary of $1: Who is Steve Jobs?
- This product shares its name with a place where aircraft take flight: What is Airport?
- A “speedy” product that works on the Mac or PC: What is QuickTime?
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Matthew said 8:16AM on 12-14-2005
I saw it. The question to the third answer, 'This man has a salary of $1', was originally offered as 'Who is Jobes', but the contestant was corrected by Alex and awarded the money. Overall, it was neat, and Alex had some notes on all of the answers - he could be a fan!
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Brian said 8:20AM on 12-14-2005
I'll have to grab this online somewhere.
(And of course you can always make your own jeopardy with all Apple topics.
http://www.freemacware.com/freeopardy/
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Chris Meisenzahl said 9:00AM on 12-14-2005
Very cool, thanks!
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jomy said 9:12AM on 12-14-2005
Technically Apple does not classify the iBook and PowerBook as "laptops" but as "notebooks" or "portables". You will rarely find the word "laptop" used in Apple marketing materials.
Alex is an Apple fan. I've heard somewhere that he's owned several PowerBooks.
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djSyndrome said 10:10AM on 12-14-2005
"So, did anyone see it? I'll take "Episodes of Jeopardy I wish I didn't miss for $500," Alex."
Too bad $500 isn't an actualy Jeopardy amount any longer - they doubled all dollar values a few years back :)
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Tom said 10:28AM on 12-14-2005
Clearly, now, we should have Jeopardy available on the iTMS...
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Fred said 10:31AM on 12-14-2005
Wow, I'll take "I Point Out Stupid Details, and Correct People to Make Myself Look Smarter for $12.59, Alex"
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Wheels said 12:59PM on 12-14-2005
Well, we know that Apple didn't have any influence over this category because, if they did, every answer - err, sorry, question - would be "Who is Steve Jobs?"
Well, maybe they'd throw in a "Who is Jonathan Ive?" as a daily double, just to throw everyone off. =)
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Danny said 1:00PM on 12-14-2005
my turn! my turn!
"Clever Apple marketing for $10,000, Alex."
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Tony Ward said 1:03PM on 12-14-2005
These seem to be pretty elementary questions for Jeopardy.... I'm a little disappointed. If you're going to do an Apple category, kick it up a notch...
This co-creator of the Apple computer has been virtually forgotten by the mainstream media...
This former Pepsi exec damn near killed the company....
The appeal of this early Apple PDA seemed particularly vulnerable to the physical force its namesake is credited with discovering...
This company has traditionally waited for Apple to dramatically improve their operating systems, then proceeded to integrate cheap knockoffs of these innovations in their own OS....
This company's legal department will likely sue Viacomm for using its name in a Jeopardy category....
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Wry Cooter said 2:49PM on 12-14-2005
I heard it as I was stuffing my face in the kitchen, from the kitchen TV. So, no, I didn't see it.
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djSyndrome said 4:26PM on 12-14-2005
"Wow, I'll take "I Point Out Stupid Details, and Correct People to Make Myself Look Smarter for $12.59, Alex""
Apparently my usage of a smiley face was lost on you.
And you forgot your period. Douche.
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Mike Rose said 4:55PM on 12-14-2005
I've got it DVRed at home... if everyone would like a chance to see it, I will capture it and try to post it somewhere handy.
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kevin said 12:02PM on 12-15-2005
hahaha...be nice.
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Gary King said 7:24PM on 12-31-2005
@Mike Rose: Could you post it on www.youtube.com ? :)
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