Not quite. He had zero chance of winning if he got it. If he let Russ get it, there was a chance Larissa and Russ might knock each other out.

Tom clearly knew what a Tatar was, given his guess.

He I were "rivals" in high school Scholastic Bowl; we both went to schools in Northern Illinois and were in the same graduation year.

The wounds of Nicaea and Constantinople are just starting to heal.

"The police kill an ambulance driver but it was the wrong ambulance driver. Or I mean, he wasn’t a bad guy."

I mentioned this in Sunday's thread, but I feel a special connection to this week's Jeopardy!—six people I know, five of whom I'm either good or casual friends with, are competing. Wednesday is the only day when two of my friends (Larissa and Russ) are against each other.

"Art might … question themes or ideas, but when did it start 'interrogating' them?"

Was that the real Batkid?

Except that the show didn't have credits. Killing off a major character in the second episode would have had more impact if it had.

"the U of I" != University of Iowa

I know what you mean. I grew up in central Illinois and have lived in both California and New York City. I get bristly about coastal condescension too.

Captain Morgan rum is, in fact, named for Sir Henry Morgan. Clay probably deserved a "more specific" prompt.

The "nerdy best friend" getup in the video is a dead ringer for what the neighbor on Don't Trust the B actually looked like.

True, but classifying a studio executive as an "artist" is a bit iffy …

Frank Nugent, who scripted The Searchers, was also a New York Times critic.

Paul Attanasio was also a critic, and Paul Schrader was actually a protege of Pauline Kael, who broke off ties with him after he chose filmmaking over continuing criticism.

I went to a parochial (non-Catholic) school. We were taught that "evolutionists" believe that "we were all monkeys, and then there was a big explosion and our tails fell off, and that's why we have humans!"

It's always puzzled me why people who hate The Following aren't bothered by the exact same flaws in The Vampire Diaries.

Yes, indeed, why would someone pitch a show about a teenager who has to cope with an unfamiliar culture to the network behind The Fosters and Switched at Birth?

I don't think that's how DNA works.