The Beatles Mentioned on TV
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@njr said in The Beatles Mentioned on TV:
Jeopardy Apr. 24, 2023
Beatles “S”ongs
$200: So may I introduce to you the act you’ve known for all these years?
What is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (guy got it)
$400: Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
What is Strawberry Fields Forever? (nobody even guessed)
$600: With a love like that you know you should be glad.
What is She Loves You? (woman rang in but ran out of time trying to get it)
$800: I don’t want to leave her now, you know I believe and how.
What is Something? (the guy added “In The Way She Moves” and they still gave it to him!)
$1000: Sunday’s on the phone to Monday, Tuesday’s on the phone to me.
What is She Came In Through The Bathroom Window? (nobody got it!)Interesting point. John sang "nothing to get hung about", in reference to the fact that at that time ( or thereabouts) Britain still had the ( hanging) death penalty.
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@wandy said in The Beatles Mentioned on TV:
@njr said in The Beatles Mentioned on TV:
Jeopardy Apr. 24, 2023
Beatles “S”ongs
$200: So may I introduce to you the act you’ve known for all these years?
What is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (guy got it)
$400: Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
What is Strawberry Fields Forever? (nobody even guessed)
$600: With a love like that you know you should be glad.
What is She Loves You? (woman rang in but ran out of time trying to get it)
$800: I don’t want to leave her now, you know I believe and how.
What is Something? (the guy added “In The Way She Moves” and they still gave it to him!)
$1000: Sunday’s on the phone to Monday, Tuesday’s on the phone to me.
What is She Came In Through The Bathroom Window? (nobody got it!)Interesting point. John sang "nothing to get hung about", in reference to the fact that at that time ( or thereabouts) Britain still had the ( hanging) death penalty.
Yeah, I heard that years later. When I was a kid I thought he meant “hung up” (not literally) like the expression of the day. Maybe you didn’t have that expression in the U.K.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom
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@njr said in The Beatles Mentioned on TV:
@wandy said in The Beatles Mentioned on TV:
@njr said in The Beatles Mentioned on TV:
Jeopardy Apr. 24, 2023
Beatles “S”ongs
$200: So may I introduce to you the act you’ve known for all these years?
What is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (guy got it)
$400: Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
What is Strawberry Fields Forever? (nobody even guessed)
$600: With a love like that you know you should be glad.
What is She Loves You? (woman rang in but ran out of time trying to get it)
$800: I don’t want to leave her now, you know I believe and how.
What is Something? (the guy added “In The Way She Moves” and they still gave it to him!)
$1000: Sunday’s on the phone to Monday, Tuesday’s on the phone to me.
What is She Came In Through The Bathroom Window? (nobody got it!)Interesting point. John sang "nothing to get hung about", in reference to the fact that at that time ( or thereabouts) Britain still had the ( hanging) death penalty.
Yeah, I heard that years later. When I was a kid I thought he meant “hung up” (not literally) like the expression of the day. Maybe you didn’t have that expression in the U.K.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom
I think "hung up" is an American expression myself. Of course we used "hung up" with reference to telephones. As in, "I phoned the office manager but he hung up on me".
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Jeopardy May 1, 2023
Titles with exclamation points for $400
The songs “Ticket To Ride” and “Yesterday” first appeared on this album.What is Help!?
(The reigning champ got it) -
Night Court 5/9/23
This guy is bugging Dan and he looks to his co-workers and says “Help.”
The bailiff says: 1965 Beatles album! And it’s pronounced ‘elp!
Neil says: She’s preparing for a trip to London, so we’re learning British stuff. -
Jeopardy Masters 5/16/23
British Musical Geography for $400
John Lennon said this port is “where the sailors would come home with the blues records from America”What is Liverpool?
(current leader of the game, James Holzhauer, got it immediately)
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Jeopardy Masters 5/23/23
Questionable Music for $2000
On this “White Album” cut, the only non-title lyric, really, is “No one will be watching us”What is “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” (I’m screaming at the TV and NONE of the 3 Jeopardy “Masters” knew it!)
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@njr Nancy, I'm going to jump on to this thread.... but it won't be about mentions on TV.... I like an occasional bet on the horses..... and it is amazing how many horses in Australia are named after Beatles' references.... My good mate had a horse called Dig a Pony.... did well. Heaps of Beatles references to horses.
So, I'll reference the "Beatles" horses and let you know how they go..... A horse called "Real Love",,,, won.
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@toris said in The Beatles Mentioned on TV:
@njr Nancy, I'm going to jump on to this thread.... but it won't be about mentions on TV.... I like an occasional bet on the horses..... and it is amazing how many horses in Australia are named after Beatles' references.... My good mate had a horse called Dig a Pony.... did well. Heaps of Beatles references to horses.
So, I'll reference the "Beatles" horses and let you know how they go..... A horse called "Real Love",,,, won.
This being said, I do run the risk of being admonished by some who don't like horse racing....
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@toris That’s cool - I used to own a gelding sorrel quarterhorse named Jonathan Sport (he had papers) that I called Sport. This was 1992/1993. If I could afford a horse now, I’d give them a Beatles-reference name!
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@njr Beautiful!
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Jeopardy 6/6/23
RIAA top-selling artists for $200This rock band tops the list with more than 183 million album sales, and that’s all the clue you get.
Who are The Beatles? (the 2-time champ easily got it)
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Jeopardy 6/8/23
Hairy Styles for $400
Big in the ‘60s, a Beatle haircut is also called by this rhyming name.What is mop top?
NOBODY KNEW IT!
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@njr Isn't that aggravating??! I almost hate when Jeopardy has any Beatles-related question or category now because quite often people just don't know.....anymore. I forget which song of theirs it was recently that provided lyrics. Easy. No one even rang in to say what the name of the song was!!!! I believe it was Strawberry Fields....or some other easy song to name. And they couldn't!!!!!
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We have to understand the name of that haircut originated around 60 years ago. I did not see that show but willing to bet at least 1 or 2 of the contestants were not even born then. Even if they were, when was the last time you heard anybody use that term? Sure, this is easy for people like us, but it is because we are big time fans of the Beatles. Awhile back Jeopardy had a NY Yankee category, and they did not get one question correct. My goodness, these people never heard of Babe Ruth - lol.
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Like I said to Nancy in another post, these types of questions are about things from around 60 years ago. How old were the contestants? There are a lot more famous Beatle songs that the "everyday" type person might know some of the lyrics than "Strawberry Fields" IMO. Just because these questions are simple to us does not mean these contestants are not smart.
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On Entertainment Tonight 6/9/23, they were talking to various celebrities about their kids and one guy (name escapes me) said he had his son convinced that he produced the Beatles for 10 years!
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@yankeefan2 said in The Beatles Mentioned on TV:
We have to understand the name of that haircut originated around 60 years ago. I did not see that show but willing to bet at least 1 or 2 of the contestants were not even born then. Even if they were, when was the last time you heard anybody use that term? Sure, this is easy for people like us, but it is because we are big time fans of the Beatles. Awhile back Jeopardy had a NY Yankee category, and they did not get one question correct. My goodness, these people never heard of Babe Ruth - lol.
Yeah, I know! It just really cracked me up because one of my good friends has moptops as part of her email address! Of course had to tell her!
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@beatles4ever-1 said in The Beatles Mentioned on TV:
@njr Isn't that aggravating??! I almost hate when Jeopardy has any Beatles-related question or category now because quite often people just don't know.....anymore. I forget which song of theirs it was recently that provided lyrics. Easy. No one even rang in to say what the name of the song was!!!! I believe it was Strawberry Fields....or some other easy song to name. And they couldn't!!!!!
See my post here on April 25th (I watch Jeopardy every night!)