Davis and White on Jeopardy!

salchowx4 · Mar 3, 2015

There was an ice dancing category tonight on Jeopardy!. Davis and White read the clues. Extremely easy clues, but thought I'd post the questions... err, answers, just for fun.

$200

Ice dancing was once a social sport in which top-hatted men paraded on the ice with ladies in long dresses; the skaters incorporated elements of ballroom dancing, like this elegant dance from Vienna

$400

We were longtime fans of "Dancing with the Stars" before we competed on it; in fact, this "DWTS" pro and multiple winner of the show's mirrorball trophy helped choreograph our short program for Sochi

$600

The hot ticket at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo was the final free dance in ice dancing; that's when this British pair performed to Ravel's "Bolero", earning a gold medal & 9 perfect scores for artistic impressions, a feat that has never been duplicated.

$800

In 2014 we skated to music by a great Russian composer: Rimsky-Korsakov; we used this symphonic suite in which I assume the title role of a sultan's wife who spins stories to entertain her husband

$1000

A key move is this traveling turn done on one foot; the judges are watching for us to put the other foot down at the same time

All of the clues had audio/visual content in addition to the video of Meryl and Charlie reading the clues. (e.g. Twizzle question showed them doing twizzles) All were answered correctly except for the one regarding Derek Hough. The contestants didn't have a clue who he is.

Edit: Now there is video:

jcoates said:
Here's a clip of their appearance:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ilv4p

ice coverage · Mar 3, 2015

Anecdotal observation:

IIRC, the sole female contestant gave at least three of the correct questions ($600 and up).

Don't remember for sure whether one of the male contestants earned the $200 for the first question, but I think so.

(So happens that the answers were not selected in order of low to high value ... and were not played all in a row. The contestants were jumping around a lot, both across and within categories.)

Poor D. Hough ... I'm not a DWTS fan, but I was surprised that no one recognized his face and description.

(Lest anyone wonder, Jeopardy did not have a typo in Bolero.

)

salchowx4 · Mar 3, 2015

golden411 said:
Anecdotal observation:

IIRC, the sole female contestant gave at least three of the correct questions ($600 and up).

Don't remember for sure whether one of the male contestants earned the $200 for the first question, but I think so.

(So happens that the answers were not selected in order of low to high value ... and were not played all in a row. The contestants were jumping around a lot, both across and within categories.)

Poor D. Hough ... I'm not a DWTS fan, but I was surprised that no one recognized his face and description.

(Lest anyone wonder, Jeopardy did not have a typo in Bolero. )

Yep, fixed it. I'm sure there are other errors in my typing. Sheesh.

Anyway, it was great to see them on the program. I had no idea they were going to be on. What a nice surprise!

Skategmt · Mar 3, 2015

Thank you so much for the summary! I really can't thank you enough! I have been searching for the clues and video all night!

I watch Jeopardy EVERY SINGLE NIGHT... except I didn't tonight, I watched last week's episode of Pretty Little Liars instead.

dorispulaski · Mar 3, 2015

I taped it, not knowing they'd be on :cheer:

sabinfire · Mar 3, 2015

dorispulaski said:
I taped it, not knowing they'd be on

Taped?? Someone ought to buy you a DVR so you can ditch that VCR.

peg · Mar 3, 2015

I was answering the questions in my head (here - didn't actually watch the show) and on the third question I realized I hadn't phrased the first two responses as questions

dorispulaski · Mar 3, 2015

Unfortunately, it is just an antique turn of phrase by an old lady. What I actually did is have my cable box record it. :eek:

: from whence it will go to the megabyte graveyard as soon as I have watched it.

ice coverage · Mar 3, 2015

BTW, Jeopardy did send some tweets today promoting D/W in advance, and it was nice to see that the show did recognize that D/W have a significant fan base that was worth reaching out to.

(D and/or W had retweeted at least one of the official Jeopardy tweets.)

ETA, Tanith's tweet after the show aired was cute.

sabinfire · Mar 3, 2015

dorispulaski said:
Unfortunately, it is just an antique turn of phrase by an old lady. What I actually did is have my cable box record it. : from whence it will go to the megabyte graveyard as soon as I have watched it.

Well that's a relief... for a second there I thought you were building a digital archive of old Jeopardy footage!

jcoates · Mar 3, 2015

Here's a clip of their appearance:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ilv4p

shiroKJ · Mar 3, 2015

jcoates said:
Here's a clip of their appearance:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ilv4p

That's so cool! I caught a bit of today's episode on TV today at work but didn't see this part. Too bad I missed it live :biggrin:

el henry · Mar 3, 2015

But not an antique turn of phrase for me. I do in fact "tape" (which requires setting multiple machines). Which is why this year we will probably cut the cord and I will rely even more on those kind posters who gather together skating vids.

I did not however tape Jeopardy, so I was glad to see all the questions and the clip. I wouldn't have gotten Derek Hough either. :hopelessness:

salchowx4 · Mar 3, 2015

jcoates said:
Here's a clip of their appearance:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ilv4p

Awesome! Added to the OP.

ice coverage · Mar 3, 2015

salchowx4 said:
Yep, fixed it. I'm sure there are other errors in my typing. Sheesh. ...

I hope you do not think that I was not picking on you. I know that it was just one of those innocent typos to which I myself certainly am not immune.
I was clarifying b/c I didn't want someone to roll their eyes at the Jeopardy producers/writers and jump to the conclusion that it was a matter of their ignorance of ice dance and/or T/D.

cruzceleste · Mar 3, 2015

So random to have them read the clues, does Jeopardy does this a lot? To have people read the clues?

shiroKJ · Mar 3, 2015

cruzceleste said:
So random to have them read the clues, does Jeopardy does this a lot? To have people read the clues?

If memory serves me right they do often do have guests participate. It ranges from normal people to celebrities I think? :think:

ice coverage · Mar 3, 2015

cruzceleste said:
So random to have them read the clues, does Jeopardy does this a lot? To have people read the clues?

It ain't your grandmother's Jeopardy anymore

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Jeopardy guests such as D/W are not uncommon in this day and age.

GF2445 · Mar 3, 2015

I am happy that they got to be on jeopardy

iluvtodd · Mar 4, 2015

We DVR Jeopardy!, so thanks for the heads up & the video clip!

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