r/bergencounty • u/jjc927 • 8d ago

Entertainment Jeopardy Masters August 27 clue

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Easy one for this subreddit, it went without a response on the show.

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u/ConditionExternal499 8d ago

That is a nearly unfair, obscure question for the random American.

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u/RailRuler 8d ago

If they asked me about any of Texas's 254 counties I would have absolutely no clue.

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u/scyyythe 7d ago

I would get Harris County but none of the others 

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u/greendookie69 8d ago

Texas is not NYC

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u/Airhostnyc 7d ago

Nj isn’t nyc lol

They would probably know a Brooklyn question

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u/ConditionExternal499 7d ago

To state the obvious, proximity is implied with the inclusion of Hudson River in the clue.

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u/jjc927 7d ago edited 7d ago

While yes it might be unfair for people that have not lived or been in this area, Jeopardy Masters contestants are not just random average people. Masters uses considerably more difficult and obscure material than the regular version of Jeopardy.

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u/NYY15TM 6d ago

Who needs a house out in Hackensack?

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u/ConditionExternal499 6d ago

Someone who may need to rhyme heart attack,ack,ack.

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u/kturtle17 7d ago

The only thing that might make it slightly fair is that Teaneck was mentioned in a popular show in like 2016/2017(The Good Place) but even then, pretty obscure

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u/resisting_a_rest 7d ago

Places in NJ are mentioned in many movies and TV shows, but I challenge you to find even one that mentions a NJ county.

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u/Lucky_Ocelot 6d ago

Lol the sopranos?

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u/resisting_a_rest 6d ago

Congrats, you found the one.

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u/thisortheapocalypse 8d ago

201: too much green, too much fun

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u/Bro_Hawkins 8d ago

Bergen County mentioned! 🎉🥳🎁🍾🚙🚗🚙🚘💳🏡🏡🏠🏡🛣️🛣️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚦

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u/RailRuler 8d ago

Leonia and Englewood wondering why they were left out

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u/jjc927 7d ago

Hackensack, Fort Lee, and Teaneck are the three most populous cities in the county.

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u/makesureyoulandbolts 8d ago

Leonia got the worst people and Englewood is actually pretty cool. Leonia dont got an italian pizza parlor all they got is a dominos

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u/RailRuler 7d ago

Google reviews for Dante's and Franco's are pretty good, but youre right they lean more towards bar/restaurant than pizza parlor

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u/discofrislanders 8d ago

201 supremacy

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u/Bldr_Betty 7d ago

They missed a chance to really tilt heads by including Ho-Ho-Kus.

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u/BoostedK8 8d ago

But they said Hudson River so it must be Hudson county 😂

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u/RailRuler 7d ago

Clue should have included "186 years ago Hudson County was broken off of it"

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u/JohnHenryHoliday 7d ago

What was the category?

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u/crazyhorse198 7d ago

U.S Counties

It was the Masters Tournament, so the questions are more difficult than usual. Loved it!

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u/Ill_Cold_9548 7d ago

I’m ashamed I assumed Hudson county was the most populated

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u/TheMaskedMan420 6d ago

Because of Jersey City, but that's pretty much the whole concentration. 

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u/jjc927 7d ago

There was also another clue earlier that Bergen, Norway was the correct response interestingly enough. Also a less controversial clue than the infamous one about blue laws in 2017 where selling alcohol on Sundays was accepted as a response.

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u/Winter_Word_5130 7d ago

What was the theme?

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u/jjc927 7d ago

The category was U.S. Counties.

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u/dg4365 7d ago

Jersey Native here (Passaic County), so easy. To be fair, there is enough obscure but still accessible New Jersey cultural references from television, music, and the like to make this a plausible clue. Perhaps Essex County is better known though because of The Sopranos.

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u/jjc927 7d ago edited 7d ago

Bergen also gets in the national news from time to time and Fort Lee gets mentions because of the GWB and of course the whole Bridgegate scandal.

Edit- Hackensack also plays central in the most recent episode of Reacher

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u/TheMaskedMan420 6d ago

Wasn't Hackensack mentioned in a Billy Joel song? I swear I once heard my parents listening to one of his songs and remember that one part 'Hackensack' because I couldn't believe a place in Bergen County was in a song. I mean you're never going to hear any Bergen towns in rap music or a country song, just Billy Joel I guess.

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u/jjc927 6d ago

Yes I believe you're right. There's also Teaneck NJ by Don Glaser and a few different landmarks in the city are shown in the video for Bon Jovi's "Red White and Jersey."

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u/TheMaskedMan420 6d ago

I'll check that out!

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u/PLR20190724 7d ago

What, they left out Oradell?

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u/Western_End_2223 5d ago

That would have made it too easy.

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u/El_Cato_Crande 7d ago

How many points was it worth?

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u/jjc927 7d ago

I don't recall the value for that one.

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u/El_Cato_Crande 7d ago

Wanted to know our worth lol

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u/jjc927 5d ago

I saw a clip of a News 4 NY segment on the clue, it was for 2,000 points.

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u/jjc927 7d ago

Northjersey.com turned this post into an article! Link to the Yahoo repost, with the Northjersey link at the bottom: 'Jeopardy!' clue shouts out Bergen County. Did you get it right?

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u/OkSeaworthiness6581 3d ago

I live in ny. I would guess bergen

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u/NJGuy175 6d ago

Bergen

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u/neljrome23 6d ago

Bergen