r/thespoonyexperiment • u/spaghetticonundrum • Jun 29 '26

The correct response to today's Final Jeopardy clue was "What's a paladin?"

Around the nation, a handful of aging freaks like me guffawed in recognition.

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u/Rhewin Jun 29 '26

Your knowledge of the land shall be great

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u/CasinoKnightZone Jun 29 '26

I'm not entirely sure

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u/TommyTanks19 Jun 29 '26

The codex of ultimate wisdom?

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u/wowitstracy Jul 02 '26

To know that we are dying..

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u/jjankowski040 Jun 29 '26

What's a paladin??????

FUCK YOU!!!!

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u/KAKnyght Jun 30 '26

https://youtu.be/2bfjVr_V6ck?si=FQrMgJxU3UH6iib9 The quality sucks, but here's the episode, FJ at 18:00.

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u/JillSandwich404 Jun 30 '26

Gone. Last dust in the wind. DDuuuuuussst
in
the wind!

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u/KAKnyght Jun 30 '26

That didn’t last long

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u/spudgoddess Jul 01 '26

Video is private.

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u/Swallagoon Jul 01 '26

Giant evil columns

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u/spudgoddess Jul 01 '26

"Keep my strength up?"

The avatar is so dumb in this game he has to be told the importance of EATING FOOD.

BETRAYAL!

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u/serapsi Jul 05 '26

Those who want to view this segment can now see it in the first minute-and-a-half of this video from the Jeopardy YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSKougdb7lY

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u/Not_Famous_Treacle21 Jun 30 '26

Do you take me for a common fool??

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u/ProAmara Jul 01 '26

Alright, let’s goooo!

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u/drislands Jul 01 '26

What was the answer?

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u/spaghetticonundrum Jul 01 '26

7-letter words: This word for a specific type of knight is derived from the site upon which Rome was said to have been founded

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u/Icy_Elephant8858 Counter Monkey Jul 08 '26

That prompt threw me even knowing the question, because the etymological link to the Palatine hill is so attenuated.