DUMBEST Final Jeopardy clue EVER

[Fenris]

Ok, here's today's final clue:

"The 2 island nations that are members of the G-8."

Idiot #1: "What are Iceland and Greenland."

Greenland, eh? I can kind of see how one might place Iceland as one of the top industrial powers in the world, but Greenland? Greenland's not even a country.

Idiot #2: "What are England and Australia."

Okay okay okay. Wait a minute. Australia? That's not an island, that's a continent. And England? Last time I checked, England was a part of Great Britain - which is a G-8 member.

Smart Person: "What are Britain and Japan."

Whew. I'm glad SOMEONE got that.

What's really frightening is that this was on a Tournament of Champions game.

[terrya]

1. God, even *I* got that...

G-8...industrialized nations. And which two are islands?

That was rather bizarre.

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. What so you mean "even I?"

You're fucking brilliant, Terry. :)

[terrya]

3. My friend, I'm no Ken Jennings. :-)

I know my limitations. But I DID go to Jeopardy's website and apply to be a contestant. Here's hoping. :-)

And thank you. You're very fucking brilliant, guy.

T

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. See, D pulls that shit, too.

And she's as smart as anyone I've ever met.

And Ken's very smart -- but he ain't all that. They put some fucking idiots up against him once he got on his streak. They wanted to pump up ratings.

[terrya]

5. Truth be told...Doug gets on MY case about it

He doesn't like it when I do this.

And you're quite right about D.

T

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. I understand... I can pull the self-deprecating shit with the best of 'em.

But she doesn't realize just how brilliant (and funny, and kind, and beautiful, and strong) she is. And that annoys the hell out of me.

Oh well. I guess I'll just have to prove it to her.

And I hope Doug proves it to you, too. :)

[terrya]

9. Well, D and I are both lucky that we have such good people in our lives.

People who are supportive, caring...people who inspire us...to realize our full potential. And for that, I'd say that D and I are very, very lucky. :-)

And I'm going to be talking to Doug in just a few minutes. Which gives me another opportunity to tell him how much I love him...and how much he means to me. :-)

And thank you again. This will be it for me for tonight. Talk to you tomorrow, guy.

T

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. Doug and I are lucky to have the two of you in our lives.

More than either of you will ever know.

[rug]

6. Tecnically, they're both archipelagos

[xmas74]

15. Good point.

You should write the producers of Jeopardy and tell them that.

[SoCalDem]

8. But. What about Tonga???

Poor Tonga... gets no respect... just like Poland :P

[Guaranteed]

10. Damn...I said Australia, too!

I'm a dumbass. :P

[DrWeird]

12. Alex: "I'm thinking of two island nations."

Dr. Weird: "What are Britain and Japan."

Alex: "That's right."

[silverpatronus]

13. *koff*technically australia is an island*koff*

and england=great britain which is part of the united kingdom.

since when is greenland not a country? from the CIA world factbook:

Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament.

[miss_kitty]

14. spoiler.

at least I'll get it right. :D