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Judges okay a 5 word question for 4 word answer?

posted 7 years ago by zensixties
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Tonight in the Lotsa "luck" category, the answer was, "Dirty Harry tells a punk he's got to ask himself this 4-word question". The player Eli said, What is, "do you feel lucky, punk"? The judges okayed this answer. A few things to point out here:
The clue asked for 4 words and the player gave 5.
The correct response should be, "What is, 'do I feel lucky'"?, so it's the wrong number AND an inaccurate quote. Note, the full correct quote is, "you gotta ask yourself a question. 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do ya, punk?"
3. So he is judged correct on an inaccurate quote with the wrong number of words in it. Am I nit-picking here? I don't think so, in light of how strict the judges usually are regarding similar clues. I know the player didn't win anyway, but still. Any thoughts?

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[–] Tresix 7 years ago

I was surprised that he was credited too. Since the response was a question, he didn't have to phrase it as one. The player said "you", but Alex said that it was either "Do you feel lucky?" or "Do I feel lucky?" I don't recall Harry ever asking if he himself felt lucky.

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[–] zensixties 7 years ago

I didn't think of that. He could have just said, "Do I feel lucky?" I get that they could let the wrong pronoun slide, but adding "punk" to it is the equivalent of giving the correct last name and incorrect first name. Oh well.

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[–] lauraanderson1 7 years ago

Ever have one of those jeopardys where you just know after the commercial they are going to have a scoring change? This was one of those occasions, but it never happened. Weird answer. Even weirder no call from the refs.

[–] shenandoahpride 7 years ago

His answer was incorrect. The quote is "You've got to ask yourself one question. 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"

So the word "punk" is not a part of the question.

[–] ramsplp 7 years ago

Yep, you're completely correct on both counts.

I can't believe the judges let that stand.

The judges are punks.

[–] Piperson 7 years ago

Also, I think the contestant originally said "Do you feel lucky?" which obviously is a question and shouldn't require the "What is?"

[–] coloradotex (769) 7 years ago

happens on the show much too often lately

[–] strntz (10808) 6 years ago

They weren't looking for a verbatim quote, just the question to the answer.

So if the contestant was quoting the line, he'd have said "I".