I'd like Games for 600, Alex...

[Cor Azer]

So, I was watching the Jeopardy Teen Tournament last night, and there was a category called Games. Most board or children's game questions, but I thought, "Never know, they might ask one..."

Anyways, the $600 question... er... answer was:

"'Bastion of Broken Souls' is a version of this game."

Obviously (or at least, to most of us on these boards), the answer... er... question is "What is Dungeons and Dragons?"

But the wording just caught me as odd. Has anyone every heard of an module being referred to as a "version" of D&D? Or were the trivia/question/answer/whatever writers just lazy in their research?

Also, I can't see why they'd use "Bastion of Broken Souls". Certainly there are other, better known modules? Castle Greyhawk, for example. Or Tomb of Horrors. Or Temple of Elemental Evil. Or for strictly third edition stuff, Sunless Citadel was the introductory adventure on the Adventure Path, whereas Bastion of Broken Souls was much further along (I don't know the order).

Anyways, I just thought I'd throw this out for commentary.

 

[Cevalic]

Was anyone able to answer it? Pretty cool that they had a D&D question. I wouldn't have even seen it coming.

 

[Cor Azer]

Was anyone able to answer it? Pretty cool that they had a D&D question. I wouldn't have even seen it coming.

Yeah, the eventual winner got it on the first try. Of course, he was exploding with the correct answer all over the place - had a final score of $17,000, while the next closest was about $2000 and the third didn't play final Jeopardy because she finished Double Jeopardy in the hole.

 

[LGodamus]

I would love to audition for that show....I love jeopardy, but I believe thats the first D&D answer I have heard from it.

 

[ichabod]

I would love to audition for that show....I love jeopardy, but I believe thats the first D&D answer I have heard from it.

I auditioned once, but I didn't make the cut. Every now and then they have a gamer question though. I've seen Magic the Gathering ones twice.

 

[RangerWickett]

I was almost hoping to read that the 'answer' had been:

"Bastion of Broken Souls was nominated for Best Cover Art in this 2002 gaming award show?"

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I was almost hoping to read that the 'answer' had been:

"Bastion of Broken Souls was nominated for Best Cover Art in this 2002 gaming award show?"

Oh dude that SO would have rocked. I wonder if it would be possible to ask them to do something like that lol.

Answer "What are, the Ennies"

 

[Cor Azer]

I was almost hoping to read that the 'answer' had been:

"Bastion of Broken Souls was nominated for Best Cover Art in this 2002 gaming award show?"

That would have been quite uber... and I probably woulnd't have waited for a whole day to post it to the boards.