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Roxette was a Jeopardy question?
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Anarem said on May 14, 2005 21:25:
Hi all, I did a search for Roxette on Google’s beta Video search, and I found this:
http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer?chan=KGO&year=2005&month=3&day=4...
(sorry for the long URL moderators!)
Isn’t it nifty?
Mishar_McLeud said on May 14, 2005 23:54:
Probably that was a tough guestion :)
BTW why do you have to appologize to mods for a long URL *blinks*
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animalkingdom said on May 15, 2005 09:11:
There is actually a mistake there...
4 of this groups FIRST Top-40 hits reached no.1...
As far as I know
The Look, Dressed For Success, Listen To Your Heart and Dangerous were the first Top-40 hits for Roxette (in the US) and only 2 went no. 1. ;)
Roxette-atic said on May 15, 2005 11:34:
Well, it doesent say that THE first 4 went to #1, it saids that 4 of the first singles went to #1..
animalkingdom said on May 15, 2005 12:37:
Ok, so how long is the list of Roxette’s “first” singles then?
There clearly is an error if you ask me...
Anarem said on May 15, 2005 16:56:
Roxette hit #1 in the US with The Look, Listen to Your Heart, It Must Have Been Love, and Joyride. The singles that didn’t make number one, but cracked the Top 40 were Dressed For Success, Dangerous, and Fading Like A Flower. As far as I can see, the Jeopardy answer was properly phrased...
Anarem said on May 15, 2005 17:00:
@Mishar: I apologized because sometimes the long URLs make the formatting of the screen go all wonky, as most people’s monitors are 1024 x 768, or 800 x 600, and they would have to scroll sideways to read the text, which is a pain in the arse to do. :-)
To answer the question if the contestant got it right– it looks like they did, they got $1000 for it! Hoo, if the Roxette question was worth a thousand dollars, then it was probably one of the harder questions!
That’s my fantasy Jeopardy scenario– if I were on Jeopardy, and the Final Jeopardy category was “Famous Swedish Pop Groups”, you can be sure as hell I would bet all my money on it! :-)
animalkingdom said on May 15, 2005 17:09:
@ Anarem
I still think there’s something wrong with the question... Also COYH & SMT made the US Top 40. ;)
Bunio said on May 15, 2005 22:58:
i think i have watched that episode of jeopardy while my stay in Canada...
I’m not certain about it but there was question about roxette, that is probably it, but it might be another question...They didn’t know, no one pushed the button.
eBay said on May 17, 2005 07:36:
@animalkingdom
I thought COYH was not even released in the US? Thought it was a European Single only?
animalkingdom said on May 17, 2005 20:52:
@ eBay
Yeah it was released. The Big L, on the other hand, was not.
Chart data from Billboard for “Church”
Hot 100 Singles Airplay: debut #55, peak #34 (total weeks 10)
The Billboard Hot 100: debut #70, peak #36 (total weeks 11)
Adult Comtemporary: debut #41, peak #24 (total weeks 9)
Roxette-atic said on May 14, 2005 21:27:
Cool! I wonder if they knew the answer..