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Jonathan Franzen went on Jeopardy and missed this Shakespeare

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Jonathan Franzen went on Jeopardy and missed this Shakespeare question.

So, /lit/, would you have gotten this correct? Be honest.
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>>8054419
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>>8054419

I don't remember the names, no.
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>>8054419
I would have got it but I'm pretty sure it's from watching 10 Things I Hate About You so much
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>>8054419
Is the name petruccio?
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>>8054419
>shittiest shakespeare play

Who the fuck cares op
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"Taming of the shrew" is hilariously misogynist, so maybe it's good that he didnt get it?
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>>8054749
I think you'd get that. I think it's spelt Petruchio.

I think you have to say Who is Petruchio too
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Episode hasn't aired yet but it sounds like Franzen got all the other qs in the Shakespeare category and missed this one
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>>8054772
I thought he did pretty well overall. I thought it was funny how he ducked with embarassment when he got something wrong. They all sort of got scammed with the last question, though I assumed at least one of them would get it.
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I'm not english, I know very little of Shakespeare.
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>>8054841
seriously consider suicide
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>>8054761
This triggers me even when I know that it's bait
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>>8054878
it's a shitty play irregardless
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>people saying Taming of the Shrew is a shitty play

wew lads
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>>8054920
it's not great
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I missed it. There's a good half dozen Shakespeare plays that don't interest me in the least. Mostly the comedies.

Didn't expect Franzen to much of a Shakespeare buff anyway. Legit Jeopardy clue tho.
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>>8054419
did he really? most embarrassing thing a "real writer" has done since the DFW cablenews doofus tour
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>>8054903
>irregardless
Subtle
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>>8055362
It is tho
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>>8055362
It's ok if you don't get it.
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louis ck did surprisingly well on jeopardy tonight

who knew he was so knowledgeable
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>>8057232
the celebrity ones are bullshit. they stack the categories with things that the contestants know beforehand. for example, franzen is a bird watcher and writes books, so cue the bird and literary categories
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Who is Petruchio?

Franzen's a cunt.
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>>8054419
>Jeopardy
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>>8054920
I didn't like it.
I prefer his tragedies.
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>>8057905

>Who is Petruchio?

He's a character from The Taming of the Shrew. It's pretty obscure, you probably haven't heard of it.
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>>8057927
this is dumb as fuck but i laughed
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