Yeah maybe but I appreciated that they reached out to other people with minority/orientation perspectives and got fairly meh responses about him. I didn’t see any real defenders.
First 18,600
Second 12,400
Three clues left, 2nd hits DD leaving 2,000 and 800 clues on board.
Wagers 7,000 gets it right, only to have the other play get the 2,000 clue and retake the lead.
Last Friday (9/27). Aaarrrrrgh. Jfc if you are going to go big, then do it.
But no Karma, first missed a gimme FJ.
(still catching up from last season)
what exactly are the rules on when first names are needed? In one of the last couple of matches of the season, the category was “famous first dates” (or something like that) and Ken took “The Obamas” without question but on the next clue the response was “who are the curies” and Ken asked the contestant to be more specific. are there other famous Curie couples?
Since I apparently have nothing better to do in life I found this game on jarchive and then went to see the Jboard discussion on it. Someone asked about it and received the following response:
There are also Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie.
It happened again yesterday, response was (Sam) Walton and ken wouldn’t accept just “Walton” alone. wtf.
I assume these are pre-marked as “we need the full name” and ken isn’t just wildcatting on the fly?
They probably discuss them in advance. IMO, no way should they just accept “Walton” when they are looking for the person who founded Walmart.
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Answers that require a full name are clearly marked when I read trivia questions for high schoolers, so certainly Jeopardy is not going to leave it up to Ken’s discretion.
“Walton” for the Walmart guy seems like an acceptable answer. Not sure why it wouldn’t be.
A couple of reasons.
First, Helen Walton may be considered a founder. References tend not to refer to her as such, but her Wikipedia writes that “they” opened the first Wal-Mart in 1962. The clue referenced the year of death, probably to avoid any confusion between Sam and Helen.
Second, “Walton” is a family name that lives on with numerous billionaire heirs who continue to be associated with the company (even if only as the source of their wealth). The whole point of the question is to specifically know the founder, not the family name associated with the retailer.
You wouldn’t be permitted to answer a question referring to J&J with “Johnson”, nor would you be permitted to answer a question about a President who signed a bill into law with “Bush”.
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Was this FJ or not?
If not, then you just ask for the first name after they give you the last.
If FJ, then you really should put it in the question (or at least tell them off screen) that you need a full name or it’s wrong.
Wat
“He had kids” is not a reason to require a full name imo