Jeopardy! Thread (No spoilers until after the show EST)

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I saw an early Trebek clip and it brought NPH to mind.

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Guy tonight was “originally from Jackson Michigan” and he pulls out his map and points during Johnnys intro.

Minus points for spreading his fingers apart.

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Legit Midwesterner.

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If I was in a war (like the old WWII movies) I’d use it to detect German spies.

The old movie- they ask the new guy what did DiMaggio hit in ‘35. If the guy answers you shoot him cause DiMaggio wasn’t in the league then.

In my case if the guy says he’s from Michigan and I say where from and he doesnt pull out his map he’s dead. “Detroit” might get a pass.

I’m from the middle knuckle.

And it’s “pop” dammit.

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I remember reading some short story where they did this but I think the question was something about the 3rd verse of the Star-Spangled Banner. The imposter was the one who got it correct, because no real Amercan would actually know that.

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Good read

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I don’t know if The Chase is worth watching for the whole show because of all the fluff, but the the final chase is entertaining.

Skip to 35:30 to watch the contestants chase.

Skip to 39:10 to watch James Holzhauer crush souls.

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Yeah, James’ final chase was an absolute wafflecrush. I think in terms of pure trivia knowledge he blows Ken and Brad out of the water. Ken is faster on the buzzer and knows more about how Jeopardy clues flow

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Brad got old. Peak Brad was the fastest to ever hold the buzzer. Current Brad is a shell of his former self.

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Agreed. I’m very interested to see how his knowledge base holds up in the final chase next week

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This is rougher for the contestants not just because they’re going up against James but because they have to buzz in before answering whereas James doesn’t have to waste time doing that.

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In general, the players’ ability to knock the expert back if they can answer his missed question kinda makes up for that though (of course James would have to get one wrong first lol).

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If the expert misses it, then it seems the chance of them getting it goes way down.

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Didn’t watch the original a ton, but I felt like with 2 or 3 players left they could do it at at least a 50% clip. There’s also that built in advantage of having the wrong answer ruled out if it’s one of those coinflip answers.

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Maybe. Nevertheless, if I could pick one of the two advantages, I’d take not having to wait to answer.

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Contestants can blurt out the answer the instant they hit the buzzer. The point of the buzzer is mostly as the tiebreaker if two contestants say different answers at the same time.

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A herald of Federalist headlines to come in the post-Trump era lol

https://twitter.com/chrisjacobsHC/status/1348792948184518656?s=20

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It’s like conservatives wake up and think, “What and how many unnecessarily shitty takes am I going to proclaim to the world today?”

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Is this true? When James was on the chase, he blurted out the answer when he hadn’t rang in and it was deemed incorrect.

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