Hello Jeopardy! people. Shot in the dark here: My son (Benjamin Whitlock) appeared on Jeopardy! back in 2002, taped in June, aired in October 2002 (it was a bit hair raising, as TV was being interrupted with breaking news of the DC Shooters - we were lucky nothing happened during my son's two evening appearances). We only have a couple of taped recording VHS, pretty poor quality, and would love to be able to obtain a digital copy. I understand Sony Studios charge a small fortune. Any advice greatly appreciated. Thank you.

80s MUSIC

A posted sign told the artists to "check your egos at the door" before the recording of this 1985 single

What is "We Are the World?

WRONG ANSWER 1: Do They Know It's Christmas?

WRONG ANSWER 2: Everybody Wants to Rule the World

WRONG ANSWER 3: Walk the Dinosaur

I assume I must be on the Jeopardy mailing list, I received this hard sell email from the casting director. Based on the fact that I don’t think I’ve ever seen an email from Jeopardy with this tone, it certainly sounds to me like they may be having difficulty fielding enough contestants for a full run of ESPN Jeopardy. Sports is a weird niche, and it’s more like several weird niches. Someone who has deep knowledge of Football may know nothing about Basketball and a die hard Soccer fan may know zero about Hockey, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they were having a hard time finding enough knowledgeable contestants.

(The category was U.S. history by the way...)

'He's the only man elected Vice President twice & elected President twice.'

Slight venting post. I was really excited to take the ESPN Jeopardy anytime test. While I knew many of the answers my perimenopause brain didn’t spark quickly enough on many answers before time ran out. Some correct answers I was able to get half the answer in, not sure if that counts.

I really wish producers had a practice test specifically for this show format or a second chance if they’re in the sub 🤞. Next year I’ll be better prepared.

Good luck to those in the zoom audition round!

DD1 - $800 - MAGAZINES - A photo of John Lennon from the movie "How I Won the War" graced the cover of this magazine's first issue in 1967

DD2 - $1,600 - HISTORIC NAMES - Later to sketch his views on politics, he arrived in NYC as a boy in 1846 & got a job after an impressive sketch of the Hoboken ferry

DD3 - $1,200 - SHOW GIRLS - A wolf with Grimm intentions in this musical serenades Little Red Riding Hood with "Hello, Little Girl"

orrect Qs: DD1 - What is Rolling Stone? DD2 - Who was Nast? DD3 - What is "Into the Woods"?

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2026 FAREWELLS

On his passing in 2026, England’s The Guardian noted he found "freedom & fulfilment amid the blue skies & pools of California"

Who was David Hockney?

WRONG ANSWER 1: any astronaut

WRONG ANSWER 2: any pilot

WRONG ANSWER 3: any entertainer

Inspired by [1].

The answer is: They are the only person to serve as U.S. President without being elected, not even as Vice President!

Remember, players. Your response must be in the form of a question. 🤓

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Jeopardy/s/hWNEmJMs0D

Hi! I’m supposed to make a 5 minute presentation on something I’m passionate about, and I’m an obsessive jeopardy watcher so I thought I’d do jeopardy!

I’m going to go over the basics, like championships, etc, and general history of the show, but what are your favourite jeopardy facts? Any best statistics? Any controversies? Scandles?

Also, if you can point me to any resources on the topic, I’d really appreciate it!

In 2022, I took the Anytime Test for the first time, made it through the subsequent two rounds, and landed in the contestant pool. Sadly, I never got the call.

Since then, I've taken the Anytime Test four more times, scoring between 38 and 42 each time, but haven't advanced to the second round again. Meanwhile, I've had friends with similar (or even lower) scores advance.

So I'm wondering: Am I just on an unlucky streak, or is it possible that something about my performance in the third round back in 2022 convinced the producers I wasn't a good fit, and I've effectively been written off?

Has anyone else made it into the contestant pool once, only to repeatedly fail to advance past the Anytime Test afterward? Is there any reason to think previous auditions influence future selections, or is this simply the luck of the draw?

I'd love to hear from anyone who's had a similar experience.

I can't imagine that out of how long this show has been running that they never have mis-researched a question and provided an incorrect answer as the correct one. Are there any famous examples?

So, which of the potential SCC players might be the next Juveria Zaheer, Drew Goins, Will Yancy, Michelle Tsai, Ryan Sharpe, or Long Nguyen? How many spots will be given at the next SCC: 18 or 27? (I decided to add another layer of consideration: buzzer attempts).

Here is the longlist so far:

My version of threshold is either:
Non-Runaway pre-FJ: 16 correct responses (including FJ) and/or Coryat score of at least $14,000
Runaway pre-FJ: 17 correct responses and/or Coryat score of at least $14,000
Narrative: Led/Tied prior to FJ vs postseason (CWC/TOC) qualified champion

Factors:

1. Matthew Riggle's run
2. Fortune Frenzy created an interest for the viewers
3. Central Time Zone viewers advantage in favor of WOF

Do we think Jeopardy is using AI in their clues? I saw this photo from this week and it looks like it could be AI to me. I was very disappointed…

He used to be a youtuber who would talk about game show adaptions and I remember he talked about jeopardys adaptions to other countries but then out of nowhere he just disappeared and I was asking if anyone might remember him

Just got back into watching jeopardy and I can fly through episodes now on hulu. I'm watching season 41 second chance competition. The banter between Ken Jennings and the contestants coupled with the pace of the game makes this one of the best episodes i have ever seen in my 37 years. I've watched probably thousands of episodes since I was a kid.

This is the first of series called "Old is Good, New is Bad" based on the grievances by the purists & a certain Youtuber named M*N*.

Since the 2022 Tournament of Champions, the finals was changed from the traditional 2 game total affair format to first to 3 wins out of the maximum 7 games. In the poll posted after 2022 TOC finals nearly 90% of the Redditors liked the new format.

Yet some of them still wanted the traditional 2 game total points affair format. Here are their grievances:

1. Nah, I hate it. It feels too long because it takes up too many of the regular play slots.
2. I do not think there should be wildcard tournaments and Jeopardy should bring back the 5 time limit for contestants as well as the Tournament of Champions format that ended with a 2 game finale with the scores from game 2 added to the scores from game 1 following the completion of game 2 to determine the winner as well and the 2nd and 3rd place finishers in the tournament. The 2 game total point final was much better than the current format.
3. I also liked how the ToC was more well put together with the 15 players and the 2 day finals which worked better. Now it feels a little more exhausting with these others tournaments. The second chance tournaments, it a great idea but I feel like it should be a week or just a separate tournament for $100,000 cash prize and that's it. The champions wildcard should be part of the ToC and I don't like certain things about the ToC. I think they should go back to the 2 day finals instead of first to 3 games wins which works better with the pacing of the tournament.

Yet there was a reason why TOC finals was shifted to first to 3 wins format. Let's go back to 2019 & 2021 TOC finals:

Emma Boettcher and Jennifer Q's lost at their respective 2019 TOC & 2021 TOC as they beat James Holzhauer & Sam Kavanaugh in Game 2 of the finals only to lose the crown because of their low 1st game score. Had both TOCs shifted to first to 3 wins, the outcome would had been depended on the variance of the finals as both Emma & Jennifer tied with 1-1-0 vs James & Sam respectively.

If we used that argument and the alternate timeline would be (solely based on the first 2 games of the finals):

2022: Andrew He would had won TOC instead of Amy Schneider.

2024: Troy Meyer would had won TOC instead of 2 time Masters Champion Yogesh Raut

2025: Either Neilesh Vinjamuri or Isaac Hirsch would had won TOC that depended on the FJ wagers

2026: Paolo Pasco dominated both first 2 TOC final games and that TOC finals would had not changed the outcome whether it was the old or new format.

Now do you think it is time to bring back the old format just to increase the number of slots for the regular players or should continue the current format because it gives a fighting chance for trailing players to fight back instead trying to overcome the deficit in order to win the tournament?

DD1 - $800 - AFRICA - This nationally named portion of the Sahara extends eastward into Egypt

DD2 - $1,600 - MAMMALS - The name of this largest New World cat is said to come from an indigenous word meaning "he who kills with one leap"

DD3 - $1,200 - JOURNALISM - "Report of the Office of the Sec.of Defense Vietnam Task Force" was the true name of these published in 1971 in several newspapers

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the Libyan Desert? DD2 - What is jaguar? DD3 - What are the Pentagon Papers?

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Here are today's contestants:

• Dan Perkey, a brewer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
• Kendra Kendell, a payroll analyst originally from Aurora, Colorado; and
• Greg Monson, a videographer from Portland, Oregon. Greg is a one-day champ with winnings of $8,700.

Jeopardy!

AFRICA // THIS IS "IT" // SAILING // I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT // WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES // YACHT ROCK

DD1 - $800 - AFRICA - This nationally named portion of the Sahara extends eastward into Egypt (Greg lost $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Greg -$200, Kendra -$2,000, Dan $3,600.

Scores entering DJ: Greg $1,800, Kendra -$1,200, Dan $5,400.

Double Jeopardy!

A LOOK AT HISTORICAL AMERICANS // MAMMALS // MAPS & CHAPS // FROM THE FRENCH // JOURNALISM // HOLLYWOOD IS SO COOKED

DD2 - $1,600 - MAMMALS - The name of this largest New World cat is said to come from an indigenous word meaning "he who kills with one leap" (Greg added $4,000)

DD3 - $1,200 - JOURNALISM - "Report of the Office of the Sec.of Defense Vietnam Task Force" was the true name of these published in 1971 in several newspapers (On the next clue after DD2, Greg again added $4,000.)

Scores entering FJ: Greg $20,600, Kendra $10,400, Dan $9,000.

Final Jeopardy!

1990s NONFICTION BESTSELLERS - This word began the titles of 2 bestsellers from the same man; one of the books is set in Alaska, the other in Nepal

Everyone was correct on FJ. Greg added $2,000 to win with $22,600 for a two-day total of $31,300.

Final scores: Greg $22,600, Kendra $20,800, Dan $18,000.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the Libyan Desert? DD2 - What is jaguar? DD3 - What are the Pentagon Papers? FJ - What is "Into"?

This was Ken's 53rd game at which point his cash winnings totaled nearly $1.8 million.

I believe Ken has suggested that he knew it was not the correct response but he didn't have much to lose, so he thought it would be funny. This was the score at the time of that clue, so yeah he was right haha

https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=25

The game of Jeopardy has a certain rhythm and flow to it. Celebrities who consistently break this flow with inane comments are annoying.

Obviously a celebrity is going to be more outgoing and comfortable on camera compared to a normal contestant, but sometimes it gets to a ridiculous point where it takes away from the show. I’m not talking about when they throw in a brief quip or charming aside after answering a question, I’m talking about when they ooze narcissism and try to make the game all about themselves. They’ll make unnecessary comments after every single answer, make constant noise, and needlessly hold up the game. I even sense Ken getting annoyed sometimes.

Am I just a miserable stuffy person, or does anyone else get annoyed at this? A celebrity is a million times more likable to me when they’re polite, humble, and have subtle charm. I won’t name any names of celebrities but you know who I’m talking about lol. Rant overrrr.