Anybody watched Jeopardy lately?

[CW]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

And yes, it's clear that being skilled in buzzing in is a huge asset. But I don't believe that all three contestants know nearly all of the answers all the time. Even James failed to ring in at least a dozen times tonight because he didn't know the answer, and if he doesn't the others don't either. That seems like a bit of an exaggeration.

Yes, even though I included that Jennings quote from the article, I have to agree with you here. It's too much of a blanket statement.

Once again James takes it down in beast mode. So impressive. How the hell does one know that the queen of Hawaii in the late 1800s was Queen Liliuokalani, let alone remember how to pronounce it?

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by CW

Once again James takes it down in beast mode. So impressive. How the hell does one know that the queen of Hawaii in the late 1800s was Queen Liliuokalani, let alone remember how to pronounce it?

That one and the Magyar Hilyap really showed how extensive his knowledge is. Anybody who goes on Jeopardy can tell you who Lincoln's first VP was or what the capital of Botswana is or what Shakespeare play some famous phrase comes from because that's exactly what you'd study if you're planning to go on the show, but he seems to know an astonishingly high proportion of things that seem just a little too obscure for Jeopardy.

[pokerplyr80]

I watched the last two episodes last night. Very impressive. Maybe like Babe Ruth with his homeruns this guy will change the way Jeopardy is played in the future.

[barrysloate]

Another $73,000 tonight and yes, I think they may be making final Jeopardy a little easier. I'm sure they want to keep him as long as possible despite his huge winnings. Ratings must be very high right now, and as soon as he loses they will plummet back to earth.

[clydepepper]

This is a lot of fun watching and it almost makes us forget how sick Trebek is.

[barrysloate]

Another $90,000 tonight. The beat goes on.

[darwinbulldog]

He now has the top 8 games. Another 2 over $77,000 (which is below average for him) and he'll have the whole leaderboard to himself.

Here's the crazy thing. Given the leads he's taken into Final Jeopardy, he needed to get all of 1 (count it, 1!) of his 16 Final Jeopardy responses correct in order to win all 16 games so far. He got 15 of them.

[barrysloate]

In his 18th game, James won by...$18! Great match, very competitive.