Author Topic: Jeopardy More Specific? (Read 9182 times)

rjaguar3 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 08, 2013, 10:54:16 PM »

I recall that the games provided in The Jeopardy! Book had similar instructions for accept also, do not accept, and be more specific (although I read it at a library and don\'t have a copy nearby to check).

TLEberle · « **Reply #16 on:** October 08, 2013, 10:59:51 PM »

That\'s what it was: a combination of The Jeopardy Book, The Jeopardy Challenge, unt Inside Jeopardy. Combining that with some reading comprehension and a dollop of common sense, I arrived at my position.

PYLdude · « **Reply #17 on:** October 09, 2013, 12:37:47 AM »

I recall that the games provided in The Jeopardy! Book had similar instructions for accept also, do not accept, and be more specific (although I read it at a library and don\'t have a copy nearby to check).

Believe it or not, the calendars have this too.

At least as far the \"accept/do not accept\" thing goes.

davidbod · « **Reply #18 on:** October 13, 2013, 10:05:34 PM »

We use the YES/MAYBE/NO system on Only Connect as well. For example, on the sequence question the other week where the required answer was the graph y = x, the script said:

ACCEPT: ‘Diagonal line’

PROMPT ON: ‘Straight line’

DON’T ACCEPT: ‘Horizontal line’, ‘Vertical line’

rjaguar3 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 13, 2013, 10:26:22 PM »

This thread reminds me of a possibly apocryphal story from my mother about a Jeopardy! clue about a Chicago mayor that I was wondering whether someone here could corroborate:

Contestant: Who is Daley?

Trebek: Which one?

Contestant: Who is Richard Daley?

Trebek: Okay.

EDIT: Apparently corroborates to the May 6, 1999 game, which can be found on the J! Archive: http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2383&highlight=daley\'>http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2383&highlight=daley

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #20 on:** October 14, 2013, 04:51:33 PM »

This thread reminds me of a possibly apocryphal story from my mother about a Jeopardy! clue about a Chicago mayor that I was wondering whether someone here could corroborate:

Contestant: Who is Daley?

Trebek: Which one?

Contestant: Who is Richard Daley?

Trebek: Okay.

EDIT: Apparently corroborates to the May 6, 1999 game, which can be found on the J! Archive: http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2383&highlight=daley\'>http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2383&highlight=daley

Preparing for a whoosh, but I don\'t get it.

EDIT: After looking it up, I see there are two Richard Daleys.

TLEberle · « **Reply #21 on:** October 14, 2013, 05:52:20 PM »

But are there any other political Daleys with a first name that isn\'t Richard?

clemon79 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 14, 2013, 05:59:09 PM »

At least two, just looking at the disambiguation page for \"Daley\" in Wikipedia.

PYLdude · « **Reply #23 on:** October 15, 2013, 12:48:41 AM »

But are there any other political Daleys with a first name that isn\'t Richard?

Mayor Daley the Elder\'s two sons following Mayor Daley the Younger, former Illinois Senator John and former White House Chief of Staff/Commerce Secretary Bill, to start with.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #24 on:** October 15, 2013, 12:29:06 PM »

I\'m reminded of how game show history might have been different if Jeopardy had been total anal about their \"more specific\" rule. People forget, but Ken Jennings was not dominant in his first appearance on the show. He won only because he got a Final Jeopardy clue about female Olympic athletes by answering \"Who is Jones?\" At the time, Alex said \"We will accept that. In terms of female athletes, there aren\'t that many.\" And of course at the time, no one knew what was about to happen.