When I was in grad school, one of the students had tried many times to get on Jeopardy. He had not succeeded. He and I had the highest scores in the department on the GRE. I had scored a little better than him but he knew a lot of things I did not. He also noticed things which I did not.
One day he pointed out something they do. That was back in 1990. Since then I have noticed that he was right. It had to do with favoring female contestants. I am not going to say what it was but since then I have noticed some similar things favoring other groups.
It is something that they might even admit if called on it and many people would say it is OK.
It had to do with favoring female contestants.
LOL, I think Benny Hill proved that....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL2EAq1dcdM
They don't like to talk about it, but they're casting the show just like they're casting any other TV show. They want people who have some personality, who can hold their own in the chat segment, who will appeal to their viewers, and so on. It's not just about who gets the highest score on the test. When I tried out in 1994, there was one guy who passed the written test along with me (about 10 out of 100 passed). The coordinators all knew him because he'd come back year after year, passed the test, and never gotten picked. And in the follow up, in which you play a little practice game and chat a bit, it was easy to see why he'd never gotten picked. On the other hand, I got a call a couple of months later to be on the show.
I'm surprised that a really smart guy like you hasn't already taken their on line quiz that should get you on the show..........
Here it is, try it out.........
Evidently the on line test is closed for now but you should bookmark it so that you can take the test that will definitely get you on that show......
In the mean time, here, you can test yourself and come back and proudly tell us you scored the max..........