Posted on 06/04/2019 12:13:06 PM PDT by DFG
The answer: Polishing their résumé.
The question: How will a member of the “Jeopardy!” production team soon be spending their time?
“Jeopardy!” executive producer Harry Friedman said Tuesday that he thinks he knows who’s responsible for leaking the ending of James Holzhauer’s final episode, and that “very, very, very appropriate” action will be taken.
“We think we know where and who and how,” Friedman told the Washington Post, as he recounted the moment he learned on Sunday that a clip showing Holzhauer’s defeat in Monday’s episode was going viral.
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He DID know everything last night, he never missed a question.
The winner got control of two Daily Doubles which did not allow him to bet the large sums he did previously, and which had allowed him to be in an un beatable money position.
Many years ago, I got as a Christmas present some sort of Jeopardy! contraption which allowed me to keep score of my answers. I routinely went over $100K (which was the limit on the device) because I realized that I was betting of OPM, which is what Holzhauer realized.
Of course, I always rang in first, sitting on my sofa.
(OPM = other’s people money)
I have 20 something thousand bucks, but I’ll bet one thousand that this was weak.
Maybe he got a secret message from Q telling him, “ the streak ends tonight.”
That’s correct. Though I didn’t see the show there are books on this kind of thinking. For example if on a game show you could choose from Door A, B or C knowing one of the doors had $100,000 and the others had nothing. You pick A. If they offer you the chance to pick again between B and C or keep A you are supposed to discard A and choose again. There is only a 33% chance it is behind any door - and it may be in door A. But there is only a 33% you are throwing away the winning door, while a 66% chance it is behind Door B or C. So it is better to toss your first choice and pick again. It’s all math/game theory - but of course on this TV show it has a lot to do with knowing trivia and reading people.
Or, he blew the “Final Jeopardy” question, “just write down any word that comes to mind.”
I missed the “Who is a lesbian Tonight?” category last night.
Why make a remark like that based on nothing?
Thanks
Yes, it seemed that he never quite hit his groove. I think she was somehow beating him to the buzzer.
When I was in college I was a sprinter and hurdler. For an entire season, it seemed like I could anticipate the gun every time. I was always a half step ahead for the first 5 yards.
Just as it came, it went. I think buzzing in is something like that.
All Filthy Heathen Liberals are Alike.
And really, while I disagree with you...I don’t care.
Assuming something sinister is really the “go to” answer for weaker minds.
The simplest answer is, “he lost.” Assuming he “was spoken to” says more about you than it does him.
Someone is going to be placed on double secret probation.
Gaydar.
Agree. The lady librarian was likely to be good at Shakespeare.
I was on a TV game show in 1970, at the tender age of 20 (The Who, What, or Where Game). Jeopardy was still on in the daytime, back then, hosted by Art Fleming. I tested for both shows on the same day.
Anyway, there is no question whatsoever that the producers and the stage manager (who is a different person than the host) pick the guests and pick the categories to heavily influence the outcome.
In my first game, I was on against a woman, a welfare mom who came to NY on a bus ticket and won four in a row. If she won #5, she was going to get some big deal prize. She was, IOW, supposed to win.
But I won. The stage manager/assistant producer was not happy.
The next game, I was on against an old man FROM MY HOME TOWN (how often are 2/3 contestants from the same little place).
Every category was for him - Big Bands - The Roaring Twenties - Old Cars - World War One, etc, etc. We were tied at the end, he got a tiebreaker - "What is the name of the COUNTRY in the South of France with the famous casino?" His answer: "Monte Carlo". They gave it to him, and I was out the door.
I'm sure there's much. much more to Jeopardy, but based on your test scores they have a pretty good idea about how to stack the board if they want you to win, and if they want you to lose.
Obviously a guy like Holzhauer has very few weaknesses, and also obviously he was good for business.
But if they wanted him gone, I'm sure between picking the right opponent and whatever they do with the buzzers, even he would be gone.
if he and she bet it , she was going to win. he played to win if they both got wrong answer and 3rd place guy was corrct and bet it all.
He prolly had the cruds of living out of a suitcase. Some people were beginning to hate him; including gambling contacts in Vegas. And Mama told him it was time to end it and come home. He’d also mentioned a 12 mo. 12 capitol European vacay, so they want to do that before the daughter is old enough to start school.
TV sucks.
I have no idea how the inner workings go but I have suspected the exact things you say. I also know they claim that it is impossible to do what they are doing.
The contestants probably have no idea.
When he looked at his watch, that was the clue.
He was “mailing it in”.
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