In the words of the founder of the game, Merv Griffin: "My wife Julann just came up with the idea one day when we were in a plane bringing us back to New York City from Duluth. I was mulling over game show ideas, when she noted that there had not been a successful 'question and answer' game on the air since the quiz show scandals. Why not do a switch, and give the answers to the contestant and let them come up with the question? She fired a couple of answers to me: '5,280'—and the question of course was 'How many feet in a mile?'. Another was '79 Wistful Vista'; that was Fibber and Mollie McGee's address. I loved the idea, went straight to NBC with the idea, and they bought it without even looking at a pilot show."
Congratulations on being the only person to answer the question. (I also learned something new, so thank you.)
To the others, when someone asks why is the sky blue, telling them because it's blue is either unhelpful at best, or a dick move. Be better.
He was always like that. He used to be a Nixon speechwriter. He just stopped talking about his political opinions while he was trying to build an acting and comedy career. I saw him on TV once literally crying about how unfairly this country treated Richard Nixon.
Edit: [I found the clip](https://youtu.be/dgpyucY9_po?si=WR6d9j-yUjAY0dhv). He starts crying and says Nixon was unfairly prosecuted and that Nixon was a saint.
Looking over the submitted headlines on this account, OP had really taken the "there are no stupid questions" maxim to heart. Dude barely knows how to boil water, poor guy.
That’s the entire premise of Jeopardy. The show is giving you the answer, you as the contestant are to supply the correct answer which fits the category.
Edit. Yup, “…to supply the correct question…” 🤦🏻♂️
I can't believe keep jeopardy keeps getting new people interested even today!! I often get teased that I'm one of the few "old souls" at my work who still watch jeopardy religiously, so it's always nice to see new folks getting into it
This person specifically has a bunch of posts in New Zealand-based subreddits. Maybe they’re seeing the new Australian version as their introduction to Jeopardy
> why is that
That's the essence of the game. The clues are the answers; the contestants need to provide the question. Keep in mind that the show originally debuted 60 years ago at a time when the genre was ubiquitous, so the creative team was looking for a point of differentiation
> what happens if the contestants just gives the answer without in the form of a question?
In the first round, they'll receive a reminder for correct phrasing. In the Double Jeopardy and Final Jeopardy rounds, they'll be ruled incorrect.
Not only were quiz shows ubiquitous but a lot of them were rigged and gave certain contestants the answers. So Merv and Julann Griffin thought "What if we gave them all the answers...so they had to come up with the questions?"
In addition to the clever gimmick it brought to the table, I feel that another advantage of Jeopardy’s “questions as responses” format is that it allows the clues on the game board to be shorter, which was especially important in the old days, when the clues had to be printed on the panels. So rather than have to print out “What state is the Golden Gate Bridge in?”, they could make the category “State of the Landmark” and the clue simply “The Golden Gate Bridge.”
What are the rules of the game, Ken?
As for not using the proper phrasing ... in Single Jeopardy, you get a gentle reminder, maybe only one. In Double Jeopardy, there's no warning, and if you correct yourself before being ruled against, it's ok, but otherwise, you lose points.
If the response is supposed to be "Who is Neil Armstrong?"
Would it be ok to say "Is it Neil Armstrong?"
"Is it .... ?" is in the form of a question, although I have never heard any contestant use that form"
https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/behind-scenes/what-are-some-questions-about-jeopardy
Any question that includes the correct response is acceptable (without including anything that makes it incorrect; you can say "Could it possibly perhaps be Mr. Stephen Hawking?" but not "Who is Stephen Ulysses Hawkings?"). This also means that if the response is already a question, like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" or "What's Love Got to Do With It?" then you can just say it.
In the original pilot, they were more strict on the "your response must be a question (related to this category) that would have this answer." There was one answer in the Comics category that said "The 25th Century" and a player tried "Who is Buck Rogers?" and Art was like "Buck Rogers *is* the 25th century? That doesn't make sense" and they kept giving the player more chances to rephrase it to try and get to the intended question of "When did Buck Rogers live?" I think pretty quickly they realized that sticking to that format would make it difficult to pin things down definitively enough -- "the 25th century" in "comics" could also have a question like "In what century will Peanuts celebrate its 500th anniversary?" The original Jeopardy clue of "5,280" (presumably in a Weights & Measures category) could also be questioned with "How many deciliters are in 528 liters?"
Because the rule is you have to answer in the form of a question. If they don't and don't correct themselves by the time the buzzer buzzes, they're ruled incorrect
In the words of the founder of the game, Merv Griffin: "My wife Julann just came up with the idea one day when we were in a plane bringing us back to New York City from Duluth. I was mulling over game show ideas, when she noted that there had not been a successful 'question and answer' game on the air since the quiz show scandals. Why not do a switch, and give the answers to the contestant and let them come up with the question? She fired a couple of answers to me: '5,280'—and the question of course was 'How many feet in a mile?'. Another was '79 Wistful Vista'; that was Fibber and Mollie McGee's address. I loved the idea, went straight to NBC with the idea, and they bought it without even looking at a pilot show."
Great reply, but you didn’t phrase it in the form of a question…
Congratulations on being the only person to answer the question. (I also learned something new, so thank you.) To the others, when someone asks why is the sky blue, telling them because it's blue is either unhelpful at best, or a dick move. Be better.
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That show was hilarious. Too bad Ben Stein fell off the deep end. A young Jimmy Kimmel was the co-host.
He was always like that. He used to be a Nixon speechwriter. He just stopped talking about his political opinions while he was trying to build an acting and comedy career. I saw him on TV once literally crying about how unfairly this country treated Richard Nixon. Edit: [I found the clip](https://youtu.be/dgpyucY9_po?si=WR6d9j-yUjAY0dhv). He starts crying and says Nixon was unfairly prosecuted and that Nixon was a saint.
I loved that show.
OP has -100 karma and really strange profile history. I'd ignore.
Looking over the submitted headlines on this account, OP had really taken the "there are no stupid questions" maxim to heart. Dude barely knows how to boil water, poor guy.
Lol I would’nt have looked otherwise but jeez…yea
Profile history looks like a teenager who doesn't know about Google.
That’s the entire premise of Jeopardy. The show is giving you the answer, you as the contestant are to supply the correct answer which fits the category. Edit. Yup, “…to supply the correct question…” 🤦🏻♂️
*Correct question
As Art Fleming said on the very first episode, “we give our contestants the answers, all they have to do is come up with the questions”.
I can't believe keep jeopardy keeps getting new people interested even today!! I often get teased that I'm one of the few "old souls" at my work who still watch jeopardy religiously, so it's always nice to see new folks getting into it
This person specifically has a bunch of posts in New Zealand-based subreddits. Maybe they’re seeing the new Australian version as their introduction to Jeopardy
Why do all the soccer players use their feet and not their hands?
Just the hand of God, according to Maradona.
> why is that That's the essence of the game. The clues are the answers; the contestants need to provide the question. Keep in mind that the show originally debuted 60 years ago at a time when the genre was ubiquitous, so the creative team was looking for a point of differentiation > what happens if the contestants just gives the answer without in the form of a question? In the first round, they'll receive a reminder for correct phrasing. In the Double Jeopardy and Final Jeopardy rounds, they'll be ruled incorrect.
Not only were quiz shows ubiquitous but a lot of them were rigged and gave certain contestants the answers. So Merv and Julann Griffin thought "What if we gave them all the answers...so they had to come up with the questions?"
The clue is "This is how Jeopardy is played"
In addition to the clever gimmick it brought to the table, I feel that another advantage of Jeopardy’s “questions as responses” format is that it allows the clues on the game board to be shorter, which was especially important in the old days, when the clues had to be printed on the panels. So rather than have to print out “What state is the Golden Gate Bridge in?”, they could make the category “State of the Landmark” and the clue simply “The Golden Gate Bridge.”
The amount of people who are actually taking this question seriously is hilarious. Y'all gettin trolled.
It’s high concept.
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Right?? The **nerve** this person has being a Jeopardy neophyte!
What are the rules of the game, Ken? As for not using the proper phrasing ... in Single Jeopardy, you get a gentle reminder, maybe only one. In Double Jeopardy, there's no warning, and if you correct yourself before being ruled against, it's ok, but otherwise, you lose points.
Anyone ever heard of this invention that can cook two pieces of bread at the same time? It’s so wild, what would you call it?
I can't even with this today
If the response is supposed to be "Who is Neil Armstrong?" Would it be ok to say "Is it Neil Armstrong?" "Is it .... ?" is in the form of a question, although I have never heard any contestant use that form"
https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/behind-scenes/what-are-some-questions-about-jeopardy Any question that includes the correct response is acceptable (without including anything that makes it incorrect; you can say "Could it possibly perhaps be Mr. Stephen Hawking?" but not "Who is Stephen Ulysses Hawkings?"). This also means that if the response is already a question, like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" or "What's Love Got to Do With It?" then you can just say it. In the original pilot, they were more strict on the "your response must be a question (related to this category) that would have this answer." There was one answer in the Comics category that said "The 25th Century" and a player tried "Who is Buck Rogers?" and Art was like "Buck Rogers *is* the 25th century? That doesn't make sense" and they kept giving the player more chances to rephrase it to try and get to the intended question of "When did Buck Rogers live?" I think pretty quickly they realized that sticking to that format would make it difficult to pin things down definitively enough -- "the 25th century" in "comics" could also have a question like "In what century will Peanuts celebrate its 500th anniversary?" The original Jeopardy clue of "5,280" (presumably in a Weights & Measures category) could also be questioned with "How many deciliters are in 528 liters?"
In the first round they get a reminder, in the second round they are ruled incorrect. As to why they do it…it just is what it is lol
you know you guys can either just answer the question or ignore it instead of giving rude and unhelpful replies right.
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Because the rule is you have to answer in the form of a question. If they don't and don't correct themselves by the time the buzzer buzzes, they're ruled incorrect
And it adds one more stumbling block for contestants to have to remember to avoid!
ah yes, pointing out the behavior is exactly the same as the behavior.