Nights like last night, I almost wonder if he's just screwing with 'em. Not a good bet to bet against him getting final jeopardy.
Nights like last night, I almost wonder if he's just screwing with 'em. Not a good bet to bet against him getting final jeopardy.
IMO, yesterday's show had the strongest group of human contestants in the history of Jeopardy. Adam is an excellent player.
I read an article, or maybe someone linked to it from here that talked about the options a show like Jeopardy has to "get rid of" someone that is crushing it like James.
1) Try and find categories he doesn't know about (but other contest do). This can bring into question the integrity of the game if it's obvious to the viewers. It can also be hard to find those categories with someone like James or Ken.
2) Find someone even stronger to take over as the new predator. The problem is you just made your problem worse
3) Make the game easier by making it so more contestants get the answer right and it becomes a race to the buzzer.
I wonder if Jeopardy is onto #3?
I actually had the same idea in regards to #3. I got more questions right than I usually do yesterday (and my wife got her fair share as well).
Another strategy they could use is give harder daily doubles. Since he's clearly shown he will go for it. I think for now they are good w/ James being the end boss but eventually they will need him to step aside.
Given the info they gather when contestants are chosen, they could conceivably provide some categories which are up a particular person's proverbial alley...I've certainly seen plenty of categories which seem to strongly favor a particular player, I've assumed that's just by chance, but who knows?
Both my wife and I watched last night, for the first time (I realize that we may have been the only people in this country who have NOT watched James play!). He is very impressive in his level of knowledge of many different categories and he is very calm and strategic in how he plays the game. Adam gave him a tough game but came up just short in the end. My wife did ask if Jeopardy has any limitations on how many games a contestant can win or is it just until you lose? I think he could be there for a LONG time, unless Jeopardy can find some other superstar to challenge him or he just misses a Final Jeopardy question.
I thought that when Jeopardy first started there was a limitation on wins by the champion. Obviously that has changed over the years given so many lengthy win streaks, but I thought when it started there was in fact a limitation. But then again, I go back to the Art Fleming days.
5 days had been the limit on win streaks up until 2003 at which point it became unlimited.
The current point values have been in effect since 2001.
1985 is when the rule was added that the host must be finished reading the clue before anyone can push their buzzer to answer.