Will they significantly increase the difficulty of the questions for this "Greatest of All Time" event?
Otherwise, I suspect that all 3 contestants will know nearly every answer and it will probably come down to whichever player is best with the buzzer. Potential advantage to James here as he has had a lot of practice with the buzzer recently, though the stats (see below) don't suggest that James is currently any better with the buzzer than Ken was during his original run way back in 2004.
That being said, it appears to me that the questions in the Tournament of Champions were a bit more difficult than the regular show. For example, after getting 72 of 76 Daily Doubles correct during his 34 game run on the regular show, James actually missed 2 of 8 Daily Doubles in the Tournament of Champions. If the questions are even harder for the "Greatest of All Time" event, James' aggressive Daily Double betting strategy will be riskier.
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For what it is worth, here are links which provide Jeopardy stats for
James,
Ken, and
Brad. If you look at regular games only and exclude various tournaments, which may or may not have harder questions, here are some key stats.
Regular Question Results
- James: 1186 of 1222 correct (97%)
- Ken: 2694 of 2958 correct (91%)
- Brad: 136 of 146 correct (93%)
Daily Double Results
- James: 72 of 76 correct (95%)
- Ken: 133 of 160 correct (83%)
- Brad: 8 of 8 correct (100%)
Final Jeopardy Results
- James: 32 of 33 correct (97%)
- Ken: 57 of 75 correct (68%)
- Brad: 3 of 5 correct (60%)
Buzzer Results
- James: was first to buzz in 58% of the time
- Ken: was first to buzz in 61% of the time
- Brad: can't find a link to buzzer results
James seems to have a clear edge over Ken in terms of Daily Double and, especially, Final Jeopardy success. Both players seem pretty similar in terms of buzzer speed.
Hard to draw much from Brad's time on the regular show (he played in the era when players were limited to 5 games). If you include all the various tournament he has played, he is 40 for 47 (85%) in Daily Doubles and 19 of 29 (66%) in Final Jeopardy questions. These results are more similar to Ken than James.