On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:41:18 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 2/4/2014 6:59 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:58:24 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 2/4/2014 12:41 PM, woodchucker wrote:
On 2/4/2014 1:10 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 11:53:28 -0600, Leon wrote:

This latest contestant is ****ing every one off because he knows how to
play to win vs. just knowing the answers. So far he is up over $100K.

My wife and I are long time Jeopardy watchers. We saw nothing unusual in
his jumping around the board. He was a little quick on replies but we
remember others who did likewise.

He's gone now, so the tempest will blow over.

We only get upset when Jeopardy is usurped by some #$%^ sporting
event :-).

Remember what Hemingway said: "The only real sports are auto racing and
bullfighting - everything else is just exercise."



My wife and I are big fans of Jeopardy.
I didn't feel he was doing anything wrong.



He was doing nothing wrong according to the rules. He was however not
playing in the fashion that the producers and Alex would have preferred.

If you choose the big dollar questions first and get them right you can
miss more answers and still stay ahead. If you start at the bottom and
let the "excitement" build you have to answer more answers to win $1000.

I don't understand your point. If you start at the top and question
all of the bottom answers later, you win too. They almost always
clear the board.

Ok first answer won gets you $1000. the other two opponents fight to
get the answers to the $100, 200, 300, and the 400 dollar question to
tie your score. Mean while you are working in the other $1000 questions.

OK, then let them have $100/200, 200/400, 300/600, and 400/800, and
you take the 500/1000. That works the same way (not so well ;-).

Start off getting the $1000 answers and you sling shot so far ahead that
the opponents can't catch up.

Assuming you do. If all contestants are equal, it doesn't matter.

Beat the opponents to the big prize, it pays more.

But if you start small, the big prize is still there. If you're
guaranteed to win it, then you'll just get it later. Still not seeing
it.