Again Are there rules on when Alex asks someone to be more specific when just giving a last name.
Last week in a category on TV charactors the answer was \"Homey, the clown\" The player responded \"Who is Wayans?\"
If there was ever a response that needed a first name, it is which Wayans played which character on In Living Color.
Yes, but there were two Presidents named Roosevelt. There were 5 Wayans on In Living Color.
Without inside knowledge (all hailing frequencies open!) the rule seems like it would be if Alex\'s game sheet says \"Prompt on: Wayans,\" then the contestant is asked to be more specific. If it doesn\'t, Alex doesn\'t ask.
I think Chuck is pointing out (assuming all of this information is accurate) that this is a failing on the part of the writing / research team, and that if it DIDN\'T say \"Prompt on: Wayans\" on Alex\'s sheet, it should have.
The strangest \"be more specific\" I ever saw on Jeopardy was a presidents category where a player responded with \"Who is Kennedy?\" Yes, there is a whole family of political folks named Kennedy, but if \'president\' is assumed in the category, I don\'t see the need for prompting.
I agree with Chuck that \'Wayans\' by itself should not have been enough.
I had a taping last night where I wanted \'Conestoga wagon\' and I prompted a kid who said \'covered wagon\'. He didn\'t get it, and later I felt bad because I don\'t think the question was specific enough as written. (It wasn\'t one of mine.)
if Alex\'s game sheet says \"Prompt on: Wayans,\" then the contestant is asked to be more specific. If it doesn\'t, Alex doesn\'t ask.
Do you know for a fact that this is how Jeopardy! operates and if so, how do you come by that information?
I had a taping last night where I wanted \'Conestoga wagon\' and I prompted a kid who said \'covered wagon\'.
Why wouldn\'t covered wagon be an acceptable answer?
Why wouldn\'t covered wagon be an acceptable answer?
Because a Conestoga wagon is a specific type of covered wagon, and I\'m going to guess the question pinned to that.
Why wouldn\'t covered wagon be an acceptable answer?
Because a Conestoga wagon is a specific type of covered wagon, and I\'m going to guess the question pinned to that.
What\'s the difference? Good luck explaining this one considering you don\'t even know what the question was.
What\'s the difference? Good luck explaining this one considering you don\'t even know what the question was.
Yeah, I don\'t think I\'m going to engage if I\'m going to be treated like that. Feel free to look it up on Wikipedia, which is what I did.
What\'s the difference? Good luck explaining this one considering you don\'t even know what the question was.
Yeah, I don\'t think I\'m going to engage if I\'m going to be treated like that. Feel free to look it up on Wikipedia, which is what I did.
In other words, you don\'t have a clue.
if Alex\'s game sheet says \"Prompt on: Wayans,\" then the contestant is asked to be more specific. If it doesn\'t, Alex doesn\'t ask.
Do you know for a fact that this is how Jeopardy! operates and if so, how do you come by that information?
I know that there has been video, or at least a photo, of what Alex sees when he\'s hosting the show. Whether or not that contains the answer to this specific question, I am not sure (it\'s been years since I\'ve seen it).
On our show I had a way of dealing with situations such as these.
I recall that the games provided in The Jeopardy! Book had similar instructions for accept also, do not accept, and be more specific (although I read it at a library and don\'t have a copy nearby to check).
I recall that the games provided in The Jeopardy! Book had similar instructions for accept also, do not accept, and be more specific (although I read it at a library and don\'t have a copy nearby to check).
We use the YES/MAYBE/NO system on Only Connect as well. For example, on the sequence question the other week where the required answer was the graph y = x, the script said:
ACCEPT: ‘Diagonal line’
PROMPT ON: ‘Straight line’
DON’T ACCEPT: ‘Horizontal line’, ‘Vertical line’
This thread reminds me of a possibly apocryphal story from my mother about a Jeopardy! clue about a Chicago mayor that I was wondering whether someone here could corroborate:
Contestant: Who is Daley?
Trebek: Which one?
Contestant: Who is Richard Daley?
Trebek: Okay.
EDIT: Apparently corroborates to the May 6, 1999 game, which can be found on the J! Archive: http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2383&highlight=daley
This thread reminds me of a possibly apocryphal story from my mother about a Jeopardy! clue about a Chicago mayor that I was wondering whether someone here could corroborate:
Contestant: Who is Daley?
Trebek: Which one?
Contestant: Who is Richard Daley?
Trebek: Okay.
EDIT: Apparently corroborates to the May 6, 1999 game, which can be found on the J! Archive: http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2383&highlight=daley
Preparing for a whoosh, but I don\'t get it.
EDIT: After looking it up, I see there are two Richard Daleys.
At least two, just looking at the disambiguation page for \"Daley\" in Wikipedia.
But are there any other political Daleys with a first name that isn\'t Richard?
I\'m reminded of how game show history might have been different if Jeopardy had been total anal about their \"more specific\" rule. People forget, but Ken Jennings was not dominant in his first appearance on the show. He won only because he got a Final Jeopardy clue about female Olympic athletes by answering \"Who is Jones?\" At the time, Alex said \"We will accept that. In terms of female athletes, there aren\'t that many.\" And of course at the time, no one knew what was about to happen.