@@josephcote6120 Nope, he was working right up to the last couple weeks. Johnny Gilbert said that he would be in the back just doubled over in pain, and as soon as the music started, he'd perk right up and you'd never know how much he was hurting. Then he took those last weeks to be with family.
Before Jeopardy, there were some game show scandals where contestants were given the answers. As a twist on that, Jeopardy decided to give the answers; and the contestants have to come up with the correct question.
The show was on 5 days a week, 30 minutes per episode so there is a lot of show to watch. We would watch it most days after school growing up and I'm full of fairly useless knowledge from watching it as a kid.
The man who answered Ho is the all time champion, Ken Jennings. They’ll be rotating guest hosts for a while, no permanent replacement has been named yet.
I think he will do well, but it all comes down to audience reaction. And sometimes a funny answer is better than the right answer. Unless you're in 6th grade.
When that producer ended his statement with "This...is Jeopardy"...the first time I heard that, instant tears. I did not expect it to hit me quite as hard as it did. And every time that I've heard it since, I come close to tears again. And I came close again today.
And also it's been said that Alex made sure that there was at least one reference to Canada in every episode of Jeopardy. He definitely didn't forget where he came from- his death was a massive and sad news story in both countries for sure.
I love Easter eggs like this. Like IMDB's page for "This Is Spinal Tap" (7.9 stars out of 11). A few years ago if you loaded "Gangnam Style" on TH-cam and hovered over the view counter, the digits would start spinning. That's because "Gangnam Style" was the first video to reach the view counter's internal 32-bit integer limit (a little over 2 billion), and TH-cam had to change their code to use 64-bit integers instead. I just checked and it looks like TH-cam removed that particular Easter egg. 😥
Ken Jennings was the guy who said a "hoe" was a long handled gardening tool and an immoral pleasure seeker. By the way the correct answer was "What is a RAKE?" Yeah we quite enjoyed that answer.
I'm actually touched that you're doing this video. Jeopardy, and Alex Trebek specifically, is so beloved in the US. We really are in mourning. It's so thoughful of you to care.
Those are hilarious. When that was a recurring sketch on the show, it had Will Ferrell playing Alex Trebek (when he still had a mustache). A couple of the more frequent "celebrity players" in it were Burt Reynolds (Norm McDonald), and the most hilarious one, Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond). In the last sketch they did before Ferrell left the cast, the real Alex Trebek made an appearance at the end of it.
In fact Jeopardy helped relaunch the success of Quiz shows in the 60s. Quiz shows got a bad reputation due to several scandals in 50s where the games were often rigged. Jeopardy was a professional and straight forward show that didn't have a lot of gimmicks and became known for integrity.
Jeopardy has had a long life beginning in 1964 on the NBC daytime schedule and lasted until 1975.Came back in 1978 and lasted until 1979.Returned in 1984.Art Fleming hosted the NBC run and Alex Trebek hosted the 1984 reboot until his passing in 2020.
Thank you for your respectful treatment of Alex Trebek's beloved Jeopardy. He was an American icon, in a way he was the Mr Rogers to geeky teens and adults. He made being intelligent cool. You are more than just funny, it takes class and empathy to do videos like this so well. It is appreciated.
@@jeffdavis6657 that was a pre-Alex Jeopardy, huh? You could take "potpourri" for $25 or something. The answer is - and the card slides up. Has Weird Al been on a celebrity Jeopardy? He could prolly run a category in like 5 minutes.
@@pebblebrookbooks4852 Jeopardy was actually canceled at the time when the song was made. Legend has it, the song played a part in its return. I watched the video again after watching Diane's video. I would recommend it it, but I think it would go over the head of most people not around in the 80"s especially non American.
Let's go with the category, Irish TH-camrs for $200, Alex! Also, amusingly, Trebek became such a pop-culture icon he appeared in any number of TV shows and movies, usually playing himself or some version of himself. My favorite such appearance can be seen in this clip: th-cam.com/video/3Ass4WGu9Y8/w-d-xo.html Alex wasn't an astronaut, he was a Man in Black! :)
@@DianeJennings The Potpourri category is a mish-mash of unused answers from past episodes. You never know what type of categories are included. I love 💘 your channel! Thank you for your positivity and kindness. You're such a classy young lady. 👩 Love and hugs from me to you and Chewy! Greetings from North Carolina USA!
Alex Trebek's final episodes haven't finished airing here in the US. The last one to air will happen (I think) on Christmas Day since Jeopardy airs Monday through Friday (new episodes) and Christmas falls on a Friday this year. Ken Jennings was the longest-running champion on Jeopardy (it took Ken 75 appearances to get to his non-tournament winnings). His closest competition was just in 2019 with James Holtzhauer, who won $2,464,216 in only 33 appearances (non-tournament). Holtzhauer holds the record for the highest single-day cash winnings with $131,127. I mention Holtzhauer for two reasons...1) he is a professional gambler, and his streak has caused 'Jeopardy' to re-evaluate how the game is played because "Jeopardy James" really gamed the system (and there are videos about it on TH-cam...and not nice ones!) and 2) I live in Las Vegas and he's considered a big deal here in Vegas because of 'Jeopardy'...a bit of a media darling.
The show is “The Chase,” in which a team of contestants compete against the “beast” to answer questions. The original show had one “Beast,” a large British gentleman who has a high IQ and knows trivia. This past season they added Ken and two other top Jeopardy champions, who rotate into the chaser role, each of them having his own nickname (sorry, no women yet). I believe Ken’s nickname is “the professor.” The chasers not on duty sit in a private room and share (with the viewers, not the contestants) comments about the game.
The original Jeopardy! (the exclamation point is officially part of the title) was developed by Merv Griffin partly in response to the quiz-show scandals of the 1950s, where contestants were given the answers in advance. Merv's idea was to say "what if we give them the answers and they have to come up with the questions?" That's why you always answer in the form of a question.
Take a look at Family Feud funny answers video. My favorite one is when Richard Dawson was hosting and he asked, "In what month of pregnancy does a woman start to show?" and the contestant replied, "September". Dawson tries to hold it together for a few seconds but eventually looses it and takes a while to get the show back on track.
I've always love Jeopardy.... Also that woman's winnings was an 8 day total....meaning she has been winning for 8 days in a row. Winner of each show stays On and goes to the next show with 2 new contestants.
That was only within the last 20 years or so. It used to be that you could only max out as a 5-day champion. Then they changed the rules that as long as you kept winning, you could keep coming back until you were finally beaten by another contestant. The first multi-day winner after the change? Ken Jennings, who I believe still holds the record for most consecutive days as Jeopardy champion.
I think Ken Jennings had 73 or 74 days as champion. The one that bumped him off (and I suspect he got tired and blew the last one) had a final Jeopardy answer like “This American company is the largest SEASONAL employer of WHITE collar workers after the holidays.” The correct response is “What is H&R Block?” This refers to the tax preparation company, which hires in September, trains during the holidays, and opens its stores from early January until just after April 15th, the standard filing deadline in the US. Ken responded “What is UPS?” Referring to the package delivery service, which hires DRIVERS and PACKAGE handlers BEFORE the holidays. I suspect he had been waiting for a chance to get a response “believably” wrong, and this was it. The next year, Block hired him as an ad spokesman, using the fact that he got that response wrong to argue that anyone can benefit from a trained professional in tax preparation, especially after winning as much as he did. He continued to be invited back for special tournaments and for a two-day demonstration of IBM’s new AI program “Watson,” in which the computer took on Ken and Brad Rutter. The computer was so far ahead that final Jeopardy could not prevent its victory, but it made what we would call a “stupid” mistake. The category was “US Cities,” and the clue was “Of this city’s two largest airports, one is named after a World War Two hero, and the other after a World War Two battle site.” Missing the category, the computer responded “What is Toronto?” The correct response, which I believe both Ken and Brad got, is “What is Chicago?” O’Hare (originally named Orchard Field) was renamed to honor a Chicago native who was an ace pilot and died in combat, and Midway has (coincidentally) the same name as the island base where a decisive naval battle was fought. At the end of the game, Ken announced, “I for one bow to our new robot overlords.”
Dana says- Jeopardy was popular in our house growing up, because we were all pretty competitive and liked to see who could call out the answers first. Whomever got the most correct answers won. My husband and I still watch every once in a while. It's especially fun because we're fairly evenly matched. RIP Alex (he was Canadian BTW).
The Best Jeopardy fail was when they had College Week.. These kids were super smart nerds. They were majoring in Sciences, engineering , that sort of thing. One of the category was sports, none of them could answer any of the sports questions. For me I, knew most answers, but to watch the look on those faces was priceless. ESPN Sports was talking about it within minutes of the airing of show...
That producer also described Alex’s final day: “He had a swing in his backyard that he loved. He actually rebuilt it earlier this year. He was very handy. I don’t know if a lot of people know that,” Richards told Today. “And even in his book, he described that he wanted his final day to be sitting on his swing next to his wife, Jean, and kind of watching the horizon. And he got to do that.”
After Who Wants to Be a Millionaire debuted, Jeopardy doubled all the money values. There also used to be a 5 game limit for champions, which they did away with.
@@Ohforgodssakethatsme As far as I remember it was only once, because Cliff made it onto Jeopardy. His question to the Final Answer was, "Who are three people I've never met?" Later on Alex visits the bar, and tries to console Cliff. When Cliff exits the scene, Alex confessed that he had just stopped in to either get a drink before he had to go to the airport, or he had to stop by and use the bathroom. His last line in the episode was, "Besides, that guy scares me." lol
Rest in peace Mr. Trebek. Sean Connery also passed away rest in peace Mr. Connery. You should react to Saturday Night Live Celebrity Jeopardy. It's hilarious
Jeopardy is great if you’ve got family/friends to pit your wits against as you watch. I still feel braggadocio when I get the Final Jeopardy question, but the players don’t.
Didn't see this posted in the comments, and I'm sorry if I missed it, but here's why they do the "answer in the form of a question" bit: Back in the 1950s, there was a big quiz show scandal where it was discovered that producers were picking winners and losers to maximize drama and giving the preferred contestants answers ahead of time (there's an excellent 1994 movie called Quiz Show that covers the whole story). In the 60s, when producer Merv Griffin wanted to revive quiz shows on TV but didn't want them associated with the shenanigans of the 50s, his wife suggested just giving the answers to the contestants and making them come up with the questions instead. Griffin liked the novel concept, and the distinctive format stuck. These days, there are also rigorous regulations that must be adhered to, ensuring that all game shows are on the up-and-up and that no contestant can come into contact with material used in the games, accidentally or otherwise. Jeopardy is a great show. It's one I watch nightly and I always end up learning something. Many up us have grown up with Alex, listening to him on a nightly basis. He'll be tough to replace but I know the show will survive.
Jeopardy is that show where Americans with a lot of trivial knowledge yell (i.e., YOU IDIOT! THAT WAS THE 1812 OVERTURE! and such) at their television screens while their friends and family frown at them. PS: Until we meet again, Alex, we'll miss you, our friend!
Diane - Alex didn't just do the show for TV and go home. On occassion, they actually travelled to locations throughout the US in search of contestants, looking to give people their own chance at winning, and Alex was right there with them. He really was a tremendously friendly person. A great game hosted by a truly nice person is a winning combination on it's own.
I keep getting choked up watching the episodes that are airing since he passed. My parents and I used to watch Jeopardy every night and I'd get mad at my dad for giving the answers before Alex was done reading, lol. Life of a nerd 🤓
The episodes with Alex Trebek are still airing. Alex was a great human being. He was fighting pancreatic cancer all year, and even though it is one of the most painful cancers, you could never tell anything was wrong with him. He sometimes talked about his illness in interviews, or at least he answered questions about it, but I never heard him complain once.
SCTV did some hilarious parodies of a show called Reach For The Top that aired in Toronto in my youth that was hosted by Alex Trebek. The Alex character (Alex Trebel) is played by Eugene Levy of Schitt’s Creek. They’re called High Q and Half Wits.
Diane, both Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune were created by American singer and talk show host, Merv Griffen. He also wrote the Jeopardy theme song. He died a very, very rich man.
@tconlon251 I didn't know that. I assumed he was married, but when he was older, he was romantically involved with one of the Gabor sisters, Ava? I think. Griffen started out as big band singer with the Freddie Martin Orchestra and his big hit was "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" . . . honest. I also remember it was reported he ended up on the short end of a big dollar real estate deal with, of all people, Donald Trump! If I have anything wrong here, I apologize in advance. I am writing all of this from memory.
Watching Jeopardy every night with my dad is one of our longest running traditions. I'll miss Alex greatly - he's been a comforting constant in these several years of upheaval - but I'm excited for what the future holds.
Most people probably don't know this,but the original host of Jeopardy was a man named Art Fleming when the show was on a network. When Alex Trebek did it, it was in syndication.
Idea for the show came from Merv Griffin, former big band singer turned talk show host. (He is referenced in a famous episode of Seinfeld and appeared in Steve Martin's The Man With Two Brains. His talk show ran in syndication for over 20 years. Griffin made way more money from creating Jeopardy than his talk show or anything else.) Jeopardy ran on NBC network, in the mornings, starting in about 1963, and went until the middle or late 1970's with Art Fleming. Show was recorded in New York like the oldtime TV stuff from the 1950s/60s. I saw the set when I took field trip to NBC at 30 Rock as a school kid, early 1970s. Set was TINY. Trebek started in syndication I believe in 1984, and was usually shown at 7:00 in the evenings, though that could vary from city to city. It was taped in Los Angeles.
Rocker Greg Kihn from San Francisco had a hit song called "Our Love's In Jeopardy." Weird Al Yankovic did a parody called "I Lost On Jeopartdy," with a music video featuring Art Fleming, the show's announcer Don Pardo (also long long time announcer for Saturday Night Live, veteran of the golden age of telelvision) and a recreation of the old game show set from the NBC days. Trebek took over the show shortly after that video came out.
Ok. There are clues as to the question, given in the answers. You'd definitely get better at it if you watched it more. Some categories are easy, some impossible, depending on your general knowledge. Wheel of Fortune is different but fun too. And Steve Harvey hosts "Family Frued" it's also funny, because.. Steve, and spontaneous weird answers. Great video, thanks for sharing!🥰
Thank you for doing this! Alex Trebek started doing Jeopardy when I was in college. My kids grew up with him as a fixture of American culture. He was, in several ways, their generation's Mr. Rogers.
We've been watching the episodes since he died and it's so weird and sad. FYI Diane, the reason Ken and Brad have won so much $ is that they keep getting invited back for tournaments. Tournament of Champions... Champions of Tournament of Champions... Etc. Last year they were in a tournament for the Greatest of all time with James the third place guy. Ken won. Oh, and Potpourri just means various questions from any topic, not actually potpourri :)
Yes, Brad actually had never lost before this last year when Ken beat him in the Greatest tournament. He won his 5 games in 2000 (back when the limit was 5, which had been dropped of course by the time Ken was on, dropped that season actually) amassing $55,102 then (not QUITE $5 million lol) + 2 Chevy Camaros (they gave cars away to any undefeated champions at that time), won $100,000 in the Tournament of Champions the following year, added another million the year after that in a tournament pitting him against the best champions ever up to that point, won another $2,115,000 in 2005 when they had a super tournament bringing back hundreds of old champions in the wake of Ken's 75 game run, won yet another million in a Battle of the Decades tournament in 2014 that brought back champions across all 30 years that the show was on the air then and finally won about $333,000 in a special All Stars Team Tournament event 2 years ago. He also faced off with Ken in a special series of games against the IBM computer Watson in 2011, but he came in 3rd in that. That is non-canon though given the nature of that event relative to everything else. In all the games that mattered against humans, up through this year, he had been unbeaten. It became kinda a running thing after 2005, as as good as Ken was, he could never beat Brad, he'd always end up 2nd to him till the GOAT.
My best memories growing up was my sister and I would watch it and compete with each other throughout each episode. Watched it well into adulthood and was quite saddened at Alex's passing. Hope you enjoyed the fair bit you saw. And category Potpourri is simply a random assortment of clues...not the actual mixture of dried fragrant plants.
Hello Diane, The best thing about Jeopardy is on the right day you can feel like a genius. Unfortunately the next day you’ll probably go back to feeling like an idiot.
100% me! I can have days where I feel like I could try out and do well, the next day has categories like mythological creatures and 12th-century emperors and I'm like "nope, not happening"...
@@mikeL5183 What's worse is doing great in round 1 then round 2 starts and Alex reads "17th Century France, Botany, Canadian Poets, Silent Films and finally Name the Queen".
We used to play at home and answered what they were saying on the show and i "won" 13000 dollars one night. the next episode i was 1200 dollars in the hole. It was a wild ride. lol
On most stations, "Jeopardy" is followed by "Wheel of Fortune", so after you feel like an idiot watching "Jeopardy", you feel better when you watch "Wheel".
This version of Jeopardy is actually a revival, as it originally aired in the US with a different host from 1964 to 1974. The present version had Alex Trebek doing it since the fall of 1984. The first round, called the Jeopardy round, had six categories with five clues each, ranging in value from $100 to $500, but increasing to $200 to $1000 in the fall of 2001. One hidden daily double was hidden in the board, where the contestant who picked the clue wagers a certain amount of their total on how certain they are of getting the correct question on that. Double Jeopardy is played the same, except the amounts were from $200 to $1000, but later increased from $400 to $2000, and it has two daily doubles. For the Final Jeopardy round, a category for the final clue is given, and the contestants write down in secret on their podiums how much of their total they want to wager. A contestant can't take part in that round if their total is at $0 or in a negative amount. After that, the clue is given, and the contestants are then given 30 seconds to write down their responses. Whoever is ahead at the end wins the game and returns on the following show to face two new players. I've watched Jeopardy a lot over the years. I've always liked Alex Trebek as a host, but I liked him even more when I found that he was Canadian, with him originally being from Sudbury, Ontario. One tribute to him shortly after his death which was nice was when the bells inside the clock tower of the Canadian parliament building in Ottawa played a short rendition of the Jeopardy theme.
Ugh…the producer talking about Alex after he died…gets me choked up every time! I grew up with Alex Trebek on the TV…I started watching Jeopardy pretty regularly back in 1985 when I was 5 years old…I had thought he’d always be around.
Alex also hosted the National Geographic.. Geography Bee.. i think he loved that almost as much as his regular hosting gig. Jeopardy also would do a College tournament and one for high school kids. it was so fun to sit in the living room and see who could get the most right
As a child of the 80s, I've always loved Jeopardy. I remember coming home from school in the winter, doing my chores, and then watching the show with my folks. Mom was a teacher and my dad is pretty well read so we'd make a game out of trying to answer before the contestants. I would also make notes of things that sounded interesting so I could go look them up at the library - using a real card catalog (yes, I am that old...). Such a great show. The format is simple and engaging, and Alex ran the show with class and style. I hope the show will continue, but they'll never have another Alex Trebek - may he Rest In Peace.
Jennings's original 75-episode run (74 wins, one loss to end it) in 2004 netted him $2.5 million; it was additional winnings from later tournaments that brought his grand total to $4.5 million. Notably, James Holzhauer came "close" to Jennings's original-run record with $2.46 million won in 33 episodes, falling $58,484 behind Jennings, with a days-he-won average of $76,944 indicating that he probably would've surpassed Jennings's record had he held on just one more day.
I watch jeopardy everyday with my family. It has always been the only thing we all could watch and nobody would complain. The questions are pretty difficult, but it only makes every right answer you get mean so much more. Alex Trebek will always have a very special part in my heart for for really being a class act and being so kind.
Watson was an "expert system", which means it just did a bit of NLP but mostly was just a huge database with a fast search engine to look up data. Considering how well it did, I would be extremely curious to know how something like GPT-3 (or its next iteration) would do, since those are actually closer to general AI, and have learned from reading most of the internet rather than just storing everything in a big database.
There's an episode of "NOVA" that goes into the creation of Watson. Getting the natural language processing to work correctly was a huge technical challenge, and early iterations of Watson would often miss key terms in the answer and come up with hilariously boneheaded responses.
There were two people who were personal heroes of mine as a child: Mr. Rogers and Alex Trebek. Ever since I was a little kid I've adored "Jeopardy!", and Mr. Rogers's show was a key part of my early childhood as well. Thank you for reacting to both shows/hosts; now you basically have an idea of what my upbringing was like.
I so appreciated how open Alex was about his cancer. He would take time to do personal updates about his condition. Eventually, he announced that he wouldn’t be doing anymore rounds of treatment and it was hard to hear, but it wasn’t as shocking as it could have been. It was obvious he cared deeply about the audience and respected their connection with him. That’s what made him special.
I was wondering about that. Jeopardy is considered a really hard game show by American standards, but it's nothing compared to British shows. It seems like it might be in an uncomfortable middle ground in the UK.
@@suedenim Put your money where your mouth is and try to get on that show, if you are not diverse in a lot of different subjects you will look like an idiot on that show.
@@suedenim The US needs to have a version of Mastermind. I watched a video here on YT where a British fellow chose his expertise topic as "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin. Given the size of each book, he really had to know each one thoroughly to answer as many questions as he did.
My own nerdy Jeopardy related moment is that I got the chance to meet Brad Rutter when he one of the judges for a match at a national high school Quiz Bowl Championship in Washington DC in 2003 that my team qualified for. He was exceptionally friendly and took time to chat with everyone after the match ended. To be fair, I think he really just wanted to try and figure out how a team such as ours made that level of a competition based on the fact we ended up losing horribly at each match we took part in that week and quickly realized that when in doubt the answer to any math question is in fact, not the number five.
Sooo Diane, Jeopardy has been on the air FOREVER! Before Alex Trebek there was a fellow named Art Fleming hosting. And that was when I was. wee bairn. Now I'm 64! Rub Chewie's belly for me! Scott in Ohio.
Alex was always a classy guy. The show won't be the same for sure. He recorded a couple messages when he first got sick. There was an episode where a contestant took the final jeopardy question and wrote in/answered "We love you Alex". Trebek chocked up a bit. Very wholesome
Jeopardy is entertaining, but you’re correct, it’s hard. Still fun to watch with a group. We watch it at work from time to time and see who can answer the most. I’m happy to get three
Jeopardy, and Alex hold a special place for me: My grandmother always gave the questions when the show was on; she had been a librarian for over 30 years so she has a lot of knowledge. Even if she didn't know what the question was she'd still make comment or guess. One night, she was hardly saying anything and when she did, she was wrong. That's how my grandfather knew something was going on and called for an ambulance. She was having a stroke, had it not been for her love of information and Jeopardy in particular, he wouldn't have known. She's still alive, although Alzheimer's is starting to set in... Grandpa is still her too, and just turned 93. P.S., Alex's last show will be aired Christmas day.
I've dealt with both, and mormons really aren't much different than baptists. They don't recognize the Pope, and they don't recognize each other at the liquor store, titty bar or airport bathroom.
Jeopardy is fun to watch! I need to start watching it more. I can only imagine that I would blank on somethings just because being on camera in front of a live audience would be nerve-wracking! Steve Harvey does "Family Feud" which has actually had several hosts over the years. It's pretty funny though!
The reason I love Jeopardy is because of Alex Trebek! He is able to bring families together over a shared love of knowledge and facts. In an age of disinformation, he is a beacon of hope. He will truly, truly be missed!
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Alex isn’t quite Fred Rogers in American lure but he’s honestly pretty close. Alex was a great man.
Took the words right out of my mouth....
I agree. Jeopardy is American culture.
@@rodneygriffin7666 Just as popular in Canada.
He was incredibly special
@@robertpearson8798 he will be missed. Knowledge is beautiful.
A true gentleman till the end. His last moments were sitting in the garden with his wife.
#weloveyouAlex.
Had not heard much about that. I guess I assumed it was in a hospital, but it's nicer that it wasn't.
@@josephcote6120 Nope, he was working right up to the last couple weeks. Johnny Gilbert said that he would be in the back just doubled over in pain, and as soon as the music started, he'd perk right up and you'd never know how much he was hurting. Then he took those last weeks to be with family.
Before Jeopardy, there were some game show scandals where contestants were given the answers.
As a twist on that, Jeopardy decided to give the answers; and the contestants have to come up with the correct question.
The show was on 5 days a week, 30 minutes per episode so there is a lot of show to watch. We would watch it most days after school growing up and I'm full of fairly useless knowledge from watching it as a kid.
Knowledge of any kind is never useless.
Funny enough, between "Jeopardy!" and Paul Harvey's "The Rest of The Story" I barely managed to pass a history final in college!!!
RIP Mr. George Alexander Trebek 1940-2020
He was the epitome of class and dignity his life
I wonder if he is hanging out with Sean Connery in heaven?
Amen brotha.
@@antipattern0 😂😂😂
That, he was. Well said.
Definitely
The man who answered Ho is the all time champion, Ken Jennings. They’ll be rotating guest hosts for a while, no permanent replacement has been named yet.
I think he will do well, but it all comes down to audience reaction.
And sometimes a funny answer is better than the right answer. Unless you're in 6th grade.
I think they should cancel it.
Yep the auditions begin
The clip was cut short, the correct answer to the question was: What is a rake?
@@josephcote6120 Audience reaction isn't going to be possible for awhile though. There hasn't been an audience this whole time.
When that producer ended his statement with "This...is Jeopardy"...the first time I heard that, instant tears. I did not expect it to hit me quite as hard as it did. And every time that I've heard it since, I come close to tears again. And I came close again today.
It’s been a little difficult watching the last episodes knowing he’s gone but Watch it I will.
When the producer almost broke is what set me off. Couldn’t hold it back if I tried.
*raises hand*Me too
I hope they keep Johnny Gilbert as the announcer. "Thisssss...izzzzz...Jeopardy."
@ Bear in mind that he is 96.
Ah great Alex Was Canadian raised moved to the states after a career in Canada. He was highly respected and will be missed. Thank you for this topic
Thanks for sharing!
And also it's been said that Alex made sure that there was at least one reference to Canada in every episode of Jeopardy. He definitely didn't forget where he came from- his death was a massive and sad news story in both countries for sure.
If you search "Alex Trebek", Google responds with "Did you mean Who Is Alex Trebek?"
Almost chocked on my drink
That's adorable!
Thank you! I love this so damn much!
I love Easter eggs like this. Like IMDB's page for "This Is Spinal Tap" (7.9 stars out of 11).
A few years ago if you loaded "Gangnam Style" on TH-cam and hovered over the view counter, the digits would start spinning. That's because "Gangnam Style" was the first video to reach the view counter's internal 32-bit integer limit (a little over 2 billion), and TH-cam had to change their code to use 64-bit integers instead. I just checked and it looks like TH-cam removed that particular Easter egg. 😥
@@LiveFreeOrDieDH TH-cam has lost its sense of humor lately.
D *keeps talking and talking*
Alex Trebek reads the categories and says *SHUT UP*
D "Oooh ok", and shuts up. Oh what timing for such a response 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
That was pretty funny, no offense to Diane of course.
I love coincidences like that
No doubt ED had a hand in that.
What is That was Quite Hilarious?
Ken Jennings was the guy who said a "hoe" was a long handled gardening tool and an immoral pleasure seeker. By the way the correct answer was "What is a RAKE?" Yeah we quite enjoyed that answer.
@@JohnDrummondPhoto I mean. He wasn't wrong. Lol
A lot of Americans don't know the word "rake" means anything other than the thing you use to gather up the fallen leaves. LOL
@@jwb52z9 Yeah, more of a UK usage, I imagine. Whoever wrote that answer didn't account for today's urban slang.
@@jwb52z9 Irish people would know "rake" though, from "Rakish Paddy."
Honestly, I think that they should have counted that as a correct answer.
I'm actually touched that you're doing this video. Jeopardy, and Alex Trebek specifically, is so beloved in the US. We really are in mourning. It's so thoughful of you to care.
Also diane youtube SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY. get ready to laugh
That's hilarious!!!
"Before we begin the Double Jeopardy round, I'd like to ask our contestants once again to please refrain from using ethnic slurs."
Came here to say this. Will Ferrell as Trebek, constantly being heckled by Sean Connery
Those are hilarious. When that was a recurring sketch on the show, it had Will Ferrell playing Alex Trebek (when he still had a mustache). A couple of the more frequent "celebrity players" in it were Burt Reynolds (Norm McDonald), and the most hilarious one, Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond). In the last sketch they did before Ferrell left the cast, the real Alex Trebek made an appearance at the end of it.
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Omg... busted that one out at work oh, it took him a minute
RIP Alex Trebek. “Jeopardy” is a quiz show started long before the reality TV era took over, and the difference shows.
In fact Jeopardy helped relaunch the success of Quiz shows in the 60s. Quiz shows got a bad reputation due to several scandals in 50s where the games were often rigged. Jeopardy was a professional and straight forward show that didn't have a lot of gimmicks and became known for integrity.
@@TheCsel If anyone hasn't seen Quiz Show, its a great movie about one of those exact controversies from the 50s.
Jeopardy has had a long life beginning in 1964 on the NBC daytime schedule and lasted until 1975.Came back in 1978 and lasted until 1979.Returned in 1984.Art Fleming hosted the NBC run and Alex Trebek hosted the 1984 reboot until his passing in 2020.
Thank you for your respectful treatment of Alex Trebek's beloved Jeopardy. He was an American icon, in a way he was the Mr Rogers to geeky teens and adults. He made being intelligent cool. You are more than just funny, it takes class and empathy to do videos like this so well. It is appreciated.
I love how she thinks potpourri is literally about potpourri.
😄😄😄
When I saw "potpourri" I i immediately thought of Weird Al's song
@@jeffdavis6657 that was a pre-Alex Jeopardy, huh? You could take "potpourri" for $25 or something. The answer is - and the card slides up. Has Weird Al been on a celebrity Jeopardy? He could prolly run a category in like 5 minutes.
@@pebblebrookbooks4852 Jeopardy was actually canceled at the time when the song was made. Legend has it, the song played a part in its return. I watched the video again after watching Diane's video. I would recommend it it, but I think it would go over the head of most people not around in the 80"s especially non American.
@@jeffdavis6657 😃🌟💖
Answer: The best and my favorite TH-camr and canine!!
Who are Diane Jennings and Chewie?
Daaaaawwwww!
Let's go with the category, Irish TH-camrs for $200, Alex!
Also, amusingly, Trebek became such a pop-culture icon he appeared in any number of TV shows and movies, usually playing himself or some version of himself.
My favorite such appearance can be seen in this clip:
th-cam.com/video/3Ass4WGu9Y8/w-d-xo.html
Alex wasn't an astronaut, he was a Man in Black!
:)
@@DianeJennings The Potpourri category is a mish-mash of unused answers from past episodes. You never know what type of categories are included.
I love 💘 your channel! Thank you for your positivity and kindness. You're such a classy young lady. 👩 Love and hugs from me to you and Chewy! Greetings from North Carolina USA!
Trebek: "We'll give you the tale, you identify the city"
Diane: "Well I'll be terrible at th-"
Trebek: "Shut up!"
Editor Diane or Deus Ex Machina? Same thing?
@@josephcote6120 Even though the footage was contiguous, I wouldn't put it past Editor Diane to do something devious like that.
😆😂🤣
I died laughing at that part.
Best comment ever
Alex Trebek's final episodes haven't finished airing here in the US. The last one to air will happen (I think) on Christmas Day since Jeopardy airs Monday through Friday (new episodes) and Christmas falls on a Friday this year. Ken Jennings was the longest-running champion on Jeopardy (it took Ken 75 appearances to get to his non-tournament winnings). His closest competition was just in 2019 with James Holtzhauer, who won $2,464,216 in only 33 appearances (non-tournament). Holtzhauer holds the record for the highest single-day cash winnings with $131,127. I mention Holtzhauer for two reasons...1) he is a professional gambler, and his streak has caused 'Jeopardy' to re-evaluate how the game is played because "Jeopardy James" really gamed the system (and there are videos about it on TH-cam...and not nice ones!) and 2) I live in Las Vegas and he's considered a big deal here in Vegas because of 'Jeopardy'...a bit of a media darling.
Ken Jennings is a REALLY cool guy, too. He's really funny.
There's a show on the Game Show Network (Masterminds?) where he's a regular panelist. Fun to see him in a loose and casual situation.
I love him on the Omnibus podcast.
He had me at "What's a ho?" 😄
The show is “The Chase,” in which a team of contestants compete against the “beast” to answer questions. The original show had one “Beast,” a large British gentleman who has a high IQ and knows trivia. This past season they added Ken and two other top Jeopardy champions, who rotate into the chaser role, each of them having his own nickname (sorry, no women yet). I believe Ken’s nickname is “the professor.” The chasers not on duty sit in a private room and share (with the viewers, not the contestants) comments about the game.
Teachers often did well on Jeopardy. In fact they held Teachers Tournaments for many years of the show.
Cool beans.
Yes, teachers, lawyers and librarians .
RIP Alex Trebek.
America's favorite Canadian.
Kind of the anti-Justin Bieber.
He's top five. More canadians in America than you may realize.
@@doro626 oh, yes, I know there’s a lot, I just didn’t want to brag. Ryan Reynolds is one of the more popular ones.
@@doro626 he’s still the favorite.
Colin Mochrie is no slouch!
The original Jeopardy! (the exclamation point is officially part of the title) was developed by Merv Griffin partly in response to the quiz-show scandals of the 1950s, where contestants were given the answers in advance. Merv's idea was to say "what if we give them the answers and they have to come up with the questions?" That's why you always answer in the form of a question.
Take a look at Family Feud funny answers video. My favorite one is when Richard Dawson was hosting and he asked, "In what month of pregnancy does a woman start to show?" and the contestant replied, "September". Dawson tries to hold it together for a few seconds but eventually looses it and takes a while to get the show back on track.
*loses
Oh man that Dawson guy was such a creeper. Even in funny compilations, it's hard not to think of him essentially forcing women to kiss him.
Well, that made me cry unexpectedly. I watched that show with my gramma for years. Have a nice week Miss Diane.
RIP Alex. Born in Sudbury Ontario, & went to school in my hometown ( city) of Ottawa. 🇨🇦
[Concerned face] "I don't know anything about potpourri." lol
LOL. Yeah, it's "Random" category.
@@themoviedealers I've never heard of this.
Potpourri is a Jeopardy’s grab bag category.
I've always love Jeopardy.... Also that woman's winnings was an 8 day total....meaning she has been winning for 8 days in a row. Winner of each show stays On and goes to the next show with 2 new contestants.
That was only within the last 20 years or so. It used to be that you could only max out as a 5-day champion. Then they changed the rules that as long as you kept winning, you could keep coming back until you were finally beaten by another contestant. The first multi-day winner after the change? Ken Jennings, who I believe still holds the record for most consecutive days as Jeopardy champion.
I think Ken Jennings had 73 or 74 days as champion. The one that bumped him off (and I suspect he got tired and blew the last one) had a final Jeopardy answer like “This American company is the largest SEASONAL employer of WHITE collar workers after the holidays.” The correct response is “What is H&R Block?” This refers to the tax preparation company, which hires in September, trains during the holidays, and opens its stores from early January until just after April 15th, the standard filing deadline in the US. Ken responded “What is UPS?” Referring to the package delivery service, which hires DRIVERS and PACKAGE handlers BEFORE the holidays. I suspect he had been waiting for a chance to get a response “believably” wrong, and this was it.
The next year, Block hired him as an ad spokesman, using the fact that he got that response wrong to argue that anyone can benefit from a trained professional in tax preparation, especially after winning as much as he did.
He continued to be invited back for special tournaments and for a two-day demonstration of IBM’s new AI program “Watson,” in which the computer took on Ken and Brad Rutter. The computer was so far ahead that final Jeopardy could not prevent its victory, but it made what we would call a “stupid” mistake. The category was “US Cities,” and the clue was “Of this city’s two largest airports, one is named after a World War Two hero, and the other after a World War Two battle site.” Missing the category, the computer responded “What is Toronto?” The correct response, which I believe both Ken and Brad got, is “What is Chicago?” O’Hare (originally named Orchard Field) was renamed to honor a Chicago native who was an ace pilot and died in combat, and Midway has (coincidentally) the same name as the island base where a decisive naval battle was fought.
At the end of the game, Ken announced, “I for one bow to our new robot overlords.”
Dana says- Jeopardy was popular in our house growing up, because we were all pretty competitive and liked to see who could call out the answers first. Whomever got the most correct answers won. My husband and I still watch every once in a while. It's especially fun because we're fairly evenly matched. RIP Alex (he was Canadian BTW).
When you said his name, all I could think of was the SNL skit with 'Sean Connery'.
"You'll rue the day, Trebeck!"
O, lord, that one was hilarious. "Celebrity Jeopardy" th-cam.com/video/bEghu90QJH4/w-d-xo.html
The section of the dictionary where you find the word cat
Sean Connery took Alex Trebek with him.
LOL "Turd Ferguson".
The Best Jeopardy fail was when they had College Week.. These kids were super smart nerds. They were majoring in Sciences, engineering , that sort of thing. One of the category was sports, none of them could answer any of the sports questions. For me I, knew most answers, but to watch the look on those faces was priceless. ESPN Sports was talking about it within minutes of the airing of show...
That producer also described Alex’s final day: “He had a swing in his backyard that he loved. He actually rebuilt it earlier this year. He was very handy. I don’t know if a lot of people know that,” Richards told Today. “And even in his book, he described that he wanted his final day to be sitting on his swing next to his wife, Jean, and kind of watching the horizon. And he got to do that.”
@morning glory Stay classy, maggot.
After Who Wants to Be a Millionaire debuted, Jeopardy doubled all the money values. There also used to be a 5 game limit for champions, which they did away with.
I was on Jeopardy in 2006. He was a nice guy to all of us there.
did you win?
@@joshuatranterhtd4life677 I did not 🤣
@@allisonotto oh sorry to hear that but at least you got to meet Alex though is your episode on TH-cam? 💙
No Jeopardy experience is complete without listening to Weird Al's song, "I Lost on Jeopardy".
And of course SNL "Celebrity Jeopardy"
The real life Celebrity Jeopardy is incredibly painful to watch though
I just checked the release date to verify my memory. Al released the song before the reboot of the show.
Pretty sure more people know the Weird Al version than the song it was a parody of.
With the ailing Host Art Fleming and Johnny Olsen.
Groundhog Day. The old folks were watching Jeopardy and Bill Murry's character sat in and was getting all of the answers correct.
Getting all of the questions correctly....🤭
Danika just mansplained you haha
He also played himself on Cheers, twice I think.
what is lake titicaca and takes a big swig of whiskey.
@@Ohforgodssakethatsme As far as I remember it was only once, because Cliff made it onto Jeopardy. His question to the Final Answer was, "Who are three people I've never met?" Later on Alex visits the bar, and tries to console Cliff. When Cliff exits the scene, Alex confessed that he had just stopped in to either get a drink before he had to go to the airport, or he had to stop by and use the bathroom. His last line in the episode was, "Besides, that guy scares me." lol
Rest in peace Mr. Trebek.
Sean Connery also passed away rest in peace Mr. Connery. You should react to Saturday Night Live Celebrity Jeopardy. It's hilarious
alex mentioned Sean on one episode referring to the SNL Parody!
Diane and SNL really don’t play well together.
When I was young and had to stay home with the flu, Alex and a bowl of soup was on my list of things to watch.
You watched a bowl of soup? LOL
@@Tux.Penguin Heard it's a pretty boring show.
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Starts out hot and steamy but quickly cools off and becomes unappetizing.
That, and the Price is Right!
Yup. Price is Right, whatever was on Nick Jr (especially David the Gnome), then take a nap until Jeopardy comes on.
Jeopardy is great if you’ve got family/friends to pit your wits against as you watch.
I still feel braggadocio when I get the Final Jeopardy question, but the players don’t.
I remember doing that with my sisters watching the show a few years ago!
Alex was much beloved.
The final Jeopardy theme music is iconic.
Have a great week Diane. Stay safe.
Oh, yes! Humming or whistling that "writing the questions" ditty is the perfect snark-dart fo someone who's keeping you waiting!
Didn't see this posted in the comments, and I'm sorry if I missed it, but here's why they do the "answer in the form of a question" bit:
Back in the 1950s, there was a big quiz show scandal where it was discovered that producers were picking winners and losers to maximize drama and giving the preferred contestants answers ahead of time (there's an excellent 1994 movie called Quiz Show that covers the whole story). In the 60s, when producer Merv Griffin wanted to revive quiz shows on TV but didn't want them associated with the shenanigans of the 50s, his wife suggested just giving the answers to the contestants and making them come up with the questions instead. Griffin liked the novel concept, and the distinctive format stuck. These days, there are also rigorous regulations that must be adhered to, ensuring that all game shows are on the up-and-up and that no contestant can come into contact with material used in the games, accidentally or otherwise.
Jeopardy is a great show. It's one I watch nightly and I always end up learning something. Many up us have grown up with Alex, listening to him on a nightly basis. He'll be tough to replace but I know the show will survive.
Jeopardy is that show where Americans with a lot of trivial knowledge yell (i.e., YOU IDIOT! THAT WAS THE 1812 OVERTURE! and such) at their television screens while their friends and family frown at them. PS: Until we meet again, Alex, we'll miss you, our friend!
Diane - Alex didn't just do the show for TV and go home. On occassion, they actually travelled to locations throughout the US in search of contestants, looking to give people their own chance at winning, and Alex was right there with them. He really was a tremendously friendly person. A great game hosted by a truly nice person is a winning combination on it's own.
I keep getting choked up watching the episodes that are airing since he passed. My parents and I used to watch Jeopardy every night and I'd get mad at my dad for giving the answers before Alex was done reading, lol. Life of a nerd 🤓
Want nerd game show fun? Look up the game "Um, Actually..." on TH-cam, if you have not, yet. I can't get enough of it.
@@jean-paulaudette9246 I've never heard of that but it sounds pretty funny. I'll have to check it out 🙂
He was my mom’s favorite, she cried when he passed. Hi Diane!
Reading Rainbow is another kids show from PBS. It would be a great show to check out.
The episodes with Alex Trebek are still airing. Alex was a great human being. He was fighting pancreatic cancer all year, and even though it is one of the most painful cancers, you could never tell anything was wrong with him. He sometimes talked about his illness in interviews, or at least he answered questions about it, but I never heard him complain once.
Used to watch it when I was young learned more about history and geography watching Jeopardy then in school. 🤔
SCTV did some hilarious parodies of a show called Reach For The Top that aired in Toronto in my youth that was hosted by Alex Trebek. The Alex character (Alex Trebel) is played by Eugene Levy of Schitt’s Creek. They’re called High Q and Half Wits.
When they started doing the Jeopardy skits on SNL , Norm called Eugene Levy to ask permission. As he felt it would be a ripoff otherwise
Diane, both Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune were created by American singer and talk show host, Merv Griffen. He also wrote the Jeopardy theme song. He died a very, very rich man.
@tconlon251 I didn't know that. I assumed he was married, but when he was older, he was romantically involved with one of the Gabor sisters, Ava? I think. Griffen started out as big band singer with the Freddie Martin Orchestra and his big hit was "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" . . . honest. I also remember it was reported he ended up on the short end of a big dollar real estate deal with, of all people, Donald Trump! If I have anything wrong here, I apologize in advance. I am writing all of this from memory.
Watching Jeopardy every night with my dad is one of our longest running traditions. I'll miss Alex greatly - he's been a comforting constant in these several years of upheaval - but I'm excited for what the future holds.
Most people probably don't know this,but the original host of Jeopardy was a man named Art Fleming when the show was on a network. When Alex Trebek did it, it was in syndication.
I remember when Art Fleming hosted it. It came on during the day and I think it was on NBC.
Followed by Don Pardoe IIRC.
Art Fleming and Don Pardo were in the Weird Al Jeopardy video back in the 80s.
Idea for the show came from Merv Griffin, former big band singer turned talk show host. (He is referenced in a famous episode of Seinfeld and appeared in Steve Martin's The Man With Two Brains. His talk show ran in syndication for over 20 years. Griffin made way more money from creating Jeopardy than his talk show or anything else.) Jeopardy ran on NBC network, in the mornings, starting in about 1963, and went until the middle or late 1970's with Art Fleming. Show was recorded in New York like the oldtime TV stuff from the 1950s/60s. I saw the set when I took field trip to NBC at 30 Rock as a school kid, early 1970s. Set was TINY. Trebek started in syndication I believe in 1984, and was usually shown at 7:00 in the evenings, though that could vary from city to city. It was taped in Los Angeles.
Rocker Greg Kihn from San Francisco had a hit song called "Our Love's In Jeopardy." Weird Al Yankovic did a parody called "I Lost On Jeopartdy," with a music video featuring Art Fleming, the show's announcer Don Pardo (also long long time announcer for Saturday Night Live, veteran of the golden age of telelvision) and a recreation of the old game show set from the NBC days. Trebek took over the show shortly after that video came out.
I started watching it in the 60's. The host was Art Fleming and it aired in the morning.
Daily Double: "What is the cutest channel on TH-cam?" 'What is Diane Jennings Channel?'
Are we cute?!
@@DianeJennings And then some!
@@Giarcnek need Chewie for a video answer.
@@DianeJennings yes, very.
@@DianeJennings C'mon over here and ask me that again....😈
I watch Jeopardy. I was watching it and missed the notification for this video...
And I always look like a silly billy anyway...lol
Ok.
There are clues as to the question, given in the answers.
You'd definitely get better at it if you watched it more.
Some categories are easy, some impossible, depending on your general knowledge.
Wheel of Fortune is different but fun too.
And Steve Harvey hosts "Family Frued" it's also funny, because.. Steve, and spontaneous weird answers.
Great video, thanks for sharing!🥰
Category: If looks could kill
Answer: She just picks "whatever" out and knows how to give great side-eye
Question: Who is Editor Diane
Thank you for doing this! Alex Trebek started doing Jeopardy when I was in college. My kids grew up with him as a fixture of American culture. He was, in several ways, their generation's Mr. Rogers.
Other old fun quiz shows to watch are "Cash Cab", and "win Ben Stein's Money".
Alex is like Mr. Rodgers and Bob Ross.... Just wonderful people and well loved here. RIP
We've been watching the episodes since he died and it's so weird and sad. FYI Diane, the reason Ken and Brad have won so much $ is that they keep getting invited back for tournaments. Tournament of Champions... Champions of Tournament of Champions... Etc. Last year they were in a tournament for the Greatest of all time with James the third place guy. Ken won. Oh, and Potpourri just means various questions from any topic, not actually potpourri :)
Yes, Brad actually had never lost before this last year when Ken beat him in the Greatest tournament. He won his 5 games in 2000 (back when the limit was 5, which had been dropped of course by the time Ken was on, dropped that season actually) amassing $55,102 then (not QUITE $5 million lol) + 2 Chevy Camaros (they gave cars away to any undefeated champions at that time), won $100,000 in the Tournament of Champions the following year, added another million the year after that in a tournament pitting him against the best champions ever up to that point, won another $2,115,000 in 2005 when they had a super tournament bringing back hundreds of old champions in the wake of Ken's 75 game run, won yet another million in a Battle of the Decades tournament in 2014 that brought back champions across all 30 years that the show was on the air then and finally won about $333,000 in a special All Stars Team Tournament event 2 years ago.
He also faced off with Ken in a special series of games against the IBM computer Watson in 2011, but he came in 3rd in that. That is non-canon though given the nature of that event relative to everything else. In all the games that mattered against humans, up through this year, he had been unbeaten. It became kinda a running thing after 2005, as as good as Ken was, he could never beat Brad, he'd always end up 2nd to him till the GOAT.
My best memories growing up was my sister and I would watch it and compete with each other throughout each episode. Watched it well into adulthood and was quite saddened at Alex's passing. Hope you enjoyed the fair bit you saw. And category Potpourri is simply a random assortment of clues...not the actual mixture of dried fragrant plants.
Hello Diane,
The best thing about Jeopardy is on the right day you can feel like a genius. Unfortunately the next day you’ll probably go back to feeling like an idiot.
100% me! I can have days where I feel like I could try out and do well, the next day has categories like mythological creatures and 12th-century emperors and I'm like "nope, not happening"...
I have those moments each time I play J!6 on their website.
@@mikeL5183 What's worse is doing great in round 1 then round 2 starts and Alex reads "17th Century France, Botany, Canadian Poets, Silent Films and finally Name the Queen".
We used to play at home and answered what they were saying on the show and i "won" 13000 dollars one night. the next episode i was 1200 dollars in the hole. It was a wild ride. lol
On most stations, "Jeopardy" is followed by "Wheel of Fortune", so after you feel like an idiot watching "Jeopardy", you feel better when you watch "Wheel".
This version of Jeopardy is actually a revival, as it originally aired in the US with a different host from 1964 to 1974. The present version had Alex Trebek doing it since the fall of 1984. The first round, called the Jeopardy round, had six categories with five clues each, ranging in value from $100 to $500, but increasing to $200 to $1000 in the fall of 2001. One hidden daily double was hidden in the board, where the contestant who picked the clue wagers a certain amount of their total on how certain they are of getting the correct question on that. Double Jeopardy is played the same, except the amounts were from $200 to $1000, but later increased from $400 to $2000, and it has two daily doubles. For the Final Jeopardy round, a category for the final clue is given, and the contestants write down in secret on their podiums how much of their total they want to wager. A contestant can't take part in that round if their total is at $0 or in a negative amount. After that, the clue is given, and the contestants are then given 30 seconds to write down their responses. Whoever is ahead at the end wins the game and returns on the following show to face two new players.
I've watched Jeopardy a lot over the years. I've always liked Alex Trebek as a host, but I liked him even more when I found that he was Canadian, with him originally being from Sudbury, Ontario. One tribute to him shortly after his death which was nice was when the bells inside the clock tower of the Canadian parliament building in Ottawa played a short rendition of the Jeopardy theme.
In it's begining Art Fleming was it's host then when Art was sick with Cancer Alex was chosen as the new host in 1970.
@Michael Boyce Actually Alex Trebek hosted quite a few game shows back in the day, but didn't start hosting Jeopardy! until 1984 as a reboot.
Ugh…the producer talking about Alex after he died…gets me choked up every time! I grew up with Alex Trebek on the TV…I started watching Jeopardy pretty regularly back in 1985 when I was 5 years old…I had thought he’d always be around.
Now you need to watch the SNL parody with Will Ferrel.
Alex also hosted the National Geographic.. Geography Bee.. i think he loved that almost as much as his regular hosting gig. Jeopardy also would do a College tournament and one for high school kids. it was so fun to sit in the living room and see who could get the most right
Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune will always reminding me of my grandmother.
As a child of the 80s, I've always loved Jeopardy. I remember coming home from school in the winter, doing my chores, and then watching the show with my folks. Mom was a teacher and my dad is pretty well read so we'd make a game out of trying to answer before the contestants. I would also make notes of things that sounded interesting so I could go look them up at the library - using a real card catalog (yes, I am that old...).
Such a great show. The format is simple and engaging, and Alex ran the show with class and style. I hope the show will continue, but they'll never have another Alex Trebek - may he Rest In Peace.
In 2004 a guy named Ken Jennings ended a "run" on Jeopardy that netted him 4.5 MILLION dollars, (not 2million)
And now he's hosting.
He’s a temp host, last I heard.
Jennings's original 75-episode run (74 wins, one loss to end it) in 2004 netted him $2.5 million; it was additional winnings from later tournaments that brought his grand total to $4.5 million. Notably, James Holzhauer came "close" to Jennings's original-run record with $2.46 million won in 33 episodes, falling $58,484 behind Jennings, with a days-he-won average of $76,944 indicating that he probably would've surpassed Jennings's record had he held on just one more day.
@@alanr4447a OK, thought I heard Dianne say he'd won a total of 2.? million. I stand corrected.
@@Mr1990hjc No need to stand. Have a seat; relax!
I watch jeopardy everyday with my family. It has always been the only thing we all could watch and nobody would complain. The questions are pretty difficult, but it only makes every right answer you get mean so much more. Alex Trebek will always have a very special part in my heart for for really being a class act and being so kind.
Weird Al Yankovic: 'I lost on Jeopardy'....
You won't be disappointed.
Loven You and your twin.
Cheers!
Ken Jennings went to high school with my brother. He made me sit through every episode.
Another interesting fact is that IBM's super computer, Watson, defeated Ken Jennings in a game of Jeopardy. Weird right? 😊
Watson was an "expert system", which means it just did a bit of NLP but mostly was just a huge database with a fast search engine to look up data. Considering how well it did, I would be extremely curious to know how something like GPT-3 (or its next iteration) would do, since those are actually closer to general AI, and have learned from reading most of the internet rather than just storing everything in a big database.
Ken Jennings TED Talk about his experience with Watson:
[ th-cam.com/video/b2M-SeKey4o/w-d-xo.html ]
There's an episode of "NOVA" that goes into the creation of Watson. Getting the natural language processing to work correctly was a huge technical challenge, and early iterations of Watson would often miss key terms in the answer and come up with hilariously boneheaded responses.
@@lmpeters That sounds cool! I'll have to check it out!
My favorite thing about Watson being on the show was its wagers when it got the Daily Double.
There were two people who were personal heroes of mine as a child: Mr. Rogers and Alex Trebek. Ever since I was a little kid I've adored "Jeopardy!", and Mr. Rogers's show was a key part of my early childhood as well. Thank you for reacting to both shows/hosts; now you basically have an idea of what my upbringing was like.
Rake, Jack White. Family Feud (the Steve Harvey show)
I so appreciated how open Alex was about his cancer. He would take time to do personal updates about his condition. Eventually, he announced that he wouldn’t be doing anymore rounds of treatment and it was hard to hear, but it wasn’t as shocking as it could have been. It was obvious he cared deeply about the audience and respected their connection with him. That’s what made him special.
There's actually a version of "Jeopardy" that airs in the UK
I was wondering about that. Jeopardy is considered a really hard game show by American standards, but it's nothing compared to British shows. It seems like it might be in an uncomfortable middle ground in the UK.
@@suedenim Someone always has to get in a little America bashing.
@@suedenim Put your money where your mouth is and try to get on that show, if you are not diverse in a lot of different subjects you will look like an idiot on that show.
@@Cooliron24 All I'm saying is that compared to British shows like Mastermind or Countdown, Jeopardy is relatively easy.
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The US needs to have a version of Mastermind. I watched a video here on YT where a British fellow chose his expertise topic as "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin. Given the size of each book, he really had to know each one thoroughly to answer as many questions as he did.
The game with Steve Harvey you're thinking about is Family Feud, which has been around since the 70s.
Borh Art and Alex died from Cancer. RIP to both.
Grew up watching Alex Trebeck he was like the favorite TV uncle you enjoyed listening to and as an adult you truly appreciated. Rest in peace Alex.
Who are 3 people who have never been in my kitchen? - Cliff Clavin
My own nerdy Jeopardy related moment is that I got the chance to meet Brad Rutter when he one of the judges for a match at a national high school Quiz Bowl Championship in Washington DC in 2003 that my team qualified for. He was exceptionally friendly and took time to chat with everyone after the match ended. To be fair, I think he really just wanted to try and figure out how a team such as ours made that level of a competition based on the fact we ended up losing horribly at each match we took part in that week and quickly realized that when in doubt the answer to any math question is in fact, not the number five.
Haha that would be me too
Category: Moms
Answer: Diane Jennings
Question: who is Chewie’s mom?
Yup!
Daily Double: The Answer is:Editor Diane
The Wager is 75% of my earnings....
The question is: Who is Chewies aunty 🤭🦋🌺✌
Sooo Diane, Jeopardy has been on the air FOREVER! Before Alex Trebek there was a fellow named Art Fleming hosting. And that was when I was. wee bairn. Now I'm 64! Rub Chewie's belly for me! Scott in Ohio.
We used to play a version of Jeopardy in school as a study tool. The most famous contestant on Jeopardy was a supercomputer named “Watson”
Alex was always a classy guy. The show won't be the same for sure.
He recorded a couple messages when he first got sick.
There was an episode where a contestant took the final jeopardy question and wrote in/answered "We love you Alex". Trebek chocked up a bit. Very wholesome
Here it is. th-cam.com/video/vXDyXdviYOk/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=VectraQS
@@almostfm awesome. Thanks for sharing
Alex Trebek played his self in the movie white men can’t jump.
Jeopardy is entertaining, but you’re correct, it’s hard. Still fun to watch with a group. We watch it at work from time to time and see who can answer the most. I’m happy to get three
Fun!
People who dislike this video lost on Jeopardy
They don't even get a year's supply of Rice-A-Roni.
@@josephcote6120 That's just rubbing salt in an open wound
Jeopardy, and Alex hold a special place for me: My grandmother always gave the questions when the show was on; she had been a librarian for over 30 years so she has a lot of knowledge. Even if she didn't know what the question was she'd still make comment or guess. One night, she was hardly saying anything and when she did, she was wrong. That's how my grandfather knew something was going on and called for an ambulance. She was having a stroke, had it not been for her love of information and Jeopardy in particular, he wouldn't have known. She's still alive, although Alzheimer's is starting to set in... Grandpa is still her too, and just turned 93.
P.S., Alex's last show will be aired Christmas day.
Ken Jennings is the guy that said “Hoe”. And the dude is a Mormon.
I've dealt with both, and mormons really aren't much different than baptists.
They don't recognize the Pope, and they don't recognize each other at the liquor store, titty bar or airport bathroom.
Jeopardy is fun to watch! I need to start watching it more. I can only imagine that I would blank on somethings just because being on camera in front of a live audience would be nerve-wracking! Steve Harvey does "Family Feud" which has actually had several hosts over the years. It's pretty funny though!
Ah it's called Family Fortunes in the UK
@@DianeJennings that name sounds more friendly. Maybe it says something about the US vs the UK?
Wheel of Fortune next.
I've heard of it! We have one I wonder if they're the same...
@@DianeJennings here in America Jeopardy airs @7 and Wheel of Fortune airs after it @7:30.
and Family Feud.
@@antipattern0 The timing depends upon where you live; in East Tennessee they are reversed. “Wheel” comes on at 7:00, “Jeopardy” at 7:30.
@@antipattern0really? Not true in every market, in a Michigan it’s always been Wheel of Fortune first, then Jeopardy.
The reason I love Jeopardy is because of Alex Trebek! He is able to bring families together over a shared love of knowledge and facts. In an age of disinformation, he is a beacon of hope. He will truly, truly be missed!
Answer: Diane Jennings and Chewie. Question: Who's the loveliest TH-camr with the cutest dog?
Everyone should inspire to be as nice as Mr Trebek 🙏🙏🙏
"Who is Alex Trebek?"- google corrected me when I typed in Alex Trebek
When I read that, I had to try it. Yep. That's awesome!
Alex was definitely an American icon! He’ll definitely be missed. Our favorite Canadian!
Dont try to play with someone who can read faster than you. Its soooo frustrating.
My brothers and I would tape it and pause and then see who could look up the answer the fastest.. we had World Book Encyclopedia
I hope you watched an entire episode. There are so many questions that piqued my curiosity and led me down the rabbit hole of knowledge.
Of course- it's edited.
@@DianeJennings Good looking out and I appreciate the response. Looking forward to more of your videos.