Finally, the infamous Liederkranz Final. I'll shut up about it now. Thank you, there wasn't video of this on here that I could find until now. That sent the old Jeopardy message boards into a TIZZY when that aired! They'd never heard of it!
@@RedRaiderLobo20 I can't find the exact match but I know Jennings almost pulled a Clavin during his run--he had a lock game, wagered enough to put him in danger of losing, *and* got the response wrong. Fortunately for him, the other two contestants also missed it and he won the game anyway.
JMO, I know question difficulty is subjective, but I don’t think questions that 2 or 3 contestants get right should qualify for a “hardest final Jeopardy rounds” list, especially when there are hundreds of triple stumpers to choose from.
I don't think most people would consider the first one to be particularly difficult, even though Jeopardy's greatest player missed it. The rest of these seemed pretty tough to me.
Interesting thing about 1553, if the clue had been monarchs and not kings, then it could have been accepted, if you recognize Lady Jane Grey. Edward VI, Jane, Mary I. But the clue specified kings, not queens and most don’t recognize her having been queen for 9 days.
Nope. One of the contestants here went onto the official (now defunct) Jeopardy message boards and said they looked into not one, but TWO different cheese encyclopedias (apparently those are a thing) and said Liederkranz was nowhere to be found in them! I'm sure it has been added since this aired in 2009, but the forums would call a particularly difficult Triple Stumper a "Liederkranz" for MONTHS afterward.
6:34 I'm disappointed nobody responded to the literary characters clue with "Is it STUMP?" Also, the state capital question was easy... I'm surprised nobody got that.
9:27 A mistake from Alex here. You would not need to achieve escape velocity to make it to the Moon - the Moon orbits the Earth, so achieving escape velocity would be far faster than you need to make it to the moon. If he had said one of the other planets or interplanetary space, that would have been correct.
Got the science one. I knew the state capital in question but didn't think of it as an abstraction but rather just another name for God. Oops. On the presidents I thought immediately of William Henry Harrison but didn't get the right year.
I cannot see how anyone would consider the 3 presidents clue to be tough for Final Jeopardy. Presidential trivia like that should be standard knowledge for any prepared J! contestant. I also thought that Andorra being a co-principality was pretty well-known, but I could be wrong. I do think the 3 kings clue was legitimately tough.
I knew 1841 since he was the first to die in office. 1881 was a little bit tougher because I couldn't remember the year. For the kings, I knew one of them hat to be when Queen Elizabeth's father took the throne, because I knew that the brother abdicated the throne that same year. I knew it was in the 1930's and guessed 1936.
I got those, the presidential years (both), Chatterley (just in time), Andorra but I conked my head on the State Capitol. I guessed Concord, New Hampshire.
@@blxifyyif you aren’t a science person, then yea, I can see it. As an engineer, I got it because that was really the only thing that made logical sense to be around that speed. It’s a question whose difficulty varies depending on what your expertise are. The Liederkranz one was definitely worse, because that’s ridiculous even for people that specialize in food and drink.
9:45 Did they mean to pick the one from the day before? The one shown went 2/3 with contestants and is pretty standard J! fare. The one from the previous day was easily in the top 50 hardest Finals of all time. Maybe top 25. Here it is: FILM LEGENDS: His only competitive Oscar win was for Best Score in 1973 for a 1952 film in which he had starred as a washed-up comic
Yep, your question is much harder. Religious denominations and founders is pretty common trivia, and the given clue leads you straight to Christian Science.
Because it was the one episode she won. Also, critically, for 14 straight answers ken buzzed in everytime and lost on only the daily doubles. Nancy did nothing to win that. Except answer final jeopardy correctly.
Well, only one of those people has built up an internationally-renowned trivia reputation and is commonly referred to as the best quizzer on the entire planet… and it sure as hell isn’t Nancy!
Finally, the infamous Liederkranz Final. I'll shut up about it now.
Thank you, there wasn't video of this on here that I could find until now.
That sent the old Jeopardy message boards into a TIZZY when that aired! They'd never heard of it!
That’s the closest anybody in real life will ever come to pulling a Cliff Clavin 😂😂
@@RedRaiderLobo20 I can't find the exact match but I know Jennings almost pulled a Clavin during his run--he had a lock game, wagered enough to put him in danger of losing, *and* got the response wrong. Fortunately for him, the other two contestants also missed it and he won the game anyway.
Sir Clifford .... The Big Red Dog.
Jennings lost on an easy question or wanted to go home from being exhausted
I was watching that night and I felt like he missed on purpose. Still do.
No WAY Jennings missed “white collar” in that clue . . .
Keep these coming! They’re fun!
JMO, I know question difficulty is subjective, but I don’t think questions that 2 or 3 contestants get right should qualify for a “hardest final Jeopardy rounds” list, especially when there are hundreds of triple stumpers to choose from.
13:33 Why am I suddenly imagining Kenan Thompson in an _SNL_ skit?
man. I forgot about RI. I was sure it was Concord, NH.
Results for me:
1) not even a guess 2) nope 3) got it 4) no guess 5) got it 6) no guess 7) got it 8) got it 9) nope
I don't think most people would consider the first one to be particularly difficult, even though Jeopardy's greatest player missed it. The rest of these seemed pretty tough to me.
Interesting thing about 1553, if the clue had been monarchs and not kings, then it could have been accepted, if you recognize Lady Jane Grey.
Edward VI, Jane, Mary I.
But the clue specified kings, not queens and most don’t recognize her having been queen for 9 days.
This one was hard...until "The Crown" came out.
I'm pretty good at trivia, but I have never heard of that cheese. Is that a known thing?
Nope. One of the contestants here went onto the official (now defunct) Jeopardy message boards and said they looked into not one, but TWO different cheese encyclopedias (apparently those are a thing) and said Liederkranz was nowhere to be found in them!
I'm sure it has been added since this aired in 2009, but the forums would call a particularly difficult Triple Stumper a "Liederkranz" for MONTHS afterward.
No
I'm pretty sure Sark had the last remnants of the feudal system, not Andorra? Although they aren't a co-principality, I suppose.
6:34 I'm disappointed nobody responded to the literary characters clue with "Is it STUMP?"
Also, the state capital question was easy... I'm surprised nobody got that.
It was easy for me, but I am a New Englander 😂😂
9:27 A mistake from Alex here. You would not need to achieve escape velocity to make it to the Moon - the Moon orbits the Earth, so achieving escape velocity would be far faster than you need to make it to the moon. If he had said one of the other planets or interplanetary space, that would have been correct.
Yeah, his explanation was a little disappointing.
Yeah, I thought the first was much easier, when you think of tax season, but the rest of the clues were tough.
andorra was also pretty easy
Wow that is how Jennings lost?? That seems to be a slam dunk for him
8:30 I wonder how many ways it could be written to get that one correct?
Got the science one. I knew the state capital in question but didn't think of it as an abstraction but rather just another name for God. Oops. On the presidents I thought immediately of William Henry Harrison but didn't get the right year.
To this day i still think Ken Jennings got the answer wrong on purpose because he was tired of playing…
I have thought that about some other multi-game winners.
Understandable 😂
I cannot see how anyone would consider the 3 presidents clue to be tough for Final Jeopardy. Presidential trivia like that should be standard knowledge for any prepared J! contestant. I also thought that Andorra being a co-principality was pretty well-known, but I could be wrong. I do think the 3 kings clue was legitimately tough.
I knew 1841 since he was the first to die in office. 1881 was a little bit tougher because I couldn't remember the year. For the kings, I knew one of them hat to be when Queen Elizabeth's father took the throne, because I knew that the brother abdicated the throne that same year. I knew it was in the 1930's and guessed 1936.
I remember this night!
I knew 3 of them. I knew the escape velocity, coconut, and 1066.
I got those, the presidential years (both), Chatterley (just in time), Andorra but I conked my head on the State Capitol. I guessed Concord, New Hampshire.
escape velocity one wasnt that bad
it kinda was that bad
@@blxifyyif you aren’t a science person, then yea, I can see it. As an engineer, I got it because that was really the only thing that made logical sense to be around that speed. It’s a question whose difficulty varies depending on what your expertise are.
The Liederkranz one was definitely worse, because that’s ridiculous even for people that specialize in food and drink.
Only one I got right was Escape Velocity
74 - Ken Jennings (Salt Lake City, Utah & Seattle, Washington) ($2,520,700)
Colby Burnett (Chicago, Illinois)
Where do you get your clips, WOJ? I would love to see Stefan's episodes again. He is one of my top 3 favourite contestants.
The first one was simple as can be to me.. ANyone else?
9:45 Did they mean to pick the one from the day before? The one shown went 2/3 with contestants and is pretty standard J! fare. The one from the previous day was easily in the top 50 hardest Finals of all time. Maybe top 25. Here it is: FILM LEGENDS: His only competitive Oscar win was for Best Score in 1973 for a 1952 film in which he had starred as a washed-up comic
Yep, your question is much harder. Religious denominations and founders is pretty common trivia, and the given clue leads you straight to Christian Science.
3:03 wow, greed lost him $200k+
I thought Providence was fairly obvious and I'm not even American 🤔
Which Harrison was Alex referring to who died in 1841 after catching cold?
William Henry Harrison. President for only 1 month. Also the first president to die in office.
William Henry Harrison
Alex didn’t specify it.
@@trevorpanno516since Benjamin Harrison was only about 10 years old in 1841, Alex didn't really need to specify.
Santa Claus, Inc.
So Victoria, smh who beat David Madden gets a chance to come back as a jeopardy master but they never got Nancy back doesn’t make sense
Because it was the one episode she won.
Also, critically, for 14 straight answers ken buzzed in everytime and lost on only the daily doubles.
Nancy did nothing to win that. Except answer final jeopardy correctly.
Well, only one of those people has built up an internationally-renowned trivia reputation and is commonly referred to as the best quizzer on the entire planet… and it sure as hell isn’t Nancy!
Colby smh
Celeste smh
Karens
Dumb luck