The outfit? The facial expressions? The resemblance? The celebration? He obviously doesn't look like Kenan, only a bit, but I kept thinking that it was some sort of skit too.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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 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.
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!
Keep these coming! They’re fun!
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 😂
Yeah that reaction .. "Oh darn!".. and choice of question to fail on... it seems somewhat obvious it wouldn't be FedEx. James Holzhauser was similar.
And the woman, Nancy, who beat him came back the next day and lost! I was not surprised! 😊
Probably.
Sir Clifford .... The Big Red Dog.
13:33 Why am I suddenly imagining Kenan Thompson in an _SNL_ skit?
The outfit? The facial expressions? The resemblance? The celebration? He obviously doesn't look like Kenan, only a bit, but I kept thinking that it was some sort of skit too.
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
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 . . .
Yeah fed ex is a good answer due to the holiday season but white collar automatically disqualifies the second best guess next to tax season.
1066 Norman invasion of England is a very common Trivia question applied in many different ways ..member dat!
Avocado comes from the Aztec word for testicles
Only one I got right was Escape Velocity
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.
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.
I got Lucille Ball, Providence, Chatterly, escape velocity, and 1936, so 5 of them, a lot better than the 1 I got on part 4.
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.
11/30/2004 (Ken Jennings game 75. Nancy Zerg game 1.)
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.
man. I forgot about RI. I was sure it was Concord, NH.
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
I remember this night!
I'm pretty good at trivia, but I have never heard of that cheese. Is that a known thing?
No
It's famous among them that's heard of it.
Got Andorra correct, H&M block correct and the president years almost correct (I said 1880 forgetting the president is inaugurated in 81)
And the English kings too; because of the crown lol
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.
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 😂😂
Sir Clifford...come on now!? That was easy...
74 - Ken Jennings (Salt Lake City, Utah & Seattle, Washington) ($2,520,700)
Colby Burnett (Chicago, Illinois)
This one was hard...until "The Crown" came out.
8:30 I wonder how many ways it could be written to get that one correct?
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.
How did no one get escape velocity?? I’m dumb and I know that one!
Idk what an abstraction is. But living in Rhode Island helped answer that question correctly
I'm pretty sure Sark had the last remnants of the feudal system, not Andorra? Although they aren't a co-principality, I suppose.
Wow that is how Jennings lost?? That seems to be a slam dunk for him
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 got four right.
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.
Got 1936 right
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.
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.
3:03 wow, greed lost him $200k+
I thought Providence was fairly obvious and I'm not even American 🤔
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
Colby is in my top 10 most annoying contestants, ever.
Couldn't STAND that dude.
Celeste smh
Karens
Dumb luck